Considering the recent controversies associated with their BGMI lineup. The management of UDog India has carried out an internal investigation which concluded that no malicious actions were carried out by players. However, the management decided to discontinue the player’s service.
During the investigation it was found that the POV of player Kishu was not provided to the Tournament Organizer as requested, it was informed by the player that the POV was recorded but DID NOT get saved due to lack of storage space in his device. However, a careful examination of the POV provided by Rambo shed light on the below points to the management.
Kishu has misinformed the management about the storage space and POV availability.
Dev was the player who was playing in Kishus account and there is no valid reason provided why he didn’t login from his own account. Moreover, he failed to provide the POV.
Although, The players did not practice any unethical or malicious activities and showcased the legitimacy of their talents live or on record multiple times. However, failure to follow the rules and regulations of the tournament and stipulations of their contracts lead to the management’s decision to discontinue their service.
Recently, Soul Sid reacted to Team Udog’s suspension in the ongoing Villager Esports Winter Masters. As a result, the team got suspended from the event. Presently, the grand finals are taking place where a total of 16 teams are competing. Villager Esports Winter Masters features a prize pool of 15,00,000 INR which will be distributed among the top five teams of the grand finals.
Battlegrounds Mobile India is a popular battle royale game from India and has a massive player base. The players usually like to flaunt their skins while playing the game but it comes with a hefty price. Skins are very costly if directly purchased from the shop and hence, many opt to go for a royale pass and get skins from there.
A royale pass is like a battlepass in BGMI. Players can get multiple items like outfits, gun skins, vehicle skins, emotes, UC, gold, and much more for a very small amount. Players that can afford to buy this pass usually end up with many skins but there is a shortcut for players that want to get the royale pass without spending a dime.
It is possible to get a royale pass for free but there is no such method exists that can directly give you a free royale pass. Players can simply use multiple methods to get free UC and can get the pass.
Here are a few methods that can help you to get a royale pass for free:
GOOGLE OPINION REWARDS
The most trusted way to actually earn some free UC is by filling the surveys on Google Opinion Rewards. What this app basically does is allots various surveys to the users on several occasions and pays you when you fill it. The surveys available depend upon many variables and hence earning money from this method may take some time.
The money that is earned through a survey can be used to recharge in-game in Google Play Store. So when you have enough money to buy some UC, go ahead and purchase them with the money you have collected by filling out surveys.
GPT APPS
GPT apps are basically the apps that pay you in points. There are several tasks to be completed and once it is done, the app rewards you with some points. Although all the apps have their own payment and reward system, the core remains the same. Once you gather enough points, you can exchange them to get Google Play Vouchers, Steam Codes, and other such things. GPT apps are mostly third-party apps or sometimes even available on App Stores.
One example of such apps is Poll Pay and Easy Rewards that are available on Google Play Store. Users can use such apps to redeem the rewards after completing several tasks present and then use them to redeem gift codes. Once you get gift codes, purchase UC from the game and get a royale pass.
This is another simple method using which, you can earn some UC for free and get the royale pass. The apps mentioned are not tested by TalkEsport and readers are advised to check the policies of the third-party apps before opting for any survey or tasks that may expose their private data.
By using these two methods, you can easily gather a large amount of UC and buy the pass. Note that this is a time consuming method and will not reward instantly.
The ongoing Ukraine-Russian conflict has resulted in a chain reaction to different aspects in the Russian markets which does include Steam, Valve’s video game digital distribution service as all purchases through credit cards have reportedly been failing.
A series of transactions failures have been reported by the Steam Status on their Twitter handle as credit cards all the Russian territory seem to have been either decommissioned by their parent companies or its just another service outage against Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine.
Ever since the Russian invasion on Ukraine, massive business conglomerates have decided to either pull out of the CIS region or discontinue their services until there is clarity on the political tensions although there has been a massive support in interest of Ukraine.
With that being said, transaction failures on Steam is yet another kind of retaliation in the bid for a peace treaty which the world demands.
