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Global Esports Defeat DAMWON Gaming in VCT APAC LCQ Day 1

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Indian Valorant team Global Esports have triumphed over South Korean giants DAMWON Gaming in the first round of Valorant Champions Tour APAC Last Chance Qualifiers day 1.

DAMWON Gaming, who are currently one of the finest teams in the South Korean Valorant scene were taken down 1-2 by Global Esports in the BO3. With this victory, the Indian Valorant org has managed to qualify for the upper bracket quarterfinals in the APAC LCQ.

After having lost the first map Haven by a 13-8 score, DAMWON Gaming retaliated and took down Global Esports 13-7 in the second map, Ascent. However, Global Esports were swift to regain their composure and managed to win the decisive game on Split rather comfortably with a 13-5 scoreline.

The gunplay from both teams was nothing short of impressive. Global Esports saw yet another stellar performance from Ganesh “SkRossi” Gangadhar, who managed to secure his position as the MVP of the series.

The VCT APAC LCQ will conclude on Oct. 17, with the winner being able to secure a slot at Valorant Champions, the biggest annual Valorant tournament which will be organized by Riot Games themselves.

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VCT: APAC Qualifier to start, Global Esports in contention

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The Last Chance Qualifier of the Valorant Champions Tour circuit in the Asia-Pacific region is all set to begin from October 11 with a total of eight teams in contention towards the lone spot at the Valorant Champions event, to be held later this year in Berlin. 

The LCQ is an invite-only tournament where the participants are determined based on their circuit points on the VCT Leaderboard. Crazy Raccoon, X10 Esports and Team Secret have already punched their ticket to the Champions event in Berlin alongside Team Secret(initially BREN Esports)who made it through to the marquee event of the game on the basis of their circuit points standings. We would now see Paper Rex and Global Esports join the rest eight teams to contest for the final passage towards the Champions.

Earlier in September, ZETA Division along with other Chinese teams decided to pull out from the tournament citing logistical issues as the slots were redistributed among the Korean and Japanese regions, paving the way for the teams who held the most circuit points and didn’t qualify. In addition, team ZETA Division was also replaced by the next immediate member on the circuit points leaderboard.

The current LCQ team allocations are as follows in wake of the above changes post the Stage 3 Masters in Berlin:

  • SEA : 3 Teams
  • Japan : 3 Teams
  • Korea : 3 Teams
  • South Asia (India, Pakistan & Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka & Maldives, Nepal & Bhutan): 1 Team

In less than an hour, 10 teams will battle out the LCQ to clinch the lone spot at the Champions. Below attached is the list of the teams along with their qualification details.

TeamsQualification Factors Trivia 
Global EsportsQualified for the LCQ from Valorant Conquerors Championship
The Bhavin “HellrangeR” Kotwani led side became the first-ever team to represent India at a VCT event following their victory over Team Velocity in the Grand Finale of the Valorant Conquerors Championship.

2. Ex-Cloud9 Blue member Josh “shinobi” Abastado to coach Global Esports

Paper RexSEA Circuit Points #3–
FULL SENSESEA Circuit Points #4–
BOOM EsportsSEA Circuit Points #5–
REJECTJapan Circuit Points #3–
NortheptionJapan Circuit Points #4
Northeption replaced ZETA Division.  
FENNELJapan Circuit Points #5 Team FENNEL were awarded the one among the slots left vacant by China. 
NUTURN GamingKorea Circuit Points #2–
F4QKorea Circuit Points #3–
DAMWON GamingKorea Circuit Points #4Same fate as FENNEL, one among the Chinese vacated slots went to DAMWON in the KR Region.  

The APAC LCQ will feature a double-elimination bracket as the match-ups had already been determined by the event organizers and are as follows:

Round of 10 (11th October 2021)

  • BOOM Esports vs FENNEL: 12:30 PM IST
  • Global Esports vs DAMWON Gaming: 15:30 PM IST

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals (12th October 2021)

  • F4Q Vs Northeption : 12:30 PM IST
  • NUTURN Gaming Vs Winner of BOOM Esports / FENNEL : 15:30 PM IST
  • FULL SENSE Vs Reject : 18:30 PM IST
  • Paper Rex Vs Winner of Global Esports / DAMWON Gaming : 18:30 PM IST
  • F4Q Vs Northeption : 12:30 PM IST

All games will be Best of 3 series except the Grand Finale (Best of 5).

