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Nodwin Gaming Releases VCC Anthem Produced By Seedhe Maut & Sez On The Beat

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Nodwin Gaming Releases VCC Anthem Produced By Seedhe Maut & Sez On The Beat

Nodwin Gaming, a subsidiary of Nazara Technologies Ltd. and Soth Asia’s leading esports gaming company has just released an official anthem for the upcoming Valorant Conquerors Championship. 

Nodwin Gaming in association with Riot Games — developers, and producer of popular esports title, Valorant, have come together and roped in contemporary hip-hop artist Seedhe Maut and music producer Sez On The Beat to create an epic, celebratory and inspiring anthem titled “NHK, which stands for Nahi Hora Kya”. 

The video will be premiered on NODWIN Gaming’s official YouTube channel today (i.e. February 19, 2022) at 7 PM. The direct link to the premier video is here.

The video features a collaboration of the most prominent Valorant players of the South Asia region namely Ganesh Gangadhar (Skrossi) from the Indian team Global Esports; Shakir Razak (Hikka) from the Indian team Enigma Gaming; Abdul Haseeb (HSB) from the Pakistan team Team Exploit and Sami Ar Rahman (SSSami) from the Bangladeshi team Exceeli Esports. 

Alongside the video, the lyrics and background scores perfectly capture the essence and spirit of the competition.

The video captures the sheer hard work and determination perfectly throughout the journey of players from playing being a small-time talent to playing in big leagues among other professional players for the Championship title.  

“With just two editions, VCC has achieved the cult status it enjoys today, making it evident that it has struck the right chord with both the players and audience alike. The idea behind this anthem is to create a distinct identity for VCC and to celebrate the fandom and cult status around Valorant. Through this anthem, we hope to instill courage and passion in the minds of all current and future gamers, bringing them together for the love of the game. What makes this anthem very unique is that the viewers get to witness the spirit of the tournament through the players’ journey as they try to win the coveted VCC trophy. We are delighted to collaborate with Seedhe Maut and Sez who understand the pulse of the youth,” said Akshat Rathee, Managing Director, NODWIN Gaming.

“Being big fans of the game, it was great to be able to work on the official track for Valorant with our guy Sez on the Beat. Music and gaming are converging nowadays like never before, shoutout to NODWIN VCC for supporting gaming and the culture like they do!” said Seedhe Maut.

“Having played the game myself, this song is a dream project for me. I have been following the pro-scene for a while now (since the first Masters) and it’s great to see similar support for South Asian players. Big thump ups to Riot Games for their vision and to NODWIN Gaming for bringing all of us together. The fact that VCC winners will be able to go head-to-head with the best teams from the world is really so dope,” said the Producer Sez on the Beat.

“I think we have a banger ready to roll out. Seedhe Maut and Sez On The Beat, as we know, are Valorant fans and they’re killing it in DHH lately. We wanted this collaboration to be an authentic South Asian Valorant esport experience that truly embodies the spirit of VCC. It’ll be a track that every Valorant player in the region can relate and vibe to”, said Sukamal Pegu, Head of Publishing, India & South Asia, Riot Games.

Visit the official Nodwin Gaming channels below and stay tuned for the premiere at 7 PM today i.e. 19th February 2022. 

ESL announces ESL Impact, an all-women CSGO circuit

Aritra Patra
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ESL announces ESL Impact, an all-women CSGO circuit

ESL Gaming GmbH, the leading esports organizer has officially announced all the details of the upcoming all-woman CSGO circuit named ESL Impact. The all-woman CSGO tournament was announced in December as a part of the ESL’s #GGFORALL initiative.

According to ESL’s press release, the consolidated prize pool of ESL Impact will be $500,000. The tournament will begin on 8th March and will come to an end on 1st May.

ESL Impact will have two seasons with live finals, a standalone event along online cash cups for all-woman teams. Every region will have eight teams and they will be divided into two groups.

