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12 Minutes: How to Get Bumblebee’s Phone Number

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Twelve Minutes is an adventure video game developed by Luis Antonio and published by Annapurna Interactive for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S that was released globally on August 19, 2021. The title gained significant popularity within the short span since its release due to the unique mechanic that enables players to use time loops to relive the various puzzles scattered across the game. 

If you’ve been playing the title recently and having trouble getting Bumblebee’s phone number in 12 minutes, we have you covered. 

Once you find proof that confirms your character’s wife did not kill her father, you’ll have to show your evidence to the cop who wants to kill you both. However, he will refuse to take a look at your evidence and claim that he’ll only listen to his mother or daughter.

Here’s how you can get the phone number of her daughter, Bumblebee in 12 minutes. 

First, start a new loop and use the sleeping pills dropped in the water to knock your wife out. Once your wife goes into the bedroom to lay down, walk into the closet and close its door.

Once you get the fast forward sequence, wait for the cop to come into your apartment and enter the bedroom. When he turns on the light switch, he’ll get knocked out.

Now you can pickpocket his items, but remember to handcuff him else he might attack you. 

Go to your inventory and click on the phone that you pickpocketed. Click on the text message icon to see all the text messages from his daughter, Bumblebee. Click on a message and then click on her phone number which will be highlighted. 

Call her once to remember the number for future loops. Moving forward, every time you grab your wife’s phone in the closet, you’ll be presented with the option to call Bumblebee. 

How to pre-order Call of Duty: Vanguard

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The highly anticipated Call of Duty for 2021 is here and it’s called Call of Duty: Vanguard. Being one of the most popular FPS titles that boast an exciting esports scene, but the story-based campaign remains the most interesting prospect of it.

Scheduled to be released on 5th November, the battle of Verdansk event in Warzone suggested that the game will feature over 20 multiplayer maps with new perks and game elements to take advantage of. Players who pre-order Call of Duty: Vanguard will enjoy an early access beta.

Here’s How To Pre-Order It:

Like every year, COD: Vanguard will come in two editions, Ultimate and Standard. Both editions will be up for pre-order through Call of Duty’s official website and Battle.net client. UE and SE will come with different price tags i.e. $99.99 and $59.99 respectively and will feature different perks and bonuses.

The exact details of the different editions are yet to be revealed. The additional $40 for the Ultimate Editions will offer perks and features like every year. Pre-ordering the game will allow early access before 5th November.

12 Minutes Groundhog achievement guide

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To get the Groundhog achievement in 12 Minutes, you need to, as the portrayal recommends, have an ideal loop where everything goes right. Note that this must be done after you have gotten Bumblebee’s number and persuaded the cop of your wife’s innocence.

When starting a new loop, call Bumblebee from your wife’s phone. Choose “Tell her why her father is really doing this.” in the first conversation. When she says she will call her dad, walk out into the living room and your wife will tell you about the dessert. Pick up the mugs near the couch and fill both of them up with water at the sink, then open the fridge and grab both dessert plates.

Tell your wife about the desert and when she walks into the bedroom put down both dessert plates and mugs filled with water on the table and wait for her to return. Make sure to not begin eating the dessert too early. Following her return, she will then walk to turn off the lights and come back to sit down at the table and enjoy dinner with her.

Following the dinner, your wife shares the news of her pregnancy. When she asks how you are feeling, say, “It’s going to be great.” She will kiss you and ask for a dance. Choose, “With pleasure.”

During the dance, you will hear the cop approaching your door, but before he begins knocking, Bumblebee will call him. She will ask him to come home which will lead to him canceling his plans.

Wait for the dance to complete and choose “Tell her how much you love her.” She will invite you into the bedroom upon which you start a new loop and unlock the Groundhog achievement.

Velocity Gaming decimate Exceeli in Group A opener of VCC Grand Finals Playoffs

The Indian side were successful in converting their momentum from Breeze to closing out the series on Bind.

