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Valorant Game Changers Controversy Explained

Bharat Kotwani
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Valorant Game Changers Controversy Explained

Following a dispute that started in the community as a result of some teabagging, Riot Games has suspended two Valorant Game Changers players for toxic behavior.

Riot determined that the gamers had harassed and used filthy language that targeted and isolated another player. “Dawn” (full name withheld) was prohibited for three months for using obscene language towards a member of the GALORANTS community, while “Risorah” (full name withheld) was banned for nine months for harassing a member of the GALORANTS community. Because of their behavior, the two will be barred from all official Valorant activities.

Valorant: Galorant Valorant Controversy Explained

Riot Games has not revealed the name of the player who engaged community members on the GALORANTS Discord server. On June 27th, the topic grew into an argument that spanned many Twitter posts. Dawn’s comments included a rude and pointed statement directed at the anonymous gamer.

https://twitter.com/dawnmoer/status/1551645709052645376?s=20&t=4UQQ2EmrPoR8LsqH_wJXmg

Below you can review the timeline of the events occurred. 

Risorah Valorant targets a victim many times on June 27th.

  1. Risorah tweeted a plethora of times aimed exclusively at the same player, in which she reproduced GALORANTS Discord discussions between themselves and Player A. Risorah then shared an altered video in which they enhanced and individually inserted filthy remarks surrounding the player.

The victim was targeted with nasty posts on June 28th.

  1. Risorah directly labeled and targeted the gamer as the topic of a filthy post. Riot Games analyzed detailed images and video of the alleged infractions, as well as correspondence between the accused and the victim, throughout the inquiry. Riot Games also interviewed participants, including Dawn and Risorah.

Riot Games’ decision on July 25th

  1. Dawn breached Rule 7.3.1 of the VALORANT Champions Tour Global Competition Policy. Dawn is barred from any association or involvement with a team in a Riot-sanctioned competition for three months, until September 27, 2023.

July 25th – Punished players acknowledge the judgment

  1. In a recent appearance on Charles White Jr.’s (penguinz0/MoistCr1TiKaL) stream, where they spoke at length about the matter, both players addressed the dispute. Shortly, White will probably upload a video on his YouTube account discussing the circumstance.

July 25th – The community opposes the players’ actions.

  1. The Game Changers community is outraged just at two players’ behavior. On Twitter, Shopify Rebellion’s Game Changers squad member Benita “bENITA” Novshadian stated that it is impossible to take the Game Changers scene seriously when there is no competition integrity and rules are disregarded. With certain players’ acts affecting players’ jobs and livelihoods, it calls into question what the Game Changers circuit stands for.

New Valorant Skin Bundle: Reaver 2.0 Leaked

Bharat Kotwani
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New Valorant Skin Bundle: Reaver 2.0 Leaked

Twitter user Valorant Updated has surfaced a leak which headlines the probable release of the Valorant Reaver 2.0 Skin Bundle, the second entry in the series. The first iteration made its way into the game back in November 2020 after just 5 months of the first person tactical shooter’s release.

The bundle quickly rose to prominence with Jett mains getting the same due to its cosmetic appearance and with her ability to dash, making them want the Operator more than any other skin-line.

The leaks suggest the Reaver Bundle 2.0 will feature Odin, Phantom and a Karambit themed Melee weapon while the rest are to be determined once Riot confirms the launch of the bundle.

Just like the previous iteration of the bundle, it is expected that Reaver 2.0 will be priced somewhere around 11,825 Valorant Points and will break stores upon its arrival.

Valorant New Skin Bundle

Valorant Reaver 2.0 Skin Bundle

Reaver 2.0 Karambit themed Melee

Reaver 2.0 Odin

Reaver 2.0 Phantom

As far, we can’t confirm the integrity of this leak supported by the fact that the same might be photoshopped but it definitely won’t hurt if we do believe its authenticity. ValorantUpdated on his Twitter handle stated that no game files corresponding to the leak were found with Riot yet to confirm the details.

Valorant, Riot’s FPS, has been a resounding success since its release in 2020, thanks to its unique blend of tactical shooting mechanics and ability-based gameplay along with a wide selection of incredible-looking cosmetics that indeed have enticed the player-base to grind the game out.

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Jan Hoffman joins Nigma Galaxy as Head of Operations

The Crew
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Jan Hoffman joins Nigma Galaxy as Head of Operations

Nigma Galaxy, the esports division of Galaxy Racer, has announced the appointment of Jan Hoffmann as its new Head of Operations. Jan will be responsible for all operational aspects of Nigma Galaxy.