Let’s take a look at the format of ESL Impact:

Qualifiers

  • Open Qualifier #1: March 8-9 (3 teams qualify for the league season)
  • Open Qualifier #2: March 11-12 (3 teams qualify for the league season)
  • Unlimited single-elimination best-of-one bracket
  • Semi-final and 3rd place matches will be best-of-three
  • Each qualifier determines three teams

Wildcard Qualifiers

  • Open Qualifier ZA: April 23-24 (winner qualifies for Global Finals)
  • Open Qualifier OCE: April 23-24 (winner qualifies for Global Finals)
  • Unlimited single-elimination best-of-one bracket
  • Semi-final and 3rd place matches will be best-of-three

A total of 24 teams from Europe, North America, and South America will be featuring in ESL Impact while two teams from every region will receive direct invitations. The best two teams of every region will compete directly at DreamHack Dallas and it will take place in June 2022.

Apart from that, ESL also announced that the existing Cash Cups will be rebranded as ESL Impact Cash Cups. Moreover, there will be exclusive tournaments for South Africa and Oceania regions.

CSGO Unblocked: What is it and How to Play?

Mohd Laraib
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CSGO is the world’s most prominent and well-known First Person Shooter (FPS) game. It is most widely played on PC but it has Console versions as well. With Steam Deck on the horizon of release, Valve has also been working on optimization so that the game runs well on its own console.

With such popularity and demand, it is natural that a lot of new players would like to get on the hype train and try the game out. Unblocked Games WTF is a website hosted on Google Sites. The site basically develops HTML5 based flash games that can be played on browsers like Miniclip games. Surprisingly, an HTML5 version of the popular FPS, Counter-Strike, or CSGO is also available on Unblocked Games WTF. Other games such as Fortnite and COD are also available on Unblocked games WTF.

Here is how to play CSGO on Unblocked Games WTF:

HOW TO PLAY FORTNITE ON UNBLOCKED GAMES WTF?

  • Click here to open the website.
  • You will see a box with “Click to play now”.
  • After the Anrgy Gamez logo loads, click on Play.
  • After clicking play, the game will ask you to create your profile.
  • Once the player creates a profile, they can do various things in game.
  • They can visit workshop for weapon upgrades and visit angrygamezz’s twitch channel.
  • To play CSGO unblocked, players can either join an existing room or create their own room. The rooms can be public or private.

CSGO unblocked allows for different game modes such as FFA, TDM, or the Normal game mode. It also features a Battle Royale mode, just like Danger Zone in CSGO. CSGO Unblocked also features all the Classic CSGO maps such as DUST2, Italy, Aztec, Inferno, Train, and Nuke.

Much like CSGO, CSGO Unblocked also has a case opening feature that allows players to open cases and get flashy skins. A $1.00 key is required to open a case. When a player creates a new user profile, they will get $1.00 in their account by default, allowing for one free case opening.

NaVi Survive vs ENCE in IEM Katowice 2022 Opener

Mohd Laraib
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NaVi Survive vs ENCE in IEM Katowice 2022 Opener

Natus Vincere defeated ENCE 2-1 in their opening game of IEM Katowice 2022 to advance to the upper bracket semis of the Group Stage. They started off on the right foot on ENCE’s map pick, Mirage, but on their own pick of Nuke, a map that they had lost just thrice with this roster, NaVi were handed their biggest loss ever with a 16-4 score. Overpass went the full distance as NaVi were able to survive a 1-9 start to win 16-14.

MAP VETO

  • ENCE removed Inferno
  • Natus Vincere removed Vertigo
  • ENCE picked Mirage
  • Natus Vincere picked Nuke
  • ENCE removed Dust2
  • Natus Vincere removed Ancient
  • Overpass was left over

MAP 1: Mirage (NaVi 16-8 ENCE)

It was a belter of a start for NaVi on Mirage CT side to kick things off. Almost a given at this point, s1mple popped off supported well in-toe by IGL boombl4. The duo got 32 kills combined to give NaVi a massive 12-3 lead at the half. 

