Natus Vincere have announced the addition of Viktor “sdy” Orudzhev to their active CS:GO division after excluding their former In-game leader and Major winner Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhailov.
The Major winning roster under Natus Vincere had lately been facing difficulties in accordance with Boombl4’s nationality and the fact that the latter had been paying taxes to the Russian federation had indeed triggered “reputational risks for the club”.
sdy joins Natus Vincere on a free loan from the inactive roster of MAD Lions who shut down their CS:GO division back in April and had also been a part of Team Spirit before parting ways after a 3-year stint with the same team. The Ukrainian will represent Na’Vi at the upcoming BLAST Spring Final where his performance at the tournament will determine his fate with the team, and whether he will stick to Na’Vi for their future outings or the other way around.
Previously under Spirit, sdy had steered the latter to their first-ever DreamHack Open January 2021 Championship over FPX Esports and a 3-4th place finish at the IEM XV – World Championship.
Whether Viktor continues to play for NAVI in the future depends on his performance in the upcoming tournament. We would like to thank the MAD Lions management and Prodigy Agency for the opportunity.
The BLAST Premier: Spring Finals starts from June 15 onwards till the 19th where sdy will debut against OG in Na’Vi’s opening match-up.
With sdy, Na’Vi are now:
Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
Valerii “b1t” Vakhovskiy
Viktor “sdy” Orudzhev
Ilya “Perfecto” Zalutskiy
Denis “electronic” Sharipov
Andrii “B1ad3” Gorodenskyi (Head coach)
We’re ready for the #BLASTPremier Spring Finals 2022 and here is info about our line-up.
The first valorant match of day 4 of Skyesports Champions Series was the upper finals between Orangutan and Enigma Gaming, the winner of the match would represent South Asia in the Stage 2 VCT APAC Challengers. Enigma Gaming has been on a hot streak and hasn’t lost a match yet. On theà other hand, Orangutan, with their young roster, have been looking strong and won their debut LAN match and have had good vibes all along.
The match started with a map veto with Orangutan banning Split, their perma-ban, and enigma Gaming banned Breeze, which was a surprise. Orangutan picked Icebox, their usual map pick, and Enigma Gaming picked Ascent, their comfort pick. The teams then banned each other’s strong maps, with Haven as the decider.
Enigma played the standard no duelist double sentinel-initiator setup with Viper, Sova, Kay/O, Chamber, and Sage, and Orangutan chose to play with Jett, Viper, Sova, Killjoy, and Sage.
The game started with Orangutan on the attack, winning the Pistol round and the follow-up, and on the back of clutches from Excali, Rexy and Rawfiul, Enigma managed to string together rounds, But Tesseract and Vibhor ensured they didn’t run away with the half and fought back eventually tieing the half 6-6
The second half started with Enigma winning the Pistol and follow-up on the attack, and Orangutan fought back. The game went on with clutches after clutches, with Enigma reaching 11 first while Orangutan was still on 9.
Vibhor then won a round using just a Bulldog switching the momentum, which helped them reach 12 first, but Rawfiul managed to hold on to the last round closing the regulation 12-12. In the Overtime, Orangutan managed to maintain their momentum and won the map 14-12.
Ascent saw a mirror line-up from both sides with Sova, Killjoy, Omen, Jett, and Kay/O. The map started with Orangutan winning the Pistol easily but had to rely on Persia’s clutch to win the second round. Enigma began to run away with the half with a better economy, but Tesseract won a Thrifty with his hunter’s fury, which stopped the bleeding, helping Orangutan Win the half 7-5.
On defense, Enigma Gaming set up a strong fortress, and it was hard for Orangutan to break through, allowing Enigma to reach match point while Orangutan was on 8. But Orangutan started finding gaps in Enigma’s defense and won 3 rounds in a row to push the map to the final round. But Enigma Gaming managed to hold off the attack from Orangutan to win the game 13-11, forcing the third map.
Both teams chose to run a double initiator setup on the decider haven, with Jett, Skye, Fade, Killjoy, and Omen for Enigma Gaming and Jett, Breach, Sova, Killjoy, and Omen. With Enigma on the attack, despite a 0-2 deficit, they managed to dominate Orangutan’s defense and win 8 out of the remaining ten rounds to win the half 8-4. Now on defense Enigma managed to suppress Orangutan’s attack and didn’t let them string together rounds, eventually winning the map 13-7 and the series 2-1. With this victory, Enigma Gaming becomes the first South Asia representative in the Stage 2 APAC Challengers and heads to the Skyesports Champions Series Chennai LAN finals. Orangutan would face the victors of Global Esports vs. Velocity Gaming in the lower bracket finals.
