Freshly minted Twitch partner Cribazz has been banned from the platform following reports of sexual harassment against female and LGBTQIA+ streamers.
Having earned his status as a Twitch partnered streamer, it didn’t take long for him to face his first ban. Several women and LGBTQIA+ streamers came forward with allegations of sexual harassment against him and it was only a matter of time before Twitch got involved. Within 48 hours of being a Twitch partner, Cribazz had his account suspended from the Amazon-owned streaming platform.
Among several claims, DEERE took her accusations to Twitter where she elaborated Cribazz’s unsocial behavior with proof. She showcased how Cribazz would go over to other people’s channels only to harass them by filling their chats with racist, sexist and homophobic slurs.
“Take a look at the chat. That’s the community that’s being encouraged here.” “It’s disappointing that we are constantly attacked and targeted.” said DEERE.
This Twitch Partner is going around harassing women and LGBTQIA2+ streamers live on their stream. This clip show's them mistake me for twitch staff and running so they're not caught @NotCribazz https://t.co/JREZcDyhonpic.twitter.com/pgjbyVdWi3
DEERE wasn’t the only one to bring forward accusations against him, countless other women and LGBTQ+ members have had similar experience with him. The community as whole is calling for a permanent ban which may well be in the cards.
In a recent announcement that caught the entire CSGO community by surprise, Valve has confirmed that Prime CSGO will no longer continue to be free and players will have to pay to enjoy the benefits of Prime matchmaking.
Furthermore, the Non-Prime experience has also received a complete revamp. Moving forward, non-prime players will no longer be able to enjoy item drops, ranks, or even XP from playing. This will render them unable to move up to Prime by simply playing the game.
CSGO Prime Update
Ranked matchmaking has been restricted to Prime players only. However, Non-prime players will be able to enjoy every other game mode like Casual, Workshop maps, Deathmatch, or the newly implemented ‘Unranked’ mode.
The Unranked game mode can be considered as a replacement for Scrimmage, which has now been removed from the game.
This unranked matchmaking, similar to scrimmage, won’t affect the ranks of players. Players can play every map in unranked, and it’ll have no lobby skill restriction.
Players will be placed from a mixed pool of Prime and Non-Prime players in unranked matchmaking, whereas ranked will strictly be Prime-only.
“When new players play Competitive, Wingman, and Danger Zone, their matches will still use skill-based matchmaking, but players will not earn a Skill Group,” Valve stated in their blog post.
To put it simply, the existing free path to Prime has been completely shut down by Valve. Newer players can choose to buy the Prime upgrade in the next two weeks to carry their current Skill Group and XP progress.
In a recent announcement that caught the entire CSGO community by surprise, Valve has confirmed that Prime CSGO will no longer continue to be free and players will have to pay to enjoy the benefits of Prime matchmaking.
Furthermore, the Non-Prime experience has also received a complete revamp. Moving forward, non-prime players will no longer be able to enjoy item drops, ranks, or even XP from playing. This will render them unable to move up to Prime by simply playing the game.
CSGO Prime Update
Ranked matchmaking has been restricted to Prime players only. However, Non-prime players will be able to enjoy every other game mode like Casual, Workshop maps, Deathmatch, or the newly implemented ‘Unranked’ mode.
The Unranked game mode can be considered as a replacement for Scrimmage, which has now been removed from the game.
This unranked matchmaking, similar to scrimmage, won’t affect the ranks of players. Players can play every map unranked, and it’ll have no lobby skill restriction.
Players will be placed from a mixed pool of Prime and Non-Prime players in unranked matchmaking, whereas ranked will strictly be Prime-only.
When new players play Competitive, Wingman, and Danger Zone, their matches will still use skill-based matchmaking, but players will not earn a Skill Group
Today we're making adjustments to non-Prime accounts. We're also introducing Unranked matchmaking. Information about these changes can be found in today's Blog Post: https://t.co/W6m42EUTAH
To put it simply, the existing free path to Prime has been completely shut down by Valve. Newer players can choose to buy the Prime upgrade in the next two weeks to carry their current Skill Group and XP progress.