Previously, Jan was at Fnatic, where he was Head of Team Operations and was responsible for leading organisation-wide esports operations. In this role, Hoffmann also handled all internal, organisation-wide operations for two years before his departure.

Before Jan was appointed as the Head of Team Operations at Fnatic, Jan progressed his way up the organisation from manager and coach to Team Director of Fnatic’s League of Legends team.

In his new role at Nigma Galaxy, Hoffmann will be responsible for all organisation-wide operations. He will oversee the organisation’s pro teams operations, ensuring that the teams have all they need to compete at the highest level. He will also be responsible for all wider Nigma Galaxy operations, which entails nearly everything from HR, logistics, financial planning, coordinating with the departments to project management together with the operations team.

Looking ahead, Jan’s focus will be to develop and build on some of the new projects, including Nigma Galaxy’s efforts in supporting female esports such as the world-class CS:GO team or its new Mobile Legends: Bang Bang team in Indonesia.

Jan Hoffmann, Head of Operations at Nigma Galaxy said: “I’m very happy to announce that I have joined Nigma Galaxy as Head of Operations. Nigma Galaxy is a world-class esports organisation always striving to be the best and to replicate and build on the success they already had in the past. Working with this experienced group of esports veterans is incredibly motivating and fills me with excitement for the things we have in store.”

Christoph Timm, Co-Founder of Nigma Galaxy commented: “We are excited to welcome Jan to Nigma Galaxy. Jan’s immense experience within the industry will be essential as we continue to grow and strive for success. Welcome to the team, Jan!”

How Mobile Gaming Is Taking Over Large Proportions of Gamers

Gustav Andersson
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How Mobile Gaming Is Taking Over Large Proportions of Gamers

You could argue that gaming still doesn’t quite get the respect that it deserves. The industry is worth more than Hollywood and the music industry combined, games have cinema-worthy storylines and soundtracks, and there is an exceptionally diverse range of playing experiences available. And yet, video games aren’t yet as respected as much as other mediums. You imagine that’s slowly changing, however. For one thing, gaming is becoming too big to ignore.

In recent years, it hasn’t been “regular” video games that have ballooned in popularity. It has been mobile gaming, which offers a level of experience that other gaming types cannot provide. So, what’s behind the massive drive in popularity for mobile gaming? Let’s take a look at some of the key reasons.

Better Technology

If you want a glimpse of how fast humans can progress within ten years, just take a look at the games that were available to play on mobile in 2012 and the games available to play on mobile in 2022. Back then, it wasn’t so much a lack of creativity that produced poor games but a lack of technology. The early iPhones were more a symbol of hope rather than something tangibly awesome. Now, smartphones really are exceptional devices, and that means you can find brilliant games in stunning quality. It’s no wonder people are drawn to the game offerings on the app stores. Technology advances have ensured that they’re extremely high quality. 

A Variety of Games

Mobile gaming couldn’t have become the juggernaut that it is, (estimated value: $139 billion), if only a limited number of games were available. Today, smartphone owners can enjoy a wide range of titles on their devices. Indeed, in many ways, the range of games is almost as wide as it is on desktop and video game consoles. You can play sports games like FIFA and Madden; you can play poker and other card games at a virtual casino on mobile; and you can play MMO games such as Forge of Empires. These games aren’t a diminished version of the real thing, they’re just different, and that’s a testament to the rapid development of mobile gaming technology.

More Smartphone Owners

There was a pretty big reason why mobile gaming could not have taken over the world in, say, 2016: most of the world did not have a smartphone. Back then, only 49% of the global population had such a device. Today, nearly 84% of the population has a smartphone. That’s remarkable in itself. From a mobile gaming perspective, it all makes sense — the more people that can play your game, the greater the number that will play. It’s all about audience size. Today, there’s a sizable smartphone audience, which aligns perfectly with the increase in the quality of the games themselves. And this audience is only expected to grow in years to come. 

A Different Experience 

Mobile gaming used to sit in the shadow of more credible and better-respected gaming consoles, such as the PlayStation and Xbox. But today, mobile gaming doesn’t offer an inferior experience; it offers a different experience. You can’t play your PlayStation on your way to work. You wouldn’t load up your Xbox if you just wanted to play a game for five minutes. Mobile gaming fills the gap that more traditional gaming consoles cannot fill. 

Final Thoughts

The mobile gaming industry has gone through its learning curve. It has ironed out the kinks. Now, with plenty of income to play with, we can expect the mobile gaming industry to enjoy the fruits of its positive feedback loop. After all, the money, the technology, and the audience are all there.

