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How do you get the max fps command in CSGO?

Bharat Kotwani
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How do you get the max fps command in CSGO?

Here are some factors which could help get you a smoother frame rate in Counter Strike : Global Offensive. 

How To Get Max FPS In CSGO?

Setting up your IN-GAME settings

First you need to make sure that your Laptop Power Savings has been turned off as it would throttle the overall performance. Moving on to the Advanced Video settings, lower all the options along with disabling the “Wait for Vertical Sync” option which locks your FPS in accordance with your monitor’s refresh rate if left turned on.

Enabling Multi-core rendering will unlock all the physical cores available on your processor and would avoid core parking. Along with the Vertical Sync option, do note to disable the Motion Blue as well.

Best Launch Option In CSGO:

Launch options can help you gain a significant boost in your FPS. To make changes to your launch options, go to your Steam library, right click on Counter Strike : Global Offensive, go to properties and click on ‘set launch options’. Here are the launch options which you should enter there:

  • -novid
  • -high
  • -threads “Z” : Z denotes the number of physical cores on your processor
  • -freq “X” : X denotes the refresh rate of your monitor

Update your GPU drivers

Make sure you keep your Graphic Card drivers updated from time to time. GeForce Experience enables you to update the same for NVIDIA and Radeon for AMD.

NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL SETTINGS

Head on to the Nvidia Control Panel and select add. Once you have selected CS:GO, you will be able to change the settings within the window for the same. 

  • Anisotropic Filtering: OffAntialiasing-Gamma Correction: Off
  • Maximum Pre-rendered Frames: 1
  • Power Management Mode: Prefer Maximum Performance
  • Preferred refresh rate: Highest Available
  • Texture Filtering – Anisotropic sample optimization: Off
  • Texture Filtering -negative LOD bias: Allow
  • Texture Filtering-Quality: High Performance
  • Texture Filtering-Trilinear Optimization: Off
  • Threaded Optimization: On
  • Triple Buffering: Off
  • Vertical Sync: Off

What’s the Valorant Crossover event pass?

Bharat Kotwani
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What’s the Valorant Crossover event pass?

The most anticipated Episode 5 Act 1 is finally here and the season to grind out the brand new Ascendant rank has already begun.

Well at the start of every Act, it is indeed tough to regain back your rhythm from the previous season to get back your rank and that’s where you go the extra mile to stay one step ahead.

Now to commemorate your efforts in weidling back your rank from the previous Act, Valorant has added a 18-day Crossover pass which puts a lot of goodies up for grabs including Radiante points alongside player banners and cards.

What is the Crossover pass in Valorant?

The brand new Crossover pass in Valorant starts on June 22 which will run for a total duration of 3 weeks. The pass has a track of 7 items which can be acquired as you start playing games and earn XP. As said, there are 7 tiers with 3 Player cards, 2 titles and 20 Radiante points which can help you unlock some weapon and cosmetic upgrades. 

The player cards from the Crossover pass are comic themed with respect to the current storyline and lore of the game. They are named as follows :

  • Shadow Walker – Omen
  • Friendly Fire – Killjoy & Raze
  • Valorant Legion – Cypher, Brimstone, Viper, Omen, and Killjoy

Additionally two player titles are up for grabs which will give you the names to flex : Dimensional and Double Agent.

If you refer to the image above, the Alpha Treat and War Dawgs player cards are yet to be revealed the developers which does hint on a potential return of a similar crossover pass in the future.

CSGO Source 2 Update Might Arrive in August: WarOwl Accidentally Leaks

Sonu Banerjee
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CSGO Source 2 Update Might Arrive in August: WarOwl Accidentally Leaks

Rumors of the heavily anticipated Source 2 update coming to Valve’s competitive shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive have been looming in the air for several years now. While it has been cleared that the Source 2 update won’t bring any drastic visual improvements to the game, the community is still eagerly looking forward to the new engine arriving to CSGO for a number of other reasons.

However, it seems like the long wait for Source 2 might finally be coming to an end this year, as popular CSGO YouTuber and streamer ‘WarOwl’ might just have accidentally leaked the release date of the Source 2 update.

