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IEM Cologne 2022 Final is the Most-Watched Non-Major Tournament in CSGO History

Sonu Banerjee
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IEM Cologne 2022 Final is the Most-Watched Non-Major Tournament in CSGO History

IEM Cologne 2022 came to a conclusion yesterday as FaZe triumphed over NAVI to win the crown after an intense best-of-five grand finals that kept the fans on the edge of their seats.

Taking a glance at the stats from Esports Charts, we can see that the finals peaked at just under 1.25 million viewers, which marks the most-watched non-major tournament in the history of the competitive shooter.

The previous record was set at about 1.12 million concurrent viewers during the grand finals of IEM Katowice which was organized in February 2022. The finals saw FaZe clan taking down G2 3-0 in the BO5 series with three consecutive wins.

The finals of IEM Cologne 2022 was also the fifth most-watched CS:GO match of all time, lagging just behind ELEAGUE Major 2018 and ELEAGUE Major 2017 by only a few thousand viewers.

Currently, the throne for the most-watched CSGO major in the game’s history is occupied by the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 which recorded over 2.7 million concurrent viewers.

Yesterday’s showdown between FaZe and NAVI saw the former org take down their CIS counterparts 3-2 despite initially falling behind 1-2.

While it was indeed a deserving win for FaZe, the efforts of the electronic-led squad were more than commendable, to say the least.

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FaZe Takes Down NAVI to Win IEM Cologne 2022

Sonu Banerjee
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FaZe Takes Down NAVI to Win IEM Cologne 2022

After an action-packed night filled with some intense Counter-Strike action, FaZe Clan has been crowned as the winner of IEM Cologne 2022 as they best their CIS counterparts NAVI in the best-of-five grand finals of the event.

The match extended long into the night and ended up being an eight-hour showdown between the teams across five games. Both teams managed to put up astonishing performances throughout the finals, and every single game felt like they could go either way.

The grand finals started off with FaZe Clan’s map pick of Inferno. The North American org managed to take an early 5-0 lead on the T-side before NAVI stepped up their game and closed out the half 9-6. However, NAVI’s attacking fell short as FaZe put up a strong defense and managed to secure the game 16-12.

FaZe also managed to get the head start on the second map, Overpass, but s1mple’s stellar performance helped NAVI get back into the game. The game ended up being really close, but NAVI managed to come out on top with a score of 16-13.

The third map, Ancient, was perhaps the most intense game of the entire series. While NAVI ended the first half with a massive advantage of 12-3, FaZe wasn’t giving up so easily. After managing to mount a seemingly impossible comeback in the second half, FaZe tied the score 15-15. The match then went on to overtime, where NAVI eventually secured their second win 19-6.

While Mirage was a NAVI map pick, they visibly struggled to keep their composure as FaZe breezed through game four of the grand finals. The match ended up being 16-9 in the favour of FaZe clan, thanks to some amazing individual performances put up by its players.

With the grand finals being tied 2-2, Nuke was the decider map between the two teams that weren’t ready to give up so easily.  Game five ended up being a nail-biter as both teams went back and forth, trading rounds and leaving no room for mistakes till the scoreline tied at 14-14. A stellar play by Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken secured FaZe the following round, a lead that they ultimately extended to close the game 16-14.

The grand finals of IEM Cologne 2022 certainly kept fans of both teams on the edge of their seats at all times. While it was indeed a deserving win for FaZe, the efforts of the electronic-led squad were more than commendable, to say the least.

Paper Rex and Optic secure Upper Finals at Valorant Masters Copenhagen

Parth Gada
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Paper Rex and Optic secure Upper Finals at Valorant Masters Copenhagen

The Upper Semifinals of Valorant Champions Tour Masters Copenhagen went underway on the fourth day of the Knockouts. 

The fixtures had the tournament favorites playing against each other.

Summary of VCT Masters Copenhagen Knockouts day 5:

  • Game 1: Paper Rex 2-0 Fnatic
  • Game 2: DRX 1-2 Optic Gaming

Game 1: Paper Rex 2-0 Fnatic:

The first upper semi-finals was APAC #1 taking on EMEA #1, a clash of playstyles with Paper Rex’s aggressive Yolo playstyle taking on Fnatic’s slow and strategic approach. 

The first map chosen was Fnatic choosing to play Ascent with Breeze and Icebox banned. With Fnatic on defense, the game started with a back and forth of strings of the round, with Fnatic winning the last round to equalize the scoreline in the first half.

