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BLAST loses the entire top VRS cohort to PGL: the real fight is over event designBLAST loses the entire top VRS cohort to PGL: the real fight is over event...
BLAST payment delays: When teams choose PGL for the 2027 eventBLAST payment delays: When teams choose PGL for the 2027 event In early...
Unpacking Kalshi's $1.73 Billion Esports Volume: 55.8% Came From a Single QuarterIn the spreadsheet I rebuilt at nearly one in the morning, four figures sat...
Kalshi Reports $1.73 Billion in Esports Volume: Growth Has Decelerated for Three Straight QuartersFour rows in my spreadsheet add up to $1.733 billion. Q4 2026 printed $44...
Kalshi Logs $1.73B in Esports Volume: Real Growth, Zero Revenue for EsportsIn September 2026, after a CS2 grand final, I stayed behind in the Seoul offi...
Kalshi Reports $1.73 Billion in Esports Trading Volume Over Twelve Months: 55.8% Came From a Single Quarter2 a.m. in a small apartment in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. I reopen the...
Forty Data Cells, Thirty-Nine Blank: What Esports Analysis Fills the Void WithOn Tuesday night I opened a nine-dimension analysis table for an esports...
Thunderpick World Championship 2026: The $1 Million CS2 Event and the Gaps Nobody MentionsFor five days in mid-October, in Malta, eight Counter-Strike 2 teams fought...
Thunderpick World Championship 2026: Four 2-0 Sweeps and the True Skeleton of a One-Million-Dollar CS2 EventEight teams, five days, four opening matches all ending 2-0. In Malta, when t...
When the Esports Dataset Returns to Zero: The Boundary Between Analysis and FabricationWhen the Esports Dataset Returns to Zero: The Boundary Between Analysis and...
Thunderpick World Championship 2026: The Empty Chair in Malta and Four Opening SweepsOn the night of October 14, at BLAST Arena Studios in Malta, a chair was set ...
The Blank Page in the Esports Market: When the Deepest Analysis Has Nothing to SayA nine-part document. Nine tables. Every table with columns, rows, bold...
Esports 2026 in Full: Patches, Formats and the Battle to Read the MetaIn esports, a match begins long before the opening whistle. It begins on a...
The Data Gap: The Best Esports Analyst Is the One Brave Enough to Write "Insufficient Information"The national esports championship final ended at 22:47. By 23:02, fifteen...
Global Esports: The Nine Analytical Dimensions That Cannot Begin Without a Game TitleIn a small studio in Seoul, I opened a spreadsheet with nine columns. This is...
Astralis Bench HooXi and jabbi: Reading the Roster Move Through the Contract CycleTwenty-four hours. That is the gap between the moment Astralis lifted their...
HooXi and jabbi Benched by Astralis: Reading the Contract Before the CollapseThe day Astralis lifted their first LAN trophy in nearly seven years, I was...
Astralis Roster Change: HooXi and jabbi Benched as siuhy and cmtry Emerge as TargetsIn Barcelona, Astralis lifted their first LAN trophy since December 2026. Fou...
Astralis Benches HooXi and jabbi: Expiring Contracts and the CS2 Roster RebuildIn Barcelona, before the cheers had faded, Rasmus Nielsen — known as HooXi —...
Astralis benches HooXi and jabbi: reading the contract cycle after a first LAN title in six yearsIn Barcelona, just as the last cheer of the Stake Ranked Episode 4 grand fina...
Astralis Benches HooXi and jabbi: When an Expiring Contract Beats a Championship TrophyLess than a week after lifting their first LAN trophy since December 2026,...
Astralis benches HooXi and jabbi: when the contract cycle overshadows a trophyThe trophy had not yet cooled. In Barcelona, Astralis had just closed out a...
CS2 Loses 805,000 Players: When the 'Wanderer' Abandons the Empty ArenaIn September 2026, for the first time in Counter-Strike 2 history, a mileston...
CS2 Falls to 805,000 Players in September: A Seven-Month Slide and the Question Nobody Has AnsweredOn September 23, the number jumped to 1,450,705. That was Counter-Strike 2's...
Liquid Lets siuhy Go: A Tactical Draft Left UnfinishedThe day Kamil "siuhy" Szkaradek entered free agency, there was no farewell...
Courtois Invests in Fusion Group: Astralis and the Financial Gamble in a Liquidity StormCourtois Invests in Fusion Group: Astralis and the Financial Gamble in a...
Courtois Invests in Astralis: When a Negative DKK 3.9 Million Balance Sheet Stands Beside a Champion Goalkeeper's AuraOn 31 December, Astralis CS ApS — the legal entity operating Astralis's...
The Discipline of Not Knowing: Lessons from an Empty Analysis in Esports MediaOpening: Nine Sections, Not One Fact The report had nine sections. It had...
