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ESPL 2021: Infinix B wins Esports Premier League 2021 Unplugged showcase event

Recently, India Today Gaming announced 8 of India’s best Free Fire teams competing in the  Esports Premier League 2021 Level 3 stage starting from 16th August 2021. ESPL 2021 Level 3 stage will be played between eight of the best teams from india each representing their own cities which include Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Bangalore.

India Today Gaming revealed the city team names through the ESPL 2021 Team Draft mode. Teams competing in the ESPL 2021 Level 3 stages along with their city names are:

  • Bangalore Ballistics – Two Side Gamers
  • Delhi Dukes – AFF eSports
  • Kolkata Kaijus – Badge99
  • Punjab Paladins – Head Hunters
  • Chennai Celestials – No Chance
  • Hyderabad Hydras – Total Gaming eSports
  • Mumbai Masters – TSM FTX
  • Rajasthan Reapers – 4 Unknown

Post the completion of the draft mode pick-, that gave the teams owners opportunity to pick random teams from a set of given numbers, the further matches were held. India Today Gaming organized a showcase event featuring different players from each city’s teams. The showcase match which was played in the clash royale mode, had two teams – Infinix A and Infinix B. Infinix A featured players B99 Prahast, FTX-Indro, PN-Priyansh, and HH.Viper 24 whereas Infinix B had TG-Fozyajay, TSG Ritik, 4UN-Swastik, and AFF-MAfia21 in the squad.

The first game was won by Infinix A with a score line of 4-0. HH.Viper 24 was the MVP of the game and scored 6 kills with 1354 damage points. Second map once again was in the favour of Team A with a 4-1 score.

Infinix B came out strong in the third game of the showcase event. The team won with 4-2 score where AFF-Mafia21 was the MVP of the game with 6 kills and 1988 damage points. Infinix B just took off in the fourth game and defeated Infinix B with 4-0, TG-Fozyajay was the MVP of the game for his 6 kills. 

With a 2-2 score after the fourth game, both teams badly needed the win to be the champions. Infinix B made it a one sided match and won by a 4-0 score. TSG Ritik was the MVP of the game with 6 kills and 1823 damage points.

The complete event was streamed live on the official YouTube and Facebook channels of India Today Gaming. You can also watch the live action on various OTT platforms from below links.

India Today Gaming YouTube

India Today Gaming Facebook

AajTak Website Home Page

India Today Website Home

Gaming Tak YouTube

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Someone allegedly wanted to set Amouranth house on fire

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Wherever Amouranth goes, drama follows, which seems to be the case with recent reports suggesting someone tried lighting her house on fire by igniting something next to her house.

After keeping herself out of controversies for weeks, the hot tub streamer is back on the headlines. Amouranth via Twitter revealed that someone set fire in a trash can next to her home which investigators expect to be arson. She added that the cause of the fire is yet to be determined and the whole incident is under investigation by the authorities.

In the tweet, she recalled a similar incident from a year ago where someone launched fire crackers aimed at her house under the disguise of 4th July celebration but was shortly arrested. Besides all that, she hinted at her house becoming a SWAT-prone zone.

She later confirmed that no major damages were incurred and she was completely safe from the fire. Given the rollercoaster of 2021 she was having, this might well be a case of a crazy fan seeking nothing but attention.

ESL Pro League Season 14: All You Need To Know

The Player break comes to an end as the ESL Pro League Season 14 stands on the horizon.

ESL Counter Strike on Twitter had earlier announced the match-ups for the upcoming ESL Pro League Season 14 which starts tomorrow i.e. August 16 following the completion of a month-long player break. 24 teams will engage in the competition to take the Pro League trophy alongside the prize money of $175,000 and a spot at the BLAST Premier World Final 2021.

Ahead of the EPL S14, let’s take a look at some of the teams, deemed to be heavy favourites going into the tournament. 

Fnatic

The once all-Swedish side recently switched to an international roster featuring Alex “ALEX” McMeekin, Willian “mezii” Merriman and Jamie “Keita” Hall with the latter joining as a strategic coach.