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FaZe Clan Qualify for PGL Major After G2 Beats Fiend

FaZe Clan have confirmed their spot as Contenders at the PGL Major in Stockholm after G2 esports beat Fiend in the 5-8th decider upper bracket. The loss for Fiend means that they will play Copenhagen Flames in the 7th place decider and one of them will surely finish 8th.

That is all FaZe Clan needed, one out of ENCE, Movistar Riders, Copenhagen Flames, or Team Fiend to finish 8th to confirm their spot.

Earlier, FaZe couldn’t make it to the playoffs and had to play the 9-12th decider game. They finished in 9th place but even still, their fate wasn’t in their hands. But after today’s result FaZe can breathe a sigh of relief as they will be going to Stockholm. 

This will be the 16th consecutive Major for Legend Olof ‘olofmeister’ Kajbjer, one of only 6 players to attend every Major in CSGO. He is in elite company alongside ‘shox’, ‘dupreeh’,’dev1ce’, ‘xyp9x’, and ‘Zeus’. The list will be cut down to 5 now as ‘Zeus’ retired after the StarLadder Berlin Major 2019.

This win leaves only 1 spot available from the EU RMR standings, which will be vied for between Fiend and Copenhagen Flames.

This brings the qualified teams up to 21, with 1 EU, NA, and Asian RMR spot still up for grabs.

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GTA The Trilogy – Definitive Edition officially announced for PC and Consoles

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Back in August, Kotaku confirmed the existence of the GTA Trilogy bundle being developed by Rockstar. Recently, the game’s achievement icons, as well as traces of Unreal Engine, were leaked by data miners who were looking through Rockstar Games Launcher’s files.

“In honor of the upcoming anniversary, today we are excited to announce that all three games will be coming to current generation platforms later this year in Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and the Rockstar Games Launcher on PC.”  The company, confirming the leaks officially on Twitter.  “Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition will feature across-the-board upgrades including graphical improvements and modern gameplay enhancements for all three titles, while still maintaining the classic look and feel of the originals.”


Although we’ve yet to see any gameplay or screenshots from the trilogy, we can expect more news in the coming days. The trilogy will also release on iOS and Android devices in early 2022.  

Rockstar Games will be removing older versions of the game across all digital storefronts to prepare for the Definitive Edition’s launch later this year, which will coincide with Grand Theft Auto 3’s 20th anniversary.

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PGL CSGO Major: paiN, Godsent qualify, Extra Salt and BnB miss out

The RMR event in the North American region now awaits the outcome from the Evil Geniuses Vs EXTREMUM fixture which would determine the team finishing in the 5th place and book themselves a Challengers/Contenders spot at the forthcoming PGL Major.

Earlier today, the Alan “⁠Shakezullah⁠” Hardeman led Bad News Bears suffered a defeat at the hands of EXTREMUM, had they won against the Aussies, the North American roster would have placed third post Team Liquid’s win over Extra Salt and paiN’s over ATK. Alas, their run at the ongoing RMR event came to an end on Inferno as they seemed unable to convert their first-half momentum with Aaron “AZR” Ward and co-running away with the win, 16-9. 

As discussed, Liquid’s win over Extra Salt too paved the way for paiN towards the major combined with the latter’s triumph over ATK who never had their say at the event. While in Group B, GODSENT who at the start of the event had 0 RMR points to their name made it through to the playoffs after picking wins over 00Nation, TeamOne, Evil Geniuses, and Triumph in the round-robin stage. The Brazilian side finished second in Group B and would now face team Liquid in the Semi-Final #1. 

With Team Liquid, FURIA, Godsent, and paiN booking their seats at the major, it all comes down to Evil Geniuses Vs EXTREMUM, who will contest for the 5th place finish on the RMR table. Either one of them makes it to the main event and it would be the Best of 3 series, to be played on Saturday which will determine their fate ahead of the marquee event. 

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New CSGO Update with bbno$ Music Kit, Bug Fixes and More

Valve shipped another update for CSGO, introducing a new music kit from artist bbno$, whose new album comes out tomorrow. Gameplay changes to Danger Zone mode were also made, along with some minor edits to the ragdoll physics and Dust2 Mid and T-spawn tweaks.

