The major's almost done! The quarterfinals are being played next week, and the semifinals & finals on 2nd/3rd march.
The qualifiers were really fun to watch, Ence and Renegades were underdogs that made it to the quarterfinals in their first time they made it out of the minors! And we have long-time legends like Fnatic and Cloud9 that got disqualified, it was hilarious seeing the live odds for most of the games go all over the place as the teams that are favourite to win end up getting sweeped.
I'm cheering for the underdogs in these quarterfinals even though Astralis's looking as good as ever, so they'll probably win this major again, I recommend you try giving it a watch, maybe we'll hit 1 million+ live viewers again and break Twitch records for the second time.
Nice! Maybe if we reintroduce eSports I can get you to write some blogs for us?
I usually go for the underdogs and have been following Ence on CS:GO for a while, but I still have a soft spot for Fnatic as I've worked with them in the past and used to walk by the Fnatic 'bunker' on my way to work.
These days I stay more up to date with Rainbow 6, Overwatch, and LoL when it comes to live eSports, but still watch the major tourneys for CS:GO, Dota, Smite, TF2, etc when I have time (and Leyton Orient aren't playing of course!)
Ronnie @ CloudbetDo you pay blog writers in bitcoin or in free spins?
I'm kidding but I'd be willing to give it a shot.
I can't say I'm up to date with R6 and Overwatch, but I was an avid LoL fan (and player) a few years ago. I used to watch LoL A LOT, and it seems that just recently SKT T1's reign over the championship has finally ended, and there's more room for competition. But CS:GO definitely is more enjoyable to watch purely of how both games are played, in CS there's much more room for an upset, mainly because of that individual skill factor, you see players pull off insane 1vs4s or 1vs5s, and it just looks so good when they make it. For league of legends, the game doesn't always allow that, and for the last 2 years the gameplay has been headed more towards the macro rather than micro actions, outplays, and so on. That's why I stopped playing it, but I still watch major championships like you.
I can understand being a Fnatic fan
Everyone has to pick a side for the EU vs NA meme, but their performance in this major has been pretty depressing compared to their achievements last majors, maybe they can pick it up the next year. As for ENCE you can always cheer for them in 2 days, if they make it out of quarter-finals it'll be one hell of a run for them.