After a series of lacklustre showings across top tier events, Fnatic decided to restructure their CS:GO division in a bid to climb back to the top.

mezii is no stranger to ALEX as he recently had played alongside him at Cloud9 and might be able to reform the synergy with the British tactician and the rest of the players. Fnatic are set to debut with their new-look roster against Natus Vincere on August 27.

Heroic

A mettlesome Casper “Cadian” Møller indeed won it for Heroic during their run at EPL S13. Before their dream run at the latter, the Danish organization did undergo a major revamp having added Ismail “refrezh” Ali and Rasmus “sjuush” Beck to their active lineup only to triumph at the former.

The moment of bliss further dwindled for Heroic as they couldn’t convert their rhythm into a winning cause further in the events post their EPL victory. Will they be able to defend their throne? They have been placed along with the heavyweights Astralis and Vitality in Group A and will play their opener against Bad News Bears on August 16 at 17:00 PM IST.

FaZe Clan

Ever since the return of Finn “Karrigan” Anderson to FaZe Clan after a brief tenure at Mousesports, the European mixture has always tried to redeem themselves, which was achieved at the IEM Cologne 2021.

A semi-final appearance after a plethora of mid/bottom table finishes has let the pressure go off their shoulders as FaZe now look forward to displaying their alliance at the Pro League.

Complexity Gaming

Complexity rounded off their roster with Patrick “es3tag” Hansen and Luis “peacemaker” Tadeu after the exits of William “RUSH” Weirzba and Jamie “Keita” Hall from their active squad.

They last prevailed at the BLAST Premier: Spring 2020 European Finals against Team Vitality but have struggled to find consistency later in the second half and in 2021. The addition of es3tag might bolster the team’s firepower which can be only found out through their EPL journey in Group B.

Bad News Bears

Having secured Paytyn “⁠junior⁠” Johnson from FURIA on loan following the retirement of Peter “ptr” Gurney, Bad News Bears (BnB) will be looking forward to pull off some upsets, going forward in their yet another European tour at the EPL 14.

Although an early exit from the play-in stage of IEM Cologne 2021 cost BnB a chance to unleash their potential, their Pro League appearance might help them attract an organization willing to sign their squad.

A total of 24 teams have been drawn into 4 Groups from A to D. The fixtures of Group A start tomorrow i.e. August 17, Group B starts on August 21, Group C on August 27 while the final Group D commences from September 1 onwards.

Final seeds :

Group A

  1. Heroic
  2. Astralis
  3. Vitality
  4. Spirit
  5. ENCE
  6. Bad News Bears

Group B

  1. G2 Esports
  2. Virtus.Pro
  3. Complexity Gaming
  4. OG
  5. forZe
  6. Sinners

Group C

  1. Natus Vincere
  2. FaZe Clan
  3. BIG
  4. Mousesports
  5. Evil Geniuses
  6. Fnatic

Group D

  1. Ninjas In Pyjamas
  2. Team Liquid
  3. TeamOne
  4. Entropiq
  5. Gambit
  6. FURIA

Day 1 Opening Fixtures:

Group A

  • August 16: Heroic v/s Bad News Bears (17:00 PM IST)
  • Vitality v/s ENCE (20:15 PM IST)
  • Astralis v/s Spirit (23:30 PM IST)

Group B

  • August 21: G2 v/s Sinners (17:00 PM IST)
  • Virtus.pro v/s OG (20:15 PM IST)
  • Complexity v/s forZe (23:30 PM IST)

Group C

  • August 27: BIG Vs EG (17:00 PM IST)
  • Na’Vi v/s Fnatic (20:15 PM IST)
  • FaZe v/s mousesports (23:30 PM IST)

Group D

  • September 1: Gambit Vs TeamOne (17:00 PM IST)
  • FURIA Vs Entropiq (20:15 PM IST)
  • NiP Vs Team Liquid (23:30 PM IST)

Free Fire Redeem Codes for Today: Get free items

Free Fire is the famous battle royale game which is well known for its quirky outfit designs and skin range. Garena tends to give away rewards to their fanbase on a regular basis and one of the ways is by releasing redeem codes.

