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The Best and Most expensive CSGO Skins and Crafts of 2022

Mohd Laraib
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The Best and Most expensive CSGO Skins and Crafts of 2022

Every year there is an influx of new players in CSGO. It may be old veterans returning or just new players altogether. Be that as it may, what brings them together apart from the love for Counter Strike, are CSGO skins. Valve is kind enough to give players a bunch of new skins to choose from each year and 2021 wasn’t any different.

In 2021, we got Operation Riptide which came with 4 new Skin collections, namely:

  • The Train Collection
  • The Mirage Collection
  • The Dust2 Collection 
  • The Vertigo Collection


With these, came the Riptide case with a ton of new knife finishes for The Butterfly Knife, The Huntsman knife, The Bowie Knife, The Falchion knife and Shadow Daggers – all with Gamma Doppler and lore finishes as well. 

Players weren’t too far behind in crafting new skins, with old stickers of their choice with the most popular ones being from EMS One Katowice 2014 which include perhaps the best stickers ever in CSGO in the form of iBuypower Holos and Titan Holos.

The Most expensive CSGO skins from 2021 –

  1.  ~$155,500 4x iBP M4A4 Howl
  2. ~$154,200 4x Reason AK-47 Wild Lotus
  3. ~$108,000 Mixed AWP Gungnir

 ~$155,500 4x iBP M4A4 Howl

Part of the Huntsman collection, the M4A4 Howl is the only Contraband item in CSGO since it was discontinued as the artists copied the art for it from somewhere. Nevertheless there are still multiple Howl skins in game and the most expensive craft of 2021 was the Howl with 4 iBuyPower Holos from Kato 2014.

~$154,200 4x Reason AK-47 Wild Lotus

The AK-47 Wild Lotus was part of the Shattered Web collection but is still very popular and among the best AK-47 skins. It was crafted with 4 Reason Gaming Holos from Kato 14.

~$108,000 Mixed AWP Gungnir

The Gungnir is often regarded as the best AWP skin, next only to the famed Dragon Lore. It came with Operation Shattered Web and is still very popular with the Pros and Traders alike. It was crafted with Reason Gaming, Vox Eminor, Dignitas and Team LDLC stickers from Kato 14.

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4. ~$92,800 4x iBP AK-47 X-Ray

The AK-47 X-ray came with Operation Broken Fang and is often seen in game, particularly in FaZe’s Russel ‘Twistzz’ van Dulken’s hands. It was also crafted with 4 iBuyPower Holos from Katowice 2014

5. ~$92,000 4x LDLC AWP Silk Tiger

AWP Silk tiger came with Operation Broken Fang as well and was crafted with French powerhouse, Team LDLC’s stickers. 

Valorant servers will be down today for patch 4.0

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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Valorant servers will be down today for patch 4.0

With a big update on the horizon, Valorant servers will be taken down from 06:00 PST for maintenance.

Valorant Episode 4 is known to drop on Tuesday, 11 January or 12th January for a handful of timezones. The hype is primarily driven by the new agent, a duelist unlike any other and arguably the most explosive one to date.

The game is set to undergo a plethora of alternations in terms of fighting mechanics and overall ranked matchmaking that will change the dynamics of the game.

Servers across all regions will be taken down temporarily from 06.00 PST (Image via Riot Games)
Credits: Riot

Riot has announced that the competitive queue will be closed like every time and followed it up by another notice stating that about the delay. The notice comes without any information that may hint us at when the servers are set to reopen but it won’t be long that is for sure.

Looks like players need to wait for a few more hours before they will be able to enjoy Neon. Until then sit tight and trust Riot to make everything seamless before the game reopens for the public soon.

How to Get a Ladder in Animal Crossing

Sonu Banerjee
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How to Get a Ladder in Animal Crossing

Animal Crossing is undoubtedly one of the most popular social simulation video games out there, attracting players from all over the world with its unique and fun gameplay mechanics.

