Liquid, 100 Thieves and BC.Game Reach EWC 2026 Playoffs
Liquid, 100 Thieves, BC.Game, BIG and HEROIC advanced to the EWC 2026 Open Qualifier playoffs. However, three headline teams landed in the same section of the bracket.
August 9, 202606:34 AM
M0NESY tops clutches, Heccu lacks invites, Valve fixes camera bug
M0NESY topped clutch-impact stats
Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov from Team Falcons topped the clutch-efficiency stats. On the chart shared by LuzRaposa, the AWPer sits at roughly 65% in clutch duels, while the closest players behind him do not go above 55%.
Heccu may consider other disciplines
Host Anastasia “Heccu” Tolmacheva said it has become much harder for her to receive CS2 event invites. She plans to stay in Counter-Strike throughout 2026, but is open to offers from other esports disciplines.
Valve fixed the grenade-camera bug
CS2 developers released a small patch of around 3 MB that removed a matchmaking bug linked to the grenade camera. The exploit allowed players to identify enemy positions, and it had previously been found by dataminer aqua.
