Team Vitality are reportedly set to sign French rising star Kévin ‘Misutaaa’ Rabier as a replacement for Alex ‘ALEX’ McMeekin, who announced his departure from the team on March 4.
2020 seems to be off to a shaky start for Team Vitality as In-Game leader ALEX announced a shock departure from the team.
The move was first reported by neLendirekt and later confirmed by both the team and player, who cited issues with a packed travel schedule as the core reason behind his departure and likely a step back from Counter-Strike overall.
StarLadderALEX joined Team Vitality back in 2018, and led the team to multiple championships.
At first, French star player Ali ‘hAdji’ Haïnouss was favorite to replace the Englishman, however, neL has returned with another report, claiming that 17-year-old Mistuaaa will be joining the French squad.
Update, March 5, 1:45PM EST: Vitality has now confirmed the signing of Misutaaa.
The player may be somewhat unknown to many, but he is considered a hot prospect in the French scene and has already shown off impressive skills, both in the ESL French Championship and in FaceIT Pro League matches.
ECSTeam Vitality had a promising 2019 and were looking primed to succeed in 2020.
Although, being a young talent, he isn’t likely to take on a leadership role, meaning that it will fall on another member of the team. Many fans place Richard ‘shox’ Papillon as the favorite for that position as he has previously lead teams like G2 and Team Envyus.
Cs_summit 7 is inviting some of the biggest CSGO teams to one of the first events of 2021 that’ll feature a packed schedule filled with exciting matchups. There’s $200,000 and early bragging rights on the line as we kick off the new year’s campaign.
Cloud9, FaZe Clan, NiP will all be competing
A massive $200,000 prize pool is on the line
Last Chance format gives fourth-place teams chance for playoffs
There are a lot of teams hoping to get off on the right foot in the new year. After a lot of recent roster updates have left questions that remain answering with teams like Cloud9 and FaZe Clan, and this is a great chance to experiment with something new.
Meanwhile, we’re seeing teams testing out their project-rosters going up against notable competition, so there’s plenty of chances for upsets and nail-biters in the brief group play stage.
Cs_summit 7: Stream
The event is going to be streamed on Beyond the Summit’s CSGO channel with VODs being uploaded on their YouTube channel if you missed out.
Cs_summit 7: Format and Schedule
The 12 invited teams have been split into three groups for the event that runs through January 25 to January 31. The Group stage will have double-elimination best of three fixtures, with the first and second seed advancing to the playoffs.
Third placed teams will go into the ‘Last Chance Stage’ along with the best performing 4th place team in the entire group stage.
Two more teams will come out of the single-elimination best of three Last Chance stage to join the top eight in the playoffs. From there, the top eight will fight it out in single-elimination best of threes to crown the cs_summit 7 champion.
Day 1 — Monday, January 25
Round
Match
PST
EST
CET (EU)
Opening match
OG vs Dignitas
5:00 AM
8:00 AM
2:00 PM
Opening match
Fnatic vs Complexity
5:00 AM
8:00 AM
2:00 PM
Opening match
FaZe Clan vs mouz
8:30 AM
11:30 AM
5:30 PM
Opening match
Heroic vs MIBR
8:30 AM
11:30 AM
5:30 PM
Opening match
FURIA vs Cloud9
12:00 PM
3:00 PM
9:00 PM
Opening match
Virtus.pro vs NiP
12:00 PM
3:00 PM
9:00 PM
Day 2 — Tuesday, January 26
Round
Match
PST
EST
CET (EU)
Group A UB Finals
TBD vs TBD
5:00 AM
8:00 AM
2:00 PM
Group B UB Finals
TBD vs TBD
8:30 AM
11:30 AM
5:30 PM
Group C UB Finals
TBD vs TBD
12:00 PM
3:00 PM
9:00 PM
Day 3 — Wednesday, January 27
Round
Match
PST
EST
CET (EU)
Group A Elim game
TBD vs TBD
5:00 AM
8:00 AM
2:00 PM
Group B Elim game
TBD vs TBD
8:30 AM
11:30 AM
5:30 PM
Group C Elim game
TBD vs TBD
12:00 PM
3:00 PM
9:00 PM
Day 4 — Thursday, January 28
Round
Match
PST
EST
CET (EU)
Lower Bracket Final
TBD vs TBD
5:00 AM
8:00 AM
2:00 PM
Lower Bracket Final
TBD vs TBD
8:30 AM
11:30 AM
5:30 PM
Lower Bracket Final
TBD vs TBD
12:00 PM
3:00 PM
9:00 PM
Day 5 — Friday, January 29
Round
Match
PST
EST
CET (EU)
Last Chance
TBD vs TBD
5:00 AM
8:00 AM
2:00 PM
Last Chance
TBD vs TBD
8:30 AM
11:30 AM
5:30 PM
Quarterfinals
TBD vs TBD
12:00 PM
3:00 PM
9:00 PM
Day 6 — Saturday, January 30
Round
Match
PST
EST
CET (EU)
Quarterfinals
TBD vs TBD
5:00 AM
8:00 AM
2:00 PM
Quarterfinals
TBD vs TBD
8:30 AM
11:30 AM
5:30 PM
Quarterfinals
TBD vs TBD
12:00 PM
3:00 PM
9:00 PM
Day 7 — Sunday, January 31
Round
Match
PST
EST
CET (EU)
Semifinals
TBD vs TBD
5:00 AM
8:00 AM
2:00 PM
Semifinals
TBD vs TBD
8:30 AM
11:30 AM
5:30 PM
Grand Finals
TBD vs TBD
12:00 PM
3:00 PM
9:00 PM
Cs_summit 7: Standings
Group A
Placements
Team
Record
–
OG
0 – 0
–
Complexity Gaming
0 – 0
–
Fnatic
0 – 0
–
Dignitas
0 – 0
Group B
Placements
Team
Record
–
Heroic
0 – 0
–
mousesports
0 – 0
–
FaZe Clan
0 – 0
–
MIBR
0 – 0
Group C
Placements
Team
Record
–
FURIA
0 – 0
–
Virtus.pro
0 – 0
–
Cloud9
0 – 0
–
Ninjas in Pyjamas
0 – 0
Cs_summit 7: Teams
Like mentioned before, there are some teams that are going to be testing out new players in their five-man rosters. A few days before the event, FaZe Clan still doesn’t have a completed team, so there’s going to be interesting games in cs_summit 7, to say the least.