The Indian Pro player Harsh Malik aka Spraygod BGMI account got banned for 3 months. The player shared this information through his social media account but the reason for the ban has not been revealed by anyone.
Although, the player commented that he may have got the ban for his insane 44 kills which was played during one of his BGIS matches. His account got multiple reports from players who thought he was cheating, which ultimately resulted in a 3 months ban.
We reached out to the 7Seas officials, who stated, “We are in talk with the Krafton and Tesseract (BGIS management team) about this issue. The ID was also registered for the ongoing Battlegrounds Mobile India Series (BGIS). Spraygod has been professionally playing BGMI since the launch and has been representing our brand, 7Sea Esports for over 5 months. We hope this problem gets rectified as soon as possible.
There has been no official statement from the side of the developers. As a result, the pro player has to wait for his id to return back. The ban has come as a major setback for the team, as they are competing in the ongoing Skyesports Mobile Open finals which has a massive prize pool of 25,00,000 INR. It is unclear whether the player will be seen playing with a different Id or will he wait to get unbanned.
7Seas Esports is an emerging esports organization backed up by Amp verse. They have rosters in PUBG Mobile and Battlegrounds Mobile India.
With 2021 coming to an end, we’ve seen plenty of AAA and Indie releases over the last 12 months and while there were some solid titles released this year, there were also some disappointments either due to development or technical issues or these games were straight up disappointing.
Metacritic has listed the top 10 worst games released between January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021, based on their average Metascores, and according to Metacritic, games with less than 7 “professional” critic reviews have been excluded from the list.
Here are the 10 worst games of 2021 (Ranked from low ratings to high):
eFootball 2022 (PC)
Balan Wonderworld (Switch)
Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood (PS4)
Taxi Chaos (PS4)
Of Bird and Cage (PC)
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition (Switch)
I Saw Black Clouds (PS4)
Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace (PC)
Demon Skin (PC)
Necromunda: Hired Gun (PS4)
It is interesting to note that Yuji Naka’s Balan Wonderworld is officially the worst game on Switch to be released this year and had low scores on every platform while Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition was criticized for its inconsistent performance on all platforms, especially the Nintendo Switch and was riddled with numerous, yet hilarious bugs.
Although not listed here, Battlefield 2042 deserves an honorable mention here as it was received poorly by critics and fans of the series (both veterans and newcomers alike). It is currently at 39% positive reviews on Steam and is the 16th worst game on the platform while it has an average Metascore of 64 across PC and both Next-gen consoles.
The first day of the PMGC 2021 League finals ended with complete domination from the South Korean squad Damwon Gaming. PMGC is one of the biggest mobile gaming events of the year featuring the best teams across the globe. Damwon Gaming scored a total of 78 points after the completion of day one followed by Nova Esports finishing at the second spot with 75 points. Although, the team could not manage any chicken dinner throughout the day but their consistent performance kept them at the top of the leaderboard.
D’Xavier took two out of six chicken dinners along with single chicken dinners from Damwon Gaming, Team Secret, Stalwart Esports, and The Infinity. The Malaysian squad, Team Secret was at the third spot with 61 points.
PMGC 2021 League Finals Overall Standings
Damwon Gaming – 78 points
Nova Esports – 75 points
Team Secret – 61 points
The Infinity – 59 points
Nigma Galaxy – 57 points
D’Xavier – 54 points
Six Two Eight – 54 points
Rico Infinity Team – 49 points
Stalwart Esports – 46 points
Genesis Dogma – 31 points
4Rivals – 29 points
Reject – 29 points
MS Chonburi – 28 points
DRS Gaming – 23 points
Bigetron RA – 22 points
Cryptics – 15 points
Bigretron RA and Cryptics could not perform well on the first day of the league finals. The teams looked completely out of form as they could not manage top-five finishes out of the all matches played.
The 16 teams will play six matches per day for a total of 18 games to be at the top of the leaderboard. The top nine teams from the east along with the top six from the west will advance to the PMGC 2021 finals which are scheduled to take place next year.
