Team Spirit captain Leonid «chopper» Vishnyakov addressed teammate Ivan «zweih» Gogin with a piece of advice ahead of the club’s match against Team Liquid at the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025. The exchange took place in the team’s pre-match environment and was later made public by the organization.

Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov, the in-game leader of Team Spirit’s CS2 roster, spoke about what failed for his team in the semifinal match against Team Vitality at the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 and called the final placement a respectable outcome.

FaZe have secured their place in the grand final of the StarLadder Budapest Major after beating Natus Vincere in a hard-fought best-of-three on 13 December 2025. The series swung widely — FaZe lost the opening map on Ancient 5-13 before fighting back to take Nuke 13-11 and close the decider on Inferno 13-8.