However, if you’re new to the title, you may often find certain parts of the map that are inaccessible by normal means. If you find yourself being unable to access some parts of the map, we have you covered. All you need to do is build yourself a ladder and you can start exploring some parts of the map that you can’t normally visit.

How to Get a Ladder in Animal Crossing

To build a bridge in Animal Crossing, simply follow these steps:

  • Go to Dodo Airlines
  • Use a Nook Miles Ticket to book a flight to a new island.
  • When you arrive, you’ll find a villager walking along the shore.
  • Speak with the villager.
  • Invite them back to your town.

Once you’ve invited the villager, Tom Nook will be contacting you to build a bridge for the town.

How to Build a Bridge in Animal Crossing

  • Gather log stakes, clay, and stone to build the bridge
  • Once you have the materials, you’ll need a workbench to craft the wooden bridge kit.
  • Open your wooden bridge kit and create the bridge at your desired location.

Once your bridge is complete, you have to wait for Tom Nook to give you another task – preparing three plots for new homes and craft furniture.

To complete the task, follow these steps:

  • Talk to Tom Nook to get three housing plots to place.
  • Place the three plots given to you.
  • Once done, Tom Nook will call you to give you the ladder recipe.

That’s it! Now you can simply open the ladder recipe to learn it. To build the ladder at any workbench, you’ll need four pieces of wood, hardwood, and softwood.

How to level up your battle pass in VALORANT quickly

Kanishka Thakur
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With every single Act in Valorant, you receive a brand new Battle Pass filled with exciting items. This article will guide how to rank up the Battle Pass to boost your performance quickly. 

The Act 3 Battle Pass consists of unique items starting from weapon skins to Radianite points. You will receive exclusive access to more than 50 items present in the tier. Some of these items are premium, but most of them are free.

If you are a regular player, ranking up the Battle Pass won’t be much of a task for you.

Daily and weekly Valorant missions:

Image via Riot Games

If you want to reach tier 50 as quickly as possible, you must complete the daily and weekly challenges that are introduced by Riot Games. You should look at those challenges as a top priority. 

There are a total of five challenges that players have to complete in a week and are moderate in difficulty level. Most of the daily challenges award 2000 XP, while the weekly challenge can reward up to 12,000 XP.

How to boost your performance in Valorant?

Image via Riot Games

Players should prefer playing the deathmatch or the competitive mode to get a good amount of XP. At the end of the day, it all depends on their performance throughout these games. 

Following are the XP gains for each mode in Valorant:

  • Deathmatch: 900 XP
  • Competitive: 100 XP + 200 XP per round win
  • Spike Rush: 1000 XP
  • Unrated: 100 XP + 200 XP per round win

This was all you needed to know about boosting your rank in the Battle Pass. If you want to read more such guides on Valorant, don’t forget to check our page. 

Report: RUSH to join Evil Geniuses CSGO roster

Bharat Kotwani
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Report: RUSH to join Evil Geniuses CSGO roster

According to reports from 1pv.fr and Rush B Media, Evil Geniuses have turned to William “RUSH” Wierzba after they seemed to have failed to negotiate with OG Esports for Valdemar “⁠valde⁠” Bjørn Vangså. Evil Geniuses are currently looking to overhaul their active CS:GO squad with three new players after parting ways with Peter “stanislaw” Jarguz, Owen “oBo” Schlatter and Michał “MICHU” Müller post their early exit from the PGL CS:GO Stockholm Major. 

Former Cloud9 trio Timothy “autimatic” Ta, Jake “Stewie2K” Yip and RUSH have been linked to Evil Geniuses and would join the duo of Vincent “Brehze” Cayonte and Tsvetelin “CeRq” Dimitrov on the active squad of EG. Coached by Damien “maLeK” Marcel, the team recently showed interest in signing RUSH from his inactive role after being released by Complexity gaming in September 2021. Previously RUSH was shortlisted by Extra Salt for the next iteration of their CS:GO roster after their current one is soon to be acquired by Complexity.