The first looks at a revamped Tuscan has recently been revealed by the map’s developers, and CSGO fans across the world are taking a trip down the memory lane as they explore the upcoming CSGO map.
The hype around Tuscan initially started in 2020 when rumors started stirring that the CS 1.6 map would soon make an appearance in CSGO.
Since the current map-pool discussions are a hot topic right now, a while ago credible sources told me that de_Tuscan was being reworked on by mapmakers and once completed the first looks of the map might be out in as short as the next couple of months.
Shortly afterwards, the trailer for Tuscan was officially revealed, and the hype surrounding the map peaked.
Finally, after another year of waiting, it seems like the first look at the revamped Tuscan has been revealed by Brute and Catfood, the developers behind the Tuscan remake.
CSGO Tuscan 2022
From the trailer, it’s evident that the revamped Tuscan has undergone a lot of improvements over its predecessor. However, the overall structure of the map is still somewhat the same, with the visuals of each area being enhanced. The in-game models and the environment are also revamped with delightful visuals.
The exact release date of Tuscan is still uncertain, but we do know that the developers are putting up finishing touches to the upcoming map. Fans can expect Tuscan to hit the CSGO servers in early 2022.
Team Liquid’s ex-IGL and CSGO Legend, Gabriel ‘Fallen’ Toledo got into a slight spat with teammate Jake ‘Stewie2k’ Yip during the first map of their lower bracket game versus Natus Vincere at BLAST Premier World Finals. The teammates exchanged a few words and things looked sour throughout the game from there on out, as Liquid were sent home by NaVi.
The 11th round of the first map – Dust2, between NaVi and Team Liquid was an eco (save) round from TL with them only buying a couple of Desert eagles and the rest on USP-S’. Stewie2k opened the round with 3 deagle headshots to give his side a significant advantage, and they were up in a 4v2 situation despite a weapon disadvantage.
As NaVi progressed further on the A site on Dust2, stewie2k and FalleN both were on the ramp. Stewie, already being fired up, wanted FalleN to bait for him so he could get 2 more headshots and win the round but he failed to communicate the same to his team. It didn’t stop there as he then frustratingly called FalleN out saying ‘Why you hiding dude?’ after they lost the round and the tension within the team was visible as seen in the clip below.
Stewie then touched on it again in the post game interview saying ‘FalleN didn’t know what he was doing’ and it was clear that he was frustrated. He also said that is how things snowballed for them, as has been the case for Liquid for a while and they lost all momentum and the overall energy in the camp was brought down.
THE CLARIFICATION FROM ‘THE PROFESSOR’
Fans then took to Twitter and reddit to label stewie2k as the bad guy but FalleN, like the figure he is, came forward himself to clarify. In a series of tweets where he said goodbye to all of Team Liquid, he explained the situation. He clarified that the clip didn’t show his side and that he also said stuff that he shouldn’t have when they were playing. He said ‘There’s so much stuff built up from this whole year that yesterday I couldn’t handle a technical commentary on the game from Stewie and added more fire, hampering both of them. He deserves your affection’
He added ‘Yesterday’s video doesn’t show my answer and to criticize it so much just for a small sample is really unfair.
Let’s remember all the moments we tried so hard, from Mibr, to SK and TL. I admire you a lot man and I know you like me a lot too’
Tanto @Stewie quanto eu fizemos o possível e o impossível para tentarmos ser campeões. Tem tanta coisa acumulada desse ano todo que ontem não consegui lidar com um comentário técnico do jogo vindo do Stewie e adicionei mais fogo, atrapalhando nos dois. Ele merece o carinho de vcs pic.twitter.com/XdAicdM6Yc
Stewie2k was quick to accept his mistake as well and said that is not how we wanted his relationship with FalleN to be remembered as. He showed his admiration and respect for him ever since his SK and MIBR days and wished him the best of luck, saying ‘there will be no teammates that will match’.
