Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke has mutually agreed with Astralis to have his contract terminated.
Despite an Astralis statement claiming he will no longer be part of the team due to "issues he does not want to discuss publicly", k0nfig has released his own statement confirming reports that he had broken his leg in an altercation with a nightclub promoter. He also says that he has been "in a really deep dark place" since the incident.
On September 20, Astralis revealed that k0nfig would miss upcoming competitions due to a "complicated ankle fracture" he suffered while in Malta playing in the ESL Pro League. A few days later, Jaxon reported that the player had got into a "fist fight", which at the time k0nfig described as "mostly BS". On October 1, Jaxon further doubled down on this by publishing an eyewitness report stating that k0nfig had got into a brawl with a nightclub promoter.
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Have you ever dreamed of watching top-tier Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in the Cathedral of Counter-Strike? What about in the historic Spodek Arena? Well, now you can. ESL has announced the dates for both IEM Katowice and IEM Cologne next year - and early tickets can be purchased this week.
IEM Katowice will be the first flagship tournament of the ESL Pro Tour will take place from February 10-12, 2023. IEM Cologne will be played August 4-6, 2023, which is after the summer player break, meaning we should have some spicy contests on our hands.
These dates mean that both these tournaments, which most CS:GO players will want to mark on their calendars, come two weeks earlier and two weeks later respectively. The Counter-Strike Professional Players' Association has a hand in this, after the player break was moved one month earlier so that the competitive CS:GO season is split into two, more even halves.
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