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A Coaching Bug surfaces in Valorant

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A Coaching Bug surfaces in Valorant

Yesterday, Theodor “in0X” Bjornsson, The Head Coach for the TSM FTX Academy Valorant team, reported the existence of a Valorant Coaching bug which shows the position of the enemy team in the minimap. 

In his Tweet, he shared a video of the team playing a scrim where you can see the yellow dots blinking, which are the positional indicators of the enemies. As you follow the video, you can see that the yellow indicators are quite accurate and can break the game’s competitive integrity. 

Right now, there is no indicator of how the bug is triggered and restarting the game does fix it, but the bug has often occurred in scrims and official matches. Ian Harding V1’s Coach also experienced a variant of the same bug during the VCT, but it was only for enemies seen by the team.

As reported by George Geddes, many coaches from EMEA and NA have experienced some variant of this bug. 

The most recent one happened at the VCT Playoffs, where NRG faced Faze Clan in the Lower bracket semifinals, where Josh “JoshRT” Lee experienced a variation of the coaching Bug. After immediately reporting the same to Riot, he was asked to restart the game, and the match continued. 

Josh has also mentioned that the Riot team has been working on a hotfix for the issue. There is no indicator for why or how one can experience the bug. Still, it has been in Valorant for a while, with the first instance reported by the Akrew Coach Salah, who experienced it for both the official matchups but reported it immediately. 

A similar instant was reported by GenG Jaxsen, where the game designer Penguin commented on fixing the bug. 

The existence of the bug is fine for large-scale, Riot Sponsored events where there exists a referee who monitors the voice communications and coaches monitor closely. But in the case of smaller events or events with a large number of participants monitoring coaches becomes tough, resulting in unfair advantages provided to the teams. 

With no replay system in Valorant, there is no way Riot can investigate the coaching bug and if the coaches used it at lower-tier tournaments. For now, Riot is working on fixing it, and the existence of Referees at the highest stage of events ensures nothing as such happens.

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Ascend Valorant Bench Zeek Ahead of VCT EMEA LCQ

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Ascend Valorant Bench Zeek Ahead of VCT EMEA LCQ

Ahead of the upcoming VCT EMEA LCQ, Ascend has decided to bench the MVP of their Valorant Champions winning run, Zeek. The decision is based on the disappointing finish in the current split of VCT EMEA Challengers. 

Ascend became the world champion in 2021 after winning the inaugural Valorant Champions with Zeek, CNED, Bonecold, Starxo and Kiles and were top of the world. The year 2022 was a rough start, with them benching Bonecold at the start of the year and later benching Kiles. 

The team later got vakk and MONSTERR to complete their rosters. But the results remained the same, with the team managing to qualify for the VCT EMEA Challengers playoff but lost to FPX, ending their tournament run. 

The team still has enough points to qualify for the LCQ, and thus the management has decided to bench Zeek and trial a new player ahead of VCT EMEA LCQ 2022. 

Aleksander “Zeek” Zygmunt is a Polish Flex player who started his Valorant Journey playing for Those guys and then nolpenki to join G2 Esports in the year 2021. In a Roster Shuffle between G2 and Ascent, Zeek was added to Ascend in place of Koldamenta in June of 2021. 

With Ascent, Zeek became the Grand finalist of VCT Masters Berlin and the MVP and winner of Valorant Champions of the year 2021.

Ascend as a whole seems to be struggling this year and have been taking steps to change things, while the team currently has 

cNed, starxo, vakk and MONSTERRR as part of their roster, they’d try to find the final puzzle of the piece and compete with the updated roster at VCT EMEA LCQ.

While Zeek still wishes to compete and would be available for any team that is ready to give him a chance. He would be a restricted F/A until his contract expires, and Ascend would be willing to loan him or free him as soon as a team shows interest. 