In a recent announcement that caught the entire CSGO community by surprise, Valve has confirmed that Prime CSGO will no longer continue to be free and players will have to pay to enjoy the benefits of Prime matchmaking.
Furthermore, the Non-Prime experience has also received a complete revamp. Moving forward, non-prime players will no longer be able to enjoy item drops, ranks, or even XP from playing. This will render them unable to move up to Prime by simply playing the game.
CSGO Prime Update
Ranked matchmaking has been restricted to Prime players only. However, Non-prime players will be able to enjoy every other game mode like Casual, Workshop maps, Deathmatch, or the newly implemented ‘Unranked’ mode.
The Unranked game mode can be considered as a replacement for Scrimmage, which has now been removed from the game.
This unranked matchmaking, similar to scrimmage, won’t affect the ranks of players. Players can play every map in unranked, and it’ll have no lobby skill restriction.
Players will be placed from a mixed pool of Prime and Non-Prime players in unranked matchmaking, whereas ranked will strictly be Prime-only.
“When new players play Competitive, Wingman, and Danger Zone, their matches will still use skill-based matchmaking, but players will not earn a Skill Group,” Valve stated in their blog post.
Today we're making adjustments to non-Prime accounts. We're also introducing Unranked matchmaking. Information about these changes can be found in today's Blog Post: https://t.co/W6m42EUTAH
To put it simply, the existing free path to Prime has been completely shut down by Valve. Newer players can choose to buy the Prime upgrade in the next two weeks to carry their current Skill Group and XP progress.
Apex Legends is giving away pride badges as a free login reward for everyone to celebrate the Pride month.
The Pride month i.e. the month of June celebrates the importance of LGBQ+ representation. The pride colors can be seen all over the corporate culture for this month as a measure to reduce the gap and discrimination the members of the community have faced over the years.
As a way to show their support towards the movement, Respawn has introduced the Pride Badge that dons the color scheme of the Pride Flag put up in 2018. A black and brown strip has been integrated that represents the people of color; a way of showing their active support towards the “Black Lives Matter” movement at the same time.
Respawn has actively been in favor of causes helping the minor groups. From supporting political movements like “Black Lives Matter” to “StopAsianHate”, to non-political movements like helping the LGBTQ+ community get adequate representation. As a matter of fact, five of the legends in Apex Legends hails from the LGBTQ+ community, a few of them were there since the game’s early days.
The social problems surrounding transgenders can be solved by making the adults of tomorrow aware of the situation. Most of the Apex players are on the younger side and with a proper way to spread awareness, the hate and discrimination against all minority groups will be reduced over time.
Riot Games have announced the next set of champions in the recent wild rift patch 2.3 updates. Presently, League of Legends: Wild Rift gives players the options to choose among 66 champions pool. Irelia and Riven are the two new additions to the champions list.
How to get Irelia and Riven for free in Wild Rift
With the launch of the new champions, Riot Games have announced Broken Blades Challenge for the players to unlock them for free. The event will run from June 3rd, 2021 | 00:00 UTC and end on June 15th, 2021 | 23:59 UTC.
The players need to complete the set of missions to unlock both the champions for free. The missions are divided into two parts – primary and secondary. Besides, unlocking the champions, the players will also get various rewards such as poor coins, blue motes, icons, and much more.
WILD RIFT CHAMPION MISSIONS
The players will get two sets of missions to unlock their favorite wild rift champions. You need to complete both, primary and secondary missions to get Champion Selection Chest (Riven or Irelia). Only after completing one set of missions, you could unlock the second champion.
RIVEN, THE EXILE
Once a swordmaster in the war hosts of Noxus, Riven holds a legendary runic blade and a Warband of her own. This skirmish champion is commonly played in the Baron lane. Here is the list of missions you need to complete to unlock this champion.
PRIMARY MISSIONS
MISSION
OBJECTIVE
REWARD
Proven in Battle
Play 5 games OR Participate in the first blood takedown
Maidens of the Blade icon
This May Hurt
Deal 65,000 damage to enemy champions
150 Blue Motes
Last One Standing
Play 5 games ORWin a game while having at least 15 takedowns
You’ve Been Exiled bauble
Rout Them!