MUSIC KITS

– Added the bbno$ – u mad! Music Kit, available in regular and StatTrak™ versions

[GAMEPLAY]

– Danger Zone

— Respawning players are no longer able to select respawn locations that should have been prohibited by the spawnmask map

— Smoothed camera motion when using ExoJump

[MISC]

– Added new VO for Trapper and Trapper Aggressor agents

– Adjusted ragdoll physics

[MAPS]

– Dust 2

— Re-tired visblocker from T spawn to mid

— Blocked unintended wallbang

The update comes two weeks after the Operation Riptide update which brought perhaps the biggest changes to the game in close to a year. Including the deagle nerf, the M4A1-S buff  and droppable Grenades. Not to mention being unable to peek Mid from T spawn on Dust2 and vice versa.

The changes to Dust2 are minimal, with the devs adding a literal ‘tire’ to block players from boosting in T spawn and being able to wallbang mid doors. This would not be visible to the CTs and thus would create unfair advantages.

Former NA CS Pro, MAiNLiNE Passes Away Due to Cancer

Michael ‘MAiNLiNE’ Jaber, former Professional player and coach from North America passed away on 7th October 2021 after losing his battle with cancer. MAiNLiNE had been suffering from cancer since 2019.

Complexity Valorant Pro, Joel ‘jcruel’ Cruel, a former teammate of Jaber’s was the one that made the community aware of his passing. “I wish I checked up with you more often, Rest In Peace brother @Mainlinecsgo . Those csgo teams and times we spent at lan will always be some of the best memories for me.”, he tweeted in remembrance of his old teammate.

MAiNLiNE was a staple of NA CS, especially in the tier 2 scene, spending time on teams such as Selfless Gaming, eUnited and Ghost Gaming (as coach). He enjoyed the most success with eUnited, winning Fragdelphia 10 with them in 2017.

Steve ‘Ryu’ Rattacasa, coach at Sefless Gaming wrote about him in his ‘Most Coachable Players I’ve coached’ article. He highlighted how Michael was ‘always upbeat, keeping morale up. He also had a brilliant mind for the game and wasn’t shy of learning new things along the way.’ 

He also tweeted about how Mike was integral in helping players succeed in Gaming as a career, in a series of tweets remembering his old friend.

Rest in Peace, MAiNLiNE. 

Dr Disrespect responds to Twitch leaks

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The streaming community was in turmoil when Twitch’s source code was leaked, resulting in sensitive information such as earnings of top streamers ending up at the hands of the public.

Several streamers denied those numbers but there are compelling reasons for us to believe otherwise. Of all the information leaked, what caught the attention of many was the earnings of top streamers. Earnings and finances were speculated before, but not that we have definite numbers, we know who bags how much.

Even though Doc is suing Twitch for wrongful termination of his contract, that did not stop him from pulling their leg. According to the leaks Doc made $2,863,780.63 USD from streaming, before taxes, which is an incredible number but nothing surprising given his fame.

“The purple snake leaks? I don’t f**king care!” he said. Purple snake is a name given to Twitch by Doc following his ban.

Dr Disrespect himself was included in the leaks, though the YouTube star was listed as “unknown” in Twitch’s database his string code gave it away, and now we are certain that the individual is Doc.

Top 5 Assualt Rifle guns in Garena Free Fire

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Free Fire is one of the most loved mobile games which gives players an awesome graphics and gameplay experience. It is a battle royale game, developed by 111 Dots Studio and published by Garena for Android and iOS. Released on 23 August 2017, it has become the most downloaded game globally in 2019.

The game gives players to choose multiple weapons from a large number of lists such as Assualt Rifles, Sniper Rifles, SMG, Melee, and much more. Each sub-category of the weapons list has plenty of different weapons from with the players can choose. Today we have brought you the list of the top 5 assault rifle guns that can be used in Garena Free Fire.

Top 5 Assualt Rifle guns in Garena Free Fire

1. AUG

The army general rifle AUG is equipped with a replaceable double mirror, strong individual combat effectiveness. The gun is found rarely throughout the game and can be equipped with a silencer, muzzle, foregrip, magazine, scope, and stock.