Redeem codes are strings of letters and numbers arranged in random order and they can be used to get items for free. These redeem codes are specially created by the developers and hence, they are hard to come across. As compared to any other titles in the market, Garena tends to release more redeem codes.

Here is a list of redeem codes released by Garena for August. You can copy them and then follow the redemption steps to get items in your mailbox.

  • ERTYHJNBVCDS
  • F9IUJHGVCDSE
  • FF9M2GF14CBF
  • FFMCF8XLVNKC
  • FFMC2SJLKXSB
  • FFMCVGNABCZ5
  • 4ST1ZTBE2RP9
  • FFMC5GZ8S3JC
  • ECSMH8ZK763Q
  • FFPLPQXXENMS
  • FFPLNZUWMALS
  • FFPLOWHANSMA
  • C23Q2AGP9PH
  • F7UIJHBGFDFR 
  • FXCVBNMKDSXC
  • F0KMJNBVCXSD

HOW TO USE FREE FIRE REDEEM CODES?

You can follow the steps given below to use redeem codes in Free Fire. Make sure to copy the entire string neatly for getting rewards.

  • Visit the Reward Redemption center of Garena Free Fire. Click here to visit.
  • Log in with your Free Fire account. One must have either Facebook or Google ID signed in as a Guest account does not work.
  • Enter the codes mentioned above.
  • You will receive the items in your in-game mailbox.

These codes are mostly user or area restricted and hence use them as soon as you can. Some codes may not work based on the region you belong and

Also Read | FREE FIRE: HOW TO GET GOLD PLATED AK AND 1900 DIAMONDS AT LOW PRICE

Enigma Gaming Qualify for Valorant Conquerors Championship Main Event

Enigma Gaming has qualified for the Valorant Conquerors Championship Main Event after beating Team XO in the Wildcard Qualifiers.

They faced each other earlier in the Upper Bracket Final where Team XO came out on the top, sending Enigma Gaming to the Lower Bracket Final. However, they fought back against Team Arrow and joined Team XO in the Grand Finals to seek revenge.

The Grand Finals of the Valorant Conquerors Championship Wildcard Qualifier was a best of five series in which Enigma Gaming emerged victorious with a scoreline of 3-2.

The first map of the game was Bind and the first half went pretty close with both teams winning six-round each. Although, Enigma Gaming turned out to be a better team in the second half and won the map 13-9.

The second map was also a closely contested matchup where the scoreline went into Overtime. Team XO won three more rounds in Overtime and secured the map 15-13 in their favor.

In the third map, Team XO delivered some exceptional strats throughout the game and easily closed out the map with a 13-6 scoreline.

Enigma Gaming did not give up so easily and came back in the fourth map which was Icebox. They dominated the entire match eventually winning it with a 13-4 scoreline and taking it to the final map of the series.

Lastly, the final map of the series was Ascent and it started off with Enigma Gaming winning the first half with eight rounds in their favor. They continued to display their amazing performance on the defender side of the map and won five more rounds, finally winning the map and the series.

Enigma Gaming became the final team to secure their slot in the Valorant Conquerors Championship Main Event. The entire match was streamed on Nodwin Gaming‘s Youtube channel. 

ESPL 2021 Level 3 Day 1- Bangalore Ballistics And Hyderabad Hydras leads the Point Table

Esports Premier League 2021 Level 3 Day 1 ended on a high note with our 8 franchise city teams closing the day with very close finishes and extraordinary plays. A total of 4 matches and 20 maps were played in clash squad mode today with Banglore Ballistics and Hydrabad Hydras winning 4 maps out of 5 played. 

ESPL 2021 features a whopping prize pool of 25L and the GRAND FINALE scheduled on the 29th of august will decide the standings for the ultimate winner and they will land the rs.12,00,000 first prize.

With all the matches concluded for the day, let’s have a look at the points table and how well every team performed.

