Chiefs eSports Club have burst on to the scene as of late after their recent showing at IEM Sydney which saw them eliminate North.

They were a long shot coming in to the tournament, being priced at 100/1 (Betway). Many had expected the Australian team to bow out in the preliminary rounds without much of a fight.

Chiefs however came out fighting in an unfortunate 16-5 loss to Astralis. They then followed up with a surprise 16-5 win over Renegades but the biggest surprise of all was the defeat of North 16-13 on Train, which at one point saw them down 10-3.

Their other loss came in a 16-4 loss to Optic.

As a team they have seen relative success, winning the 10th season of CyberGamer Pro-League and coming third in the ZEN Esports Network League.

The team’s in game leader, Tucks, has played well throughout this tournament. His style epitomised by the out thinking of MSL on Nuke after numerous fakes and double fakes.

He does however, have a previous VAC ban on record and is banned from Valve events which may limit them going forward.

INS has been another big performer for Chiefs throughout the tournament acting as the teams Rifler. Coming in at 18 years old he is one of the younger players within the CS competitive scene and showed immense ability to cope under pressure.

Malta however has been the most impressive player for Chiefs, he was a menace to North throughout the entire game and didn’t allow them to reset before pushing elsewhere, typical of his style of lurking. His positional awareness and mobility was one of the most integral parts to their success this tournament.

The primary AWPer for Chiefs is aliStair, throughout this tournament he has also been acting as a backbone for the team. They will rotate around him, keeping him central to their plays. He has been able to create openings for players such as INS to push into to create the openings. One of the most successful plays has been the control he maintains in opening up catwalk on Nuke. He allows his team mates to push in behind and take the upper site from a more unorthodox position catching North particularly off guard.

Finally we have entry fragger, Pecks, who enjoyed a more back seated approach this tournament. He was however integral to the initial pistol round win on Nuke with two P250 kills on the retake of lower bombsite, notoriously one of the hardest sites in CS currently to retake.

Despite their efforts however they crashed out of the tournament with a 2-3 record eventually losing to Optic again on Train. Although they did not make it to the arena to play in front of a home crowd they can still be proud of a massive showing, knocking out one of the world’s biggest teams in North.