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Report: RUSH to join Evil Geniuses CSGO roster

According to reports from 1pv.fr and Rush B Media, Evil Geniuses have turned to William “RUSH” Wierzba after they seemed to have failed to negotiate with OG Esports for Valdemar “⁠valde⁠” Bjørn Vangså. Evil Geniuses are currently looking to overhaul their active CS:GO squad with three new players after parting ways with Peter “stanislaw” Jarguz, Owen “oBo” Schlatter and Michał “MICHU” Müller post their early exit from the PGL CS:GO Stockholm Major. 

Former Cloud9 trio Timothy “autimatic” Ta, Jake “Stewie2K” Yip and RUSH have been linked to Evil Geniuses and would join the duo of Vincent “Brehze” Cayonte and Tsvetelin “CeRq” Dimitrov on the active squad of EG. Coached by Damien “maLeK” Marcel, the team recently showed interest in signing RUSH from his inactive role after being released by Complexity gaming in September 2021. Previously RUSH was shortlisted by Extra Salt for the next iteration of their CS:GO roster after their current one is soon to be acquired by Complexity.

Stewie2K who recently moved to the bench at Team Liquid has also been into extensive talks with EG but most surprisingly is the fact that autimatic from T1 Valorant has too pondered to come out of retirement and once again compete professionally in Counter Strike: Global Offensive. At the moment, we lack clarity upon RUSH’s future whether he would stick to the previous Extra Salt report or make a move to EG and play with his former teammates from Cloud9.

Would EG sign the trio, the ELEAGUE Boston Major Champions would once play under the same roof but this time in different colors. The roster would look like:

  • Vincent “⁠Brehze⁠” Cayonte
  • Tsvetelin “⁠CeRq⁠” Dimitrov
  • Timothy “⁠autimatic⁠” Ta
  • Jake “⁠Stewie2K⁠” Yip
  • William “⁠RUSH⁠” Wierzba
  • Damien “⁠maLeK⁠” Marcel (Head coach)

VCC 2022 Registration: How To Register

At the end of May 2021, Riot had announced its collaboration with Nodwin Gaming to give the South Asian region its first-ever official Championship event and to be a part of the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Circuit.

The previous Conquerors Championship event led the winner to the APAC Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) which was held later in November where Global Esports fared victorious upon Velocity Gaming in the Grand Finals of the said tournament. 

Valorant Conquerors Championship is a framework of the VCT Circuit which would further help teams and their players from the South Asian region make an impact alongside the rest teams from across the globe. Nodwin on their blog stated the VCC will have a prize pool of $30,000 USD (22,34,172 INR as of 7:31:00 PM IST).

The forthcoming Valorant Conquerors Championship will follow the same format as its first iteration. Teams qualifying from their regional tournaments will further be promoted towards the VCC Playoffs in a bid to reach the grand finals while the top two South Asian teams will stand a chance to feature in the Split 1 Asia Pacific Challenger Playoffs from where the winner will then play at the VALORANT Champions Tour 2022 Masters Split 1. 

In an exclusive press release, Akshat Rathee, MD & Co-Founder, NODWIN Gaming stated,

The first edition of VCC set the benchmark high in the South Asian VALORANT Circuit. Right from the tournament structure, prize pool, player skill level to the overall tournament hygiene, each element was lauded among the esports fraternity. With this edition, we have taken it a notch higher and aim to establish VCC as a strong regional tournament at the global level. The last edition had some amazing success stories, the noise is louder this time and we can expect nothing less. We are happy to associate with Riot Games again and are delighted that they share the same focus for South Asia as us.

After a stupendous story line following the triumph of Global Esports in the first iteration of the same, the VCC 2022 is indeed a boon for the teams who look forward to spark their flame and showcase what they got in the store for their regions. 

It’s been great partnering with NODWIN Gaming to give the esports ecosystem such a huge and popular IP like VCC. With this edition, we promise to provide the most thrilling gaming experience for our players, even as we foresee more participation, a larger audience viewership and intense competition as the stakes are much higher. May the best team win

Sukamal Pegu, Publishing Leader, India and South Asia, Riot Games

THE SCHEDULE FOR VCC 2022

  • January 22 to February 13, 2022 — Qualifiers
  • February 18 to 20, 2022 — Playoffs
  • February 25 to 27, 2022 — Grand finals

SLOTS AND QUALIFIER DETAILS FOR VCC 2022

  • India – 2 Qualifiers, 2 Slots
  • Pakistan & Afghanistan – 1 Qualifier, 1 Slot
  • Sri Lanka & Maldives – 1 Qualifier, 1 Slot
  • Bangladesh – 1 Qualifier, 1 Slot
  • Nepal & Bhutan – 1 Qualifier, 1 Slot
  • Wildcard – 1 Qualifier, 2 Slots

Registrations for the VCC 2022 can be found on Nodwin Gaming’s official website. With the registrations live and a free-for-all tournament, the maximum number of players a team would be allowed to field is 6. 