Earlier, the organizers at BLAST Premier decided to terminate the qualifiers for the CIS region as they barred the teams from participating in their tournaments until further notice.
Similarly, Ukrainian Esports organization WePlay Esports terminated the contracts with their partners from the Russian federation. Irrespective of any judgements, the world stands against the ongoing invasion and the Esports community has undoubtedly been a part of the resistance.
Users in Russia may not be able to purchase games on Steam due to credit card purchases failing.
— Steam Status (Unofficial) (@SteamStatus) March 2, 2022
The Dota 2 Champions League Season 8 has been suspended following the decision of several organizations to withdraw from the tournament in protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
According to a recent statement by the Epicenter Twitter handle, further details involving the restart of the tournament will be announced in the future.
“Winline Dota 2 Champions League Season 8 has been suspended,” the statement reads. “We will inform you of the restart details at a later date. At this time, we are unable to ensure the continuation of the tournament.”
“Epic Esports Events is in favour of resolving the current crisis as soon as possible and against any actions that hurt innocent people. We hope to return with good news as soon as possible, we will keep you updated.”
Earlier today, we had seen esports production company Beyond The Summit and organization Alliance announcing their decision to withdraw from the tournament over the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.
Renowned Ukrainian esports org Natus Vincere (Na’Vi) also broke off all cooperation with ESFORCE holding, the parent company that owns D2CL, which they announced through a Tweet on March 1st.
After the sudden ban of PUBG Mobile in 2020, Krafton, the parent company behind the popular battle royale game, released an India-only version of the game called BattleGrounds Mobile India in 2021. On the release, Krafton claimed that BGMI was an entirely new game that was built by a Singapore-based development team with no help from Chinese investor Tencent.
Since its release, BGMI has been surrounded by controversy and protest from some people claiming the game to be the exact copy of the banned PUBG Mobile game.
Anil Stevenson Jangam, a Hyderabad-based advocate had filed a PIL in the Telangana High Court asking for a permanent ban on BGMI. In his PIL, ANil mentions that the game is almost similar to the banned game PUBG Mobile and is developed by a company in which Chinese company, Tencent holds a majority stack and therefore constituted a threat to citizen privacy and posed a national security issue.
As per the PIL filed in the Telegana HC:
“BGMI and the banned application PUBG Mobile are the same game with only cosmetic changes. The new application Battlegrounds Mobile India is fraught with all the dangers its banned earlier version posed to our children and adolescents. Therefore, the new version also deserves to be banned.”
“Chinese Company Tencent Holdings and the Respondent No.3 (Krafton) have employed a circuitous means of re-entering India, by an elaborate process of Front companies, and have sought to hoodwink the Indian Authorities, which is detrimental to the interests of India and its citizens.”
Today an affidavit was filed by N. Samaya Balan representing The Ministry of Entertainment and Information Technology (MEITY) in the Telangana High Court in which he said the “PUBG Mobile app” and the “BGMI app” were not the same and that only the government can restrict computer resources. Additionally, the affidavit also informed the HC that the GOI hasn’t received any official request to prohibit the BGMI app.
The national convenor and president of NGO, Abhay Mishra said that:
“In the ‘so-called new avatar,’ BGMI-PUBG is no different from the erstwhile PUBG, with Tencent still controlling it in the background. Such camouflage activities are nothing but Ravana disguised as a Sadhu.”
While the PIL is still under observation, PRAHAR (NGO) and SJM (RSS-affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch) wrote separate letters to Home Minister Amit Shah and Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, urging them to issue an immediate ban on BGMI and to thoroughly investigate the antecedents and China influence of BGMI-PUBG.
Krafton is back with new voice packs for their fans and this time the developers are launching the voice pack of Kaztro, the famous BGMI streamer. The availability of voice packs of popular streamers and professional players from India is a new addition to the game.
Now, the players could get the voice packs of their favorite streamers at a minimal cost. Although, Krafton is giving you the opportunity to win Kaztro’s voice pack for free. The voice pack is available in one variant, the special voice pack. The special pack will consist only of the Malayalam audio messages.
