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Twitch acknowledges Dr Disrespect permanent ban

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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Twitch acknowledges Dr Disrespect permanent ban

The streaming community turned upside down when one of the greatest streamers in Dr. Disrespect was abruptly handed a ban without any reason published whatsoever and in a recent transparency session Twitch acknowledged the ban.

Last summer saw Dr. Disrespect permanently part ways with Twitch with no apparent reason disclosed by Twitch. Several reasons were put forward as to what forced Twitch to take down one of their biggest stars and at this point, his ban remains one of the most well-kept secrets on the internet. No concrete reason was concluded behind his ban and Twitch denied answering any answer related to it.

Twitch responds to Dr Disrespect ban question.

“As is our process, we take appropriate action when we have evidence that a streamer has acted in violation of our Community Guidelines or Terms of Service,” “These apply to all streamers regardless of status or prominence in the community.” this was all Twitch said at the time.

As said earlier, it remains one of the most well-kept secrets of the internet so far. Twitch has been solid from their standpoint and not responded to a single query regarding the topic. Regardless of all that, both parties, Twitch and Doc have moved on and Doc is enjoying his new home on YouTube.

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League of Legends: Wild Rift Patch Notes 2.1A

Divyesh Moghe
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League of Legends: Wild Rift Patch Notes 2.1A

Riot Games is releasing a small patch for Wild Rift and several champions and items are tweaked in this patch. The patch notes for Wild Rift Patch 2.1a have been revealed and here are the changes that will be implemented in the next update. Champions like Lulu and Miss Fortune are nerfed and Vayne has received a big buff.

WILD RIFT PATCH NOTES 2.1A:

Here are the patch notes for the upcoming update in Wild Rift. Many champions are balanced but some have heavily nerfed and buffed to adjust the current meta.

CHAMPION BALANCE:

NEW CHAMPION: Katarina

A new assassin champion is getting added to the game. Riot confirmed the release of Katarina in patch 2.1 and two more champions would be released later in this patch. This champion can be unlocked for free from a simple event that will be added later in-game.

ASHE

Ashe has received a small buff in this patch with the cooldowns reduced on one of her abilities.

(1) Ranger’s Focus

  • Cooldown: 8/7/6/5s → 7/6/5/4s

DARIUS

Darius is being buffed a lot by making him more tanky with CC ability duration increase.

(1) Decimate

  • Missing health heal %: 12 to 36% → 15 to 45%

(3) Apprehend

  • Slow duration: 1s → 1.5s

EZREAL

Ezreal was nerfed in the last patch and to balance it out, the damage for one of his abilities is slightly changed.

(1) Mystic Shot

  • Base damage: 20/50/80/110 → 20/55/90/125

LULU

Lulu was one of the overpowered champions and was spammed as a support main for almost every match. This champion provided large amounts of shield and hence, it has been heavily nerfed.

Base Stats

  • Base health: 570 → 530
  • Movement speed: 330 → 325

(2) Whimsy

  • Polymorph duration: 1.25/1.5/1.75/2s → 1/1.25/1.5/1.75s

(3) Help, Pix!

  • Shield duration: 5s → 2.5s
  • Cast range: 7 → 6

(Ult) Wild Growth 

  • Cast range: 8 → 7


MISS FORTUNE

Miss Fortune was slightly tweaked by making her a bit squishy and changing her passive damage and healing.

Base Stats

  • Base armor: 35 → 30
  • Base health regen: 9 → 6
  • Base health regen per level: 0.81 → 0.55
    • 21 at level 15 → 14 at level 15

(P) Love Tap

  • Love Tap Damage vs minions: 100% → 50%
  • [BUGFIX] Love Tap Damage vs monsters: 50% (Unchanged – now in tooltip)

OLAF

Olaf is a high risk high reward champion and was considered as a powerful pick early game so Riot has nerfed him a little bit to balance the game.

Base Stats

  • Base armor: 40 → 35
  • Base AD: 70 → 64

(1) Undertow

  • Slow: 30/35/40/45% → 20/25/30/35%
  • Slow duration: 2.5s → 2s

VARUS

Varus received a small buff.

