24 January in the world of eSports

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Tournaments and victories

2 years ago on January 24, 2 tournaments were completed in the world: CS:GO: CIS Minor Championship - Columbus 2016 and DreamHack Open Leipzig 2016. Natus Vincere won at DreamHack Open Leipzig and received $50,000. In CIS-minor at MLG Columbus 2016 Gambit eSports triumphed and further they came in the 9th – 12th at the first Major-tournament of 2016.

See also: ESforce Holding became a part of Mail.ru Group Gambit eSports was not experiencing difficulties as their opponents were not so strong, but Natus Vincere had to work hard to become the champions of DreamHack Leipzig 2016. In the final of the tournament, they fought with The Brazilian fivesome from Luminosity Gaming who now are SK Gaming, the team which is considered to be the best in the world. Roster of Gambit eSports at CIS Minor Championship - Columbus 2016: Dmitriy «Hooch» BogdanovMihail «Dosia» StolyarovDauren «AdreN» KyistaubaevRustem «mou» TelepovPeter «wayLander» Rahkonen

Roster of Natus Vincere at DreamHack Leipzig 2016: Daniil «Zeus» TeslenkoDenis «seized» KostinLadislav «GuardiaN» KovachIoann «Edward» SuharevEgor «flamie» Vasiliev

Birthdays

Today, 24 January is the day of birth of many eSportsmen. EGamersWorld congratulates the eSports representatives:Espen «Aateigen» Aateigen — 24 y.o. (a player in Overwatch, a member of the team Osio Lions)James «Greensheep» Luo — 20 y. o. (a player in Hearthstone, a member of the team GosuCrew)Wang «Icy» Peng — 27 y.o. (a player in Dota 2, a member of the team Newbee Young)Epitácio «TACO» de Melo Pessoa Filho — 23 y.o. (a player in CS:GO, a member of the team SK Gaming) Especially we want to mark TACO. Being so young the Brazilian managed to win the tournaments: MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016 (prize $500,000)ESL Pro League Season 3 - Finals (prize $200,000)ESL One: Cologne 2016 (prize $500,000)Esports Championship Series Season 3 - Finals (prize $250,000)EPICENTER 2017 (prize $250,000) Also, it must be marked that TACO won the first football match which was held among eSports teams. Besides, the Brazilian came in top places at many other significant tournaments. Whereas Taco is the only player of SK Gaming who was not in the top-20 players of 2017 according to HLTV.org, Epitácio’s significance for the team he plays with since November 28, 2015, is extremely immense.