How to get BGMI streamer Kaztro’s voice pack for free
Krafton has announced a giveaway where players can win Kaztro’s voice pack for free. 30 lucky winners will get the opportunity to win the special voice pack in BGMI. Read the rules mentioned below to win the voice pack:
Step 1: You need to follow the official Instagram handle of Battlegrounds Mobile India.
Step 2: Tag your friends and comment with why you adore Kaztro.
Step 3: Do not forget to mention your UID in the comments.
Step 4: You need to make sure that your answers are better than the others, which will increase your chance of winning the giveaway.
Through recent statements, esports production company Beyond the Summit and organization Alliance have announced that they will no longer be working with Dota 2 Champions League in protest against the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.
This follows the decision of Ukrainian org Natus Vincere (Na’Vi) to break off all cooperation with ESFORCE holding, the parent company that owns D2CL, due to their stance of denial on the horrors that are happening in Ukraine.
A day after the announcement of Na’Vi, Beyond The Summit have stated in a Tweet that they’d be discontinuing their English coverage of Dota 2 Champions League and the Russian coverage of their Pro Series 10 tournament.
“We condemn the invasion of Ukraine, and we invite everyone to support humanitarian efforts to help protect civilians and innocents there,” BTS said in their statement.
A few hours after Beyond the Summit’s Tweet, Alliance followed suit by withdrawing from D2CL.
“Alliance will be withdrawing from D2CL with immediate effect,” the org said in a statement. “We can no longer participate in this tournament due to the ongoing war in Ukraine and Putin’s unacceptable aggression towards the Ukrainian people.”
The Elden Ring 1.02.2 update is now live on both PC and PS5. The developers have introduced a lot of bug fixes along with performance improvements.
The performance issue in Elden Ring was there since the launch of the game. In addition, the PC players were facing the issue a lot. The Elden Ring 1.02.2 update has fixed the issue.
Elden Ring is an action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware. The game was released on 25th February 2022 and it is available on almost every platform. Elden Ring got into the limelight after collaborating with the famous novelist George R. R. Martin.
Without wasting time let’s check out the Elden Ring 1.02.2 update patch notes:
With the highly anticipated Valorant Patch 4.04 only a few hours away, Riot Games has revealed the official patch notes of the 4.04 update through a blog post today. As expected, Valorant patch 4.04 introduces a number of new changes to the competitive shooter including the Yoru rework, changes to Icebox, and some much-needed Agent improvements.
An experimental “deterministic map system” has also been implemented in LATAM servers that are expected to be released globally over the next few days. This new system is likely to increase the variety of maps that players will encounter in their competitive games.
While the Yoru rework is in the spotlight for the 4.04 update, this patch can also potentially make Omen a viable pick in the competitive scene. The enigmatic Controller has received a number of Buffs in the Episode 4 Act 2 update, which aims to improve his effectiveness in higher tiers of competitive play. Brimstone received a few buffs to his Stim Beacon and Sky Smoke to help him keep up with the other Controllers that are in the meta.
Astra and Viper received a number of nerfs across their kits to reduce their overall effectiveness in all levels of play.
Alongside the above-mentioned changes, Valorant patch 4.04 also brings with it several bug fixes and map changes that fans can check out below:
Valorant Episode 4 Act 2 Patch Notes
AGENT UPDATES
GENERAL
Improved the system used to place abilities at targeted ground locations. This update should make it easier to find valid placement locations in tight spaces. These are the abilities affected:
Omen’s Shrouded Step
Viper’s pit
Chamber’s Trademark and Rendez-vous
Every Killjoy ability
Yoru’s Gatecrash
Sage’s Barrier Orb
OMEN
As strategic diversity in VALORANT evolved, Omen has struggled to find his place within the meta. Many of you enjoy his gameplay loop, but have found it increasingly difficult to justify his selection in higher tiers of play. We want to increase his reliability as a Controller by rolling back a selection of early nerfs to Dark Cover, and sharpen his combat-focused abilities.