(1) Piercing Arrow

  • Cooldown: 18/16/14/12s → 16/14/12/10s

VAYNE

Vanye is buffed a lot to match with the item changes and to sustain in the marksmen meta.

(3) Condemn

  • Damage on terrain stun: 75/120/165/210 → 105/145/185/225

(Ult) Final Hour

  • Cooldown: 100/80/60s → 90/75/60s


XAYAH

Xayah is heavily buffed in this patch.

(1) Double Dagger

  • Base damage: 35/65/95/125 → 50/75/100/125

(2) Deadly Plumage

  • Bonus attack speed: 25/30/35/40% → 35/40/45/50%

(3) Bladecaller

  • Cooldown: 12/11/10/9s → 11/10/9/8s
  • AD ratio: 0.6 → 0.8

(Ult) Featherstorm

  • Base damage: 100/200/300 → 125/250/375

ITEM CHANGES:

BLADE OF THE RUINED KING

Riot has stated that they are nerfing the Blade of the Ruined King item for the following reasons, “It has risen to the top in all builds for marksmen even when its effect doesn’t seem like it would synergize that well with the individual champion. We are nerfing it and also shaping it so that the identity of the item is more in line with attack speed-based champions. We’re not seeing melee champions abusing this item, however, and we will be increasing its on-hit damage from melee attacks to keep it relatively power-neutral for melee users.”

  • Attack damage: 30 → 20
  • Attack speed: 30% → 35%
  • On-hit damage
    • Melee: 6% → 9% of current enemy health physical damage
    • Ranged: 6% of current enemy health physical damage (unchanged)
  • Drain movement speed duration: 3s → 2s

LIANDRY’S TORMENT

  • Ability power: 90 → 70
  • Total cost: 3150g (unchanged)
  • Combine cost: 800g → 950g

HAUNTING GUISE

  • Ability power: 35 → 25
  • Total cost: 1450g → 1300g
  • Upgrade cost: 950g → 800g

FREE-TO-PLAY CHAMPION ROTATION

  • Mar 4 – Mar 10: Aurelion Sol, Fiora, Gragas, Kai’Sa, Lee Sin, Lulu, Sona, Teemo, Tristana, Twisted Fate
  • Mar 11 – Mar 17: Alistar, Amumu, Braum, Camille, Evelynn, Jhin, Seraphine, Singed, Vayne, Yasuo

NEW SKINS

All skins will be released throughout the patch.

  • Bilgewater Katarina
  • Death Sworn Katarina
  • Omega Squad Fizz
  • Omega Squad Teemo
  • Omega Squad Tristana
  • El Tigre Braum
  • Super Galaxy Shyvana

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Free Fire: How to get Free Diamonds via March Clips event

Divyesh Moghe
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Free Fire: How to get Free Diamonds via March Clips event

Garena introduces different kinds of events in Free Fire and while most of them give away free stuff like skins and in-game items. This time, the developers are giving away the most important commodity in-game for free. Diamonds are an integral part of Free Fire and one can now earn them for free by completing the March Clips event.

Diamonds are the in-game currency in Free Fire that can be purchased with real money. One cannot earn diamonds for free except a few legitimate methods and Garena has added one more way to earn it officially. A new event named “March Clips” has been added to the game.

This new event gives away free diamonds to players who will upload their in-game clips within a certain rule set. Players need to kill their enemies with a vehicle and record the action. This clip should be uploaded on an app named “BOOYAH!” and it is very simple to do so.

How to get diamonds in Free Fire by March Clips event

The March Clips event will run from 2nd to 16th March and in this period, players can create iconic moments by eliminating their enemies using any vehicle available in-game. You can earn diamonds in Free Fire by following the method given below:

  • Play some BR games and record it. Create some clips of killing the enemies with vehicles.
  • Go to the Calendar section in Free Fire. Navigate to the March Clips section.
  • Click on the event banner and then click on “Go To”.
  • This will navigate you to the Booyah! application where you need to upload the clip. If the app is not downloaded, it will redirect you to app stores.