Dawn Valorant: Riot Bans Two Valorant Players for Vulgar Speech and Harassment

Sonu Banerjee
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Dawn Valorant: Riot Bans Two Valorant Players for Vulgar Speech and Harassment

Riot Games has issued bans on two female Valorant players for alleged harassment and vulgar speech from all Riot-sanctioned competitions, including the Game Changers. The bans were issued by the company after comments from the Galorants’ Discord server comparing teabagging with sexual assault surfaced online and heated discussions started escalating.

Following the incident, two female Valorant players – ‘Dawn’ and ‘Risorah’ – were suspended from participating in all official events for three months and nine months respectively. (The names of the players have been withheld for privacy)

Through a competitive ruling issued on June 25th, Riot Games confirmed these bans were a result of ‘vulgar or hateful speech’ and ‘harassment’.

Why Were Dawn Valorant and Risorah Valorant Banned?

Recently, debates on whether or not teabagging in video games should be allowed have taken over social media platforms. In fact, teams being banned for teabagging in tournaments or TOs requesting players to not teabag are also not unheard of.

The recent controversies started when one of the members of the Galorants’ Discord, which is a community in the women’s esports space, posted a message on one of its text channels equating teabagging to sexual abuse, even though the topic is banned on the server. 

“While Galorants moderators eventually stepped in to diffuse the situation, this did not happen as soon as it should have,” Galorants said in a statement. “This unfortunately allowed the hostility to escalate within our server and towards the conversation’s initiator.

This individual has since been issued punishment within the server for bringing a banned topic into discourse. We apologize for not taking action to protect our members sooner.”

As mentioned in the competitive ruling by Riot, Dawn and Risorah targeted the member of Galorants who started the teabagging discussion through a series of Twitter posts.

Riot’s statement reads, “Beginning June 24, a player (identified as “Player A” to protect their identity) engaged community members on the GALORANTS Discord server. On June 27, the discussion evolved into an argument spanning multiple Twitter posts. Dawn’s responses included a vulgar and targeted remark at Player A.”

“On June 27, Risorah created multiple Twitter posts specifically targeted at Player A, in which Risorah pasted GALORANTS Discord conversations between themselves and Player A. Risorah proceeded to post a video they edited, in which they amplified and personally added vulgar commentary around Player A. On June 28, Risorah directly tagged and targeted Player A as the subject of a vulgar post.”

Valorant: Dawn and Risorah Respond

Risorah has acknowledged her mistakes through a Twitlonger made shortly afterward.

“While I’m still having a ton of emotions right now, it’s worth noting that I will be taking this punishment with the responsibility of my actions that led to my situation,” she said in her statement.

Dawn, on the other hand, isn’t very happy about her ban and has disputed the ruling by Riot Games.

“I have watched SA happen in broad daylight. It is not something you can compare to crouching in a video game,” Dawn said in her own Twitlonger. “I was visibly upset by this, as were hundreds of thousands of people, and replied under her thread expressing my frustrations and concerns. I don’t think I need to say much more. I s**tposted on Twitter and apparently, it’s vulgar language.”

She further claimed that she was “literally told by Riot staff” prior to the ruling that what she said “was not vulgar.”

https://twitter.com/dawnmoer/status/1551633579003740167?s=20&t=LIFlLoXmSe58_zdTTb7VyQ

Dawn will be able to return to competitive play on September 27, 2022, while Risorah will have to wait till March 27, 2023, to have her suspension lifted.

Galorants’ Valorant Teabagging Controversy Explained: Riot Bans Two Valorant Players for Vulgar Speech and Harassment

Sonu Banerjee
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Galorants’ Valorant Teabagging Controversy Explained: Riot Bans Two Valorant Players for Vulgar Speech and Harassment

Riot Games has issued bans on two female Valorant players for alleged harassment and vulgar speech from all Riot-sanctioned competitions, including the Game Changers. The bans were issued by the company after comments from the Galorants’ Discord server comparing teabagging with sexual assault surfaced online and heated discussions started escalating.

Following the incident, two female Valorant players – ‘Dawn’ and ‘Risorah’ – were suspended from participating in all official events for three months and nine months respectively. (The names of the players have been withheld for privacy)

Through a competitive ruling issued on June 25th, Riot Games confirmed these bans were a result of ‘vulgar or hateful speech’ and ‘harassment’.

Why Were Dawn Valorant and Risorah Valorant Banned?