Valorant: All Episode 4 Weapons Skin Bundle

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With Riot going berserk ahead of the launch of Episode 4 Act 1, a brand new agent, Neon, along with a battlepass has been revealed by the game developers. As usual, a series of player cards, gun buddies and sprays have been introduced as part of this update which would further be made available as you unlock tiers on your battlepass.

Three new weapons cosmetic bundles have been introduced to the game and will be shipped as a part of the game’s content through the battlepass which comes at the cost of just 1000 Valorant Points. Further, these new bundles could be grabbed from each of the free and paid tracks of the battlepass. Similarly, the game allows you to grab the free track of the battlepass while it’s up to you whether you would settle on getting the extra content. 

Battlepass in Valorant is a set of cosmetic items that players can obtain by progressing through the game. Comprising 50 Tiers across 10 acts, the player can earn a certain number of free rewards (marked with the green gradient) and premium prizes (marked with the red gradient). 

Let us now find what exactly these three weapon skins bundles are and how they will be distributed. 

Hydrodrip

a. Bucky



b. Frenzy



c. Guardian



d. Judge



2. Schema

a. Odin



b. Sheriff



c. Stinger



d. Vandal



3. Velocity

a. Bulldog



b. Spectre



c. Shorty



d. Phantom



e. Melee Weapon : Karambit





Well these are the three brand new cosmetic bundles to be made available once Episode 4 rolls out but there’s more to all of this. As we all know, the developers at right believe in aesthetic content and so are these weapon skins designed where you may unlock their different variants, using your radiante points.

Hydrodrip and Schema won’t feature any kind of Variants to be unlocked, unlike the Velocity bundle which bears a set of variants across its weaponry list.

Being said, the free track will surely give a series of in-game content, although the Shorty from the Velocity bundle will be put up for grabs while the paid track will have ⦁ Velocity Karambit and the Phantom, along with other weapons from the Schema and Hydrodrip as well. 

How to Beat Morimoto in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl?

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In Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, you will come across a plethora of Pokemon trainers in order to make it to the top with even a dozen battles to be fought post your complete game.

Once you complete the main story, a variety of trainer battles are unlocked and among them is the most notable battle against Game Freak’s Morimoto. Here’s everything you need to know about your impending fight with Morimoto and how you may approach the scenario.

How to Beat Morimoto in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl? 

First things first, you would be able to lock horns with Morimoto once you complete the campaign missions of either Pokemon Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl. Morimoto can be located near the pool in the Hotel Grand Lake located on Route 213. To get started, you would need to start a conversation with his NPC model. 

Morimoto’s Pokemon Team

The Pokemon team of Morimoto is quite unique and varied at a surprisingly high level, somewhere between level 63 and level 65, so you will need to make sure to bring your best Pokemon squad in this fight to stand a chance to go past Morimoto. In addition your Pokemon squad might have a diverse ability draft including those with Ghost/Dark, Normal, Ground, Water, Electric and Fire Pokemon. 

PokemonTypeMovesAbilitiesItems
Spiritomb (Level 63)Ghost / DarkShadow BallDark PulseWill-O-WispDestiny BondInfiltratorSitrus Berry
Ambipom (Level 64)NormalFake OutFlingDouble HitIce PunchTechnicianKing’s Rock
Hippowdon (Level 64)GroundEarthquakeStealth RockYawnRock TombSand StormLeftovers
Vaporeon (Level 65)WaterHydro PumpAcid ArmorIce BeamQuick AttackWater AbsorbWiki Berry
Jolteon (Level 65)ElectricThunderboltShadow BallThunder WaveVolt SwitchVolt AbsorbLum Berry
Flareon (Level 65)FireFlare BlitzSuperpowerQuick AttackWill-O-WispFlash FireIapapa Berry

Reward

Upon defeating Morimoto you will get the Oval Charm, which would increase your chance of finding more pokemon Eggs in the Nursery, helping you breed them faster than before. If you’re not into breeding your pokemons in the nursery, you would need to defeat Morimoto anyways. 