The second half started with Paper Rex winning the pistol while Fnatic answered with three rounds, and Paper Rex won the next four to reach the map point. The map came down to the last round with Paper Rex on 12 and Fnatic on 11, and a lost 1v1 for Fnatic lost their map pick.  

Play of the Map: Mindfreak 1v4 Clutch retake. 
Player of the map: Mindfreak KDA - 28/14/8 ACS - 318

Paper Rex’s bind started with Fnatic on the attack, winning five out of the starting eight rounds and seemed to have gained momentum, but Paper Rex quickly clapped back at Fnatic and won the last four rounds. The half ended with Paper Rex leading 7-5.

The second half seemed to be going in Paper Rex’s favor, but Fnatic found the answer to Paper Rex’s aggression, winning four rounds in a row to reach the score of 10-11. Paper Rex, though, with set plays, managed to take the sites for free and won the map 13-10 and the series 2-0.

Play of the Map: Forsaken A site 3-K
Player of the Map: Jinggg KDA - 25/19/5 ACS - 319
Player of the Series: Jinggg KDA - 46/38/9 ACS - 292

The win secured Paper Rex the Upper Finals spot, and they have outrun their Reykjavik run. Fnatic needs to make a lower bracket run to make it to the finals. 

Game 2: DRX 1-2 Optic Gaming

The Masters Reykjavik Rematch had DRX and Optic Gaming taking on each other. The first map started with Optic playing Fracture and choosing to defend the site. DRX attacked with perfect set plays to win the first half 11-1

The second half had Optic Gaming struggling to hold on, but DRX closed the map 13-4.

Play of the Map: Zest & BuZz 2v5 Clutch.
Player of the Map: Zest K/D/A - 19/6/4 ACS - 280

Before the second map, almost everyone counted Optic out of the game, but Optic on Breeze completely “Split” open DRX’s defense, winning the first half 10-2.

The second half had DRX resisting, but the map closed 13-4 in Optic’s favor.

Play of the Map: Stax A Main aggressive 3K
Player of the Map: yay K/D/A - 22/8/3 ACS - 219

The last map was a bit more competitive than the first two maps, with Optic winning the first two rounds and DRX quickly answering back with three rounds. Optic Gaming, despite the resistance, collected six out of the next seven rounds to close the half 8-4 to start the final map with a lead. 

The second half started with Optic extending their lead to ten, winning the pistol round and the follow-up.

DRX managed to return the favor by stringing together multiple rounds. A clutch from Yay stopped this stomp from DRX to win Optic the eleventh round, and a thrifty got them the map point, and off of that, they won the final map 13-11. 

Play of the Map: Yay Thrifty Clutch
Player of the Map: Yay KDA - 24/19/4 ACS - 163
Player of the Series: Yay KDA - 62/41/9 ACS - 304

With this Victory, Optic Gaming secured Upper Finals again, and they would play Paper Rex at the Upper Finals. DRX would play FPX in the Lower round 2 tomorrow, along with Fnatic taking on Leviatan for tournament contention.

You can read about the results, format and schedule for the tournament, venue, ticketing, and the teams participating and where to watch the stream here. 
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Global Esports becomes the champions of BGMI Masters Series 2022

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Global Esports becomes the champions of BGMI Masters Series 2022

The 5-days intense matches of the BGMI Masters Series 2022 Grand finals ended with GLobal Esports winning the event. A total of 16 best Indian teams were competing in the grand finals for the glory and champions title. It was the first time ever that an esports event was live streamed on national television in India.

Global Esports scored a total of 201 points followed by Team Godlike which placed at the second spot in the finals with 197 points. Global Esports was the only team to cross the 200-plus points out of the 20 matches played by them. Orangutan was the second runners-up team with 192 total points

BGMI Masters Series 2022 Grand finals featured a massive prize pool of ₹75,00,000 INR distributed among the teams. Global Esports took home ₹25,00,000 INR as the prize reward. Jonathan from Team Godlike won the Most Valuable Player award whereas Soul Hector took the highest finish points in the grand finals.

BGMI Masters Series 2022 Grand Finals Overall Standings

  • Global Esports – 201 points
  • Team Godlike – 197 points
  • Orangutan – 192 points
  • Team Enigma Forever – 191 points
  • Skylightz Gaming – 169 points
  • Team Soul -164 points
  • Chemin Esports – 161 points
  • Team Insane Esports – 152 points
  • Enigma Gaming – 144 points
  • Team XO – 140 points
  • OR Esports – 130 points
  • 8Bit – 129 points
  • Blind Esports – 122 points
  • Nigma Galaxy – 106 points
  • FS Esports – 97 points
  • Revenant Esports – 78 points

Global Esports has become the first team ever to win an esports event that was broadcast live on national television. It was a 4-week event where India’s top BGMI teams were invited to compete for a massive prize pool of ₹1,50,00,000 INR. Now the teams will get back in action on 21st July in BGMI Showdown. The team winning the BGMI Showdown will get a direct invite to the PMWI Afterparty 2022.