On the T side, NaVi looked all set to take the map as they had 12 match points at 15-3. But spinx and company didnt bow down so easily and they did defend 5 rounds straight.

NaVi needed only won and they did so, courtesy of a s1mple clutch to win 16-8.

MAP 2: Nuke (NaVi 4-16 ENCE)

Nuke has been NaVi’s go-to map for almost a year now after the added b1t for flamie and they have been the best Nuke team by far. But nothing had prepared us for what we were about to see as NaVi’s T side felt absolutely flat in front of ENCE. The whole ENCE side fragged out, led by AWPer hades as he went 14-3 on the CT side. NaVi got a taste of their own medicine as ENCE ended the half 12-3, reminding us of the Nuke of old.

After switching sides, NaVi lost the pistol and won the force buy to see the score at 13-4. But the CIS squad couldn’t do anything more after it as ENCE closed it right back down with a 16-4 win, handing NaVi their biggest Nuke loss.

MAP 3: Overpass (NaVi 16-14 ENCE)

NaVi started off Overpass the same way Nuke had ended. They looked deflated and the T side of Overpass was a menace. s1mple went 0-6 while maden was 14-1 and ENCE took a 9-1 lead on the CT side. But an inspired performance from Perfecto helped NaVi bounce back and take a respectable 5-10 half time score.

In their element on the CT side, NaVi showed no signs of lacking. s1mple started fragging out, and so did the rest of NaVi while Perfecto was still popping heads. They let ENCE get only 2 consecutive T rounds, but that couldve been costly as it was towards the end. But a flawless last round helped NaVi close the map 16-14.

NO LOWER BRACKET SCARE FOR NAVI

Far from being at their best, NaVi still avoided the lower bracket and advanced to the UB Semis. They will face FURIA for a spot at the UB finals, wherein they will vie for a semis or a quarterfinals playoff spot. 

ENCE dropped down to the lower bracket and will play Astralis who had lost to FURIA yesterday.

fnatic Upset G2 To Kick Off IEM Katowice 2022

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fnatic Upset G2 To Kick Off IEM Katowice 2022

The Star studded G2 CSGO roster failed to pass their first test on LAN. They started their IEM Katowice 2022 campaign with a loss to fnatic as smooya and co. marched forward to the upper bracket semi final to meet FaZe Clan. fnatic were blown out of the water to start the series on Nuke but bounced back with a menacing Mirage and a dominant inferno to take the win 2-1 over G2.

MAP VETO

  • fnatic removed Dust2
  • G2 removed Overpass
  • fnatic picked Nuke
  • G2 picked Mirage
  • fnatic removed Ancient
  • G2 removed Vertigo
  • Inferno was left over

MAP 1: Nuke (G2 16-2 fnatic)

Nuke started with all guns blazing for G2 as they won the pistol and the following rounds. It wasnt until round 8 that fnatic would break the ice. G2 then replied with another 3 as NiKo locked down yard and huNter- on the A site wreaked havoc on ALEX’s men. They lost a single round after it as the Kovac’s continued pummeling the fnatic squad, supported well by Aleksib. The half ended with a 13-2 score, and the lead was insurmountable. 

Switching to the T side, G2 ended it as quickly as it started as they got the 3 rounds needed in the first 3 and absolutely annihilated fnatic 16-2 on their own map pick.

MAP 2: Mirage (G2 7-16 fnatic)

Switching to their own map pick of Mirage, it was expected that G2 would take it away with ease as NiKo and m0NESY are known to be absolute stalwarts on the map. But the start wasn’t all bells and whistles  as fnatic put up a good defense. They took 5 rounds unanswered as G2 had to wait until the 6th to find their first. After a few back and forths, the score sat at 6-3 and it looked to be an even half, but veteran KRIMZ rolled back the years as he started popping heads left, right and center from the connector position. He finished the half with 20 frags as fnatic took a 10-5 lead.

