Oscar Izquierdo

Oscar Izquierdo
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Oscar is a writer and student from NYC currently working on his MA in English. Originally a Madden NFL enthusiast, he refined his taste and began following LoL in 2012. In 2014 he picked up CS:GO and has been covering the pro scene for both games ever since. When he isn’t writing or following professional e-sports he can be found feeding away in dynamic queue or matchmaking.
On May 23rd, Valve put in place a patch that nerfed the UMP-45. It was a long time coming. At the professional level, the UMP-45...
When you think about the best AWPers in CS:GO, Kenny "kennyS" Schrub is always the first name that comes to mind. In 2014, kennyS...
Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo originally made his name as a star AWPer in CS 1.6, where many hailed him as the heir apparent to cogu,...
Towards the end of last year and the earlier part of 2017, Virtus.pro, Astralis, and SK Gaming were the best three teams in the world....
It's been a while since we've seen something like the HTC 2v2 Invitational, although Beyond the Summit's foray into Counter-Strike shares a bit of...
If you love Counter-Strike, you've probably spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to tweak your set-up and get it just right. Tinkering with your...
Over the past year, Valve's updates to CS:GO have been few and far between, but while these patches lack in frequency, they've almost always...
Every CS:GO Major is major, but some of them have been more...major than others. If you missed the first installment of our look back at the...
Valve’s most recent update to CS:GO on April 12th, 2017 was quite the doozy. After removing the R8 Revolver and Negev from competitive play...
FaZe Clan’s recent victory at StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 was the organization's first CS:GO tournament victory, and, for many of the players on...
The eleventh CS:GO major will be run by PGL in Krakow, Poland in July, according to Valve's latest announcement about the event. It's a...
Kory "SEMPHIS" Friesen is a well-known, albeit occasionally polarizing, North American CS:GO player. Although winning a large international tournament continues to elude him, there's no denying that SEMPHIS...