Match details :

  • Valorant Conquerors Championship.
  • Velocity Gaming (India) Vs Exceeli Esports (Bangladesh)
  • Time : 14:00 IST
  • Format : Best of 3 Online

Map veto :

  1. Velocity Gaming ban Ascent
  2. XLE ban Split
  3. Velocity Gaming pick Breeze
  4. XLE pick Bind
  5. Velocity picked Icebox

Map 1: Breeze (Picked and Won by: Velocity Gaming, Final Score: 13:3)

Velocity Gaming turned up in a terrifying form on their map pick, Breeze. Anuj “Amaterasu” Sharma and Co dominated on their defence as they built a 7-1 lead with Exceeli Esports struggling to adapt as they kept giving up early openings to their opponents.

Individual heroics from Vibhor “Vibhor” Vaid who aced out the 8th round along with Amaterasu running away with 24 kills of his own laid the foundation for Velocity Gaming, one of the teams representing India in the contention to secure a spot at the APAC Qualifier.

Like in any other instance, XLE were unable to get on the right foot as they merely showed flashes of potential, the ones only to be denied by the Indian side. No sooner than that, VLT had the final laugh as they secured their map pick over a successful B-site hit.

Map 2: Bind (Pick: Exceeli. Won by: Velocity Gaming, Final score: 13-8)

Exceeli came from the break looking the livelier of the two sides on their map pick Bind, as they quickly charged up with a 4-1 lead on their offense thanks to a combined effort from Kyojin and Tahsin “M1SYL” Ashrafee which indeed crippled VLT’s reinforcements across the map.

With no room for error, Velocity Gaming soon found themselves in a commanding lead after Vibhor with his Judge was able to hold off his opponents from entering the B-site. The first half went into the favour of VLT despite the fact that XLE actually managed to showcase a better showing when compared to the first half of Breeze.

The second half saw Sagnik “Hellff” Roy go berserk alongside Mohit “mw1” Wakle where they were both spotted opening up the B-site for the Spike business. Tejas “rite2ace” Sawant had his own share in the 17th round after a post plant defence to win it for his team.

With Kyojin and his men looking destitute and listless, Bind saw a closely contested second half go to shambles as Velocity gaming simply out-aimed and out-gunned XLE, securing the series 2-0.

Velocity Gaming now awaits the winners of the Crash Landin on You Vs Team Exploit matchup while Exceeli Esports now face Elimination.

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Things to know for esports athletes before entering the competitive world

Many players who dabble in esports think that they have what it takes to enter the competitive world when things could not actually be further from the truth. Entering the competitive world is likely to be very difficult, and a player who wants to do so will face an uphill battle.

Training and Discipline

Anyone who thinks that being a competitive player means that they can sit around and play their favorite games all day will be sorely mistaken. While knowledge of the game is key, and skills and strategy will need to be worked on, discipline across multiple areas of a player’s life will be very important.

Many of the top players have regimes comparable to other athletes and sports players. They have gym routines and certain diets to follow, and they certainly do not spend all day playing their chosen games. Anyone who wants to head to a more competitive level of play will need to become far more disciplined in their everyday life. While a complete change to diet and exercise might only be required if joining a professional team, making some changes could help with a player’s health and wellbeing overall.

Teams

Many of the top competitive eSports are team games. Rather than play with random players, teams have developed. These allow people to foster their own role within the game and learn how to best take on situations as a team, leaning on each other in the pursuit of success.

Keeping track of the top teams through sites like NetBet Sport and the tournament channels will introduce a player to them and how they play. There might even be a team that a player strives to join, so following them and studying how they play could deliver some great insight for them.

Try Multiple Games

Though there might be one title that a player is focused on, there are several that they should also try. The world of competitive esports is vast, and contains titles across multiple genres. Though a player might have started off by playing a game like CS: GO, there are so many other titles that they could also try.

By exploring multiple games, a player might even find that they vastly prefer one game over another. It is not uncommon to find the top pros playing several games. Though they have one game that they might mainly play in for tournaments, it is not uncommon to find them trying out other titles and even streaming their solo efforts on platforms like Twitch.

Can you make it in the world of competitive esports gaming? Of course, the vast majority of players have worked their way up from casual players to where they are today. However, many who do try to enter the competitive world vastly underestimate the work that it will take to be able to rise successfully. Anyone who decides to dive into the world of competitive esports should be prepared to work hard if they want to begin to climb towards a pro title.