Valorant: T1 release autimatic, SkaDoodle, sign seven

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The Joshua “steel” Nissan led T1 have overhauled their current iteration of the roster by parting ways with the core from the 2020-21 lineup. 

T1 have released Tyler “SkaDoodle” Latham and Timothy “autimatic” Ta from their active Valorant division, the North American-Korean organization announced today on their Twitter handle. 

Ahead of the 2022 pro season, T1 have completely revamped their Valornant roster and with the departure of SkaDoodle and autimatic from last night, the team no longer fields any player from their original lineup which they had formed back in 2020 while the game was still in its beta phase. T1 since the very beginning underwent a plethora of changes within the team in the form of roster changes and roles. This has indeed thwarted the team’s chances of making it further in every VCT powered tournament which forced them back to the drawing board and re-evaluate their options for their forthcoming competitions in 2022.

SkaDoodle being the only player from T1’s original lineup has been released by the team followed by a roller-coaster stint of performances across 2020-21 while autimatic who initially called quits on Counter Strike : Global Offensive has been linked to that of Evil Geniuses and is expected to join Jake “Stewie2K” Yip, William “RUSH” Weirzba for their 2022 iteration coached by Damien “maLeK” Marcel. 

In a TwitLonger, autimatic added,

Going into 2022 I will no longer be competing with T1. We didn’t get the results we were aiming for but I am so grateful to have been a part of this team. I worked with great people, tried the best I could to improve myself day in and day out, and got to do what I love most — compete. This year I wanted to share some thoughts on each teammate I’ve had the pleasure of playing with. A lot can go unnoticed, unsaid, and unappreciated in the heat of competition so I want to change that.

Soon after the above duo were released, T1 announced the addition of Johann “seven” Hernandez to their active roster from 100 Thieves and will play under the guidance of steel, T1’s new IGL. 

He continued,

For me – I came into Valorant with no expectations. I knew I needed a change as the previous year was the hardest one I’ve ever been through, so this was an opportunity for a fresh start and to build myself from the ground up. However, I did set a goal for myself — I wanted to refine the process I’ve used throughout my career for improving, competing, and performing so that it was more sustainable. This meant focusing more on my physical and mental health. I’m still figuring it out, but I believe I’m on the right track.

T1 Valorant now have:

  • Joshua “steel” Nissan (In-Game Leader and Captain)
  • Zander “thwifo” Kim
  • Johann “seven” Hernandez
  • Rahul “curry” Nemani
  • Johann “seven” Hernandez
  • David Dennis (Head Coach)

Riot Games Releases New ‘WARM UP’ Cinematic Trailer Ahead of Episode 4 Act 1 Release

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Riot Games has released a new cinematic trailer ‘WARM UP’ ahead of the highly anticipated Episode 4 Act 1 release. The short trailer lets fans take a deeper dive into the Valorant lore as it shows several agents in a practice range refining their skills against an advanced bot.

After realizing that they all have perfect scores against the bots in the training room, Raze and Killjoy develop a new and upgraded bot for the team to train with. While the Agents struggle to defeat the robot individually or in pairs, a coordinated attempt from the roster is enough to finish it off.

Brimstone and Sage then appear to tell the Agents to “ready up” for departing on their next mission.

Valorant fans and lore enthusiasts can check out the full cinematic here.

Fans are excited to see whether the deadly robot shown in the trailer makes its way to the practice range in a future update. Valorant Episode 4 Act 1 is set to release tomorrow, and it’ll bring a plethora of new content to the title including the new agent Neon alongside a bunch of other changes.

Disguised Toast banned from Twitch for streaming Death Note

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Disguised Toast becomes the second big name to get banned from Twitch following a Death Note watch party that possibly landed him a DMCA notice on Monday evening.

Toast did not mention the reason behind the ban but given the circumstances, it is very likely to be a DMCA strike. Taking part in the TV show meta, a lot of streamers were braodcasting an anime of their choice at the risk of getting banned, given all animes are copyrighted by respective studios.

According to follow-up Tweet from Toast, the ban will last for a month, which is extremely harsh given Pokimane was only banned for 48 hours doing something exactly similar.

“TV meta” is what the community likes to call it has viewers flocking over to streams that are streaming popular TV shows or anime. Hasan had warned streamers against streaming shows like Master Chef as DMCA strikes are raning down on such content.

Disguised Toast did not share an elaborate statement explaining the situation but picking up on the clues, anything besides a DMCA strike seems unlikely but a month-long suspension looks too harsh to be true given others have gotten away with much less while doing something worse.

