As we say goodbye to the exciting events of 2021, what are the highlights of the CSGO industry in the next year?
Vitality embarked on the path of internationalization for the first time
With Vitality announcing shox's departure, the addition of Danes dupreeh, Magisk and Zonic has also been put on the agenda, and the last top team composed of pure French can not avoid embarking on the road of internationalization. In the words of Neo, CEO of Vitality, it is a helpless thing to embark on the road to internationalization, on the one hand, the bottleneck of the original lineup is clearly visible, and on the other hand, the shortage of talents in France is difficult to discover a new ZywOo. Therefore, the outward absorption of talent became the solution for Vitality to finally complete the lineup promotion. In 2022, the performance of this new Vitality will attract the attention of many people, will they quickly complete the run-in? Will the addition of dupreeh and Magisk form a good chemical reaction? I believe that only time will give answers to all this.
Did the G2 launch an assault on the NaVi dynasty?
Another French team, G2, had insight into its own problems as early as 2 years ago, and did not hesitate to embark on the road of reform of the international lineup, but unfortunately, in the past two years, it has paid enough tuition but still ended up with no income. Fortunately, the progress of G2 is still very obvious, after Niko joined, although it is close to the championship many times, but from the overall strength of the team, there has been a qualitative leap, and the runner-up in the PGL Major is the best proof. Now that G2 has signed m0NESY and replaced the conductor, there is no short board in the lineup. All they have to do in 2022 is to put this lineup in place as soon as possible and try to launch an assault on the NaVi dynasty.
Can NaVi continue the state?
2021 is undoubtedly a year for NaVi, the esports giants from Ukraine who have won 9 championship trophies in the past year, including a heavy Major title. Although in the eyes of many people, NaVi has achieved its own dynasty, but an article by HLTV at the end of last year argued that NaVi still needs a longer period of rule to increase its persuasiveness, then 2022 is undoubtedly the best opportunity.
The North American team opened a new chapter
The past year has been a difficult year for a number of North American teams, affected by the epidemic and other external factors, CSGO in North America has not recovered until last year, and only three teams in the first-line arena are Liquid, complexity and EG. Fortunately, none of the three remaining teams have given up on the CSGO project and have used the offseason to make adjustments to the lineup, Liquid has signed oSee and shox, EG has acquired former G2 coach MaLek and is in contact with Stewie2K, RUSH, and coL is also exploring the possibility of acquiring Extra Salt. With the gradual return of offline events, it is believed that CSGO in North America in 2022 will usher in a new chapter.
Who will be the new B1T in 2022?
In the events of the past few years, almost every year, many new people have emerged and even jumped into the spotlight. 2021 is also a year of CSGO talent blowout, the emergence of B1T, sh1ro, Ax1Le and others has injected a lot of fresh blood into the industry last year, and also added a lot of highlights to various events. The two WePlay Academy events provide an excellent platform for discovering young talents, such as G2's m0NESY Naturally needless to say, MOUZ NXT's torssi, NIP's phzy, etc. have been selected into the first team of their respective teams through the events of this platform, who will be the next B1T in 2022? Let's wait and see.
Can Asian teams break the shackles of European and American hegemony?
After being silent for more than half a year, many Asian teams have gone abroad in the last few months of 2021, gone to Europe for a long training session, and competed with many European and American teams to accumulate self-confidence and gain experience. At the most, five Asian teams, including TYLOO, Wings Up, Lynn Vision, D13 and Renewal, were training in Europe. Putting aside the results, going abroad for training, taking the initiative to find a strong team to practice the attitude and driving force is undoubtedly commendable, can the Asian CSGO team in 2022 accumulate thick and thin hair, break the shackles of European and American hegemony? We are all very concerned about this.
Offline events in full return?
With the liberalization of epidemic control in Europe and the United States, last year's IEM Cologne became the first top event to be held offline, although it did not open to spectators, but it was also the first offline event after IEM Katowice in 2020. Followed by PGL Stockholm Major, BLAST Autumn, V4 E-sports Festival, IEM Winter, BLAST Year-end Finals and many other events have been presented offline in different forms, which has made fans who have been looking forward to offline events a lot. In 2022, we look forward to the full return of offline events when conditions permit.