APL Esports announce BGMI APL Invitational Season 2

APL Esports, an upcoming Indian esports organization and media broadcasting company, is hosting the second season of their successful BGMI tournament called APL Invitational. A total of 24 invited teams with fight over the course of seven days to win a lion’s share of ₹2,50,000 prize pool.

Tournament Format:

APL Invitational Season 2 will be conducted in a double round format. 24 invited teams will enter round one and will be distributed in four groups.

As mentioned above, the teams will be distributed into groups and will fight over the course of 4 days in complete round-robin format. A total of 9 matches will be played by each team in the first round.

The top 18 teams will qualify for the finals and one fan favourite team will also get a chance to fight in round two.

Invited Teams:

Top 24 teams from the Indian competitive BGMI circuit have been invited for this tournament. The list of teams is as follows:

Team Soul

2.) Team TapaTap

3.) Team IND

4.) OREsports

5.) Red Owl Gaming

6.) Revenant Esports

7.) Global Esports

8.) ForceOne x LegStump Esports

9.) GodLike Esports

10.) IYD x Team Tamilas

11.) Skylightz Gaming

12.) 7Sea Esports

13.) TSM FTX

14.) Element Esports

15.) Revenge Esports

16.) Marcos Gaming

17.) Coming Soon

18.) 8Bit

19.) Galaxy Racer

20.) Pushers

21.) Hydra Official

22.) Enigma Gaming

23.) Reckoning Esports

24.) APL Esports

Prize Pool Distribution

The massive prize pool of ₹2,50,000 will be distributed for two rounds. The distribution will be as follows:

Top three teams in each round will get a cash prize and a special reward is provided in the second round for the team with most chicken dinners.

Tournament Schedule

The event will begin on 20th August and run for a course of one week. The first round will be hosted from 20th to 23rd August and the final round is scheduled on 24th to 26th August.

The Round 1 schedule for various groups is as follows:

  • Day 1 – A vs B vs C (Erangel, Miramar, Sanhok)
  • Day 2 – A vs B vs D (Erangel, Miramar, Sanhok)
  • Day 3 – A vs C vs D (Erangel, Miramar, Sanhok)
  • Day 4 – B vs C vs D (Erangel, Miramar, Sanhok

When and Where to watch

Viewers can tune in to the official YouTube channel of APL Esports to enjoy this event. Make sure to watch the live-steam everyday from the 20th to 26th of August at 3:30 PM.

AMD Ryzen Skyesports Championship 3.0 to feature 22,00,000 INR Valorant event for the South Asian region

The third installment of the uber-successful Skyesports Championship, AMD Ryzen Skyesports Championship 3.0, has been announced. With Logitech G the gaming partner and WD Black the gaming storage partner, Skyesports Championship 3.0’s Valorant prefecture will boast a prize pool of 22,00,000 INR.

Apart from featuring the aforementioned purse for Valorant, the tournament has been expanded to include teams from the entire South Asian region, with regional qualifiers said to be played in four divisions – India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Maldives, (2 slots each), and Srilanka, Nepal and Bhutan (1 slot). The regional qualifiers will be played out in a best-of-three single-elimination knockout format, with the final being a best-of-five.

The also-rans of each region – Third-Placed teams from India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Maldives, and the second-placed team from Srilanka, Bhutan and Nepal – will make their way to the Wildcard Qualifier, wherein the winner will join the 7 other teams already qualified for the AMD Ryzen Skyesports Championship 3.0 Main Event.

The Indian Qualifiers will be played out on the Mumbai servers as will the Qualifier for the Srilanka, Nepal and Bhutan region. Bahrain is the choice of server for the Pakistan and Afghanistan Qualifiers while the Wildcard Qualifiers, and the Bangladesh and Maldives Qualifiers will be played out on Singapore servers.

The winner of the qualifiers from India and Pakistan and Afghanistan will pocket 2000$ each while the ones that reign supreme in the Bangladesh and Maldives Qualifier, as well as the Srilanka, Nepal and Bhutan Qualifier, will earn 1000$ each. The South Asian Finals will see the winners earn $21,000 while the runners-up are handed a 6,000$ reward. There are prizes reserved for third place ($2000) and the MVP of the entire event ($1000) as well.