BGMI Masters Series 2022 Finals Day 4: Overall Standings, Results, and more

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BGMI Masters Series 2022 Finals Day 4: Overall Standings, Results, and more

The fourth day of the BGMI Masters Series 2022 grand finals ended with Team Godlike finishing at the top of the overall leaderboard. The team scored a total of 178 points in 16 matches. Orangutan finished at the second spot with 166 points followed by Team Soul with 153 points and Chemin Esports with 146 points.

Enigma Gaming was the table topper of the day and secured a chicken dinner along with OR Esports, Team Godlike, and Nigma Galaxy. A total of 20 matches will be played in 5 days that will decide the winner of the BGMI Masters Series 2022.

Top performing teams such as Team Soul and GLobal Esports didn’t have a great day on the battleground. As a result, the teams slipped down to third and fifth spots respectively. While Godlike Esports dominated the day by securing 35 points in a match with Jonathan contributing 12 finishes for the team.

A total of 24 teams competed in the three-week-long league stage. It featured a prize pool of 75,00,000 INR with 25,00,000 INR distributed each week. The grand finals also feature a massive prize pool of 75,00,000 INR that will be distributed among 16 teams. The winning team will get 25,00,000 INR as the reward and bragging writes of winning the champions title.

BGMI Masters Series 2022 Finals Overall Standings

Last day of the finals

The BGMI Masters Series 2022 will get its champions today. There is close competition between the top 6 teams in the overall standings. One good match can bring the teams to the top of the leaderboard whereas Team Godlike will be looking to keep their number one spot.

The event will be broadcasted live on Star Sports 2 from 8 pm to 11.30 pm IST. Whereas Loco and Glance Live acquired the streaming rights of the event.

Krafton to host BGMI Showdown with ₹15 Lakh prize pool

Divyesh Moghe
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Krafton to host BGMI Showdown with ₹15 Lakh prize pool

Krafton is going to host a new Battlegrounds Mobile India tournament called as BGMI Showdown. This tournament is a special event that will be a pathway for an Indian team to get the invitational slot of PMWI Afterparty 2022.

Earlier, it was revealed that India will get one more slot for PMWI apart from the BMPS winning slot and BGMI Showdown is the event added unplanned to the 2022 esports calendar to fulfill this requirement.

PMWI 2022 stands for PUBG Mobile World Invitational and this is the biggest PUBG Mobile tournament of the year. This event is divided into two parts with a main event and an “Afterparty” event. Team Soul is already representing India in the main event and Krafton is now organizing BGMI Showdown to fill the second seeded slot.

BGMI Showdown will be hosted over the next week from 21st July to 24th July and the total prize pool of this event is going to be ₹15,00,000. The bifurcation of this amount is not clarified by the officials yet.

A total of 24 teams will participate in this event and looking at the time frame, these slots could be fulfilled by an invitational mode only. The tournament will also take place in Delhi in a LAN format and the winner will be getting a slot for PMWI Afterparty.

PMWI Afterparty is a different event altogether as the top five teams from the main event are invited for the afterparty. This second half of PMWI also has a massive prize pool of $1 million, making it one of the biggest PUBG Mobile and BGMI event of the calendar.

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Guild and XSET eliminated from Valorant Masters Copenhagen

Parth Gada
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Guild and XSET eliminated from Valorant Masters Copenhagen

The third day of the Valorant Champions Tour Masters Copenhagen Knockout Stage had two elimination games and champions qualification on the line. The teams playing were the losers of the opening games. 

The teams playing were FunPlus Phoenix, Guild Esports, Leviatan and XSET. FPX lost to Fnatic in their opening game, Guild lost to Paper Rex, while XSET and Leviatan lost to Optic Gaming and DRX, respectively. 

The Summary of VCT Masters Copenhagen Knockout stage day 3 is as follows:

  • Game 1: Guild Esports 1-2 FunPlus Phoenix 
  • Game 2: Leviatan 2-1 XSET

Game 1: Guild Esports 1-2 FunPlus Phoenix.

The game was very crucial for both teams for two reasons. Firstly, whoever loses will be knocked out of the tournament. Secondly, If Guild loses the match, they would be out for Valorant Champions contention. 