ParanoiaAdded forward spawn offset, so players adjacent to Omen are not hit
BRIMSTONE
Brimstone is in a healthy spot overall, but he wasn’t performing well in scenarios where we think he should excel. The limitations on his smoke deployment and his Stim Beacon’s versatility were leaving him too constrained. With these changes, we’re hoping Brimstone will be a competitive choice on a healthy portion of the map pool.
Sky SmokeDeploy time decreased 2 >>> 1 secondDeploy radius increased 5000 >>> 5500Smoke height increased to match other Controllers
Stim BeaconNow also applies a 15% speed boost in addition to RapidFire.
ASTRA
With the mastery of Astra’s play patterns over time, she’s become an overwhelming force in both coordinated and high MMR play. She’s crowded out Brimstone and Omen by replicating their strengths and they simply couldn’t keep up with the map-wide impact of her utility. We’re taking steps to create clearer relative weaknesses in an attempt to carve more space for our other Controllers. This starts by reducing her overall utility output and increasing her ability cooldown , in the hopes that this will increase the importance of each move she makes. Paired with this, we’re taking the opportunity to provide some quality-of-life updates and bug fixes that we feel are long overdue.
StarsMax Stars reduced 5 >>> 4Cooldown on retrieving a Star increased 14 >>> 25Astra can now pick up placed Stars during the Buy Phase to refund their charge immediately.Max distance of Star Placement increased 10000 >>> 30000 to allow her to place Stars across the furthest corners of maps.
Gravity WellCooldown Increased 25 >>> 45Gravity Well Size Decreased 525 >>> 475Gravity Well no longer affects anyone fully underneath the Gravity Well.
Nova PulseCooldown Increased 25 >>> 45Nova Pulse no longer affects anyone fully underneath the Nova Pulse.
NebulaCooldown Increased 14 >>> 25Nebula cooldowns are now sequential instead of simultaneousNebula size increased 410 >>> 475
Astral FormWhile in Astral form, pings are no longer blocked by level geometry that Astra cannot seeAstra’s targeting ring in Astral form is reduced to one ring that reflects the now unified size of all her utilityAstra’s targeting ring no longer randomly disappears when aiming across some map locationsIncreased the speed of the overlay that covers Astra’s screen when transitioning in and out of Astral formFixed an issue where Stars were placed slightly above the location Astra was targeting.
VIPER
We like Viper’s hybrid Controller/Sentinel role on the roster, really. But her buffs and our newest map additions have turned her into a must-have Controller and best-in-class Sentinel in more situations than we think a dual-role Agent should fill. With the below changes, we hope to create stark decision points on when Viper should manage her fuel as well as provide clearer counterplay opportunities and attack windows for her enemies.
FuelFuel drain increased 50% when Toxic Screen and Poison Cloud are both active.Viper’s fuel bar now turns red when she does not have enough fuel to activate her abilities.
Toxic ScreenCooldown after deactivating increased 6 >>> 8Cooldown timer now starts when her smoke starts dissipating instead of when the deactivation telegraph plays.Deactivation delay decreased 1 >>> .8Toxic Screen now has yellow lights that indicate when it is on cooldownRemoved delay on Toxic Screen disabling when Viper is suppressed.Added a unique VO line that plays when her smoke is disabled by suppress.
Poison CloudCooldown after deactivating increased 6 >>> 8.Cooldown timer now starts when her smoke starts dissipating instead of when the deactivation telegraph plays.Deactivation delay decreased 1 >>> .8Poison Orb now has a yellow light to indicate when it is on cooldown.Removed delay on Poison Orb disabling when Viper is suppressed.Added a unique VO line that plays when her smoke is disabled by suppress.