Stewie2K who recently moved to the bench at Team Liquid has also been into extensive talks with EG but most surprisingly is the fact that autimatic from T1 Valorant has too pondered to come out of retirement and once again compete professionally in Counter Strike: Global Offensive. At the moment, we lack clarity upon RUSH’s future whether he would stick to the previous Extra Salt report or make a move to EG and play with his former teammates from Cloud9.

Would EG sign the trio, the ELEAGUE Boston Major Champions would once play under the same roof but this time in different colors. The roster would look like:

  • Vincent “⁠Brehze⁠” Cayonte
  • Tsvetelin “⁠CeRq⁠” Dimitrov
  • Timothy “⁠autimatic⁠” Ta
  • Jake “⁠Stewie2K⁠” Yip
  • William “⁠RUSH⁠” Wierzba
  • Damien “⁠maLeK⁠” Marcel (Head coach)

VCC 2022 Registration: How To Register

Bharat Kotwani
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VCC 2022 Registration: How To Register

At the end of May 2021, Riot had announced its collaboration with Nodwin Gaming to give the South Asian region its first-ever official Championship event and to be a part of the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Circuit.

The previous Conquerors Championship event led the winner to the APAC Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) which was held later in November where Global Esports fared victorious upon Velocity Gaming in the Grand Finals of the said tournament. 

Valorant Conquerors Championship is a framework of the VCT Circuit which would further help teams and their players from the South Asian region make an impact alongside the rest teams from across the globe. Nodwin on their blog stated the VCC will have a prize pool of $30,000 USD (22,34,172 INR as of 7:31:00 PM IST).

The forthcoming Valorant Conquerors Championship will follow the same format as its first iteration. Teams qualifying from their regional tournaments will further be promoted towards the VCC Playoffs in a bid to reach the grand finals while the top two South Asian teams will stand a chance to feature in the Split 1 Asia Pacific Challenger Playoffs from where the winner will then play at the VALORANT Champions Tour 2022 Masters Split 1. 

In an exclusive press release, Akshat Rathee, MD & Co-Founder, NODWIN Gaming stated,

The first edition of VCC set the benchmark high in the South Asian VALORANT Circuit. Right from the tournament structure, prize pool, player skill level to the overall tournament hygiene, each element was lauded among the esports fraternity. With this edition, we have taken it a notch higher and aim to establish VCC as a strong regional tournament at the global level. The last edition had some amazing success stories, the noise is louder this time and we can expect nothing less. We are happy to associate with Riot Games again and are delighted that they share the same focus for South Asia as us.

After a stupendous story line following the triumph of Global Esports in the first iteration of the same, the VCC 2022 is indeed a boon for the teams who look forward to spark their flame and showcase what they got in the store for their regions. 

It’s been great partnering with NODWIN Gaming to give the esports ecosystem such a huge and popular IP like VCC. With this edition, we promise to provide the most thrilling gaming experience for our players, even as we foresee more participation, a larger audience viewership and intense competition as the stakes are much higher. May the best team win

Sukamal Pegu, Publishing Leader, India and South Asia, Riot Games

THE SCHEDULE FOR VCC 2022

  • January 22 to February 13, 2022 — Qualifiers
  • February 18 to 20, 2022 — Playoffs
  • February 25 to 27, 2022 — Grand finals

SLOTS AND QUALIFIER DETAILS FOR VCC 2022

  • India – 2 Qualifiers, 2 Slots
  • Pakistan & Afghanistan – 1 Qualifier, 1 Slot
  • Sri Lanka & Maldives – 1 Qualifier, 1 Slot
  • Bangladesh – 1 Qualifier, 1 Slot
  • Nepal & Bhutan – 1 Qualifier, 1 Slot
  • Wildcard – 1 Qualifier, 2 Slots

Registrations for the VCC 2022 can be found on Nodwin Gaming’s official website. With the registrations live and a free-for-all tournament, the maximum number of players a team would be allowed to field is 6. 