I acted poorly and it is not how I want to finish remembering what we are, who we are, and most importantly what we play for. It’s always been a pleasure to be by your side, from SK until now. I know we worked hard, to the point where we pushed all limits.
This showed that CSGO is more than just an esport and emotions may get the better of us sometimes, but both these players showed maturity and understanding when it came to things outside of the game, and the whole esports community can learn a lot from them.
Riot Games has sent out the first round of invites for the Public Beta Environment (PBE) servers of their competitive shooter Valorant, and fans are curious to know what these servers are all about. Here’s everything that you need to know about the PBE servers in Valorant, and the benefits you’ll get by opting into these.
What are Valorant PBE Servers?
PBE is a method that game developers use to filter out bugs in their future patches ahead of their actual release. By opting into the PBE servers, players are able to get a sneak peek at future updates before they’re officially introduced to the live servers.
PBE players will be able to test new maps and play new agents before they are shipped to the game and report any bugs they encounter along the way to the developers’ team.
The PBE servers will be available only one weekend per patch, which means players will be able to play it every other weekend.
How to apply for Valorant PBE Servers?
To apply for the Valorant PBE, players have to meet a certain set of requirements.
For starters, only North American players can opt into the PBE servers right now. If you’re outside North America, you can’t join the PBE yet.
Secondly, players must have a clean track record with no band or restrictions on their accounts.
If you meet these conditions, you can apply for PBE here. However, simply meeting those conditions won’t ensure you a spot on the PBE list since players will be manually handpicked by Riot themselves.
Also, joining the PBE will not make your existing account PBE-only. You’ll be able to continue using your current Valorant account to log in. This also means that if you’re banned on the PBE, you’ll also be banned on Live, and vice versa.
The Christmas episode of the H3H3 podcast will not be posted on YouTube following a ban on the channel for a year-old video that YouTube suddenly has deemed to be “too dangerous to watch”.
Ethan Klien has announced that his channel has been banned from posting any content on YouTube for a week after a year-old reaction video containing harmful material. The ban comes in just ahead of the release of H3H3’s much anticipated Christmas podcast, which as things are will have to be pushed back until the ban is over.
Our final Christmas podcasts that we've been planning for a month will not be happening. We just randomly got a strike because a video we reacted to over a year ago was deemed "too dangerous to watch", they wont even tell me what it was. Cant upload for a week. p1@TeamYouTube
“Our final Christmas podcasts that we’ve been planning for a month will not be happening,” Klein said on Monday. “We just randomly got a strike because a video we reacted to over a year ago was deemed “too dangerous to watch”. . . Can’t upload for a week. . . Ironically, the videos we watched can all still be found on YouTube as age-restricted, so I don’t understand why the heavy hand for us? Please reconsider your decision, it has a tremendous negative effect on our business and community during an important time.” said Ethan Klien.
Klien has appealed that the video in question has over 100,000 views and is age-restricted, thus bringing YouTube’s decision to ban it at this time of the year in question.
YouTube has rejected his appeal thus there is no way that he will be able to put up his podcast on YouTube which was in the making for over a month. The delay will harm their line of content and this will definitely ruin Christmas for the Klien’s.
Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) have lately been successful in monitoring a plethora of user accounts who have been reported for functioning in an illegal way within the game which were further convicted and banned in the wake of the former.
According to a latest report, the developers of the free to play game banned nearly one lakh accounts in a week’s time frame, between December 13 and December 19.
In addition the list of these convicted accounts were also published by the team at Krafton and are currently headed to a lige-time ban which is supposed to be administered shortly. This follows the previous ban wave which saw over 142,000 BGMI accounts getting blacklisted between December 6 and December 12.
On Monday. BGMI on its website published a statement to the community which stated around 99,583 accounts were permanently banned from Dec 13 ~ Dec 19 followed by the list of the same which was made public by Krafton.
You can Click here to download the PDF files which contains the list of the 99,583 accounts banned across December 13-19.
