Complexity Counter-Strike General Manager, messioso, reflects on roster moves, Complexity’s year so far and the BLAST.tv Austin Major.
NAVI announces first ever LEC roster for the Summer Split
Legendary esports organisation, Natus Vincere (NAVI), have finally announced their first ever League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC) roster.
The organisation acquired Rogue’s team slot last month, taking over their players and staff to help prepare them for the Summer Split on August 2nd.
Expectations for the team are low heading into the Summer Split are low, however, there is a small possibility that the organisation can qualify for this year’s World Championship.
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Phony is ok – ALGS Midseason Playoffs begin with player surgery, well-being worries, and dramatic games
First and foremost, Apex Legends fans are glad to hear that 100 Thieves player Phony is recovering well from appendicitis surgery after falling ill in Riyadh.
Day one of the ALGS Midseason Playoffs (hosted as part of the Esports World Cup) has been a messy start, but a start nonetheless. From Phony’s unfortunately timed emergency surgery to Furia player Keon’s health-related game pause, here is all you need to know about the Playoffs so far.
Phony given good prognosis for “quick recovery” after appendicitis surgery
A mere 24 hours before the Apex Legends Global Series Midseason Playoffs were due to begin, 100 Thieves player Josue ‘Phony’ Ruiz revealed that he was in hospital with a humorous “EWC ready” caption.
Later posts from him and the 100 Thieves team revealed that the title-winning player was caught out with unexpected and unfortunately timed appendicitis.
EWC 2025 Valorant: Playoff bracket set; EMEA all progress
The playoff bracket of EWC 2025 Valorant has been set with all four EMEA teams involved, following their advancement from the Group Stage.
While MSI has given EU absolutely no joy, Valorant’s tournament at EWC has thankfully given the region some respite in this week’s international competitions.
Fnatic, Team Heretics, BBL Esports, and Karmine Corp all advanced through to the group stages. Fnatic and BBL made the playoffs after winning their groups on the first day, with Heretics and Karmine Corp joining them following the 1-1 matches.
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Every rumoured new stadium coming to EA FC 26
EA Sports still hasn’t confirmed any information, but rumours are running rampant surrounding EA FC 26.
As is always the case with any new game in the franchise, all eyes are on what new licenses FC 26 will have.
Career Mode and Ultimate Team players alike are all wondering what new stadiums will be added to the game.
Especially with the rumour that EA Sports is looking to secure the World Cup rights for FC 26.
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BLAST Open London group stage granted VRS exception
BLAST Open London’s group stages have formally been granted a VRS exceptionfrom Valve – Will count towards the global VRS ranking system.
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Tiebreaker to end Equal Esports Cup Group Stage
The final day of the Equal Esports Cup (EEC) Group Stage saw many surprise results that completely changed the order of Group B.
Galions Pearl and Supernova Comets must face each other in a tiebreaker match for their chance to qualify for the playoffs.
Partly thanks to SK Gaming Avarosa, who defeated the former first-place team to place them in the tiebreaker.
Galions Pearl faces Supernova Comets in tiebreaker
It was all to play for in Group B, and the teams knew it.
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New Esports World Cup censorship questions rise after Team Liquid LGBTQ+ segments edited in Saudi Arabia
Information published by esports journalist Mikhail Kilmentov sparks new Esports World Cup censorship controversy.
In the Esports World Cup: Level Up Amazon Prime documentary series, a segment regarding Team Liquid’s support for the LGBTQ+ community is allegedly removed for viewers in Saudi Arabia.
Images of the Team Liquid Pride jersey’s rainbow flag elements are also blurred or deliberately obscured in editing.
LGBTQ+ inclusion and commentary in the unedited version of Level Up Episode 2
Starting from timestamp 04:36 in Episode 2 of Esports World Cup: Level Up, Team Liquid co-CEO Steve Arhancet provides important context regarding the team’s participation in the Esports World Cup.
He openly states in the segment, “In preparation for EWC, I have been pretty conflicted, personally.” He also noted that he found it “difficult to participate” in the Riyadh-hosted event given his identity as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
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Chovy advises LEC teams to just draft better
Gen.G’s Jeong ‘Chovy’ Ji-hoon has given advice to LEC teams on Marc ‘Caedrel’ Lamont’s LoL MSI stream.
The Korean midlaner joined the co-streamer after a very close five-game series against T1.
It was the reigning World Champions, T1, versus reigning MSI champions, Gen.G, in an exhilarating match-up in which the latter came out on top.
Chovy and Gen.G have now qualified for the LoL MSI 2025 final, where they’ll face either Anyone’s Legend, Bilibili Gaming or T1 again.
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“I was just like, ‘You know what, screw it, I’ll just send him a message'” – messioso on journey from Insomnia to Complexity
Esports News UK talks to messioso about his journey into esports from Insomnia admin, to being the General Manager of Complexity