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Copenhagen Flames Qualify for IEM Katowice 2022 Main Event

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Copenhagen Flames Qualify for IEM Katowice 2022 Main Event

Danish side Copenhagen Flames secured a berth at IEM Katowice 2022 by defeating Ninjas in Pyjamas in the first upper bracket final of the play-ins. Having won previously versus fnatic, CPF looked good from the start while NiP had a slightly closer matchup with Wisla Krakow. Copenhagen Flames showed their LAN buff once again, starting off with a 12-3 T side on Nuke which had all the pundits look at the Danes in awe. Mirage was much closer than Nuke but at the half, both the maps looked to be complete walkovers.

MAP VETO

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

MAP 1 : NUKE (COPENHAGEN FLAMES 16-3 NINJAS IN PYJAMAS)

Starting on the T side on Nuke, IGL HooXi led from the front to show the world what he was capable of. He had 5 opening kills, from a total of 13 on CPF’s side. Thought to be the toughest T side to call, HooXi made it look all too easy as his side posted 12 T rounds to NiP’s 3 CT rounds. AWPer nicoodoz helped his skipper with 13 kills of his own.

On the CT side, CPF didn’t lose a single round and absolutely battered NiP 16-3.

MAP 2: MIRAGE (COPENHAGEN FLAMES 16-12 NINJAS IN PYJAMAS)

The final scoreline may look close but CPF started Mirage the same as Nuke. On the favored CT side, nicoodoz once again made the map his playground as he had 20 kills with a 2.34 CT side rating. NiPs start was even worse as they got just 2 T rounds and ended the half trailing 2-13. It looked unlikely that they would get the round count to double digits over the course of 2 maps.

On the CT side, NiP took control for the first time in the series. They started with a 5 round streak and followed it up with another 3 after losing one in the middle. But having already given up 13 rounds previously, NiP didn’t have any room for mistakes whatsoever and they did their due diligence. NiP got 10 CT rounds but it was too little too late as CPF won the map 16-12.

With the win, Copenhagen Flames will compete at the main event, IEM Katowice 2022. NiP fall down to the lower bracket and will have one last chance to qualify tomorrow. NiP play the winner of MIBR/Movistar Riders’ matchup.

FaZe Clan Reach IEM Katowice 2022 Main Event

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FaZe Clan Reach IEM Katowice 2022 Main Event

FaZe Clan overran MOUZ in their upper bracket final to make it to IEM Katowice 2022 Group Stages. They won 2-1 in a Bo3 that went the distance but it was karrigan and co. that reigned supreme. MOUZ with stand-in JDC and FaZe with jks were evenly matched until the end but the experience from jks prevailed to send his team through to the main event. It is likely that ropz will return in the group stages of IEM katowice 2022 based on his earlier statement, granted he tests negative.

MAP VETO

  • MOUZ removed Overpass
  • FaZe removed Vertigo
  • MOUZ picked Nuke
  • FaZe picked Inferno
  • MOUZ removed Dust2
  • FaZe removed Ancient
  • Mirage was left over

MAP 1: NUKE (MOUZ 16-7 FaZe Clan)

Carrying on their sizzling form from their first Bo1, MOUZ chose to go with Nuke again. The attack was headed by newly promoted AWPer torszi, surprising on the T side of Nuke but the rookie made it work. He found 17 kills on the T side after a closely contested start, MOUZ took the game by the reins. They found a streak of 6 after being down 4-3 to end the half with 9 T rounds compared to FaZe’s 6. FaZe found it difficult to keep the momentum as they too were playing with a stand-in, jks for ropz.

On the T side, things worsened for FaZe. They only found 1 T round and MOUZ took total control of the map and ended things swiftly 16-7, with IGL dexter going ham towards the end.

MAP 2: INFERNO (MOUZ 10-16 FaZe Clan)

On FaZe’s map pick, it was their turn to show their T side strength, led by karrigan. Twistzz and karrigan found a huge impact on the entries and the story was similar to that of MOUZ on Nuke. MOUZ didn’t have control of the CT side and with a shaky economy, they could only find 6 CT rounds.

After the switch FaZe looked even more comfortable as they posted 4 more and the scoreline read 14-6 in their favor. But inspired shooting from NBK-, who had had a quiet game helped them push through to get things more competitive. But FaZe needed 2 more rounds and once they stabilized the money, it was all over at 16-10.