Valorant: All Episode 4 Weapons Skin Bundle

Bharat Kotwani
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Valorant: All Episode 4 Weapons Skin Bundle

With Riot going berserk ahead of the launch of Episode 4 Act 1, a brand new agent, Neon, along with a battlepass has been revealed by the game developers. As usual, a series of player cards, gun buddies and sprays have been introduced as part of this update which would further be made available as you unlock tiers on your battlepass.

Three new weapons cosmetic bundles have been introduced to the game and will be shipped as a part of the game’s content through the battlepass which comes at the cost of just 1000 Valorant Points. Further, these new bundles could be grabbed from each of the free and paid tracks of the battlepass. Similarly, the game allows you to grab the free track of the battlepass while it’s up to you whether you would settle on getting the extra content. 

Battlepass in Valorant is a set of cosmetic items that players can obtain by progressing through the game. Comprising 50 Tiers across 10 acts, the player can earn a certain number of free rewards (marked with the green gradient) and premium prizes (marked with the red gradient). 

Let us now find what exactly these three weapon skins bundles are and how they will be distributed. 

Hydrodrip

a. Bucky



b. Frenzy



c. Guardian



d. Judge



2. Schema

a. Odin



b. Sheriff



c. Stinger



d. Vandal



3. Velocity

a. Bulldog



b. Spectre



c. Shorty



d. Phantom



e. Melee Weapon : Karambit





Well these are the three brand new cosmetic bundles to be made available once Episode 4 rolls out but there’s more to all of this. As we all know, the developers at right believe in aesthetic content and so are these weapon skins designed where you may unlock their different variants, using your radiante points.

Hydrodrip and Schema won’t feature any kind of Variants to be unlocked, unlike the Velocity bundle which bears a set of variants across its weaponry list.

Being said, the free track will surely give a series of in-game content, although the Shorty from the Velocity bundle will be put up for grabs while the paid track will have ⦁ Velocity Karambit and the Phantom, along with other weapons from the Schema and Hydrodrip as well. 

How to Beat Morimoto in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl?

Bharat Kotwani
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How to Beat Morimoto in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl?

In Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, you will come across a plethora of Pokemon trainers in order to make it to the top with even a dozen battles to be fought post your complete game.

Once you complete the main story, a variety of trainer battles are unlocked and among them is the most notable battle against Game Freak’s Morimoto. Here’s everything you need to know about your impending fight with Morimoto and how you may approach the scenario.

How to Beat Morimoto in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl? 

First things first, you would be able to lock horns with Morimoto once you complete the campaign missions of either Pokemon Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl. Morimoto can be located near the pool in the Hotel Grand Lake located on Route 213. To get started, you would need to start a conversation with his NPC model. 

Morimoto’s Pokemon Team

The Pokemon team of Morimoto is quite unique and varied at a surprisingly high level, somewhere between level 63 and level 65, so you will need to make sure to bring your best Pokemon squad in this fight to stand a chance to go past Morimoto. In addition your Pokemon squad might have a diverse ability draft including those with Ghost/Dark, Normal, Ground, Water, Electric and Fire Pokemon. 

PokemonTypeMovesAbilitiesItems
Spiritomb (Level 63)Ghost / DarkShadow BallDark PulseWill-O-WispDestiny BondInfiltratorSitrus Berry
Ambipom (Level 64)NormalFake OutFlingDouble HitIce PunchTechnicianKing’s Rock
Hippowdon (Level 64)GroundEarthquakeStealth RockYawnRock TombSand StormLeftovers
Vaporeon (Level 65)WaterHydro PumpAcid ArmorIce BeamQuick AttackWater AbsorbWiki Berry
Jolteon (Level 65)ElectricThunderboltShadow BallThunder WaveVolt SwitchVolt AbsorbLum Berry
Flareon (Level 65)FireFlare BlitzSuperpowerQuick AttackWill-O-WispFlash FireIapapa Berry

Reward

Upon defeating Morimoto you will get the Oval Charm, which would increase your chance of finding more pokemon Eggs in the Nursery, helping you breed them faster than before. If you’re not into breeding your pokemons in the nursery, you would need to defeat Morimoto anyways. 