Complete these steps and then Garena will choose the winners who will get some free diamonds for creating stunning highlights. This event is only limited to 15 days so create some clips and upload them to get the diamonds for free.

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Valorant earned more than CSGO In January 2021

Prateek Jain
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Valorant earned more than CSGO In January 2021

Riot Games’ latest FPS entry and CSGO competitor, Valorant has finally taken over CSGO in terms of revenue earned in 2021. For the first time since its launch in June 2020, Valorant has become the top-grossing FPS title on PC Platform beating Valve’s CSGO and EPIC’s Fortnite. 

As per a report by Superdata, Valorant’s total earnings were up by 39% and player numbers were up by 29% from December to January. The report also states that out of the 29% of players that joined in January, more than 72% of them were returning players. 

Image via SUPERDATA

With very low system requirements and easy-to-understand mechanics, the barrier to entry is relatively low when compared to its direct competitors. But it doesn’t mean anyone can master the game, the learning curve is steep, and mastering different agents will take many hours of practice. 

Riot is known for its ability to regularly update its games and communication with its community. The developer is very well versed with the idea of Free-2-Play games and knows how to convince Free users to spend on Microtransactions. 

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While the game is only available on the PC platform, Riot is slowly making its way towards consoles with the release of League of Legends Wild Rifts and more console titles rumored to be in the works.

Currently, battle royale games like COD MW, Fornite, and Apex Legends rule the FPS genre on the console. Although f the rumours of Riot working on a console version of Valorant is to be believed, we might see a new leader in the FPS genre on consoles by the end of this year. 

Valorant Devs Considering Changes for New Agent Astra Even Before Her Actual Release

Sonu Banerjee
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Valorant Devs Considering Changes for New Agent Astra Even Before Her Actual Release

The highly anticipated Episode 2 Act 2 of Riot Games’ competitive shooter Valorant is nearing its release, and the hype surrounding the upcoming agent Astra continues to grow.

However, it seems like the developers are considering changes for the controller even before her actual release, as a game-breaking bug has been found by streamers AverageJonas and ONSCREEN during the testing phase of the new agent.

For the unaware, Astra has an ability that lets her move into astral form to place stars around the map which she can use later to trigger her other abilities. However, an exploit lets players detect fake defuses and differentiate them from the actual ones.

Needless to say, this can cause some serious problems for the opposing team if this exploit isn’t patched before Astra is introduced to competitive Valorant.

Luckily, the Riot devs have taken note of this issue, and have confirmed that they’ll look to fix this out at the earliest.

“Being able to see bomb defusal status in Astral Form? Yeah, we don’t like this behavior and are looking into options now,” a Valorant developer said. “I’m not sure how easy/difficult changing this would be since I’m not an engineer, so I can’t make promises on timelines, but we’re not fans of this behavior and are seeing what we can do.”

Astra can check for fake defuses with her abilities
by u/LordGamingOfficial in VALORANT

Valorant Episode 2 Actu 2 is expected to hit the live servers on March 2nd. Players will be hoping for this game-breaking Astra exploit to be patched out before its final release.

Activision to add new mode Tank Battle in COD Mobile

Divyesh Moghe
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Activision to add new mode Tank Battle in COD Mobile

Call of Duty: Mobile is receiving a new game mode in the upcoming update and the leaks have suggested that it is going to be called “Tank Battle”. This mode will be available in the battle royale mode and in it, players need to assemble their own tank and add attachments to it to prepare a fully functional battle panzer. Here are the details of the new Tank Battle mode in COD Mobile.

Activision recently released the test build for COD Mobile Season 2 where the new content is being tested. Players who gained access to this mode have dropped some clips regarding the upcoming changes and the Tank Battle mode has been confirmed through this.

The test builds are beta applications where developers test their new features before releasing them on the global server. Most of the features added there are immediately introduced in COD Mobile with the next update. In the current testing, players have spotted many features and the most important change is the new mode.