MAP 3: MIRAGE (MOUZ 16-  FaZe Clan)

On the decider, FaZe started on the T side. Unlike the last two maps, Mirage was a very brawly affair. Both teams gave it their all as they went back and forth. With an eco win in the 13th round, courtesy of a torzsi 3K,  FaZe looked as though they might be trailing by a lot but a karrigan 1v2 at the end saw them end the half with just 1 round difference at 7-8.

The T side from MOUZ started off great with a run of 4 but FaZe bounced right back and it was the stand-in in the form of jks that popped off on the defense. He found mutli-kill after multi-kill to take the score to 14-11 in their favor. MOUZ bounced back yet again and another 1v2 from rookie torzsi as he reached 30 kills put MOUZ at 13 and then to 14.

At the final hurdle MOUZ crumbled as FaZe won the last two to end the game 16-14 and reach IEM Katowice 2022 Main event.

Discord Servers are down right now 16th February 2022

Aritra Patra
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Discord Servers are down right now 16th February 2022

Discord, a popular hangout platform for gamers, is down and not working for many as the application is having connectivity issues. Users who are trying to launch Discord are stuck on connecting and are unable to use any of the features in this application.

For those who are unfamiliar with Discord, it is a VoIP and messaging platform with custom servers where most people hang out virtually. It is quite popular among gamers as a medium for voice calls while playing multiplayer games and apparently, the application is not working.

The user connectivity issue cases have rapidly risen in the past couple of hours and popular site checker Downdetector shows a sharp rise in the number of people reporting issues with Discord during this time period. Numerous players have also reported this outage. Moreover, you can check out the live status of all the Discord servers right here.

Down Detector as well as Discord Status have confirmed that Discord is down and users are reporting connectivity issues. There is no quick solution to solve this problem right now. Users can try troubleshooting but they should patiently wait for the officials to address this issue and fix the problem.

Discord has officially confirmed this connection outage on Twitter. We suggest you to check for the updates on Discord Status and patiently wait till the issue is solved by them.

For more updates follow TalkEsport.

Sea Ltd. Parent Company Of Garena Lost $16 Billion After India’s Ban On Free Fire

Prateek Jain
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Sea Ltd. Parent Company Of Garena Lost $16 Billion After India’s Ban On Free Fire

Garena’s parent company, Sea Ltd. lost more than $16 billion of value on 14th Feb after closing at $129.17 per share on NYSE in its biggest daily market drop after a strong closing of $158.40 per share on 11th Feb. The share closed the week in red at $127.69 after losing more than 20% of its value compared to the closing of $158.40 in the previous week.

The drop in its value comes after India abruptly banned its most popular mobile gaming title, Free Fire which commanded a comfortable lead in the battle royale category in India after the PUBG ban in 2020.

Investors are growing concerned the ban may just be the start of the company’s troubles as the company has been shedding its value since the start of the year and one of its key investors, Tencent Holdings Ltd. also sold some of its stake in the company to raise funds. 

While the revenue of the company is skyrocketing YoY, Sea Ltd is far from making any profits. The company heavily relies on the popularity of Free Fire to push people towards its e-commerce platform Shopee.

Also Read | India Bans Free Fire

The company generated a net loss of $571 million in Q3, but that news didn’t cause much panic among investors as its behemoth Free Fire was still growing like crazy. 

India contributes to more than 1/3rd of Free Fire’s player base and is the biggest market of the game in terms of players. While the revenue from India represents a measly 3% of Sea’s gaming revenue, or roughly $33 million, or roughly 1.2% of total sales, the immense Indian player base benefited the game in reaching the top chart of “The Most Played Game” in both iOS and android store.

The stock price also benefitted heavily from Free Fire’s popularity last October as Sea Ltd’s stock hit an all-time high of $372. The rise at the time was also backed by heavy buying in tech and gaming shares caused by the pandemic surge.

Since then the stock price has plunged 63% as the markets are slowly turning away from previously high-flying tech and gaming stocks even after a piece of slight negative news. 

The most immediate question is whether Sea Ltd. can appeal to India’s decision to ban its gaming app and reverse it. If the talks with India fails, the uncertainty of the ban extending to its other businesses in the world’s fastest-growing internet economy also looms on the horizon, which will cause a further drop in investor confidence and result in more “sale” calls. 