Snake BiteDuration decreased 6.5 >>> 5.5
YORU
Yoru is here with a few more tools in his belt, ready to Gatecrash his way back into your hearts (WHO WROTE THIS?) Fakeout is now a mirror image of Yoru and should help with adding a way to punish deceived enemies. Gatecrash’s teleport beacon—now with the ability to fake the teleport cues—will allow Yoru to create pressure around the map, confusing enemies as they second guess their backline safety. Dimensional Drift now gives Yoru full vision and access to his utility, allowing him to take space with his team while creating pressure on the backlines. We’re happy to be able to lean heavy into Yoru’s deception fantasy and are excited to see him back in your hands!
FakeoutCharges reduced from 2 >>> 1Decoy HP: 150Decoy is now a full running version of Yoru and can only be sent running forwardRight -click to place a stationary marker for the decoyReactivate similarly to footsteps to create the decoy that runs forwardUpon taking damage from an enemy gun, the decoy winds up, turns towards the enemy that shot it, and explodes after a short delay.Enemies within the cone are flashed
GatecrashCharges increased from 1 >>> 2Cost: 200 CreditsCooldown charge refresh removed, switched back to 2-kill resetGatecrash can be faked by pressing F, while hovering over the beaconFake teleport will play audio and portal visuals as if Yoru is attempting to teleport.Time it takes for teleport beacon has decreased 1.5 >>> 0.5 secondsTeleport beacon’s in-game audio while traveling reduced 22.5m>>>12.5mTeleport beacon’s speed has been increased 675 >>> 800Upon activating a fake teleport, the beacon creates a small decal on the floor for 30 seconds to indicate location of the fake teleport
Dimensional DriftDuration increased 8 >>> 10 secondsYoru is not revealed to enemiesUnequip delay time increased 0.6 >>> 1.2 secondsYoru is now able to cast all utility out of his ultimateYoru’s footsteps can now be heard within 15m of Yoru’s locationCast delay added upon casting Dimensional Drift, preventing the invulnerability frame on cast
MAP UPDATES
ASCENT
B orb can now be taken from the lower box (previously, you had to double jump up to the box to get it)
ICEBOX
This set of Icebox updates are focused around B Site and adjusting some of the problem spaces throughout the map. Stay tuned for an upcoming article where map designer Joey Simas dives deeper into these changes and what we hope to see from Icebox in the near future.
B GREEN
Changes to B “Green” lane are focused on improving attacker options and making the space more comfortable to play in.
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Doorway from Attacker spawn building near Green lane moved to the first cubby. This is to give attackers a new way to approach B Green instead of having to enter from two similar positions.
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Green lane slightly widened. This is to make moving through this space more comfortable.
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Pocket in Green lane near Yellow extended. This is to make angles toward B Site and Snowman more clear and readable.
B SITE REWORK
The B Site rework is focused on adding more importance to controlling the site when attacking and making engagements around the site more manageable.
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Yellow container adjusted and new stack of crates added. As players have settled into Icebox we’ve noticed a lot of rounds revolve around anchoring down behind yellow during post plant situations. This change should allow Yellow to retain some power while adding more value to holding space on the actual site.
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Lower container removed and geometry adjusted into a cubby facing Green. Doorway on the upper container widened and it’s position adjusted. This should allow players to better isolate fights around the site and make utility usable more meaningful.
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Outer wall on B site and crane structure brought in toward the site. Narrowing the site allows for more controllers to comfortably use their utility without having to worry about gaps.
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Building in Back B closed off. We want to encourage attackers to push further and hold more space. Closing off this building should allow players to better anchor themselves in Snowman. It should also better highlight using B Fence to cut off rotations.
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Plant zone on B site adjusted. This change is to encourage more spike plant diversity while retaining some safer defaults to work with. You can now also plant on the bridge from kitchen to upper container as well.
MID
The changes to mid are aimed at adjusting lines of sight and making these spaces more comfortable to play in.
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Back wall in Kitchen adjusted. This change should help moving through this space feel more comfortable and allow players to more easily clear this space.
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Crates added to Orange lane to block line of sight from under tube to danger.
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Boiler ramp geo simplified and slightly narrowed. Smokes will now fully cover Boiler and players should find head peaks from ramp more predictable.