Toronto based Luminosity Gaming have dropped their Valorant roster as they actively look for a new home for Will “dazzLe” Loafman and company, the announcement was made earlier today on the team’s Twitter handle although they are allowed to play under the banner of LG throughout the ongoing VCT 2022: North America Stage 2 Challengers event where they are yet to face Cloud9 and OpTic Gaming in their remaining matches. They currently sit with 2 wins and just 1 loss on the table and are deemed as the heavy favorites to qualify for the playoffs.
The major setback behind the exit of Luminosity from the said esport is their parent company Enthusiast Gaming who are placed under scrutiny, forcing the former to unexpectedly drop their roster. The company’s declining fortunes had their stakeholders Greywood investments call the largest investor public campaign which had their CEO and other board members removed from the panel.
During their time in the Competitive circuit, Luminosity went on to win the NSG: Winter Championship where they outed Sentinels 3-2 in the Grand Finals followed by 3x third-place finishes across the Challengers Stages of VCT 2021: North America 1 & 3.
LG Valorant player Adam “mada” Pampuch expressed the team’s desire to hold tight to their roster along with all of their staff as doing so would prove vital for the team’s long-term success.
Luminosity VALORANT, including staff, are now restricted free agents.
Keeping our roster AND staff together is incredibly important to us, and vital to the long term success of this team.
Orangutan has been in great shape recently and won their first Valorant match at the Skyesports Champions Series Chennai LAN Playoffs, and they are one win away from qualifying for stage 2 VCT APAC Challengers. Yesterday we had an opportunity to interview Vinay Rao, aka Hades, The head of esports operations for Orangutan.
Hades expressed joy about his newly made roster finding success even though the roster is new and international. He made the roster primarily to dethrone Velocity Gaming and Global Esports. For this, he decided to go international and find talent across Asian countries so that they could be the best in South Asia.
Hades said about Vibhor, “Vibhor was the last diamond to the crown”, implying that vibhor’s acquisition was a big deal for Orangutan. They always wanted to have vibhor on board, calling the team “a dream lineup” for him.
Hades also explained the Visa issues of shooteR, where the restrictions are limiting his presence, and it is expected he would be able to visit the Bootcamp in the next 4-6 weeks.
You can listen to the full interview here:
Upon being asked about the lineup’s success, Hades commented on how the results were somewhat unexpected for them. Still, the loss against velocity gaming helped them understand the gaps in their game upon which they improved, and the victories were fruits of hardwork by the team and support staff.
Hades elaborated on how he wishes to be the best in APAC with the Game Changers lineup, arguably the best Game Changers team from South Asia. He said they are trying new things and players and wish to grow as a team, understand their limitations, and eventually win against NA and EMEA game changers teams.
Orangutan is supposed to launch a Bootcamp soon, and it’s been in the works for a while. Hades, the whole support staff, and the players are excited about the launch.
Hades expressed his gratitude towards the fans for showering the lineup with love and how having an international lineup has helped them conquer fans’ hearts across the continent. The players are the reason Orangutan is such a massive name in South Asia.
Hades concluded the interview by thanking the tournament organisers and the media personnel who have helped showcase young and new talent and the Orangutan fans. They have brought them where they are.
Orangutan would face Enigma Gaming today for a spot in Stage 2 VCT APAC Challengers. They have already solidified themselves as a strong team, and winning today would mean they’d be one of the two representatives of South Asia in APAC. We wish them luck in all their future endeavours.
Today, at Skyesports Champions Series Chennai LAN, We’d have the much-anticipated game of the two top seeds of the group stage, Orangutan and Enigma Gaming. Later in the day, we’d also witness the Val-Classico as the day’s second game.
Schedule for Day 4 of SCS Chennai LAN:
03:30 PM IST Enigma Gaming vs Orangutan
07:00 PM IST Global Esports vs. Velocity Gaming
10:00 PM IST Match between content creators
With such exciting matches, we will have one of the best Valorant games South Asia offers. Both the games are crucial, and the first game’s winner books a ticket to the stage 2 APAC challengers. While the ValClassico is an elimination game, either VLT or GE would be able to stay in the tournament.