The regional qualifiers will begin from the 8th of September, with the Main Event set to go live from the 2nd of October. The Finals will be played out in a unique best-of-three x best-of-five format over a span of three days from the 22nd of October, with a team required to win two best-of-fives to be crowned the Valorant Champions of AMD Ryzen Skyesports Championship 3.0.

Skyesports will continue its path-breaking coverage of the entire event, streaming the same in nine regional languages – Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi – across their YouTube Channel and on their Facebook page.

The registrations for the event opens up from the 18th of August, 1800 IST (6 pm) for players all across the aforementioned regions.

Bad News Bears First Team To Bow Out Of Season 14 Of EPL

After being handed their 4th 0-2 loss in a row, Bad News Bears becomes the first team to be eliminated from the 14th season of ESL Pro League season 14. Both the teams came into the tie with a record of 0-3, and whoever lost would be eliminated, and today it was BnB. The NA team that has been looking for an organization to support them for all of 2021, had a rough go of things in the first tournament after the player break, as they couldn’t manage a single map win in the competition. Much of this was owed to less practice and scrims against the biggest teams, most of which are based out of Europe. Playing with a stand-in they improved throughout the competition, showing better grit and spirit with each game and will go back to NA with a lot more experience and polished gameplay to boot.

MAP VETO

  • Bad News Bears removed Ancient
  • Spirit removed Vertigo
  • Bad News Bears picked Inferno
  • Spirit picked Dust2
  • Bad News Bears removed Mirage
  • Spirit removed Overpass
  • Nuke was left over

MAP 1: Inferno

(Picked by: Bad News Bears, Won by: Team Spirit, Final Score: 16:6)

The first map, the pick of BnB was a tough one, despite them performing better than they did yesterday versus Astralis where they managed just 4  rounds, all on the T side. Starting on the T side again today, they had a difficult start and lost 7 of the first 8 rounds,  before they could get anything done. They finished the half with a scoreline of 5:10, which was respectable considering their T-side start. On to the CT side, their woes and lack of practice showed again, as they needed to win the pistol to even have a chance of a comeback, which they couldn’t do. They lost 4 in a row before getting one round, and then losing the two again, courtesy of Viktor “sdy” Orudzhev’sbrillian entry frags. sdy has had a quiet tournament but came out in spades today versus BnB as he posted 22 kills with a rating of 1.68 to end the map 16:6 for the Russians.

MAP 2: Dust2

(Picked by: Team Spirit, Won by: Team Spirit, Final Score: 16:8)

On to the bread and butter of the CIS team, Dust2 was another tough nut to crack for the Americans. The CIS squad had a 75% win rate on the map in the last 3 months and weren’t looking to go down so easily.

They ran riot on the T side, taking a lead of 7-0 before BNB put themselves on the board. But it wasn’t to last as they came back with 4 more rounds on the trot, and the last of the half as well to take a mammoth 12:3 lead on their map pick. Abdul “degster” Gasanov showed just how good he was on an AWP-centric map as he posted 20 kills on the T side alone, leaving very few options for the Americans to try to mount a comeback. BnB did have a respectable T side as they put up 5 rounds on the T side, and 8 in total after being down 14:3. They did avoid getting humiliated and reached a scoreline of 15:8 but it was too tall of an order to complete the comeback as they ended the map 16:8.

AFTERMATH

The Bears are now eliminated as the Bad News continues for them in Europe. They will bow out in the last place and take home $3,000 in prize money. They still have a shot at a win when they play ENCE tomorrow in their last game of EPL, and maybe tomorrow they can finally win a map. Spirit are currently 1-3 in the group, second from last, and still have a very very miniscule chance of qualifying if things go south for Astralis or Vitality and work in their favor eventually.

IEM Fall Announced as the last RMR event before Stockholm Major

ESL announced earlier today that the last round of RMR events before the PGL Stockholm Major would be IEM FALL 2021, and will take place in all the 6 regions from which teams are determined for Valve Sponsored Major events. ESL also announced that they will try to make the European event happen on LAN, while the rest would be played online, although nothing is set in stone just yet.