Fortnite Creative v19.30 Update Patch Notes: A significant update with multiple bug fixes

Aritra Patra
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Fortnite Creative v19.30 Update Patch Notes: A significant update with multiple bug fixes

Epic Games is well known for providing regular updates. After the major Fortnite 19.10 and 19.20 updates, Epic has launched the 19.30 update today. Apart from a few major in-game changes, the Fortnite 19.30 update comes with a lot of bug fixes.

Keep reading as the Fortnite Creative v19.30 update patch notes are a few lines away.

Developed by Epic Games, Fortnite is an online multiplayer battle royale game that is available on all platforms.

This update is now live and you can download it just by updating the game through Epic Game Store. The Fortnite Creative v19.30 update patch note is a bit longer as it contains a lot of in-game changes and bug fixes. Therefore, have patience and read till the end.

Fortnite Creative v19.30 Update Patch Notes

GAME MODE SELECT SCREEN REMOVED

With this week’s v19.30 update, Epic removed the initial game screen (which appeared on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC) where players would select either Save the World, Battle Royale, or Creative. You’ll now boot up directly into the Lobby, ready to join the party and explore Fortnite!

What does this mean for Creative? You can now find Creative via the “Discover” screen, accessible by clicking on the “CHANGE” button above “PLAY!” Read the Load into the Lobby in Fortnite – Game Mode Select Screen Removed blog.

NEW: FIRE VOLUME DEVICE

After the release of Fire into Creative in the v19.20 update, you asked for more control over the flames – the first iteration of that is now here with the release of the Fire Volume. With the Fire Volume you can override island-wide fire settings in a localized area, as well ignite or extinguish fires inside the volume via Channels.

UPDATE: PROP MANIPULATOR – RESOURCE NODE

Epic added new features to the Prop Manipulator which allow you to turn any prop into a resource node for any type of resource. You can choose the type of resource to grant when the prop is hit – including the option to add your own items to the device. (A rock that gives mushrooms when you hit it? Sure, why not?) You can also choose to have the node restock after a delay or gradually over time.

UPDATE: HUD CONTROLLER

The HUD controller now has Team and Class support, allowing you to create different HUD setups for each individual Team and Class, ideal for asymmetric game modes or contextual HUD layouts. Want to hide the HUD just for players in a specific area? Now you can set everyone in the area to a specific Class and then change the HUD just for them, leaving everyone else in the game unaffected.

UPDATE: TELEPORTER LINKING

Teleporters can now be linked together allowing for two-way travel. This can be used along with randomized teleport targets to create a ‘different every time’ map layout which is random when a player first goes through the teleporter but then remains constant for the rest of the game (or until the link is broken via Channels).

OTHER FEATURE UPDATES

  • Class support has been added to the Beacon device.
  • Added Old Cartoon filter to the My Island Camera Filter settings.
  • Added the Resources Gallery – A variety of new STW props that work nicely with some of the Consumable Resources.
  • Added some new basketball assets to the Sports Gallery.
  • Fixed some collision issues with assets in the Elemental Cube Gallery.
  • Fixed an issue with football goals spawning when destroying the sports fields from the Sports Gallery.
  • Fixed an issue with the ivy, from Princess Castle Tower prefab, giving the wrong resource materials.
  • Fixed an issue with planter props, from The Sanctuary set, with giving no resource materials.

CONSUMABLES UPDATES

  • Added some New Consumables to coincide with the New Resources Gallery.
    • Rainbow Crystal
    • Honey
    • Vindertech Mechanical Parts
    • Blue Mushroom
    • Pink Mushroom
    • Red Mushroom
    • White Mushroom
    • Yellow Mushroom
    • Spectrolite Ore
    • Spectral Twine

DEVICE FIXES

  • Tracker Device
    • Previously if you attempted to add multiplayer players to the tracker simultaneously, only one would get added. This has been fixed.
    • Previously if the tracker goal was reduced, non-instigator players would not be checked to see if they were at the new goal. This has been fixed.
  • Conditional Button 
    • Fixed an issue where the conditional button would not reset if its requirements were only partially completed
  • Barrier Device 
    • Enabling the Barrier while standing inside will no longer push the player under the map
  • Prop Manipulator 
    • Pre Game Only is no longer an available option
    • Resource Depletion transmit on will now transmit correctly
  • Skydive Volume 
    • Fixed an issue where sometimes the Skydive Volume ‘Lock Affected Players in Volume’ set to ‘Yes’ would not apply correctly if the launch velocity was too high 