As a team, kill a total of 1,000 minions
150 Blue Motes
Formidable Warrior
Play 5 games ORGet a triple kill or greater
Broken Blades Champion Selection Chest (Riven or Irelia)
The Spoils of War
Earn 60,000 gold
150 Blue Motes
Leading the Vanguard
Play 5 games OREarn an S rank medal
Broken Blades Pose Selection Chest (Riven Pose or Irelia Pose)
The Ancient Foe
As a team, kill Baron Nashor 2 times
150 Blue Motes
The Storm, and the Sword
Play 5 games ORAs Riven, get a takedown on an enemy champion that was recently hit with Wind Slash.
Fury of the Blade icon
SECONDARY MISSIONS
Once you complete all of Riven’s primary missions, you may bring your reforged blade to Irelia’s aid with these secondary missions!
MISSION
OBJECTIVE
REWARD
For the First Lands!
Play 5 games ORWin a game playing as an Ionian champion
20 Poro Coins
Challenge Accepted
Deal 65,000 damage to enemy champions
150 Blue Motes
Blind Their Scouts
Play 5 games ORDestroy at least 6 enemy wards in a single game
20 Poro Coins
Unworthy of the Blade
As a team, kill a total of 1,000 minions
150 Blue Motes
Light On Your Feet
Play 5 games ORWin a game in under 14 minutes
20 Poro Coins
All Ionia’s Riches
Earn 60,000 gold
150 Blue Motes
Pacify the Drakes
Play 5 games ORWin a game where your team defeated at least two dragons
20 Poro Coins
Triumph Over Oblivion
As a team, kill Baron Nashor 2 times
150 Blue Motes
Effortless Grace
Play 5 games ORAs Irelia, use Bladesurge to dash to 3 enemy different champions within 5 seconds.
20 Poro Coins
IRELIA, THE BLADE DANCER
The champion that belongs from Ionia is known for the ancient dances of her province. This driver champion is commonly played in the Baron lane. Here is the list of missions you need to complete to unlock this champion.
PRIMARY MISSIONS
MISSION
OBJECTIVE
REWARD
For the First Lands!
Play 5 games ORWin a game playing as an Ionian champion
Maidens of the Blade icon
Challenge Accepted
Deal 65,000 damage to enemy champions
150 Blue Motes
Blind Their Scouts
Play 5 games ORDestroy at least 6 enemy wards in a single game
Sharp and Deadly bauble
Unworthy of the Blade
As a team, kill a total of 1,000 minions
150 Blue Motes
Light On Your Feet
Play 5 games ORWin a game in under 14 minutes
Broken Blades Champion Selection Chest (Riven or Irelia)
All Ionia’s Riches
Earn 60,000 gold
150 Blue Motes
Pacify the Drakes
Play 5 games ORWin a game where your team defeated at least two dragons
Broken Blades Pose Selection Chest (Riven Pose or Irelia Pose)
Triumph Over Oblivion
As a team, kill Baron Nashor 2 times
150 Blue Motes
Effortless Grace
Play 5 games ORAs Irelia, use Bladesurge to dash to 3 enemy different champions within 5 seconds
Fury of the Blade icon
SECONDARY MISSIONS
Once you complete Irelia’s missions, you may bring your splintered blades to bear on the same trials as Riven!
MISSION
OBJECTIVE
REWARD
Proven in Battle
Play 5 games OR Participate in the first blood takedown
20 Poro Coins
This May Hurt
Deal 65,000 damage to enemy champions
150 Blue Motes
Last One Standing
Play 5 games ORWin a game while having at least 15 takedowns
20 Poro Coins
Rout Them!
As a team, kill a total of 1,000 minions
150 Blue Motes
Formidable Warrior
Play 5 games ORGet a triple kill or greater
20 Poro Coins
The Spoils of War
Earn 60,000 gold
150 Blue Motes
Leading the Vanguard
Play 5 games OREarn an S rank medal
20 Poro Coins
The Ancient Foe
As a team, kill Baron Nashor 2 times
150 Blue Motes
The Storm, and the Sword
Play 5 games ORAs Riven, get a takedown on an enemy champion that was recently hit with Wind Slash
20 Poro Coins
The players who can’t wait to play with their favorite wild rift champions. You can directly unlock the champion by purchasing it from the champion’s store.