The Pride month celebrations have been set off on a high with Riot Games’ Valorant giving away a set of pride cards along with a brand new pride gun buddy.
A series of Pride cards were made available in the first-person tactical shooter back in June 2021 which featured a series of Pride cards, representing every flag from the LGBTQI+ community. Players were able to redeem the Pride cards by entering unique codes for every Pride flag on the redeem.playvalorant.com website.
This year, things just got way easier to grab this range of wonderful in-game content by Rot as all the Pride cards and the Gun Buddy would be made available on the Valorant store for 0 Valorant Points. All you need to do is login to your Valorant account and open your in-game store. Below are the steps to get the Pride Cards in Valorant:
Open Valorant
Go to the in-game store
Select the pride cards you wish to get
You would be able to grab them at the cost of 0 Valorant Points
Open ‘Collection’ from the main menu
Select your player card on the left-hand side of the screen
You may now be able to see your acquired Pride Card from the list below
Follow the same steps for your Pride Gun Buddy, you would just need to select the weapon you wish to equip the gun buddy upon.
Valorant’s Pride event runs from June 1 – 20. Once redeemed from the in-game store, they would permanently be added to your account.
Play with PRIDE by picking up a bundle of free Player Cards and a brand new Gun Buddy. Available in your shop now. pic.twitter.com/RdYPJpPcHB
Has your Xbox ever shown the “You Need a Controller for this Game” error message while connecting a keyboard and mouse? Well, you are not alone. A lot of Xbox gamers around the world are facing the same issue. We’ve got your back.
Keep reading this article till the end to know how to fix this issue.
This issue mostly shows up while playing COD Warzone or Apex Legends. Fixing this issue isn’t that hard though. Without wasting time let’s check out the fix.
How to fix the ‘You Need a Controller for this Game’ error?
Follow the steps mentioned below to fix the error:
Make sure that your controller is connected even though you are playing on keyboard and mouse.
Restart your game and if the error is still showing then restart the Xbox console.
The above mentioned fixes will definitely solve the problem. If you still have any questions, let us know in the comment section below.
The whole idea behind this project would be to bolster the North American Counter Strike scene with up-and-coming players who would now be able to make use of the resources Evil Geniuses would provide.
North American Organization Evil Geniuses have signed the rosters of Carpe Diem and Party Astronauts in a bid to create a 15-man fluid CS:GO roster which would compete right from the Elite Leagues to cash cups and other similar regional tournaments including the famous Fragadelphia and the ESL Challengers.
EG’s current roster featuring Jake “Stewie2k” Yip and company would be their main starting lineup while the players from Carpe Diem and Party Astronauts would now play under the banner of EG, which was further focused upon by director of gaming excellence Danny Engels who said to Dot Esports in an exclusive interview:
The beauty of Counter-Strike is that we have so many different tournaments happening at once. It’s not like the players are just waiting to get the shot in your Pro League and BLAST and Major. There are so many tournaments that we can play at once even to a world where we can have three Evil Geniuses teams playing at the very same time.
We may now be potentially looking at three iterations of Evil Geniuses simultaneously playing across the Globe which indeed puts them in the driver’s seat when it comes to appending the skill-set of every player from EG’s 15-man fluid roster. The structure of Blueprint has derived its power from Evil Genuises’s League of Legends division who currently monitors two academy teams alongside the main roster in order to promote young talent to the latter which they most recently succeeded in after taking home the LCS title in North America.
The Blueprint would also eliminate the massive problem of players getting burnt out from the competition and would pave the way for their in-house talent to feature.
The beauty of this approach is that you can fight tournament fatigue or rather you can focus on the tournaments that you wanna win, ideally, by also selecting the tournaments accordingly. It’s a different approach from the fact that we do not see them as an academy team. We will give the players a chance to shine and, on top of that, you will have a collective of players that can work together in order to become better and better.
The newly-signed players will now be Seattle bound where they would bring this Blueprint idea to life and would get to utilize every piece of infrastructure and resources powered to them by Evil Geniuses. Alongside these 10 players from Carpe Diem and Party Astronauts, their respective staff has also been transferred to the project.