The T side looked even better for the British-Swedish combo as G2 were left helpless. They couldn’t do anything until they gave up match point at 15-5 and even after winning a couple of rounds, they never had the money to keep it going and lost 16-7. huNter- and NiKo both went missing as we moved to Inferno for the decider.

MAP 3: Inferno (G2 11-16  fnatic)

Inferno started with a pistol win for G2 but that wouldnt be a sign of things to come. fnatic bounced right back as they won the force buy and the 3 following rounds. Throughout the half, ALEX called circles around Aleksib’s men as G2 were never able to string together more than 1 CT round. They found an odd round here and eventually thanks to a NiKo 1v2, they ended the half with a 10-5 score, on which a comeback could be mounted.

A strong T side start was needed for G2 and they delivered with 4 back to back. After trading rounds, fnatic took control of the map yet again as mezii locked down the B site while smooya and KRIMZ went ham on A. G2 were allowed a single round after the initial burst as the T side looked toothless and fnatic completed the monumental comeback after a 16-2 blowout to take Inferno 16-11.

LOWER BRACKET RUN FOR G2

G2 will play Team Liquid to remain in contention at IEM Katowice. Liquid lost their first game to FaZe Clan yesterday who were with a stand-in still. Only 1 of Liquid and G2 will remain in the competition as they meet at 17:00 IST tomorrow in a best of 3.

New CSGO Update Improves Controller Support: Patch Notes Inside

Sonu Banerjee
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New CSGO Update Improves Controller Support: Patch Notes Inside

A new update has been shipped to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and while it doesn’t bring any major changes to the shooter, it aims to improve controller support in the title alongside other minor fixes. 

These new changes to Controllers include various default binding changes, simplified set of Radial Action Override Layers, and improvements to Danger Zone controller support among other stuff. 

Other than these changes, some UI changes have also been introduced in the new CSGO update. 

The console commands ‘getpos’ and ‘getpos_exact’ have also been cheat protected to prevent certain abuses in matchmaking games. 

Here are the detailed patch notes of the latest CSGO update as mentioned in the blog post by Valve:

Via CSGO BLOG:

[ STEAM INPUT / CONTROLLER ]
Note to controller users: Please be sure to re-apply default settings from the Controller Configuration menu in the Steam Overlay.
– Various default binding changes for controllers only. Quick Buy radial menus are triggered with the D-Pad and Bumper Buttons while the BuyZoneLayer is active.
– Simplified set of Radial Action Override Layers. By default, the right stick is used to control the radial. If XYAB are bound to a radial button, the left stick is used instead.
– Fixes for DeathMatch BuyZoneLayer.
– Console/Quick Buy Radial menus match the same layout of the conventional Buy menu.
– Danger Zone Controller Support: Fixed Spawn Menu Controls. Fixed Drone strafing.
– Known issue: Button binds in Action Override Layers are not displayed in in-line glyphs.

[ UI ]
Note to “radial_quickinventory.txt” users: you can set “cl_quickinventory_filename” to point to a different file name in the same directory.
– radial_quickinventory.txt: added “ROTATION_OFFSET” field, which will rotate the entire radial by the given number of degrees.
– Quick Inventory and Quick Grenade Radial: Fix for missing items (Bump Mines, Shields, etc.) not displaying.
– Various Inline Button Glyph fixes (ongoing).

[ MISC ]
– Added server convar sv_max_allowed_developer that determines highest developer value for attached clients
– getpos and getpos_exact are now cheat protected

Dream’s Final Manhunt: How to Watch, Date & Time

Sonu Banerjee
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Dream’s Final Manhunt: How to Watch, Date & Time

If you’re an avid Minecraft fan, there’s not a chance that you haven’t heard of Dream. The 22-year-old rose to fame through his incredible Minecraft speedruns and gained over 10 million subscribers in under a year despite being involved in some hefty controversies.