ESPL 2021 Level 3 Day 1 Result

The first match of the day was played between Rajasthan Reapers and Bangalore Ballistics with Team Bangalore closing the Bo5 match with a dominating 4-1 victory. The second match of the day (L3M2) was won by Punjab Paladins with 3-2 against Chennai Celestials. The matches were nail-bitingly close where Chennai Celestials were owning but soon were clutched over by the Punjab Paladins who managed to take the win away.

The third game was between Delhi Dukes and Mumbai Marshals. Again it was a close map with both teams putting up a respectable fight till the last map. Delhi Dukes were only able to clinch the victory with only one round lead on the last map. Delhi Dukes won the match with a 3-2 scoreline. 

The final matchday was won by Hyderabad Hydras with a comfortable 4-1 score against Kolkata Kaijus. Hyderabad Hydras was dominating Kolkata Kaijus from the start and won back-to-back 4 maps. They only lost the last map and that too by a single round. 

At the End of the Day, the Leaderboard looks like the following:

  • Bangalore Ballistics – 12 points
  • Hyderabad Hydras – 12 points
  • Punjab Paladins – 9 points
  • Delhi Dukes – 9 points
  • Mumbai Marshals – 6 points
  • Chennai Celestials – 6 points
  • Kolkata Kaijus – 3 points
  • Rajasthan Reapers – 3 points

How and where to watch The ESPL 2021 Level 3 Match Highlights 

If you were unable to view the live stream or just want to see the action highlights of the day, follow the links below to visit the official channels to view recorded matches. The VODs are available on the YouTube and Facebook channels of India Today Gaming along with Disney+ Hotstar and Gaming Tak channel.

India Today Gaming YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2PbpdTYKXk 

India Today Gaming Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/114206403269371/videos/1247245182401305/  

AajTak Website Home Page- https://www.aajtak.in/  

India Today Website Home- https://www.indiatoday.in/ 

Gaming Tak YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJHHa9kwwSg 

Disney+ Hotstar- https://www.hotstar.com/in/sports/esports/replay-espl-day-45/1540007699 

How to Join Dota 2 Battle Cup

Dota 2 is undoubtedly one of the best modern-day MOBA titles in the world of video games. Featuring a daily active player count in millions, the title by Valve is renowned for its ever-growing esports scene.

The annual Dota 2 tournament, The International, is the single largest esports tournament of the world in terms of prize pool.

Don’t worry, all the enjoyment of Dota 2 isn’t reserved for the professionals. Valve has also implemented a brilliant way for casual players to be able to experience small-scale weekly tournaments in the form of the Dota 2 Battle Cup. If you’re looking to simulate what it’s like to be a part of a Dota 2 pro game, the Battle Cup is for you. 

Here’s what you need to do to be able to join the Dota 2 Battle Cup:

  • Firstly, you need to meet the requirements to join a ranked game, i.e. have at least 100 hours of unranked matchmaking experience and have a phone number linked with your account. 
  • If you meet these requirements, all that’s left for you to do is get a ticket to the Battle Cup. You can either do so by having an active Dota Plus subscription, or by directly purchasing a ticket which costs a dollar each. 
  • Once you have your ticket, simply wait for the Battle Cup to start and form a team. If you don’t have a team, you can queue with random players from the Battle Cup chat channels. 

That’s all you need to know to participate in the Dota 2 Battle Cup. 

Free Fire Redeem Codes For August 15, 2021: Redeem Latest Free Reward Using Codes

Garena Free Fire has emerged as one of the biggest games in the mobile esports landscape. August 15 saw the developers release the latest redeem codes for the player base to collect rewards.

The codes will be valid for August 15, 2021 and get users diamond hack, royale vouchers, and other rewards. The codes will stop working once the redeem limit is reached. There is no limitation to these codes and they are accessible to everyone registered player across the globe.