Riot Games has released Valorant Pride Cards to celebrate Pride month, and fans are eager to know how they can get their hands on one of these fancy cards.
In case you’re looking to know about the release date of these Pride cards, or simply want to learn how to grab yourself one, we have you covered.
There will be several Pride cards made available in the tactical shooter. While one of them will be a rainbow flag to represent the LGBTQI+ community, there will also be more individual cards to represent different sexualities.
While an exact release date for these Pride cards hasn’t been scheduled as of yet, players can expect the Pride cards to arrive within the next couple of weeks.
It’s official! The renowned ‘headshot machine’ Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom had the highest percentage at VCT Masters 2 Reykjavik.
According to data from runitback.gg, ScreaM boasted the headshot percentage in VCT Masters 2 Reykjavik with a whopping 33.12 headshot percentage throughout the course of the tournament.
He was followed by Juan Pablo “NagZ” Lopez Miranda, Seo “Suggest” Jae-young, and Kim “Lakia” Jong-min who had headshot percentages of 30.93 percent, 30.31 percent and 29.68 percent respectively. His teammate Travis “L1NK” Mendoza wasn’t too far behind either, rocking an HSP of 29.61%.
The VALORANT Champions Tour 2021: VCT Masters Reykjavík on May 27, 2021 in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games)
While Team Liquid’s 0-2 loss to finalists Fnatic in the fourth round certainly left fans disappointed, ScreaM’s individual performance was nothing short of stellar. With a KDA of 1.77 and ACS of 263, the Belgian won the hearts of millions of fans worldwide.
Fans are looking forward to seeing the star in action once again during the VCT Stage Three Challengers scheduled for July.
Valorant rank system can be confusing for some players, with a total of 8 ranks and 3 tiers per rank, the ranking system can sometimes overwhelm the players and the matchmaking algorithm. With so much segmentation among ranks, it sometimes becomes difficult to match players of the same level with others while matchmaking.
Riot has always tried to maintain the balance in ranks and has continuously denied adding more ranks or tiers to further segment the playerbase.
Recently players have been asking Riot to add to the ability to 5-stack in ranked matches which the company has always denied.
Riot has always maintained its stance of further segmentation of the playerbase and states that there are multiple problems with the ability to 5-stack in the ranked mode, first being the splitting of queues in single/stacked players, and second being the long wait times to find a match.
Jon Walker, Competitive Designer at Riot Games, shared his take on 5-stack and said:
“When thinking about the first question, we have significant concerns regarding splitting queues. We don’t believe splitting the queue—or doing a flex queue—is the best solution for VALORANT. We fear that one ranked queue would become “The Real Ranked Queue” and the other queue becomes less prestigious.”
The real problem lies in matching players of equal skill with one another. With 5-stacks, the problem of skill-based matchmaking will be elevated further and queue times will be higher.
Overall, the matchmaking experience might suffer for everyone and more players would face situations where they are matched against highly-skilled players. This will lead to frustration among players and discourage many from playing in the ranked mode which will further elevate the balancing issues in matchmaking.
In conclusion, it is better that 5-stack doesn’t return without a major overhaul to matchmaking to maintain the game’s health. Plus the problem of smurfing is still at large and Riot might want to address that first before working on adding more features to ranked mode.
LOS ANGELES – June 3, 2021 – As E3 2021 gets ready to kick off on Saturday, June 12, the official E3 2021 Schedule has been revealed. In addition, fans can now register to be a part of the global four-day virtual event that will feature digital presentations from major industry publishers such as Nintendo and Microsoft, panel discussions, celebrity appearances, exciting reveals, and more.
Fans can register at the E3 website to gain access to the E3 2021 online portal and app, a key hub for the duration of the show.
Details around the schedule are available below, noting that some things may change leading up to the first day of the broadcast.
E3 2021 Schedule
The online E3 2021 portal and app will also feature the E3 live broadcast, with interactive overlays that include viewer polls, featured tweets, and more.
Media, creators, industry professionals and fans can now visit the E3 2021 website and register themselves for the event. The primary hubs to watch the E3 2021 broadcast will be Twitch & YouTube E3 channels.