COD Mobile Tank Battle Details

In the Tank Battle mode, players need to collect various components of a tank and assemble it to make a fully functional war tank. These parts are available at the vending shops across the map and after collecting a total of five components, players can use them to make the tank.

credits: AnonymousYT

This tank is sturdy and supports some external attachments like a machinegun and missile launcher. One can attach any of these to make a more dangerous vehicle. The tank will be bulky and very hard to drive across the map, making you an easy target in certain scenarios.

credits: AnonymousYT

Along with the tank, some weaponry is added to counter this bulky object. Players can collect mines, bombs, and other equipment to counter players abusing the tank. One can burst down the tank with this utility, making it a fair battle for both parties.

This new mode will be added to the game in the COD Mobile Season 2 update. This update is right around the corner so players will get to try their hands on this new mode very soon.

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IRL Twitch Streamers ImJasmine & Devin Threatened On Stream

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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IRL Twitch Streamers ImJasmine & Devin Threatened On Stream

Prominent Twitch IRL streamers ImJasmine and Devin Nash were threatened on stream by a random group of strangers, pressurizing them to delete the video despite not being bothered by the pair.

For those who don’t know, IRL streams involve content besides videogames, mainly to explore the real world. This genre of live streaming has grown in popularity over the years and putting viewership aside, it comes with its fair share of risks. In the real world, a streamer often has little to no control over how things are going to unfold that often might lead to all sorts of trouble.

ImJasmine and Devin Nash were walking down a road when a group ran into them, passing racist comments and harassing them upfront. “Delete it or I’ll break everything,” “Delete it. If I don’t see it, you get beat up man, because I can’t beat her. Delete it.” threatened an African-American male. Though the group tried to put an end to it the man in question just didn’t let go of it. He pressed the issue for some time and left asking to be in the clip.

Though Jasmine admitted to being scared of the bully and decided on continuing the stream anyway, things went smoothly thereafter. Given the nature of the threats, their security was questionable at one point in the stream and they were lucky to get off without getting harmed.

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VCT Stage 2 Masters to be held on LAN in Reykjavík, Iceland

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VCT Stage 2 Masters to be held on LAN in Reykjavík, Iceland

Valorant is the latest game from League of Legends developer, Riot Games. It’s proven to be extremely popular with PC players and continues to receive regular updates that tune the competitive nature of the game along with inducing new content every fortnight. This game marks Riot’s major departure from its MOBA past and its closest comparison is Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with a little bit of Overwatch mixed in.

Since the announcement of Valorant’s First Strike, the community was stoked to know more about the former’s future when it comes to events held on LAN. But unfortunately, due to the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic across the globe, all the crowded events were either canceled or put on hold by top event organizers like the ESL followed by the International 10 which was earlier postponed by Valve. Amidst the mentioned situation, Riot in 2020 was forced to conduct the First Strike event on a regional basis, where teams across the globe had to compete in their own respective provinces. 

Today, Valorant on Twitter announced their plans for the Stage 2 Masters program where they have decided to culminate the second iteration of the VCT into a LAN tournament, to be held later in May 2021. As told in the video, the tournament will be held in Reykjavík, Iceland. It will feature 10 of the top teams from around the world who will compete in a LAN environment, marking Valorant’s first-ever offline gig. Participating teams will have to go through their regional Stage 2 Challengers events in a bid to qualify for the main event in Iceland. 

All you need to know about MASTERS REYKJAVIK

Masters Reykjavík is the second major event of the 2021 VALORANT Champions Tour. At each Masters event, teams will earn points that will help them qualify for the end-of-year Champions event. Additional information on point distribution for both Masters 1 and Masters 2 will be revealed by Riot in a couple of weeks. 

  • Location: Reykjavík, Iceland
  • Venue: Laugardalshöll
  • Dates: May 24th-30th

Along with this, Teams will quarantine upon arrival in Iceland. This event will bear no crowd to contain the sanity among the players, staff, and local residents as told by Riot on their blog update. 

VCT’s road plan as set by Riot

Who all would make it to the Masters event?

A total of 10 teams will qualify for the Masters REYKJAVIK event. Although we might witness a limited number of teams from each region progress. 