Dream is also well-known for the ‘Manhunts’ that he organizes quite regularly. These Manhunts see Minecraft speedrunners trying to beat the game by defeating the Ender Dragon while Hunters try to stop them in their tracks. 

There were a total of six Minecraft Manhunts that Dream organized in 2021, with the last Minecraft Manhunt taking place on December 1, 2021. Nearly two and a half months after his last Manhunt, the star has announced his next Manhunt – ‘The Final Manhunt’. 

How to Watch The Final Manhunt 

Fans who want to catch The Final Manhunt live will have to tune in to Dream’s official YouTube channel on February 26, 2022, 10 pm GMT. 

While Dream fans are pretty concerned that this might be his last Manhunt, whether or not Dream continues to organize Minecraft Manhunts in the future still remains to be seen. 

Valorant Servers Are Down In UK: Valorant Server Status

Pranav Nalawade
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Valorant Servers Are Down In UK: Valorant Server Status

Valorant has become one of the most popular multiplayer games and with the popularity, comes a massive player base and its management. Although the game is developed by the giant, Riot Games, it is not completely immune to problems that many multiplayer games.

Valorant fans face server outages and disconnection issues quite frequently. If you are facing any, here is how to check and possibly find a fix to your issues.

Valorant has been a title that has experienced immense popularity right from its closed beta testing. With the game picking up the pace, the game developers are also trying to fix as many issues as possible but still, there are some that may slip through them.

HERE’S HOW TO CHECK ON THE STATUS OF VALORANT’S SERVERS

To check and troubleshoot your issues, you can gather the information mostly from the official Valorant Twitter handle. The social media account is fairly active and they address the issues most often.

If your issue is already addressed by the Valorant, rest assured that the server will be back up soon. Riot Games has a Service Status page for all of their titles.

The Valorant service status page provides a lot of information regarding the time frame for which the server is down and the cause of this issue. The page also states the recent problems and this is where you can also report your issue.

If you still can’t find the fix, you can jump to the Valorant Support page and find a fix to almost every issue, and still if you are not satisfied, you can contact them with your issues as well.

It is recommended to go through every tab that may be useful for you and most importantly, check the error codes page to fix the most common issues. After doing all of these troubleshoots, we hope that your issue is addressed or possibly solved.

Wild Rift Patch Notes 3.0a – New Skins, Champion changes, and much more

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Wild Rift Patch Notes 3.0a – New Skins, Champion changes, and much more

Riot Games has released the next patch notes 3.0a for the League of Legends: Wild Rift. The 3.0a update has brought some major launches of new skins along with accessories. Besides this champions such as Amumu, Camille, Draven, and many more have got some updates. Read our complete article to know the detailed changes in the new Wild Rift update.

NEW

SKINS

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Releasing February 24 @ 00:01 UTC:

  • Dragonslayer Olaf
  • Infernal Kennen

CHAMPION CHANGES

AMUMU

Amumu has been struggling in high level play recently, so we’re increasing the range of his Bandage Toss. This should give him the ability to make more impactful plays in the jungle, and give hugs from a longer range.

  • BANDAGE TOSS
    • Range: 8.5 → 9

CAMILLE

Camille has been a bit too strong in high level play, so we’re going to pull back on some of the damage and utility she gets to bring her in line with her fellow fighters.

  • TACTICAL SWEEP
    • Outer cone bonus damage: 6/7/8/9% of target’s max HP → 4/5/6/7% of target’s max HP
  • THE HEXTECH ULTIMATUM
    • Damage: 100/150/200 + 10/15/20% of target’s current health → 30 + 15/20/25% of target’s current health
    • Zone duration: 2.5/3.25/4 → 2/3/4

DRAVEN

While we may disagree with him that it’s all about Draven all the time, we can agree that he has been underperforming compared to other marksmen in the Dragon Lane. We are giving him some extra damage on his ultimate so he can have an easier time closing out teamfights and getting those cash outs.