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BGMI Masters Series 2022 Week 2 Day 1: Overall Standings, Results, and more

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BGMI Masters Series 2022 Week 2 Day 1: Overall Standings, Results, and more

The first day of the BGMI Masters Series 2022 week 2 ended with Team Godlike finishing at the top of the overall leaderboard. The team scored a total of 47 points in 4 matches. Rivalry Esports finished at the second spot with 45 points followed by OR Esports with 45 points.

A total of 4 matches were played on the first day of the event where the top 16 teams from the week 2 qualifier matches made it through the week 2 finals. Rivalry Esports, OR Esports, Orangutan, and Team XO took one chicken dinner.

BGMI Masters Series 2022 Week 2 Overall Standings

  1. Team Godlike – 47 points
  2. Rivalry Esports – 45 points
  3. OR Esports – 45 points
  4. Chemin Esports – 44 points
  5. Orangutan – 43 points
  6. 8Bit – 38 points
  7. Team Soul – 36 points
  8. Revenant Esports – 34 points
  9. Team XO – 28 points
  10. Nigma Galaxy – 25 points
  11. Team X Spark – 25 points
  12. Blind Esports – 20 points
  13. Team Insane Esports – 14 points
  14. Skylightz Gaming – 12 points
  15. Marcos Gaming – 8 points
  16. Enigma Gaming – 8 points

Team Soul leads the road to the Grand Finals leaderboard

After the completion of week 2 day 1 matches, Team Soul holds the number one spot on the road to the grand finals overall leaderboard. OR Esports is just 3 points behind the number one team with 127 points. Skylightz Gaming holds the third spot with 115 points.

Day 2 back in action

Day 2 of BGMI Masters will have the same teams in action. All teams will play a total of 12 matches in three days. The points from this week will be cumulated towards the overall standings that will decide the top 16 teams that would compete in the grand finals.

The event will be broadcasted live on Star Sports 2 from 8 pm to 11.30 pm IST on week finals whereas qualifier matches will be telecast till 10:30 pm IST. Whereas Loco and Glance Live acquired the streaming rights of the event.

Fortnite Timber Pine locations and how to bring them down?

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Fortnite Timber Pine locations and how to bring them down?

The Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 3 weekly challenges are pretty enthralling. This time you have to cut down timber pines with a Ripsaw launcher. For that, you must know where the timber pines are in the game. Keep reading this article till the end to find out the timber pine locations in Fortnite and how to cut them down with a Ripsaw launcher.

Let’s find out where the timber pines are located:

Fortnite Timber Pine locations

You can find timber pines at several locations around the Fortnite map. However, to get them in bulk you should definitely visit the snowy area around Logjam Lotus which is located at the top-left corner of the map.

How to knock down a Timber Pine with a Ripsaw launcher?

First of all, you need a Ripsaw launcher that you can find at the Chop Shop located near the north side of the Logjam Lotus. Once you get a Ripsaw launcher, you can easily cut down timber pines.

However, the timber pine that you will cut down can damage anything if it falls down on it. Moreover, if you knock down a timber pine on the top of a mountain, it will start rolling down and will bring down all the timber pines that will come in its path.

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KRU beat NiP to Qualify for VCT Masters Copenhagen; LOUD qualifies for Valorant Champions

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KRU beat NiP to Qualify for VCT Masters Copenhagen; LOUD qualifies for Valorant Champions

The runner-ups from the Valorant Champions Tour Brazil Challengers and LATAM Challengers battled it for the last spot at the VCT Masters Copenhagen for South America, where Chilean KRU Esports defeated the Brazilian Ninjas in Pyjamas.  

The game was a best of 5 maps where KRU, who had lost to Leviatan in the Finals of VCT LATAM Challengers, took on NiP, who had previously lost to LOUD at the VCT Brazil Challengers Finals. 

The game started on Breeze, KRU’s map pick, where the team managed to edge out NiP, winning the half 7-5. But on the attack, KRU showed absolute masterclass, where they lost only two rounds to close the map 13-8.