ISLAND FIXES

  • . Fire will now spread correctly on the grass of the Tropical Island

GENERAL 

  • In some cases creative islands could fail to load after entering island rift in Creative HUB
  • Players wearing the bush disguise will take explosive damage 
  • Fixed an issue where Item Granter and Switch Persistence options do not activate “Clear All Player’s Data” option when publishing

UI UPDATES

  • Updated some of the icons for Devices:
    • Customizable Lighting
    • DBNO Device
    • Elimination Manager
    • HUD Controller
    • Race Manager
    • Race Checkpoint
    • Save Point

UI FIXES

  • Fixed an issue where the Galleries tab was appearing ahead of the Prefabs tab.

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IEM Katowice 2022 Day 1 – Wins for FaZe, Astralis, OG. fnatic Handed Upset

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IEM Katowice 2022 Day 1 – Wins for FaZe, Astralis, OG. fnatic Handed Upset

The play-in stage of IEM Katowice 2022 kicked off today, with the first set of Best of 1 matches being played out. Most of the games went as one would expect, with the exception of fnatic and Copenhagen Flames. CPF beat fnatic convincingly, trying to prove to the world that their PGL CSGO Major run wasn’t a fluke.

Making their debut as a roster at IEM Katowice were MOUZ, who added NBK- and torszi, Renegades, who added Liazz back to their roster, and ENCE who completed the signing of Maden. 

IEM KATOWICE 2022 Opening Round 1 Results

  • Ninjas in Pyjamas 16-12 Wisla Krakow
  • MOUZ 16-8 GODSENT
  • Copenhagen Flames 16-7 fnatic
  • FaZe Clan 16-12 Sprout
  • OG 19-16 Renegades
  • ENCE 16-9 Entropiq
  • Astralis 16-11 MIBR

Back on LAN, Astralis showed promise, despite having a few hiccups on the CT side. CPF were in their PGL Stockholm form as they played a perfect T side, winning all 8 rounds after an 8-7 half to send fnatic to the lower bracket. 

OG CSGO, fresh after the addition of nexa cut it close with Renegades but fought back to take the game to overtime and eventually win 19-16.  FaZe Clan, playing with a stand-in had a stellar 12-3 CT side but had to fight tooth and nail on the T side as Sprout almost closed the distance. They eventually won the map 16-12 courtesy of rain and broky popping off.

WHO WILL ADVANCE TO IEM KATOWICE 2022 MAIN EVENT?

4 teams will qualify for the main stage of IEM Katowice 2022. The remaining games will be Best of 3s and will be either qualification or elimination matches. The upper bracket stands as follows:

  • NiP vs Copenhagen Flames
  • MOUZ vs FaZe Clan
  • OG vs ENCE
  • Astralis vs BIG/Movistar Riders

Lower Bracket Matches

  • Wisla Krakow vs fnatic
  • GODSENT vs Sprout
  • Renegades vs Entropiq
  • MIBR vs Movistar Riders/BIG

How to claim ‘Dance of Luck’ Buddy in Valorant through Prime Gaming?

Bharat Kotwani
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How to claim ‘Dance of Luck’ Buddy in Valorant through Prime Gaming?

Valorant, Riot’s FPS, has been a resounding success since its release in 2020, thanks to its unique blend of tactical shooting mechanics and ability-based gameplay along with a wide selection of incredible-looking cosmetics that entice the player-base to grind the game out.

The community of Valorant can now clinch another exclusive gun buddy by linking their Prime Gaming account if they are subscribed to Amazon Prime. With their Prime Gaming account, the players would be able to grab the “Dance of Luck” Buddy which will be deployed to the Amazon Prime users from February 26 onwards.

As said above, the unique blend of Riot’s first person shooter does totally make the players show active participation in the game with a rotating weapon cosmetic line, with exotic bundles up for sale to the Night Market which comparatively allow the players to get the same at discounted rates.

Similarly Gun Buddies can be acquired by either completing your agent contracts or by signing up for special events including completing the free Battlepass circuit, most notably that of the ongoing Lunar New Year.

Below are the steps to get the Prime Gaming powered “Dance of Luck” Gun buddy.