  • WHIRLING DEATH
    • Bonus AD ratio: 110% → 130%

GRAGAS

Since recent nerfs, Gragas has been struggling to find his place in the jungle, so we’re increasing his clear speed. We hope this change allows him to have more opportunities to slam into his teammates’ lanes and give them an assist.

  • BASE STATS
    • Base Attack Damage: 64 → 70

JAYCE

Jayce has been dominating the Baron lane with his high burst damage, strong mobility, and his ability to make safe trades in his ranged form. We’re toning down Jayce’s early game power to give his opponents a fighting chance during the laning phase.

  • BASE STATS
    • Base Attack Damage: 58 → 52
  • HEXTECH CAPACITOR
    • Movement speed: 40 → 30
  • TO THE SKIES! / SHOCK BLAST
    • Acceleration Gate bonus damage: 50% → 40%

KATARINA

As it stands, our favorite Noxian assassin has been struggling to assassinate and keep up with other mid laners for some time. We’re giving Katarina’s ultimate a little boost to help her make more impact in teamfights and skirmishes.

  • DEATH LOTUS
    • AP ratio: 260% → 280%

LEE SIN

Lee Sin’s mobility has been a common complaint from frustrated foes. We’re increasing Safeguard’s cooldown to reduce how quickly Lee Sin can hop around the map.

  • SAFEGUARD
    • Cooldown: 15s → 17s

MORGANA

Last patch, we said we would be keeping an eye on this sinister sister and since then Morgana has been terrorizing her opponents in the Mid Lane with her reliable utility and damage. We’re toning down her wave clear and damage on her ultimate, while increasing her durability so she can still torment her enemies in the Dragon Lane.

  • BASE STATS
    • Armor: 30 → 35
  • TORMENTED SHADOW
    • Base damage: 8/14/20/26 → 6/12/18/24
  • SOUL SHACKLES
    • AP ratio: 2% of target’s maximum health per 100 AP → 1.5% of target’s maximum health per 100 AP

SETT

Normally I would say you all should sit down and brace yourself for this one, but I think most of you will be standing and cheering for this next change. We know that Sett has been a dominating force in Baron Lane and jungle, especially in the early game since his release. We’re reducing some of his early game power so he can still be a boss, just a boss who’s more in line with his fellow sparring partners on the Rift.

  • BASE STATS
    • Attack Damage: 58 → 52
    • Base bonus Attack Speed: 20% → 10%
    • Attack Speed per level: 2.2% → 1.7%
  • PIT GRIT
    • Right Punch bonus physical damage: 6 × Level → 5 × Level
  • KNUCKLE DOWN
    • Bonus damage against monsters: 200 → 100

VAYNE

Vayne has been dominating in high-level play recently. We’re cutting back on some of her sustain to give her opponents some room to punish her during the laning phase.

  • SILVER BOLTS
    • Active healing: 60% of damage dealt → 40% of damage dealt
    • Active cooldown: 16/15/14/13 → 18/17/16/15

GAMEPLAY CHANGES

ITEMS

ARCHANGEL’S STAFF/SERAPH’S EMBRACE

Seraph’s Embrace is currently the premiere item of choice for Enchanters and Mages. We want to bring Seraph’s back in line with the other item choices, so we’re taking away some of the ability haste it provides while also reducing some of its shielding power.

Archangel’s Staff

  • Ability haste: 25 → 20

Seraph’s Embrace

  • Ability haste: 25 → 20
  • Lifeline shield value: 15% of current mana + 150 → 15% current mana + 100

SERRATED DIRK

We are adjusting Serrated Dirk so that it provides less armor penetration in the early game, while buffing the armor penetration provided by the items that Serrated Dirk builds into. We believe this change will help differentiate between offensive armor penetration items like Youmuu’s Ghostblade and defensive options like Edge of Night.