  • DAMAGE – 56
  • RATE OF FIRE – 61
  • RANGE – 56
  • RELOAD SPEED – 48
  • MAGAZINE – 35
  • ACCURACY – 35
  • MOVEMENT SPEED – 50
  • ARMOR PENETRATION – 0

2. M14

M14 is the longest-range assault rifle, which almost works like a sniper rifle if needed. The is majorly used when the team requires high damage penetration on the opponent team. It can be equipped with a silencer, muzzle, foregrip, magazine, and scope.

  • DAMAGE – 77
  • RATE OF FIRE – 43
  • RANGE – 79
  • RELOAD SPEED – 41
  • MAGAZINE – 15
  • ACCURACY – 57
  • MOVEMENT SPEED – 62
  • ARMOR PENETRATION – 0

3. GROZA

It is a high damage and long-range rifle with great stability. Groza is possibly the strongest rifle Free Fire has ever seen. The gun is found rarely throughout the game and can be equipped with a silencer, muzzle, foregrip, magazine, scope, and stock.

  • DAMAGE – 61
  • RATE OF FIRE – 58
  • RANGE – 77
  • RELOAD SPEED – 48
  • MAGAZINE – 30
  • ACCURACY – 52
  • MOVEMENT SPEED – 58
  • ARMOR PENETRATION – 0

4. M4A1

M4A1 is one of the best guns for beginner players. It is a well-balanced rifle suitable for all combat situations due to its high stability and mid-range. M4A1 is the most user-friendly gun that can be equipped with a silencer, muzzle, foregrip, magazine, scope, and stock.

  • DAMAGE – 53
  • RATE OF FIRE – 57
  • RANGE – 79
  • RELOAD SPEED – 48
  • MAGAZINE – 30
  • ACCURACY – 55
  • MOVEMENT SPEED – 62
  • ARMOR PENETRATION – 0

5. FAMAS

FAMAS is a burst mode gun that fires 3 bullets at a time and is very deadly in medium to long-range fights. The gun is best-known for its fast firing rate and can be equipped with a silencer, muzzle, foregrip, magazine, scope, and stock.

  • DAMAGE – 54
  • RATE OF FIRE – 72
  • RANGE – 70
  • RELOAD SPEED – 48
  • MAGAZINE – 30
  • ACCURACY – 47
  • MOVEMENT SPEED – 62
  • ARMOR PENETRATION – 0

Complexity part ways with k0nfig

Complexity on Twitter have announced the departure of Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke from their active CSGO division as the player now seeks to embark in a new direction for the rest of 2021 and onwards. 

Earlier k0nfig was sidelined from the competition due to a severe wrist injury, forcing him to enter rehab for almost 4-6 weeks, missing out on the entire BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2021 and ESL Pro League Season 14 in the process. The 24-year-old had given a detailed explanation on Twitter upon his then-current situation where he spoke about an accident that dislocated his right wrist and would need to undergo surgery. 

Amid all this, a report by Jaxon from news.jaxon.gg and HLTV.org suggested that k0nfig no longer wanted to renew his contract with Complexity and was linked in a move to Astralis, whom the latter had previously shortlisted back in 2018 prior to the signing of Emil “⁠Magisk⁠” Reif, as told by Astralis’ head coach Danny “⁠zonic⁠” Sørensen in his book, “The Brain Behind Astralis” although the deal never happened citing the player’s vague attitude towards the risen opportunity. 

Complexity were forced to field Niels Christian “⁠NaToSaphiX⁠” Sillassen, a last minute stand-in for their BLAST Premier Fall fixtures until the Juggernauts decided to sign Marcelo “⁠coldzera⁠” David for the rest of their EPL S14 matches. 

k0nfig’s move to Astralis seems to be moving forward in an obvious direction with the contracts of Magisk, Zonic, Peter “⁠dupreeh⁠” Rasmussen, Andreas “⁠Xyp9x⁠” Højsleth all due to expire by the end of this year, potentially hinting towards a complete roster revamp for the 2022 Pro Circuit featuring Lukas “⁠gla1ve⁠” Rossander, Philip “⁠Lucky⁠” Ewald and Lucas “⁠Bubzkji⁠” Andersen.

Complexity are now:

  • Benjamin “⁠blameF⁠” Bremer
  • Valentin “⁠poizon⁠” Vasilev
  • Justin “⁠jks⁠” Savage
  • Patrick “⁠es3tag⁠” Hansen
  • Marcelo “⁠coldzera⁠” David
  • Luis “⁠peacemaker⁠” Tadeu (Head coach)

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