On Fracture, NiP’s map pick, KRU started on defence and completely locked down the sites on defence, only allowing NiP to get four rounds to win the half 8-4 and then on attack managed to beat down NiP’s defence, winning the map 13-5 with absolute dominance.

With Icebox being KRU’s map pick, NiP was in a desperate situation where losing this map would mean they’re done for. NiP on defence started strong, winning four rounds in a row, But KRU managed to find an answer to NiP’s defence in the fifth round and went on to win seven rounds in a row, where NiP finally stopped the bleeding in the last rounds closing the half 7-5 in favour of KRU.

NiP again started strong on attack, with NiP winning five rounds out of six, But KRU managed to hold off NiP in the next six rounds and win the map 13-7. With this, they won the series 3-0, defeating Ninjas in Pyjamas to become the last team to qualify for VCT Masters Copenhagen.

With Ninjas in Pyjamas now out of the running for Masters, LOUD officially becomes the 5th team to qualify for Valorant Champions based on Circuit points. While Ninjas in Pyjamas now have to battle through the South American LCQ to make it to the Valorant Champions.

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With VCT Masters Copenhagen kicking off on July 10, most teams would be excited to play to compete and cement their spots at Valorant Champions. Now with LOUD, we have five teams who have already qualified with five more to go from LATAM, NA, EMEA and Japan. 

You can read about VCT Masters Copenhagen teams, slots and ticketing here. 

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BGMI Masters Series 2022 Week 2 Finals: Teams, Schedule, Format, and Stream

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BGMI Masters Series 2022 Week 2 Finals: Teams, Schedule, Format, and Stream

The second week of the BGMI Masters Series 2022 qualifiers round ended with Orangutan leading the overall standings. A total of 24 invited teams competed for four days where the top 16 teams qaulified for the week 2 finals.

Nodwin Gaming partnered with Star Sports, a television sports channel to announce the BGMI Masters Series 2022. This is the first time ever that an esports tournament will be broadcasted live on TV channels along with Loco and Glance Live. The event features a massive prize pool of 1,50,00,000 INR.

BGMI Masters Series Week 2 Finals Qualified Teams

  • Orangutan
  • 8Bit
  • Team XO
  • Enigma Gaming
  • OR Esports
  • Revenant Esports
  • Blind Esports
  • Team Soul
  • Marcos Gaming
  • Team Insane Esports
  • Chemin Esports
  • Skylightz Gaming
  • Rivalry Esports
  • Team Godlike
  • Team X Spark
  • Nigma Galaxy

The points earned in the week 2 finals will be added to the points earned in the first week of the BGMI Masters Series 2022. The points gathered from launch week, week 2 finals and week 3 finals will be cumulated towards the league standings. The top 16 teams from this standing will qualify for the Grand Finals.

Here is the list of teams that could not make it through the week 2 finals. These teams will be seen back in action in the week 3 qualifiers round.

  1. FS Esports
  2. Hydra Esports
  3. Team Enigma Forever
  4. Hyderabad Hydras
  5. 7Sea Esports
  6. R Esports
  7. Global Esports
  8. TSM

SCHEDULE

  • Match 1 –  Erangel
  • Match 2 –  Miramar
  • Match 3 –  Sanhok
  • Match 4 –  Erangel

STREAM

The event will be broadcasted live on Star Sports 2 from 8 pm to 11.30 pm IST on week finals whereas qualifier matches will be telecast till 10:30 pm IST.

Whereas Loco and Glance Live acquired the streaming rights of the event. Now, you can watch your favorite teams compete directly from your mobile screens. The event will be broadcast in English, Hindi, and Tamil.

Esports Awards 2022 Finalists Announced: Full List Here

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Esports Awards 2022 Finalists Announced: Full List Here

The Esports Awards is back for another round of applause and will be hosted later this year on December 13. It’s one of the most honorable nights in the history of Esports which commemorates personalities and teams across the field of Esports who have been phenomenal throughout the year.