Serrated Dirk

  • Armor penetration: 10 → 8

Edge of Night

  • Armor penetration: 10 → 8

Youmuu’s Ghostblade

  • Armor penetration: 10 → 12

Umbral Glaive

  • Armor penetration: 10 → 12

RUNE CHANGES

INSPIRATION: MASTERMIND

Mastermind is currently granting too much economic value to junglers, while also improving their clear speeds. We’re toning down the gold bonus that it provides when destroying objectives.

  • Gold bonus on objective kill: 120 → 40

SUMMONER SPELLS

BARRIER

Barrier has been a powerful and popular pick for pretty much every role. We’re reducing its early game power to keep it in line with other summoner spell options.

  • Shield Amount: 115 – 465 (90+25 per level) → 100 – 450 (75+25 per level)

FREE-TO-PLAY CHAMPION ROTATION

Feb 16 – Feb 20: Akali, Evelynn, Morgana, Pantheon, Rakan, Rammus, Vayne, Veigar, Wukong, Xayah

Feb 20 – Feb 27: Alistar, Corki, Jayce, Katarina, Kennen, Nunu & Willump, Orianna, Rengar, Senna, Varus

NiP Upset Gambit in IEM Katowice 2022 Opener

Mohd Laraib
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NiP Upset Gambit in IEM Katowice 2022 Opener

Ninjas in Pyjamas started their IEM Katowice 2022 run with a win over reigning Champions Gambit. Playing with a phzy instead of star AWPer dev1ce, hopes from NiP were minimal but they showed everyone up by pulling off a huge upset in their opening game. They picked up their pick of Ancient after an 11-4 comeback, then lost Vertigo, Gambit’s best map of the course. They then hammered Gambit on Overpass, a team that is arguably the best overpass team in recent memory. NiP will face Virtus.pro tomorrow in the upper bracket while Gambit face Copenhagen Flames in an elimination game.

MAP VETO

  • NIP removed Dust2
  • Gambit removed Nuke
  • NIP picked Ancient
  • Gambit picked Vertigo
  • NIP removed Inferno
  • Gambit removed Mirage
  • Overpass was left over

MAP 1: Ancient (NiP 16-13 Gambit)

MAP 2: Vertigo (NiP 11-16 Gambit)

MAP 3: Overpass (NiP 16-8 Gambit)

Starting us off on Ancient, NiP continued with their woes on the T side and Gambit cashed in on it. Being the most CT-biased map, Gambit took 11 rounds on the defense as NiP were left with just scraps. But once the sides swapped, the Ninjas were on fire. 2 odd rounds is all the Russians could muster as a 12 round CT hold, led by IGL hampus was more than what they could handle. Even when Gambit had the advantage, es3tag clutched it out for his side to shut gambit right back down. 

Vertigo is somewhat of a Gambit special as had been the case all through 2021 and they gave ample evidence of why it was so. They started on the T side and found good streaks of 3 and 4 rounds, to help themselves to 9 rounds. hampus did spoil the party with a smartly played-out 1v3 or Gambit may have run away with the half altogether. 

After the initial CT hiccups that let Nip tie the score 10-10, Gambit turned the gears. World #5 Ax1le had 15 kills and just 6 deaths on the CT side to power Gambit to a third map with ease as they won 16-11.

On Overpass, NiP started off strong yet again as veteran Hobbit was the only shining light for Gambit. sh1ro was missing on the AWP and nafany was out-called by hampus many a time early on. Gambit eventually recovered to end with a 1 round deficit of 7-8.

CT side overpass was the best half of the series for NiP, even better than Ancient. They only lost 1 round as phzy went ham on the sniper. To add insult to injury he hit a jumping no scope onto sh1ro towards the end. 

Gambit could find no solutions and the series ended with a whimper for the defending champions as NiP won 16-8 to advance to the upper bracket.

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