Recently, debates on whether or not teabagging in video games should be allowed have taken over social media platforms. In fact, teams being banned for teabagging in tournaments or TOs requesting players to not teabag are also not unheard of.

The recent controversies started when one of the members of the Galorants’ Discord, which is a community in the women’s esports space, posted a message on one of its text channels equating teabagging to sexual abuse, even though the topic is banned on the server. 

“While Galorants moderators eventually stepped in to diffuse the situation, this did not happen as soon as it should have,” Galorants said in a statement. “This unfortunately allowed the hostility to escalate within our server and towards the conversation’s initiator.

This individual has since been issued punishment within the server for bringing a banned topic into discourse. We apologize for not taking action to protect our members sooner.”

As mentioned in the competitive ruling by Riot, Dawn and Risorah targeted the member of Galorants who started the teabagging discussion through a series of Twitter posts.

Riot’s statement reads, “Beginning June 24, a player (identified as “Player A” to protect their identity) engaged community members on the GALORANTS Discord server. On June 27, the discussion evolved into an argument spanning multiple Twitter posts. Dawn’s responses included a vulgar and targeted remark at Player A.”

“On June 27, Risorah created multiple Twitter posts specifically targeted at Player A, in which Risorah pasted GALORANTS Discord conversations between themselves and Player A. Risorah proceeded to post a video they edited, in which they amplified and personally added vulgar commentary around Player A. On June 28, Risorah directly tagged and targeted Player A as the subject of a vulgar post.”

Valorant: Dawn and Risorah Respond

Risorah has acknowledged her mistakes through a Twitlonger made shortly afterward.

“While I’m still having a ton of emotions right now, it’s worth noting that I will be taking this punishment with the responsibility of my actions that led to my situation,” she said in her statement.

Dawn, on the other hand, isn’t very happy about her ban and has disputed the ruling by Riot Games.

“I have watched SA happen in broad daylight. It is not something you can compare to crouching in a video game,” Dawn said in her own Twitlonger. “I was visibly upset by this, as were hundreds of thousands of people, and replied under her thread expressing my frustrations and concerns. I don’t think I need to say much more. I s**tposted on Twitter and apparently, it’s vulgar language.”

She further claimed that she was “literally told by Riot staff” prior to the ruling that what she said “was not vulgar.”

https://twitter.com/dawnmoer/status/1551633579003740167?s=20&t=LIFlLoXmSe58_zdTTb7VyQ

Dawn will be able to return to competitive play on September 27, 2022, while Risorah will have to wait till March 27, 2023, to have her suspension lifted.

GTA Online: All New Cars In The Criminal Enterprises DLC Update

Prateek Jain
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GTA Online: All New Cars In The Criminal Enterprises DLC Update

The most anticipated GTA Online’s summer update 1.43 called “The Criminal Enterprises” is due to go live later today and with it, Rockstar has added a bunch of new stuff to the game including many new cars.

If you are like us and eagerly waiting to get your hands on all the new cars added in the update then be ready to fork in more than $13,000,000 in in-game money. In total there are 6 new vehicles added to the game and buying each will cost you exactly $13,310,000 in cash. 

While Rockstar hints at adding more cars in the future via an update in the coming weeks. So it will be best to save as much money as you can right now and purchase only the cars you like the most first. 

GTA Online: New Cars In Criminal Enterprises DLC Update

Here is a list of all cars available to purchase immediately with the listed purchase price and location where you can find them:

  1. Conada (Helicopter) = $1,837,500 – $2,450,000 available to purchase via Elitas Travel
  2. Pegassi Torero XO (Car) = $2,890,000 available to purchase via Legendary Motorsports
  3. Lampadati Corsita (Car) = $1,705,000 available to purchase via Legendary Motorsports
  4. Benefactor LM87 (Car) = $2,915,000 available to purchase via Legendary Motorsports
  5. Obey Omnis E-GT (Car) = $1,795,000 available to purchase via Legendary Motorsports
  6. Bravado Greenwood (Car) = $1,098,750 – $1,465,000 available to purchase via Southern San Andreas

Players that own the GTA+ subscription can the Lampadati Corsita at no extra cost, along with two exclusive liveries for the new Italian speedster called “Graphic Montage” and “Geometric Shapes”. 

ESPL BGMI Points Table: Enigma Gaming leads the chart after day 1 of ESPL Season 2 Invitational Qualifiers 2 Finals

Divyesh Moghe
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ESPL BGMI Points Table: Enigma Gaming leads the chart after day 1 of ESPL Season 2 Invitational Qualifiers 2 Finals

India Today Gaming has organized a massive BGMI event called ESPL Season 2. This event is currently in its invitational qualifiers finals where the top teams from India are currently fighting to secure their slot into the LAN finals. Here is the result of ESPL Season 2 Invitational Qualifiers 2: Grand Finals Day One.