  • North America: 2 slots.
  • EMEA (Europe, CIS & Turkey): 2 slots.
  • Brazil: 2 slots.
  • Japan: 1 slot.
  • Korea: 1 slot.
  • Latin America: 1 slot.
  • Southeast Asia: 1 slot. 

Do stay tuned at TalkEsport for further updates on Valorant’s Stage 2 Masters program.

Rainbow Six Siege: G2 Esports’ Pengu retires from Competitive scene

Bharat Kotwani
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Rainbow Six Siege: G2 Esports’ Pengu retires from Competitive scene

Niclas “Pengu” Mouritzen on Twitter has announced his retirement from 6Siege’s competitive scene. 

https://twitter.com/G2Pengu/status/1366403814677504003

G2 Esports’ Pengu has decided to end his five year long illustrious career at Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege and transition into the role of a content creator within the organization. If we take a look back at Niclas’s achievements, it all started in 2016 when the latter joined PENTA in February 2016. Under the German force, Pengu helped them bag 3 Pro League titles including two consecutive championships including the first at Katowice, Poland and the other in Cologne, Germany. At the start of 2018, Pengu alongside his team went on to win their first ever Six Siege Invitational against Evil Geniuses which is annually held in Montreal, Canada. 

The 23 year-old Dane was later acquired by the multi talented french side, G2 Esports in August’18 under whom he won three S-tier tournaments in just a span of 7 months including his second triumph at the Six Siege Invitational held in 2019 earlier followed by the Six Major held in Pais, 2018. Apart from his professional career, he raised his voice against the notorious stream snipers where he had stated,

I am unable to enjoy the game in a fair 5v5 environment. Every time big streamers try out our game they get nothing but cheesed by snipers. This whole game revolves around information, stream sniping ruins the most core aspect of this game. Can’t overstate how bad it hurts streamers in Siege; it’s like playing poker and everyone seeing your hand.

Pengu has now taken up the “Content Creator” role within G2 Esports and will continue streaming on Twitch. 

We at TalkEsport would like to wish Niclas good luck in his future endeavors.

FPX Esports turn to suNny, chrisJ returns to Mousesports’s bench

Bharat Kotwani
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FPX Esports turn to suNny, chrisJ returns to Mousesports’s bench

The Chinese-European Organization decided to consider  Miikka “⁠suNny⁠” Kemppi after their deal with Chris “⁠chrisJ⁠” de Jong fell apart. 

After his 1 month stint with FunPlus Phoenix, chrisJ’s loan contract with the former expired after the team decided to pick suNny as a stand-in for their upcoming ESL Pro League Season 13 fixtures, scheduled to take place from March 8-April 11. 

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chrisJ joined FPX Esports back at the end of January on account of his benching at Mousesports where he was replaced by Frederik “acoR” Gyldstrand from MAD Lions. At the Chinese organization, he reunited with his former teammate Martin “STYKO” Styk with whom he steered his side to the championship at the Snow Sweet Snow 1 Cup and a runner-up finish at the DreamHack Open January. With suNny who recently parted his ways with ENCE, will join the ranks of FPX to help the latter at the PL S13 tournament. Earlier the 26yo Finn was linked to a potential project including Robin “⁠flusha⁠” Rönnquist and Timothy “⁠autimatic⁠” Ta but the plan was scrapped due to lack of interest from Organizations. This resulted in the ex-Cloud9 member making his switch to valorant while suNny stated that he would still consider if anything turns up regarding the same.

FunPlus Phoenix‘s General Manager, Petar Marković, stated,

Unfortunately, we could not make a mutual agreement with chrisJ that works for both parties on time, and that’s why we decided to try out another player. We would like to wish Chris the best of luck in his future endeavors.

With the addition of suNny to their active lineup, FPX Esports are now:

  • Jesse “⁠zehN⁠” Linjala
  • Pavle “⁠Maden⁠” Bošković
  • Martin “⁠STYKO⁠” Styk
  • Asger “⁠Farlig⁠” Jensen
  • Miikka “⁠suNny⁠” Kemppi (stand-in)
  • Jonatan “⁠Devilwalk⁠” Lundberg (Head coach)
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