Flamie joins 1WIN, back to action with an active CSGO roster

1WIN, the Russian CSGO organization has signed Egor “flamie” Vasilyev to their active CSGO roster.

The 24-year-old rifler and ex-NAVI player was benched from NAVI’s active roster in April 2021. However, he started playing for NAVI Junior, the academy team of Natus Vincere. Flamie’s last game was the final match of WePlay Academy League Season 2 Finals. Unfortunately, NAVI Junior lost the final match to MOUZ NXT.

After that tournament, a few roster changes were made such as G2 Esports signed m0NESY from NAVI Junior. Eventually, there was no space left for Flamie to continue with NAVI Junior.

Now Flamie is back to play with 1WIN’s active CSGO roster. 1WIN is a well-known Russian team when it comes to B and C tier tournaments. The Russian organization recently benched Vadim “Polt” Tsirov and Danil “Ravenlot” Bikvaidze. One of the free spots is now filled up by Flamie. The remaining one is yet to be filled.

We are glad that Egor has joined our team! This is a world-class player who will bring colossal experience and top-level individual play to the team. Looking forward to tournaments coming up in the near future

Artem “⁠mouseTT⁠” Karyagin, 1WIN Team Manager

The 1WIN team now looks like:

  • Egor “⁠flamie⁠” Vasilyev
  • Aleksandr “⁠glowiing⁠” Matsievich
  • Aleksandr “⁠TRAVIS⁠” Timkiv
  • Denis “⁠deko⁠” Zhukov
  • Vadim “⁠MSE⁠” Zimin (coach)
  • Vadim “⁠Polt⁠” Tsyrov (benched)
  • Danil “⁠Ravenlot⁠” Bikvaidze (benched)

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Valorant Players Won’t Be Able to Insta-Lock Agents in Future Update

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Valorant developers have confirmed that they’ll be introducing a ‘cascading Agent pick’ system in a future update to prevent players from insta-locking Agents and ruining the gameplay experience for other players present in the game.

For the unaware, insta-locking is when a player instantly picks a popular Agent like Jett or Reyna without consulting their teammates or caring about team composition. This problem has been existent in the title since its initial release and insta-lockers are often looked down upon by the Valorant community.

Luckily, a cascading agent pick system is on its way and it’ll likely solve the insta-locking issue once and for all.

VALORANT designer Jon Walker revealed the upcoming cascading agent picks in today’s livestream hangout. From a future Act, Valorant players will only be able to pick their Agents one at a time, with each player having a short time period to make their choice. If the player doesn’t pick an Agent, the next person in the team will be able to make their choice and the first player will have to pick an Agent later.

Alongside the cascading Agent picks, the Valorant devs have also shed some light on their future plans involving the game including the highly anticipated Yoru rework and an upcoming muted word list that’ll enable players to block certain words in the chat.

BGIS 2021 Semi-Finals Day 4: Overall Standings, and Results, and more

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The last day of Battlegrounds Mobile India Series 2021 Semifinals round ended with Team XO finishing at the top of the overall leaderboard. The team scored a total of 191 points including the 99 position points which is the highest among all the teams. Skylightz Gaming finished at the second spot with 175 points followed by Godlike Esports with 162 points at the third spot.

BGIS 2021 Semifinals overall standings

  1. Team XO – 191 points
  2. Skylightz Gaming – 175 points
  3. Godlike Esports – 162 points
  4. OR Esports – 159 points
  5. TSM – 147 points
  6. Hyderabad Hydras – 143 points
  7. Enigma Gaming – 143 points
  8. Team X Spark – 142 points
  9. UDOG India – 142 points
  10. Reckoning Esports – 135 points
  11. R Esports – 129 points
  12. The Supari Gang – 127 points
  13. Revenant Esports – 118 points
  14. Old Hood ESP – 106 points
  15. Tactical Esports – 105 points
  16. 7Sea Esports – 103 points
  17. Team X Lions – 100 points
  18. Orgless Five – 98 points
  19. Celcius Esports – 95 points
  20. Coxripmizo – 94 points
  21. Only Glitch – 91 points
  22. Soul – 64 points
  23. Team Chicken Rushers – 51 points
  24. 247 Gaming – 45 points

24 teams qualified from the Quarter Finals were divided into 3 groups who competed against each other in a round-robin format. A set of 6 Round Robins was played by each group. The top 16 squads with the highest cumulative points moved towards the Grand Finals.

The top 16 teams qualifying from Semi-Finals will play 24 matches over a time period of 4 days. The squad with the highest cumulative score at the end of 24 matches shall be declared as the winner of iQOO BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA SERIES 2021.