During one of his recent livestreams, a fan asked WarOwl to try out the map editing tool ‘Hammer++’, which is a map editing tool that is primarily used for Source games like CSGO. To this comment, WarOwl replied that while he would love to do that, he’d be postponing that for a while.

“I’m honestly waiting for the Source update in August so that, oh I shouldn’t have said that, so that I can do Hammer 2 with a new map that I can make,” WarOwl said in his livestream.

WarOwl accidentally leaked that the Source 2 update might be coming in August. Now it’s hard to say if he was being serious or it was just satire, so take the news with a grain of salt.

However, should the Source 2 update arrive in August 2022, it’d make a lot of sense since August 21st marks the tenth anniversary of CSGO itself.

Valve shipping out the Source 2 update to CSGO on its tenth anniversary would certainly be a welcome change to the shooter, and fans of the title throughout the globe will certainly be looking forward to the date to see what the devs have in store for the evergrowing player base of CSGO.

CSGO fans who are concerned about whether their PC will be able to run CSGO smoothly can check out our guide here.

Split removed from Valorant Active Map Pool, Pearl is the Replacement

Parth Gada
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Split removed from Valorant Active Map Pool, Pearl is the Replacement

Valorant is a 5v5 competitive tactical shooter where attackers try to plant the spike while defenders defuse the spike trying to win the round. This game mode is played on various interesting maps, with teleportation, ropes etc. 

Valorant’s Beta introduced three maps Haven, Bind and Split with Ascent, Icebox, Breeze, Fracture and Pearl, debuting in the later patches. The total number of maps from three is increased to eight, and one of the most beloved maps has to be Split among all these maps. 

Split as a map is simple to play. It follows a traditional map design with an A site, B site and a Mid. The map plays very simple and is enjoyed by casual and professionals alike. There are seldom matches where Split isn’t played. 

Set in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Split displays the duality of the country, with A site seemingly futuristic while B is reminiscent of old Japan. This makes the map visually appealing while playing the map doesn’t require too much effort. 

After being added to the game, Split went under a major change back in Patch 2.01 in January 2021, where the map was reworked to make it more open. The rework only improved the map and has seen a lot of action since. 

With the announcement of Pearl in Valorant Patch 5.0, It was also announced that Split, after two years of service, would be removed from the Active map pool. This means players would no longer be able to play Split in Unrated or Competitive.

The map would still be available for other modes like Replication, Escalation and Custom games, but players would no longer get Split in Competitive or unrated games. 

Riot said that Split was being removed from the active map pool to ensure new players aren’t overwhelmed with the number of things to learn and get ample time to learn the available agents and maps. 

In the case of Professional scenes, an odd number of maps makes it easy for Veto, letting teams ban and choose an equal number of maps. And Split would exit there after the LCQs in August 2022. 

While the decision is reasonable and was taken consulting the community, it also needs to be pointed out that Split is one of the oldest maps in Valorant and has been played more than Bind and Haven is. Pearl, The latest edition, is somewhat similar to Split, so to remove, Bind or Haven isn’t vice. 

You can read more about map pool and riot’s decision here.

“Split” would eventually return as Riot decided to circulate maps in and out of the pool and maintain a seven-map pool. This would only make the game more exciting and fun, casually and professionally. 

You can read about the rest of the changes in Patch 5.0

Read about the new map Pearl and How to play controller on Pearl? And more. 

AnnieDro takes retirement from Competitve Valorant, Bob to be the new fifth for Cloud9 White

Parth Gada
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AnnieDro takes retirement from Competitve Valorant, Bob to be the new fifth for Cloud9 White

Cloud9 White is the single greatest North American Game Changers Valorant roster with its IGL Melanie “Mel” Capone, Duelist Jasmine “Jazzyk1ns” Manankil, Flex Alexis “alexis” Guarrasi, Controller Katja “Katsumi” Pfahnl and Sova/Support Annie “AnnieDro” Roberts.

The roster started as MAJKL playing Riot’s Valorant Ignition Series FTW Summer Showdown. The team made waves across the continent, winning the series without dropping a single map. 