  • Step 1: You would need to visit the Prime Gaming website and login with your Riot Games ID .
  • Step 2: Upon entering your details, you will now be redirected to the Prime Gaming page.
  • Step 3: You can claim ‘Dance of Luck’ gun buddy by clicking the option ‘Claim Now’.
  • Step 4: Once done, you may now launch Valorant and head over to the ‘Collection’ Tab.
  • Step 5: Search for the “Dance Of Luck” Gun Buddy and select a weapon to equip it.

Valorant Valentine’s Cards: Fan Makes Valorant-Themed Cards for Valentine’s Day

Pranav Nalawade
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Valorant Valentine’s Cards: Fan Makes Valorant-Themed Cards for Valentine’s Day

Does your significant other play Valorant? If so, what better way to celebrate the day of love than to send that special someone some Valorant-themed Valentine’s Day cards. 

If cheesy Valentine’s Day cards and greetings are not your thing, Reddit user ‘katsugyu’ has got you covered. The avid Valorant fan has expressed their endless creativity through some unique Valentine’s Day cards based on the competitive shooter, and they’re certain to make almost anyone blush. 

The Valentine’s Day cards feature various Valorant Agents with added variations to their in-game voicelines that are as cringy as they’re adorable. Take a look at them below:

VALORANT Valentine Cards
by u/katsugyu in VALORANT

So what are you waiting for? Pick a card that you like best and send it to your loved one. Too many choices? Just find out what agent your partner mains in and send them that card.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD VALORANT VALENTINE CARDS PACK

Garena addresses Free Fire fans in India; no mention of game ban

Divyesh Moghe
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Garena addresses Free Fire fans in India; no mention of game ban

Garena has finally addressed the awaiting Free Fire player base in India. A statement by Garena was received to Dot Esports’ Wasif Ahmed. This statement says that Garena is aware about the situation and working towards solving it. The interesting fact here is that they have not mentioned the ban imposed on Free Fire by Indian Govt. in any way.

Indian Government took a big action today afternoon and banned a total of 54 apps in the country. A list of apps was revealed and Free Fire was included in it. Apparently, the main motive of this ban wave was the exterminate any kinds of “app clones” of previously banned applications but Free Fire was also added to it.

The list of apps included one other game called Onmyoji Arena. Before the ban was even announced, the game was taken down from Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Players also faced login issues and now, only Free Fire Max is available on the store.

As the game was banned, the Indian Free Fire community expected a response from the game developers Garena and they now have it. The announcement was not made via any official Garena channels but a statement was provided to Dot Esports by the company.

It reads, “We are aware that Free Fire is currently unavailable in the Google Play and iOS app stores in India and that the game is currently not operable for some users in the country. We are working to address this situation, and we apologize to our users for any inconvenience.”

It is interesting to note that there is no mention of the game’s ban in India. This might imply several things but players can now rest assured that the developers are actively working to bring the game back in India.

Also Read | INDIAN GOVT. BANS FREE FIRE ALONG WITH 53 OTHER APPS

Indian Govt. bans Free Fire along with 53 other apps

Divyesh Moghe
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Indian Govt. bans Free Fire along with 53 other apps

The Indian Government has released a list of 54 new applications that have been officially banned in the country. This list includes several “clones” or replicas of previously banned Chinese apps and Garena Free Fire has been added to it as well.

Several Chinese apps were initially banned by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeitY) of India and this action was first taken in 2020. After several ban waves, the total number of applications restricted in India has reached more than 270 till date.

The list of 54 new applications that are banned in India are as follows:

Credits: ET NOW

The Twitter handle of ET Now first reported that GoI had banned around fifty new applications and according to the list, Free Fire has is under the banhammer as well.

Free Fire was delisted from Apple App Store yesterday and soon afterwards, it was removed from Google Play Store as well. Some players also reported that their game was not working very well and they were facing issues while logging in.

It was initially speculated that this was due to the lawsuit filed against Garena by Krafton Inc. for allegedly copying PUBG and its characteristics.

Battlegrounds Mobile India is apparently safe in this ban wave. Its previous iteration, PUBG Mobile was banned in India for more than a year but BGMI was not included in the list of recently banned apps.

BGMI might be safe due to the fact that 2022 Asian Games are right around the corner and PUBG Mobile is a medal event. Every participating nation will be sending their own team at this first ever official Asian Games esports event and considering the fact that India is the household of some of the best PUBG Mobile rosters in the world, the game might have swerved past the banhammer this time.

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