Into the Breach have finished as one of the top eight teams at the CSGO Paris Major this week, and exit with their heads held high.
What started off as a fantastic underdog tale, when Into the Breach qualified for the Paris Major back in April, became the true stuff of dreams as they progressed further than anyone expected.
The UK esports organisation reached the playoffs stage of the Paris Major, against the odds, after beating FaZe, Ence and Fnatic in the Legends stage.
Losses to Apeks and Liquid didn’t faze them, and they progressed to the playoffs.
Yesterday, Into the Breach went up against the might of Vitality, whom they fell valiantly to, 2-0. But ITB put in a good showing, with scores of 16-11 and 16-12 on Vertigo and Anubis respectfully, and made the UK proud.
Not only did they have to go up against the likes of ZywOo and dupreeh, they had to battle in difficult circumstances, with the French home crowd against them.
Into the Breach’s historic run will be remembered for years to come
Into the Breach are the first – and last – UK org to reach a CSGO Major before CS2 becomes the main game in the Counter-Strike franchise.
Their run, from a roster that had been together for just a few months, rallied the UK CSGO scene, and surprised and delighted the wider CS community with their impressive victories and progress.
Their roster, consisting of UK players Thomas, CYPHER and volt, along with Polish player rallen and Dutch player CRUC1AL, saw Into the Breach finish eighth at the 2023 Paris Major and receive $45,000 in prize winnings.
The rest of the Paris Major is due to play out, with Heroic due to play either GamerLegion or Monte in one semi-final, and Vitality due to face Liquid or Apeks in the other.
We’re sure there will be lots of follow-up content around Into the Breach’s story, and we’d love to be a part of this on Esports News UK.
Into the Breach inspired and united many, and showed first-hand that if you dare to dream, almost anything is possible.
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Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