The roster was picked up by Cloud 9 as their female division, naming the main roster Cloud9 Blue and the Game Changers roster Cloud9 White. The team has been together since the dawn of Valorant. They were unbeatable and dominant, winning all the Game Changers tournaments in North America, and are likely the tournament favorites in the upcoming Valorant Game Changers LAN tournament. 

Last night, though, A shocker was announced with AnnieDro leaving, explaining in a tweet that she’d no longer be competing and wanted to retire from competing and would focus on making content under the Cloud9 banner.

The reasons for the decision were the lack of motivation and tanking mental health, which led to her losing her edge as a player, which would be unfair to her teammates. You can read the full tweet here.

Annie has been a role model for all the Trans Community in gaming, always standing against the toxicity towards females and Trans alike. She has gathered a massive following being the role model and the person she is. We wish Annie the best in her future endeavors. 

With Annie leaving, the gap in the roster would be filled by Australian Bob “Bob” Tran. Bob played under the Soniqs banner and won the inaugural Valorant Ignition series from Australia.

They have been a constant name in the Valorant Champions Tour. Bob plays similar roles to Annie, and it would be interesting to see how the team fares in the upcoming Game Changers Berlin LAN.

With Annie out and Bob in, the new Cloud9 White would look like:

  • Melanie “Mel” Capone
  • Jasmine “Jazzyk1ns” Manankil
  • Alexis “alexis” Guarrasi
  • Katja “Katsumi” Pfahnl
  • Bob “Bob” Tran

With Coaches Reid “X0tek” Johnson and Ryou “MoonChopper” Nishiyama. The next big challenge for the roster would be, The VCT Game Changers Championship, where they’d meet the Game Changer Teams from All around the world, especially the only other unbeaten team in the world, G2 Gozen. 

How To Fix Apex Legends No Servers Found Error [2022]

Prateek Jain
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How To Fix Apex Legends No Servers Found Error [2022]

Apex Legends is one of the most popular free-2-play games on the planet now. With more than 350K daily peak players on Steam, the game averages around 120K players any time of the day. With so many players playing the game at different times of the day, the developers need to ensure that the game servers remain online always. 

Sometimes due to some backhand updates or changes the game client might be unable to connect to the servers and will display a “No Servers Found” error when you try to join. In this case, the official game account may issue an announcement about the expected downtime and how long the outage will last. 

Generally, the developers are fast to respond to outage issues and a fix is deployed instantly. In some cases, the issue might arise from the user side where their game client is unable to contact game servers and will display “No Servers Found Error”. While there is no official way to view if the servers are offline, players in the community have figured out some at-home ways to know the cause. 

How to Fix Apex Legends No Servers Found Problem

1. Check your Internet Connection

The most obvious and the first thing to check is if your connection is working or not. Be sure to check your internet connection by visiting 2-3 websites and checking if the EA’s official website or Steam Store is working fine. 

If your connection is fine, then proceed to 2nd step.

2. Change game servers

If your game is fully updated and you still find servers then changing the “Data Center” might fix the issue. Data Center is a term used by EA in place of game servers that you connect your game to. This is the foremost origin point of the no servers found the issue. Therefore, targeting this first is probably the best way to approach the headache in question.  

To change the server, just press the “TAB” key on the home screen or when you load the game. A whole list of all the available servers you can connect to will be displayed and categorized on the basis of ping. Now select the server right below or above your current server by double-clicking. Now the game will reload and try to connect to the new server. If successful you’ll simply see the loading screen advance to the main interface area, but if not, the error bug will come up again.  

Try this step 3-4 times on different servers, and if the problem still persists try other solutions below.

3. Check if Apex Legends Servers are down

Always check on Twitter or Reddit if the game servers are experiencing some problems or if the servers are down. On Twitter simply search for tags related to the game for any activity and on Reddit simply check the latest post on the game’s subreddit. 

A community-driven website called ApexLegendsStatus might help in finding out if the game servers are experiencing an outage or if the issue is limited to certain regions of the world. The website is a community-driven project where players can come and report about outages they are facing. If a number of reports are received from a particular region or platform the website will display an alert to inform those coming late.  If you don’t see your region or platform having an outage then move to the next step. 

