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The ESL Pro League (formerly ESL ESEA Pro League; shortened as EPL) is a Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) professional esports league, produced by ESL.It was previously based on four regions: Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania but following a format revamp in season 13, regional leagues were discontinued and unified into one league.
The 2020 Blast Premier Series experienced disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the transition of all events except the Spring regular season online and reduced prize pools for many of the events. This disruption continued into the 2021 season, with both the Spring Groups and Spring Showdown occurring online.
As of the 2023 release of Counter-Strike 2 (CS2), Counter-Strike esports, including the Majors, are played in CS2. Since then, the Major circuit has expanded significantly, with recent tournaments advertising a US$1,250,000 prize pool and featuring thirty-two teams from around the world. The Majors are considered to be the most important and ...
Roblox began to grow rapidly in the second half of the 2010s, and this growth was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. [11] [12] Roblox is free to play, with in-game purchases available through a virtual currency called Robux. As of August 2020, Roblox had over 164 million monthly active users, including more than half of all American children ...
The Major was originally scheduled to take place from May 11 to May 24, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , Valve and ESL postponed the Major to November. [ 2 ] Because Valve usually sponsors two Majors per year, the delayed Major was to have a US$ 2,000,000 prize pool, making it the largest prize pool in CS:GO Major history.
The Stockholm Major was the first Major in two years following an absence in offline play in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, the ESL One Rio Major 2020 was planned for May 2020, [ 6 ] but was postponed to November, [ 7 ] before later being canceled in September.
On 3 March 2020, G2 Esports announced their new "superteam", [118] picking up Ben "CTZN" McMillan from Natus Vincere and Jake "Virtue" Grannan from Fnatic while benching long time player Fabian in the process, who would eventually leave officially on 6 June 2020. [119] At the start of March 2021, Pengu announced his retirement at the age of 23 ...
In economics, float is duplicate money present in the banking system during the time between a deposit being made in the recipient's account and the money being deducted from the sender's account. It can be used as investable asset, but makes up the smallest part of the money supply .