ESPL Season Two has two qualification routes where players were able to sign up for an open-for-all route. This route has already concluded its qualifiers and two underdog teams namely GOG Esports and Dragon Esports have qualified for the LAN grand finals.

The invitational route has reached its final stage as sixteen teams are fighting for glory. The first day was dominated by Enigma Gaming as they won one map and after a dominating performance, they have secured the top spot on the first day.

Enigma Gaming is currently sitting on the first spot with 68 points and 1 win. Hydra and Team 8Bit are tailing behind them and look to topple them from their winning position.

ESL BGMI Points Table Day 1

The points table for first day is as follows:

The second day of action begins today as teams will gather once again to secure their slot in the LAN finals. The top eight teams from this qualifiers will move to LAN event while the remaining will go into WildCard zone for the last chance qualifiers.

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PUBG Mobile Ban: PUBG Mobile bans over 400k+ accounts for cheating

Pranav Nalawade
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PUBG Mobile Ban: PUBG Mobile bans over 400k+ accounts for cheating

In recent social media announcements, PUBG Mobile has permanently banned over 800,000 accounts in about 7 days. They shared a complete anti-cheating report displaying the different tiers of players that were banned.

The maximum number of bans came from the bronze tier whereas the least was seen in the conqueror tier. The officials also shared the types of hack that were used by the players and got banned by them. The most percentage of these players was the Auto-aim hacks user.

PUBG Mobile Cheating Ban

According to the latest anti-cheat report that has the data from July 15 to July 21, PUBG Mobile banned a total of 461,983 accounts from accessing the game.

The numbers have slightly decreased as compared to last week’s anti-cheating report. PUBG Mobile is one of the leading battle royale mobile games developed by Tencent Games.

With each game developed, we always see hackers and cheaters which spoils the nature of the game. PUBG Mobile has a no-cheat policy and introduced the Ban Pan anti-cheat system late in 2019 where it has banned the use of any third-party hacks.

On the recent anti-cheat post, the officials shared the tier distribution that was banned by the team. Below is the list of banned accounts.

  • Bronze – 34%
  • Silver – 18%
  • Gold – 7%
  • Platinum – 6%
  • Diamond – 14%
  • Crown – 7%
  • Ace – 20%
  • Conqueror – 1%

The official also disclosed the type of hacks that were used by these players. The majority of them were caught using X-ray vision hack, Auto Aim hack was used by 21% of the banned players, 20% did modification in the area of damage.

Speed hacks were being used by 8 percent of these accounts, and 4% were using other types of hacks.

Presently, PUBG Mobile has banned millions of accounts from using unethical means such as hacking or cheating. The team will keep doing in the coming future to maintain fairness in the game.

BGMI LAN events: List Of All Upcoming BGMI Lan Event In India

Divyesh Moghe
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BGMI Esports has taken an interesting turn in recent times as the LAN culture is returning back to the country. A total of four LAN events have taken place within a short span of six months and many more are coming in the future. Here is a list of upcoming BGMI LAN events and their probable timeline.

LAN event gives a special touch to a normal BGMI tournament where the players are all sitting inside the same arena and more emotions are involved. Some events also has audience present and the upcoming ones are going to be as massive as the ones that have recently happened.

Next BGMI Lan Events

There are a total of three upcoming BGMI LANs to look out for and they are as follows:

ESPL Finals will be the first LAN event that is right around the corner. The qualifiers for its invitational route are already in progress and a total of sixteen teams from various streams will come together in an LAN format on 30th June.

The ESPL LAN will run for a total of five days, concluding on 3rd August 2022. The prize pool of this event is ₹1 crore.

The next big event will be Skyesports League 2022. This event will take place in Delhi from 7th to 11th August and a total of 16 teams are invited to represent their cities at the LAN event. It has a humongous prize pool that will range in crores and the exact amount is yet to be announced.

The final and confirmed BGMI LAN event is called as Rooter Pro Series. The details and dates for this event are yet to be announced but one can expect it to be a huge event. The invitational qualifiers are already in place right now and the top sixteen will make their way into the Pro Series. The prize pool of this event will also be in the crore range.

This is an exciting time for BGMI fans are three LAN events are lined up in this short period. Make sure to tune in to the official streams to enjoy the action.

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