A Site
A Site can feel overwhelming for defenders so these changes should give them some new options and allow them to better isolate Attacker angles.
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Cover on back A site adjusted. This change should give Defenders a little extra space to anchor on.
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Head peak on attacker side pipes removed. Where Attackers can peak from on A Site can feel overwhelming. This change should allow Defenders to better isolate where threats can come from.
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Doorway into A lowered to prevent foot shot on players on top of screens.
COMPETITIVE UPDATES
Introducing initial testing of a new “deterministic map system” in LATAM. The goal of this system is to increase the variety of maps that players will encounter. If there are no issues, we plan to activate this system (explained below) for all regions within the next few days/week. Although this is LATAM region only, we are including it here as a heads up if we decide to expand. Stay tuned to the official VALORANT channels for updates.
Deterministic map selection follows 3 rules when picking a map, after players have been selected to play a match.
The system will look at all maps players have played over the last 5 maps for that mode.
The system will remove any maps that a player has played twice in the past 5 maps.
The system will pick the least played map.
If all maps have been removed due to the “Twice Played” rule, those maps will be added back to the pool and the least played map will be picked.
BUGS
AGENTS
Fixed issue where enemies wouldn’t trigger Cypher’s Trapwire in rare situations
Fixed the boom not showing up for Astra if planted while in Astral Form
Fixed a bug where Viper’s Toxic Screen audio could play in the next round if it is activated right on round end
Fixed Yoru’s Gatecrash icon showing up as a big white circle on Brimstone’s targeting map
Fixed a bug where Chamber’s teleport would sometimes fail when cast immediately after firing the last bullet of Headhunter
Fixed a bug where Chamber’s Tour de Force would inconsistently spawn slow zones when firing at KAY/O during NULL/CMD
SOCIAL
Fixed an issue with AFKs in Escalation game mode
ESPORTS FEATURES
Fixed a bug where the timer would overlap itself while viewing the megamap as an observer
GAME SYSTEMS
Fixed an issue where you could tap the scroll wheel to activate the defuse audio without actually initiating a defuse.
Prahar, an NGO based in Assam has urged the Indian government to block BGMI, the Indian version of the world-famous battle royale game PUBG Mobile.
According to the NGO, the game ought to be added to the list of 54 Chinese apps banned on February 14, 2022, saying its omission in the list is a “clear lapse in judgment on part of the Government”.
The initiative started by Prahar is being supported by The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) affiliated Swadeshi Jagran Manch.
Ashwani Mahajan, Nationwide Co-Convener, Swadeshi Jagaran Manch stated, “We congratulate the Authorities on their determination to ban one other 54 Chinese language apps in India lately.
That is in keeping with the continued demand from individuals of India to boycott all types of Chinese language items.”
“Additionally, in right, this moment’s information-centric world, sustaining know-how integrity is extraordinarily essential to guard the sovereignty of India, the safety of the state, and defense of India.
We urge the Authorities to totally examine the antecedents and China affect of the BGMI-PUBG app and take fast motion if present in violation”.
The letter written by Abhay Mishra, Nationwide Convenor and President, PRAHAR, stated, “Tencent Holdings Restricted had launched PUBG in India, and it was some of the downloaded video games on the time of its ban in 2020.
In lower than 12 months, PUBG was re-introduced in India by an entrance firm of Tencent – Krafton beneath the brand new identify BGMI – a transfer that was clearly meant to bypass the Indian policymakers.”
It additional added “On paper, Tencent is the second-largest shareholder of Krafton with 15.5 p.c shares. Nonetheless, it’s stated that Tencent holds extra pursuits in promoter’s varied companies, via non-public offers hidden from the general public, giving them extraordinary management on Krafton. Most world media additionally consult with Krafton as “Tencent backed Krafton”.
Although the game is exclusively launched for the players based in India and has no connections with the Chinese entities in it, as reported by the developers.
But in some way or the other, the game comes under the radar of various organizations who try to persuade the government to ban the game citing the Chinese company’s involvement in the game.