The game started on FPX’s Ascent with Guild on defence and began with winning two rounds, But FPX quickly answered back by winning five rounds consecutively, and the back and forth continued with FPX winning the half 7-5.

The second half started in FPX’s favour with them winning three rounds in a row, but Guild started coming back, winning five rounds, but FPX stopped the Guild train to win the map 13-11 in the last round on the backs of Suygetsu’s 4k. 

 Guild’s Breeze was anti-climatic, with FPX getting rolled over by Guild esports, and Guild won the first map without dropping a round.

The second half had FPX showing up, but Guild stopped the dreams before they even started closing the game 13-3.


Bind, the decider started with FPX on defence, completely shutting down any attack attempts made by Guild Esports. With Guild only winning three rounds to lose the half 3-9. 

The second half was no different than the first, with FPX completely tearing through Guild’s defence and winning the map 13-4 and the game 2-1. 

With the elimination, Guild has lost their chance to qualify for the Valorant Champions and would have to go through LCQ. FPX and Fnatic become the two teams to become the EMEA representative for Valorant Champions. 

Game 2: Leviatan 2-1 XSET

The game was a must-win for both teams, and if Leviatan won, they would become the LATAM representative at Valorant Champions.

XSET’s Split started with them winning the first half with absolute domination, with Leviatan only managing to scrape four rounds out of the twelve. 

The second half started with Leviatan winning four rounds of the first five, and it seemed they’d come back, but XSET managed to stop the bleeding by closing the game 13-9. 

Leviatan, on their map pick of Ascent, started strong by winning the first two rounds with ease but had difficulty converting later, with XSET defending the site with utmost confidence limiting Leviatan to only four rounds in the first half. 

With Leviatan on defence, they replicated what XSET did on the back of Tacolillas chamber and Melser’s clutches to equalise the game in regulation and force overtime. 

The overtime started with teams exchanging the defence halves, but Leviatan won their attack OT and held off XSET pretty well to close out the game 15-13, forcing the third map.

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The decider, Haven, started in Leviatan’s favour with them defending sites with absolute perfection, limiting XSET to only three rounds in half, winning the half 9-3. 

XSET managed to answer back in the second back, thoroughly read all the Leviatan’s attack attempts and reached match point before the last round, but in the last round, Leviatan pulled 

off a 3v5 clutch to draw the game 12-12.

The overtime had both teams exchanging the defence half of the OT. With 14-14 as the score, Leviatan won the defensive half to reach map point and closed the game 16-14 to win the series 2-1. 

With this, Leviatan has cemented its place as the LATAM representative for Valorant Champions. XSET have qualified for Valorant Champions but are eliminated from VCT Masters Copenhagen.

Leviatan and FPX both would play on the 22nd.
You can read about the results, format and schedule for the tournament, venue, ticketing, and the teams participating and where to watch the stream here.

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All the Teams qualified for Valorant Champions

Parth Gada
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All the Teams qualified for Valorant Champions

With the conclusion of the Valorant Champions Tour Masters Copenhagen Knockouts Lower Bracket 1 matches, we have finally found all the regional circuit point representatives for the upcoming Valorant Champions 2022. 

The biggest Valorant Tournament of the year would follow the same format it did last year, but this time there’d be 16 teams, out of which ten would qualify directly through circuit points. 

The rest of the six slots would be filled with regional LCQs held across five regions: North America, South America, EMEA, East Asia and the Asia Pacific. 

The South American LCQ would have two slots, while the rest would only get one. The Asian Region is divided into East Asia, i.e. China, Korea and Japan and the Asia Pacific, the rest of the Asian countries.

Before the VCT Masters Copenhagen, only four teams, viz. Optic Gaming, DRX, Paper Rex and XERXIA had qualified for the Valorant Champions, but today, we got all the ten directly qualified teams for Valorant Champions.

Let’s look at the teams region-wise. 

Asia Pacific:

Paper Rex:

The Kings of Asia Pacific, Paper Rex, have been a constant force in Asia. With the strong performance in the VCT Masters Reykjavik and again qualifying for the VCT Masters Copenhagen as the top seed, they have cemented their position at Valorant Champions.

Xerxia Esports:

Xerxia is the only team that matches Paper Rex’s success in Asia with being the second seed for the international tournament and upsetting strong teams like Optic Gaming and FPX. Xerxia is the second APAC representative at Valorant Champions. 

Brazil:

LOUD:

LOUD has been the only other team who have completely dominated their 

regional scene to represent their region at Valorant Champions. They cemented themselves with the second place finish at Reykjavik and qualification for Copenhagen.