4. Make sure your game is fully updated

In case you are running an older build of the game, the servers will not allow you to get online. Make sure your game is fully updated by simply visiting your respective game launcher like Origins or Steam.

Simply restarting your client will start the auto-update process wait for the update to finish and start the game. Sometimes the servers might remain unavailable right after a new update, so it is advised to wait for some time before going on forums or social media. 

5. Update Windows and/or Restart your Pc

Windows 10 and above are notorious for silently updating the system in case a new update is available. Most of the time the update is skipped for later if the system is in use, but sometimes some updates are marked critical by Microsoft which are downloaded and installed as soon as available. 

Simply check windows update if you have a pending update installing or downloading. If there are updates pending simply let them finish up and restart your pc. If windows recently installed an update and no new updates are available, then simply restarting your pc would complete the process. 

6. Change the game launcher

If the problem still persists then the last step is to change the game launcher. Apex Legends is currently available on Steam and Origins on PC. You can use both game launchers to launch the game, so try to switch the launcher on which you were facing the issue. 

If you are still unable to find servers then the only way forward will be to contact the game support and wait for them to reply accordingly. 

Stranger Things actress “Bluefille” starts streaming on Twitch

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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Stranger Things actress “Bluefille” starts streaming on Twitch

Grace Van Dien of Stranger Thing’s fame who plays Chrissy in the latest season of the show is now a Twitch streamer aka BlueFille with Valorant being the primary face of her content.

With Stranger Things back with another season, everyone is eating it up. Having the show gone viral, the cast and crew is attracting a lot of attention making this an idea time grow the popularity of anyone involved.

Van Dien opened her Twitch channel back in January and began her streaming career by playing VALORANT and few other popular titles. After skipping a few months of streaming she is back after the successful launch of Stranger Things Season 4.

According to her last stream, she plans to take it up more religiously and stream on a regular basis. It is safe to say that she is too early into the game, it better not expect professional level of gameplay from her, rather watch it with an eye for entertainment and funny moments which are there in plenty.

With Stranger Things boosting her fame, she has amassed an incredible number of followers in a very little time, which is growing at a very healthy rate. As the year progresses, her channel will only grow from where it is now.

Do drop into to say hello, look for BlueFille on Twitch, that’s where she at.

Valorant Franchise: Over 150 Proposals Reportedly Sent to Riot for Partnership in VCT 2023

Sonu Banerjee
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Valorant Franchise: Over 150 Proposals Reportedly Sent to Riot for Partnership in VCT 2023

We’re all familiar with the picture of Valorant teams competing on-stage in front of millions of viewers for fame and humongous prize pools. However, this time around, they aren’t competing for a trophy, but for a shot at partnership with Riot Games for the upcoming Valorant League next year.

According to a recent report from Dot Esports, more that 150 esports organizations have sent proposals to Riot Games for a partnership with the company in Valorant Champions Tour 2023.

The report further states that initially, over 200 organizations had expressed interest in the process, but failed to follow up with additional information in support of their application.

The number of applications for the upcoming VCT year exceeds that of the 2018 NA LCS, the year that marked the introduction of franchising for North American League of Legends.

This may be due to the fact that the NA LCS had a buy-in fee of $10 million for the selected teams, whereas The Valorant partnered league will not have a buy-in fee at all, and it allowed almost any team to submit an application.

Esports organizations don’t have to make their applications publicly, which is why several orgs have chosen to opt for making private applications to Riot Games instead.

Moreover, orgs have also been given the freedom to apply for more than one region. For instance, G2 Esports has reportedly applied for partnership in both the EMEA league and the NA league.

The teams that have applied for partnership are set to be informed if they are accepted into the league around the upcoming Valorant Champions in September 2022.

Valorant is a 5v5 competitive first-person shooter developed and published by Riot Games in June 2020. It is currently available to play exclusively on PC, with a mobile version of the game being currently in the works.

Free Fire Bomb Squad Update: A 5v5 battle with new map

Divyesh Moghe
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Free Fire Bomb Squad Update: A 5v5 battle with new map

The famous battle royale developers Garena have made some changes to the Bomb Squad mode available in Free Fire Max. This mode has now been updated to a big 5 vs 5 battle game with a ranking system of its own. A new map called El Pastelo or Santiago will also be added to this game mode.