CS:GO, PUBG Mobile have been shortlisted among the ones nominated for the Esports Game of the year and Mobile respectively while Internet sensations including OpTic Gaming leader Hector “HECZ” Rodriguez and Naman “Mortal” Sandeep Mathur both share a spot under the nominations of Esports Personality of the Year award. 

Below you can find the list of nominations spread out through every award to be given out on the night of December 13.

Content Group of the Year

  • 100 Thieves
  • FaZe Clan
  • LOUD
  • One True King
  • G4TV
  • Tribo Gaules
  • OfflineTV
  • Full Squad Gaming
  • Team Summertime
  • S8ul Esports

Esports Content Creator of the Year

  • HECZ
  • Jared “SunlessKhan” Zook
  • Ashley Kang
  • Thomas “ZooMaa” Paparatto
  • Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen
  • Brian “BSJ” Canavan
  • Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma
  • Mohan “launders” Govindasamy
  • Christian “IWDominate” Rivera

Esports Content Series of the Year

  • The Story Of… (theScore esports)
  • The Process
  • T1 THE LOCKER ROOM
  • G2 Voicecomms
  • The Eavesdrop Podcast
  • Backstory
  • Road to The International
  • Players

Esports Game of the Year

  • League of Legends
  • VALORANT
  • CS:GO
  • Rocket League
  • Dota 2
  • Free Fire
  • Apex Legends
  • Rainbow Six Siege
  • Fortnite

Esports Mobile Game of the Year Presented by Verizon

  • PUBG MOBILE
  • League of Legends: Wild Rift
  • Free Fire
  • Pokémon Unite
  • Arena of Valor
  • Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
  • Call of Duty: Mobile
  • Brawl Stars

Esports Personality of the Year

  • Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
  • Eefje “Sjokz” DepoortereOcelote
  • Alexandre “Gaules” Borba
  • Naman “Mortal” Sandeep Mathur
  • Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok
  • Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag
  • Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
  • Hector “HECZ” Rodriguez
  • Nicolle “Cherrygumms” Merhy
  • MoistCr1TiKaL
  • Bruno “Nobru” Goes

Streamer of the Year

  • Ibai
  • Gaules
  • Valkyrae
  • Asmongold
  • tarik
  • Kameto
  • loltyler1
  • TimTheTatman
  • Dr Disrespect
  • QTCinderella
  • TheGrefg
  • NICKMERCS

Esports Awards are awarded to professionals who work in the esports industry and bring out exceptional performances for which they deserve to be awarded. The nomination process is precisely transparent and public-oriented. Esports Awards allows anyone to submit an entry for a deserving candidate.

BGMI Masters Series 2022 Week 2 Day 4: Overall Standings, Results, and more

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BGMI Masters Series 2022 Week 2 Day 4: Overall Standings, Results, and more

The last day of the BGMI Masters Series 2022 week 2 qualifier matches ended with Orangutan finishing on the top of the leaderboards with 131 points. The team scored at an average of more than 16 points in the 8 matches.

Team 8Bit stood at the second spot with 104 points out of the 8 matches played. Whereas Team XO finished at the third spot after the completion of the last day with 83 total points.

The first four days in week 2 acted as the qualifier rounds for all the 24 teams. The top 16 teams in the overall standings qualified for the weekly finals. The points earned from the weekly finals will be added to the points secured by the teams in the first week of the BGMI Masters Series 2022.

BGMI Masters Series 2022 Overall Standings

  1. Orangutan – 131 points
  2. 8Bit – 104 points
  3. Team XO – 83 points
  4. Enigma Gaming – 82 points
  5. OR Esports – 73 points
  6. Revenant Esports – 70 points
  7. Blind Esports – 67 points
  8. Team Soul – 66 points
  9. Marcos Gaming – 65 points
  10. Team Insane Esports – 64 points
  11. Chemin Esports – 57 points
  12. Skylightz Gaming – 57 points
  13. Rivalry Esports – 53 points
  14. Team Godlike – 51 points
  15. Team X Spark – 51 points
  16. Nigma Galaxy – 50 points
  17. FS Esports – 49 points
  18. Hydra Esports – 49 points
  19. Team Enigma Forever – 42 points
  20. Hyderabad Hydras – 39 points
  21. 7Sea Esports – 38 points
  22. R Esports – 36 points
  23. Global Esports – 32 points
  24. TSM – 29 points

With the completion of week 2 qualifiers, the top 16 teams qualified for the weekly finals whereas the bottom 8 teams will again compete in the week 3 qualifiers matches.