EMEA:

Fnatic: 

The Boaster-led Fnatic has been a strong EMEA team. With them absolutely dominating their EMEA peers in the current split, it was no surprise they are the EMEA representatives at Valorant Champions. 

FunPlus Phoenix:

FPX were the top team in the Stage 1 VCT EMEA Challengers but had to miss out on VCT Masters Reykjavik. Still, they managed to repeat their feat at Stage 2 VCT EMEA Challengers and, through a gruelling group stage, qualified for VCT Masters Copenhagen Knockout stage. Today they eliminated Guild to cement their position as the EMEA representatives at Valorant Champions. 

Japan:

ZETA Division:

With their deep run at VCT Masters Reykjavik and Northeption missing out on the Knockout stage of Copenhagen, the ZETA division secured the Japan representation at Valorant. Champions.

Korea:

DRX:

Korea Valorant is synonymous with DRX today with its absolute dominance in the regional scene, and DRX is the Korean representative at Valorant Champions.

LATAM:

Leviatan:

Leviatan came in as the underdogs and surprised everyone at Stage 2 VCT LATAM Challengers by beating KRU to become the top seed from LATAM. Since KRU had a disappointing finish at the Valorant Masters Copenhagen, Leviatan became the LATAM representative at Valorant Champions with today’s victory. 

North America:

Optic Gaming: 

Optic Gaming is a force in the NA scene right now. With the winners of VCT Masters Reykjavik, they had already cemented their position as the NA representative long ago.

XSET:

XSET clenched the second NA Spot by winning the stage 2 VCT NA challengers and coming to Copenhagen as the NA top seed to beat the Guard, who had a disappointing run in Stage 2 VCT NA Challengers.

The tournament would be held in Istanbul, Turkey, and the rest of the teams would go through LCQs starting next month. The event would likely feature a live audience and would be fun. 

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Zipline Locations in Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 3

Aritra Patra
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Zipline Locations in Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 3

Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 3 has introduced multiple mediums of transportation to roam around the map. One of them is the zipline. There are several locations around the map where you can find the zipline. Keep reading this article till the end to find out the zipline locations in Fortnite.

Usually, ziplines can be found near the edges of the mountains. Using zipline you can easily travel a lot of distance within a very short time. Apart from that, certain quests also need you to find out the ziplines.

Let’s find out the zipline locations:

Zipline Locations in Fortnite

Some of the easiest locations to find out ziplines are The Daily Bugle, Loot Lake, and Shify Shafts. Moreover, you can also find ziplines at the marked locations on the map below:

fortnite zipline locations

Once you find out a zipline, go nearby and press the interact button to use it. In addition, you can depart a zipline anytime anywhere.

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FaZe Clan to go public on NASDAQ

Bharat Kotwani
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FaZe Clan to go public on NASDAQ

The merger between FaZe Clan and B. Riley Principal 150 Merger Corp was approved by the shareholders on July 15 as the esports organization is set to soon go public on the NASDAQ stock exchange.

The Special Purpose Acquisition Company has now engaged its business with the Esports Organization. According to Sportico reporter Eben Novy-Williams, the deal between B. Riley and FaZe Clan is worth $987 Million USD. Dubbed as ‘FaZe Holdings Inc.; it will use the new ticker, ‘FAZE’ and ‘FAZEW’. The initial announcement does suggest that the shareholders in FaZe Clan will own a total of 68% of the company. 

FaZe Clan now joins Enthusiast Gaming, OverActive Media, and Astralis on the stock market as a list of organizations that deal in Esports and those who have now been made available on the public market. FaZe Clan is known for its lifestyle and digital media platforms which are committed to gaming and other Esports components. They currently have squads engaged in Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Fortnite, and Call of Duty. Clocking over 500 million followers across their social media platforms across the globe, they are tethered to a plethora of variety twitch streamers and are also famous for their merchandise apparel line.

FaZe Clan most recently clinched their first major title of CS:GO at the PGL Antwerp 2022 major, where they beat Natus Vincere in the Grand Finals. Popular Hip hop artist and electric lettuce aficionado Snoop Dogg too have joined the Board of Directors at FaZe Clan along with several other personalities, NFL star Kyler “FaZe K1” Murray, Lebron “FaZe Bronny” James Jr., Lil Yachty aka “FaZe Boat”.

In a GQ magazine story, Daniel Schribman, CIO of B. Riley Financial stated:

I view FaZe as almost like a holding company. It’s an I.P. company. And then the verticals underneath that, you’ve got merchandise, you’ve got esports, you’ve got sponsorships, you’ve got wholly owned I.P. and content creation. When we think about it from a financial perspective, esports are insignificant here.

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