Garena Free Fire redeem codes for August 15, 2021

  • FKJH BNJK OPOL
  • FMKL POIU YTFD
  • JCDK CNJE 5RTR
  • FDRD SASE RTYH
  • FU815 OUYT RDVB
  • FHBV CDFQ WERT
  • FMKI 88YT GFD8
  • KLLP DJHD DBJD
  • EDXX DSZS SDFG
  • HDFH DNBH NDJL
  • VFGV JMCK DMHN
  • NDJD FBGJ FJFK

Additional Garena Free Fire latest Redeem Codes

  • ERTY HJNB VCDS
  • F9IU JHGV CDSE
  • F7UI JHBG FDFR 
  • FXCV BNMK DSXC
  • F0KM JNBV CXSD

How to redeem Garena Free Fire redeem codes? 

  • Go to the Free Fire redeem code redemption website.
  • Log in.
  • Copy and paste any of the redeem codes mentioned above into the text box and click on confirm.“““`
  • Provide confirmation on the box that opens for cross-checking the request by clicking on OK.
  • Check the game mail section, which is embedded, for rewards after successfully redeeming the codes.
  • Once the redemption is done, it might take as long as 24 hours for the rewards to show up in a player’s in-game mail.

Valorant Pick Up Lines: 10 Cheesy Valorant PickUp Lines to Try If Your Crush is a Gamer

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With the rising popularity of online multiplayer video games, more and more players are tuning into the gaming world to experience the action first-hand.

Gone are the days when video games were primarily played by children and teenagers. The rapid growth of esports over the past few years has resulted in adults across the globe playing video games either for entertainment or with the ambition of going pro.

Riot Games’ tactical first-person shooter title – Valorant – is currently one of the most popular video game titles, with men and women worldwide playing it casually or competitively. It seems like the rising popularity of Valorant has inspired a player to come up with some creative and unique pick-up lines that fans can try using to win the heart of someone they like, or simply for a good laugh. 

Reddit user u/Blut_Regnet has shared their creativity in a Reddit post featuring some of the cheesiest Valorant pick-up lines we have ever seen. 

Here are 10 cheesy Valorant pick-up lines that are certain to bring a smile to your face, or make you cringe:

  • Are you Sova? ‘Cause I can’t hide from your sight. 
  • Are you Skye? ‘Cause your beauty blinds me. 
  • Are you Sage? ‘Cause your personality heals me.
  • Are you Viper? ‘Cause your toxicity has me addicted.
  • Are you Killjoy? ‘Cause you can make me vulnerable anytime.
  • Are you Omen? ‘Cause you TPed into my heart.
  • Are you Reyna? ‘Cause you stole my heart.
  • Are you Phoenix? ‘Cause you set my passion alight.
  • Are you Breach? ‘Cause your beauty and personality stun me.
  • Are you KAY/O? ‘Cause I wanna pick you up. 

How to Get Hamayumi in Genshin Impact

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Ever since the dawn of its release, miHoYo’s open-world RPG title Genshin Impact has won the hearts of millions of fans worldwide and helped bring the controversial genre of gacha gaming to the mainstream. Currently, it is one of the most popular RPG titles out there and boasts a significant daily active player base.

To keep Genshin Impact players engaged, miHoYo is constantly adding new weapons and characters that can be obtained by a variety of different methods. The ‘Hamayumi’ in Genshin Impact is a 4-star weapon that greatly improves the overall damage output of a player by increasing the normal attack damage by 16-32% and charged attack damage by 12-24%.

However, obtaining the Hamayumi in Genshin Impact isn’t an easy task for most players. To get this weapon, players must first get access to its diagram. Here’s what you need to know in order to be able to get the Hamayumi in Genshin Impact.

How to Get Hamayumi Diagram in Genshin Impact

To get the Hamayumi diagram in Genshin Impact, players need to find the NPC Takashi towards the north of Tatarasuna. Once found, players need to offer three Mysterious Conches to Takashi to obtain a chest, which can then be opened.

Players need to open a minimum of seven Takashi’s chests to get the Hamayumi diagram.

The Mysterious Conches spawn randomly at various locations. Players can try searching the shallow water near Takashi’s place to get the Mysterious Conches.

Additionally, players will also need the following items to craft the Hamayumi bow:

  • 500 Mora
  • 50 White Iron Chunks
  • 50 Amethyst Lumps
  • Northlander Bow Billet