Being said, BGMI banned over 142,766 accounts between December 6-12. Similarly, the Krafton based company had over 157,000 accounts convicted across November 17-23. Krafton normally sends the player an ultimatum to fix any kind of internal errors which do conflict with the game files and may also lead to a ban if any kind of malicious files interfere with the anticheat.
After the revival of PUBG as Battlegrounds Mobile India, the game will stop accepting data transfers from its previous iteration as players have an active window to do so until December 31st.
If you’ve been following Twitch streamers for a while, or simply watching esports tournaments on the platform recently, chances are that you’ve already come across the word ‘monkaS’ on more than one occasion in the Twitch chat. If you’re curious about what the word ‘monkaS’ means in Twitch chat, we have you covered. Here’s all you need to know about ‘monkaS’, its origins, what it means, and when you should use it.
MonkaS Meaning in Twitch Chat
Most new Twitch users might be unaware of the fact that monkaS is, in fact, an emote. However, unlike most other Twitch emotes, monkaS, along with some similar emojis don’t show up in the Twitch chat unless you have a specific browser extension enabled. The browser extension named BetterTwitchTV or FrankerFaceZ enables Twitch viewers to post emotes that aren’t available in Twitch itself.
MonkaS is a BetterTwitchTV emote that depicts Pepe the frog looking nervous and sweating. This is why the Twitch chat often spams monkaS when an anxious or scary situation is going on during the stream.
For instance, monkaS is often seen being spammed during gambling streams. It is also seen when streamers are playing an intense horror game. The emote was originally uploaded in 2016 by a user named ‘Monkasen’, from where the prefix ‘monkaS’ could have come from.
The sequel to Techland’s critically acclaimed survival-action game, Dying Light is set to launch in 2022 after being delayed from its original December 7, 2021 release date. Dying Light was a treat both gameplay-wise and graphically when it was released in 2015, and unsurprisingly, it still holds up well. Although Dying Light 2 seems to be having development issues behind the scenes, it aims to provide polished and refined gameplay and visuals over its predecessor.
Techland has revealed the system requirements for Dying Light 2 and it seems that most configurations will require some settings to be turned down to medium, or even low to provide a playable experience as according to the official requirements, a GTX 1050Ti or RX 560 paired with an Intel i3-9100 or AMD Ryzen 3 2300x is required for “Full HD 30 FPS” on Low settings, while an RTX 2060 (6GB) or RX Vega 56 paired with an Intel i5-8600k or an AMD Ryzen 5 3600x is required for “Full HD 60FPS” at High settings. Neither of the configurations has ray tracing enabled which indicates that the game certainly will be quite resource-intensive if it is that taxing without any next-gen tech-enabled.
Now something many of you have been waiting for—the system requirements for Dying Light 2 Stay Human! Ready to parkour through The City on February 4th?#DyingLight2pic.twitter.com/RkshbMQ2zV
Dying Light 2 will also feature NVIDIA’s DLSS tech which should result in increased framerates if you have an RTX GPU.
Dying Light 2 Pre-order bonuses
Dying Light 2 owners will receive two pre-order bonuses for Lawan and Aiden which includes the following:
“Reach for the Sky” Paraglider Skin for Lawan and Aiden
“Reach for the Sky” Backpack Skin for Lawan and Aiden
“Reach for the Sky” Crossbow Skin for Lawan
“Reach for the Sky” outfit for Lawan
“Reload” outfit
“Reload” weapon skin
“Reload” paraglider skin
Techland has also explicitly stated that Lawan is not a playable character in the game but will be integral to the main storyline.
Dying Light 2 will also have several accessibility options and the game’s UI/HUD will be fully customizable. Players can enable or disable several HUD indicators such as objectives, enemy health bars, on-screen texts, contextual buttons, quick-time events, as well as and tinker with color blindness options to make the game more immersive.
Dying Light 2 will release on February 4, 2022, on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch via Cloud Streaming.
