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Arcturus has emerged as Champions from the Matrix 2nd LAN Tournament after defeating Kyoshin 3-1 in the BO5 final, needing only to play 4 maps, Kyoshin surprised Arcturus on our map pick, Inferno, winning 16-13, giving them the first win of the finals. But Arcturus cameback on Mirage, winning 16-4, tying the score and continued to dominate on Cache, 16-3 and dust2, 16-2 and emerged victorious.

The first of the tournament for Arcturus was against TLS, in which proved to be of no challenge for Arcturus as they destroyed TLS on both Inferno, 16-4 and Mirage, 16-1.

The second match was against Teabaggers from Miri whom fought hard against Arcturus but the bears were the ones that advanced to the finals after winning on 2 maps, Cache (16-14) and Train (16-11) and eventually winning the tournament. Ggwp.

On another note, Reserves team is now officially disbanded and the Academy has been renamed to Neos, which means new, combining Arcturus Neos basically means new star which defines our young talent as future stars, or so we hope. Abdul "yurei" Hazim has been named as Neos Captain, leading the young team under the guidance of Alvin "xapy" Chapman and the rest of the first team.

Edric "Derik" Uben has decided to stay with the team and his supposed replacement, Eizwan "misomtamper" Elfian, has filled the spot of Official Stand-in instead.

The Arcturus first team will be playing in a smaller online tournament, ROL CSGO SUMMER SEASON 1 with the prizepool of $500 which is scheduled to start around mid next week.

Stay tuned for more.

Tough luck for Arcturus as they lost against the professional team, Team nxl> on Dust2 with the scoreline; 4:16. Good game well played to all participating players and best of luck to Team nxl> in the qualifiers.

Moving on, Arcturus is scheduled to play in the 2nd Round of the First Shot Online Qualifier hosted by Playtonia on Sunday, 8:30pm against the winner of a first round match, Haters vs Vezen Esports.

This will be the team's last online qualifier before a long hibernation to focus on individual skill improvement and boosting team chemistry while also looking for two First Team player as Edric "Derik" Uben will be leaving the team in April and the Reserves team will be removed, making another room as an "Official Stand-in" within the First Team.

The players under the Reserves team will either be promoted to First Team or dropped to the Academy Team. The reason to the removal is to give more playtime to the players as we wish to build a full team for the Academy so to better train among themselves and play within their level of skill while also learning from the First Team members.

Furthermore, the local town's internet cafe, Matrix Esports, will be hosting their 2nd CSGO LAN Tournament starting on the 30th of March with a cash prize of MYR350 going to only the champions of the event. Participating players will be announced and Edric "Derik" Uben will be playing his last tournament bearing Arcturus' name.

Best of luck to all players and hf.

Arcturus fought well and hard in Round 1 of the first IEM Sydney qualifier but were eventually eliminated after an attempted comeback on the T side of Mirage, losing 12-16 to Chaotic Intelligence. A good try for Arcturus' first time in an online qualifier.

The 2nd qualifier will be on the 19th of March, giving the team plenty of time to reflect on the mistakes and improve in hopes of achieving a higher finish at the minimum.

Also a special shoutout to Casper "l0pp" Thunø for temporarily standing in as Edric "Derik" Uben was unable to join the match on time.

Arcturus will be participating the IEM Sydney Qualifiers #1 and #2 in March to secure a spot in the 6-day main event at the Qudos Bank Arena in Australia for a prizepool of $250,000.

This will be the first event for Arcturus eSports and a chance for us to prove our worth in the Asia Pacific scene, creating a positive image and strengthening our position in Sarawak.

Alvin "Xapy" Chapman
Nurasren "Ac!d" Abdul Razak
Amanda "Kiyoo" Reggie
Edric "Derik" Uben
Ahmad "cazZzper" Syakir

Two more players will be chosen before the 3rd of March to be subs for the event.

Good luck and have fun to all participating players.

The Arcturus Project is an experimental esports team based in Bintulu, Sarawak created to recruit local talents and hone their skills and teamwork coordination in Counter Strike Global Offensive. However, the project currenlty has no sponsors, meaning anything from transportation, accommodation and/or practice sessions in internet cafes are not paid for and players are required to ready their own allowance.

Potential players for the Academy may send a request to join to the Team Captain or an Administrator of the steam group. From there, the First Team will train the players and when said players have reached a satisfactory skill level, they will advance to the Reserve Team in which they will be given a Rotational role (Subs).
!NOTE THAT PROLONGED INACTIVE PLAYERS OR PLAYERS SHOWING NO INTEREST OF IMPROVEMENT WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE GROUP ENTIRELY!

Players in the Reserve Team will continue practicing with the First Team and will have the chance to compete in events and/or tournaments, substituting First Team members mid-event or replacing them for the entire event.

First Team Members are hand-picked by the Team Captain. These members are experienced and knowledgeable in the game. They are the mentors to the Reserve and Academy Team. First Team members are limited to only 6 players (Including the Team Captain and one official substitute).

Thank you for your time.
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