Free Fire Max Bomb Squad Details:

Bomb Squad mode is very similar to the traditional FPS style matchmaking that is seen in CS:GO or Valorant. In this mode, one team matches against the other and fights to secure some objectives. In the new Bomb Squad mode, the player count has been revamped to 5 vs 5, making it more lucrative for players with more intricate strategies and gameplay.

The first look of this map was recently revealed by the Instagram handle of Free Fire India Official. The details are below:

 
 
 
 
 
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A post shared by Garena Free Fire MAX IND (@indiaofficialfreefire)

Free Fire Max Bomb Squad Release Date, Rewards and More

The new 5v5 Bomb Squad mode and new map El Pastelo will hit the servers on 10th June 2022. This also marks the start of a new in-game event that will offer tons of rewards to players participating in Bomb Squad matches.

The rewards will include things like Login Reward, Playtime Reward, Bomb Squad Rank Challenge, and Bomb Squad Rank Defeat Challenge. The rewards will also extend to Loot Crates, Car Skins, Weapon Royale Vouchers, Gold Royale Vouchers and Diamond Royale Vouchers.

This mode will be available in Free Fire Max for a very short period of time and hence, players should take advantage of this opportunity to play it as much as they can and win rewards from it.

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VCT Masters Copenhagen: Qualified Teams and Slots

Parth Gada
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VCT Masters Copenhagen: Qualified Teams and Slots

With the near conclusion of Stage 2 Challengers in all the regions, we are on the final leg of the Valorant Champions Tour, with the second and final Masters LAN tournament just around the corner.

VCT Masters Copenhagen is set to kick off next month starting on 7th July, with 12 teams worldwide battling out for 1000 circuit points and a monetary prize. Masters II would be held and hosted on LAN with a Live Audience in Copenhagen, Denmark. The details for the same are yet to be announced. 

There would be a total of twelve teams playing in the tournament, and it would follow a format similar to Masters I, with the top seeds getting a direct slot in playoffs while the second or third seeds would have to fight through group stages.

The slots for each region would be as follows:

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EMEA, which is Europe and the Middle East, would get three slots, as there are regional leagues in the region to qualify for EMEA, and the area is large. With multiple countries, there would be three representatives from EMEA. The Challengers event for the same is live and will conclude on 26th June. From EMEA, we already have two representatives in Guild and Fnatic. 

Similarly, For APAC, Regional Qualifiers were played in smaller regions, out of which 20 teams are currently playing the APAC Challengers, With the group stage presently played between 16 teams, out of which eight teams would make it to the playoffs. The top two teams from the APAC Challengers would then go on to the Masters’ II Copenhagen. 

In North America, the Open Qualifier format was followed, with the group stage for Stage 2 VCT NA Challengers concluding on 12th June. We have the final eight teams fighting it out in the playoffs to qualify for Masters II Copenhagen. Only two of these eight teams would make it to the masters.

South America gets three slots in Masters II. The format followed by South America is a bit different with one representative for Brazil, one from LATAM, and there would be a South American representative, which would be a BO5 match between runner-ups of LATAM and Brazil Challengers.

Each Japan and Korea have one slot, for which the challengers are currently playing, and we’d get the Japanese and Korean representatives by 26th June.

Teams Already Qualified for Masters II Copenhagen:

After defeating M3 Champions(Ex-Gambit), Guild Esports became the first team to qualify for the VCT Masters II Copenhagen. The team was a strong contender in VCT EMEA Challengers I but failed to qualify for the Masters I Reykjavik. 

The second team to qualify from EMEA is Fnatic, who is now representing EMEA for the Third time out of the four times there has been an international event. Fnatic looks strong and would be out for blood after the Masters I debacle.

There would be another EMEA team that’d qualify for the VCT Masters Copenhagen. 

We would also get the representative from the rest of the regions by 26th June. 

All the teams participating would try to win the tournament, not just for the trophy but also for the circuit points. With Valorant Champions already being announced with no direct qualifications, teams from each region would want to qualify using circuit points directly. The rest of the teams from the region would have to go through LCQ to be eligible for the tournament.

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