A total of 12 matches were played in four days where each team got the chance to compete in 8 matches. The weekly qualifiers are the most important phase in the BGMI Masters Series. As this will decide the seeding for the weekly finals. The points from week finals will be cumulated towards the BGMI Masters Series Grand Finals which are scheduled to take place from 13th July 2022.

The event is been broadcasted live on Star Sports 2 from 8 pm to 11.30 pm IST on week finals whereas qualifier matches will be telecast till 10:30 pm IST. Whereas Loco and Glance Live acquired the streaming rights of the event.

MortaL nominated for Esports Personality Of The Year at Esports Awards 2022

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MortaL nominated for Esports Personality Of The Year at Esports Awards 2022

Esports Awards is the ceremony that felicitates talents from all around the world into various categories for their achievements in esports globally. Naman “Mortal” Mathur, the famous PUBG Mobile streamer and content creator, will be the only Indian to get nominated for Esports Awards this year.

Esports Awards have been held every year for the last seven years. They aim to “ensure that success and achievement in esports is celebrated globally, acting as an impartial entity across all platforms and titles.”

Esports Awards are awarded to professionals who work in the esports industry and bring out exceptional performances for which they deserve to be awarded. These awards have been felicitated to big names like Nadeshot, Bugha, Dr. Disrespect and many others since its inception.

The nomination process is precisely transparent and public-oriented. Esports Awards allows anyone to submit an entry for a deserving candidate. These names are later divided into five categories and taken into consideration.

Mortal, one of the biggest BGMI (PUBG Mobile) streamers and competitive player in India has been selected for this year’s Esports Awards in the “esports personality of the year” category. Like last year, he is the only Indian to be nominated this year as well. 

Esports Personality Of The Year Nominations:

  • Hecz
  • s1mple
  • Sjokz
  • Ocelote
  • Gaules
  • Mortal
  • Faker
  • Nadeshot
  • Goldenboy
  • Cherrygumms
  • MOISTCR1TIKAL
  • Nobru
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Team Soul invited to PMWI 2022

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Team Soul invited to PMWI 2022

Team Soul has secured the invitation to PUBG Mobile World Invitational 2022 as the rightful winners of BMPS S1 and they will represent India on the global stage once again after a long span of two years. PMWI 2022 is the pinnacle of PUBG Mobile esports in 2022 season with a massive prize pool of $2 Million.

Esports fans can expect an extravaganza of battles and intense fights as PUBG Mobile has announced a global tournament in Riyadh with a cumulative prize pool of $3 million. A total of $2 million is allotted to the main event called PMWI 2022 whereas the remaining amount is assigned to an “afterparty” event.

PMWI 2022 will feature a total of eighteen teams that have qualified after winning several regional events on the same scale as BMPS S1. This time, the new Team Soul will be seen in action as the fans were waiting to see their favourite team on global stage for two years.

Team Soul will have Omega leading the team with stars like Akshat, Goblin and Hector hoisting the Indian flag on the global stage. The competition is going to be very tough as the best of the best are gathering in Riyadh.

PMWI 2022 is set to begin on August 11th and will run for two days to conclude on 13th August. The top five teams from main event have a chance to keep playing at the afterparty where some regionally invited teams will join them to fight for $1 million.

Team Soul is already gaining a LAN experience right now while competing in Nodwin BGMI Masters Series. They will be the India’s next hope at winning an international trophy for the first time in four years.

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