Evil Geniuses now have these following three teams which are:
William “RUSH” Wierzba
Timothy “autimatic” Ta
Jake “Stewie2K” Yip
Vincent “Brehze” Cayonte
Tsvetelin “CeRq” Dimitrov
Colby “Walco” Walsh
Jerric “wiz” Jiang
Jadan “HexT” Postma
Connor “chop” Sullivan
Anthony “CLASIA” Kearney
Jonathan “djay” Dallal
Jonathan “Jonji” Carey
Ben “ben1337” Smith
Josh “PwnAlone” Pigue
Wesley “viz” Harris
Tommy “Axed” Ryan (Head coach – Carpe Diem)
Joseph “Muenster” Lima (Head Coach – Party Astronauts)
After winning their opening playoff game here at the Skyesports Champions Series Chennai LAN Playoff, we had a fantastic opportunity to chat with the owner of Velocity Gaming, Manoj Kasyap, aka VLT Sentinel.
As a huge Keanu Reeves and Matrix fan, Manoj sir chose to go with Sentinel as his in-game nick to play professional CS 1.5, 1.6 back in 2006, which has stuck with him till now.
Initially, Sentinel decided to start streaming. Still, it did not fulfill his cravings. With no support or infrastructure for his professional career, he resolved to create an organization where he would provide his team with proper infrastructure and the support staff a Tier 1 organization should have.
He also resumed streaming, playing Valorant, ensuring he’s always in touch with the current meta, understanding the game and how the agents play, how compositions work, and why they work. This is an excellent initiative by an owner to support his team.
With the organization now completing almost two years, Sentinel has major plans for the organization. They hired content creators with a plan to build a content house that didn’t flourish since the team’s location for the future is uncertain.
Sentinel mentioned they also contemplated having an international roster back in the day but decided to go with an Indian lineup instead. They recently added Indonesian Andi Andana “Sleepy” Bangsawan to get international exposure and an outsider’s perspective.
Commenting on the Indian Gaming Scene, Sentinel commented on how now, with cheaper gaming gear, there has been an influx of exceptional Valorant Talent in the country. With Riot displaying active interest in the region, we need to be patient, and we will grow as a region.
You can listen to the full interview here:
Sentinel also talked about the uncertainty of an Esports Career and advised the upcoming talent always to have a backup plan if they fail to make it in Valorant. While also saying an international win from an Indian Organization would shed light on the whole scene and reduce the social stigma, which would take 5-7 years.
Commenting on the Indian Gaming Scene, Sentinel said, “Given enough exposure, We’d definitely perform.”, This implies that Indian teams would do better at playing and adapting to the teams given enough practice and exposure to international competition.
The teams have already started scrimming against strong SEA teams like AlterEgo, FullSense, Action PH, etc., and Velocity Gaming especially does well in the scrims. They also wish to scrim other strong teams like Paper Rex, Bleed, Crazy Racoons, etc., and eventually face them in an official game and hopefully win.
Talking about the foundation of Velocity Gaming, Sentinel mentioned how he treats the team and the content creators as a family, similar to how S8ul is. He also mentioned how he looked upto Goldy Bhai and Thug from S8ul and had a chat with them while setting up Velocity Gaming.
On asked about who he wants to see in the finals, he wishes it’s them vs. Global Esports. While also said that he’d be happy to see any South Asian team winning and making a deep run in Stage 2 VCT APAC challengers.
In the concluding note, he instructed his team to keep on the momentum and how Skyesports fulfilled his dream of seeing his team on the billboard, making him happy. Today, velocity gaming would have to play Full Power Gaming in an elimination game. Skyesports Champions Series has four days of action remaining, with today being the tournament’s third day.
Skyesports Champions Series has completed two days, with the upper semifinals concluding yesterday. Today, we would see lower bracket matches with the losing team out of the tournament, and winners would play against each other tomorrow to make it to the lower bracket finals.
End Game Begins Today.
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The schedule of day 3 for Skyesports Champions Series Chennai LAN playoffs:
3:00 PM IST Match between content creators.
6:00 PM IST Velocity Gaming vs Full Power Gaming
9:00 PM IST Global Esports vs Revenant Gaming.
The matches would be a revenge match for Velocity Gaming and Global Esports, as Full Power gaming and Revenant Esports have defeated them in the group stage. Yesterday’s winners would have a free day today. They would indeed prepare for each other and want to win, giving them a spot in Stage 2 VCT APAC Challengers.