Valorant: T1 release autimatic, SkaDoodle, sign seven

Bharat Kotwani
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Valorant: T1 release autimatic, SkaDoodle, sign seven

The Joshua “steel” Nissan led T1 have overhauled their current iteration of the roster by parting ways with the core from the 2020-21 lineup. 

T1 have released Tyler “SkaDoodle” Latham and Timothy “autimatic” Ta from their active Valorant division, the North American-Korean organization announced today on their Twitter handle. 

Ahead of the 2022 pro season, T1 have completely revamped their Valornant roster and with the departure of SkaDoodle and autimatic from last night, the team no longer fields any player from their original lineup which they had formed back in 2020 while the game was still in its beta phase. T1 since the very beginning underwent a plethora of changes within the team in the form of roster changes and roles. This has indeed thwarted the team’s chances of making it further in every VCT powered tournament which forced them back to the drawing board and re-evaluate their options for their forthcoming competitions in 2022.

SkaDoodle being the only player from T1’s original lineup has been released by the team followed by a roller-coaster stint of performances across 2020-21 while autimatic who initially called quits on Counter Strike : Global Offensive has been linked to that of Evil Geniuses and is expected to join Jake “Stewie2K” Yip, William “RUSH” Weirzba for their 2022 iteration coached by Damien “maLeK” Marcel. 

In a TwitLonger, autimatic added,

Going into 2022 I will no longer be competing with T1. We didn’t get the results we were aiming for but I am so grateful to have been a part of this team. I worked with great people, tried the best I could to improve myself day in and day out, and got to do what I love most — compete. This year I wanted to share some thoughts on each teammate I’ve had the pleasure of playing with. A lot can go unnoticed, unsaid, and unappreciated in the heat of competition so I want to change that.

Soon after the above duo were released, T1 announced the addition of Johann “seven” Hernandez to their active roster from 100 Thieves and will play under the guidance of steel, T1’s new IGL. 

He continued,

For me – I came into Valorant with no expectations. I knew I needed a change as the previous year was the hardest one I’ve ever been through, so this was an opportunity for a fresh start and to build myself from the ground up. However, I did set a goal for myself — I wanted to refine the process I’ve used throughout my career for improving, competing, and performing so that it was more sustainable. This meant focusing more on my physical and mental health. I’m still figuring it out, but I believe I’m on the right track.

T1 Valorant now have:

  • Joshua “steel” Nissan (In-Game Leader and Captain)
  • Zander “thwifo” Kim
  • Johann “seven” Hernandez
  • Rahul “curry” Nemani
  • Johann “seven” Hernandez
  • David Dennis (Head Coach)

Riot Games Releases New ‘WARM UP’ Cinematic Trailer Ahead of Episode 4 Act 1 Release

Sonu Banerjee
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Riot Games Releases New ‘WARM UP’ Cinematic Trailer Ahead of Episode 4 Act 1 Release

Riot Games has released a new cinematic trailer ‘WARM UP’ ahead of the highly anticipated Episode 4 Act 1 release. The short trailer lets fans take a deeper dive into the Valorant lore as it shows several agents in a practice range refining their skills against an advanced bot.

After realizing that they all have perfect scores against the bots in the training room, Raze and Killjoy develop a new and upgraded bot for the team to train with. While the Agents struggle to defeat the robot individually or in pairs, a coordinated attempt from the roster is enough to finish it off.

Brimstone and Sage then appear to tell the Agents to “ready up” for departing on their next mission.

Valorant fans and lore enthusiasts can check out the full cinematic here.

Fans are excited to see whether the deadly robot shown in the trailer makes its way to the practice range in a future update. Valorant Episode 4 Act 1 is set to release tomorrow, and it’ll bring a plethora of new content to the title including the new agent Neon alongside a bunch of other changes.

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