The 6 regions in which IEM Fall will take place are:

  • Europe – 24 teams – LAN – Sept 29-Oct 10
  • North America – 12 teams – Online – Oct 5-10
  • CIS – 12 teams – Online – Sept 29-Oct 3
  • South America –  4 teams – Online – Sept 29-Oct 3
  • Oceania – 4 teams – Online – Sept 29-Oct 3
  • Asia – 4 teams – Online – Oct 5-10

The teams can qualify for IEM Fall through invites as well as through a circuit of closed qualifiers that’ll take place before the main event. Half the teams will be determined via invites, and the rest will have to qualify through the closed qualifiers if they want one final chance for qualifying for the major. Each team will have a shot at 2500 points in their respective Regional Major Rankings which will determine whether they qualify for the major as Legends, Challengers, or Contenders.

The open qualifiers will take place from August 28th till September 12th followed by the closed qualifiers that’ll take place from September 14th till September 19th for all the regions. The currents RMR points table for all the regions are as follows:

EUROPE
NORTH AMERICA
CIS
OCEANIA
ASIA
SOUTH AMERICA

OG and Faze Clan are the two most shocking names that are currently out of contention from the PGL Major. They will have to pull up their socks if they want to show up at the biggest stage of CSGO, the first major in close to 2 years. Over in NA, Extra Salt too need to perform well and better than Brazilian team O Plano if they want to play their first major while the finalists of the last major Virtus Pro have not secured enough points to be part of the major just yet either. Everything will be at stake for the last RMR and the teams will give it their all to play in Stockholm at the end of the year.

IEM Fall starts from September 29th, 2020.

VCC Teams Who Won Hearts At The Playoffs

The Group Stages of the Valorant Conquerors Championship Main Event might have concluded with the likes of Team Exploit, Velocity Gaming, Global Esports and Enigma Gaming bagging the four available slots in the knockout phase. However, there were teams beyond the aforementioned quartet that managed to catch eyeballs through their performances and grit.

Damaru Gaming (Nepal)

While Damaru Gaming conquered the Nepal and Bhutan Qualifier at VCC, the squad had never faced their South Asian neighbours. The competitive gap has been evident since the dawn of FPS games but Damaru Gaming showed heart in their performances against the likes of Global Esports and Salt Esports, who were made to sweat on Split by the Nepalese outfit. Not to mention, the experience gained from this official scrimmage against teams like GE and Salt will not only aid their growth and development but of their entire scene.

Shreyas ‘Moonlight’ Shrestha was a particular highlight, with the Damaru duelist putting up huge numbers (ACS of 224.8 and 0.2 First Kills per round) during the Group Stage. With his individual display, Moonlight has gained reputation as a talent to watch in the coming tournaments for the region.

Exceeli Esports (Bangladesh)

Known as the premier team in the Bangladeshi region, Exceeli Esports further stamped its image on the South Asian circuit with a strong showing at the VCC Main Event. The squad pushed Velocity Gaming to the edge in the Group A decider and on another day, could have at least won Bind to make it a 3-map series, if not the entire match.

Their Attack was a particular delight for the fans, with Exceeli going on a run every time they were the ones responsible for the spike. While their defence needs work, things will only get better for the organization, with the recent addition of Sami Ar ‘SSSami’ Rahman.

Tahsin ‘M1SYL’ Ashrafee was the player in the spotlight, with the duelist recording an ACS of 251.7 in the Group Stages.

Team Exploit (Pakistan)

The only non-Indian team to advance to the knockouts phase, Team Exploit did so in style, defeating Velocity Gaming in a three-map thriller in what was labelled as an upset by many.

However, it was more down to Exploit’s preparation for VLT rather than a happenstance. Mustafa ‘shooterR’ Kamal showed his prowess with the Skye on Breeze to render the possibility of a VLT win moot.

Now, the onus will be on Exploit to spur on and bag more ‘upsets’ at the VCC Knockouts; perhaps, even take the slot available for themselves.