Your Team on Krakow: The 2017 Krakow Major Team

The 2017 Krakow Major is the biggest CSGO eSports event of the year. The spectacle began on July 16 and ends on July 23. It’s no surprise why gaming communities have their eyes on the event. In case yours aren’t, then here’s an update on the teams competing in this massive CSGO tournament that’s making a mark in this beautiful European city.

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A Bad Gambit

Let’s start on a not-so-high note: the camp of Gambit eSports team is having some growing pains by fatigue with their training. Also, they spend almost all of their time together. You know what they say, familiarity breeds contempt, and it looks like it’s breeding season. The leader, Danylo “Zeus” Teslenko, stated that the team is similar to a husband and wife who are tired of one another and are in need of a break.

Thankfully, having some time off a week before the games had revitalized the team, making them feel more united in comparison to when they were constantly training. Still, when the smoke clears, the team’s bond isn’t as tight compared to before. In fact, there are theories of a post-Major roster change. Regardless of what’s been happening and currently going on with the team, Gambit is a strong contender, who shouldn’t be taken lightly despite their problems.

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SK’s Comeback: Will it Succeed?

SK failed to manage to get to ELEAGUE Major’s finals since they lost to Virtus.Pro. This time around, it looks like that won’t be the case. SK has a new and young face in their team: Joao “felps” Vasconcellos. The team poised to reclaim the top spot from their Danish rival and current champions Astralis. Proof of that is their string of victories: IEM Sydney, DreamHack Summer, ECS Season 3 Finals, and ESL: One Cologne 2017.

The wins don’t mean that they have an easy road ahead of them. Other than Astralis, skilled contenders FaZe Clan and G2 eSports are hard-hitters, which mean exciting fights for the viewers. Still, that’s not an excuse to engage in CSGO Skins betting, even with cheap CSGO Skins.

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Na’Vi-gating Back to Shape

Just like SK, Natus Vincere (Na’Vi), is looking to make a comeback. The team wants to live up to people’s original expectation as a super team, especially since they added Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev. However, it turned out exactly the opposite, with the team doing worse than before s1mple joined, who’s arguably one of the best CSGO players in the scene

To blame it all on s1mple is subjective and a mistake since CSGO will always be a team game. If there’s something Na’Vi has to fix, it’s their team chemistry. Hopefully, they did some fine tuning before the competition.

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Badly Fazed

FaZe Clan, one of the scene’s top teams, surprisingly fell short to Mousesports. It’s not that FaZe Clan is no longer any good; it’s just that they got outplayed by their opponent twice in a row. Instead of using their match against Mousesports to recover from their shocking and devastating loss against Big, they once again lost to the team. While their defeat was more one-sided in the first match, the one in the second match was a close one. After getting in a tie with their opponent, they went through four overtime rounds in a row but failed to win.

The 2017 Krakow Major is enormous and exciting thanks to the teams participating. It’s a must-watch. So, who are rooting for to win? Well, regardless of the team, one thing’s for sure: only the best will win.

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