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Disguised Toast to take break from content creation; to continue streaming

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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Disguised Toast to take break from content creation; to continue streaming

YouTuber Jeremy ‘Disguised Toast’ Wang announced on Twitter that he will be taking a break from content creation but will continue to stream on Facebook Gaming.

On January 3, Disguised Toast tweeted out that he will be taking a break from content creation but will continue to stream to address his contract obligations. During this break, he will be returning to Canada to take care of his father.

“gonna be taking a break from content creation as I return to Canada to take care of my father will still be streaming to fulfill my contractual obligations but that’s about it ty for understanding” read the Tweet.

https://twitter.com/DisguisedToast/status/1345831597489098753

The community was extremely supportive of this decision. YouTubers/Streamers like CouRage, Valkyrae, TimTheTatman, JackSepticEye, sent their thoughts after Toast’s tweet went live.

With the change in time zone and added responsibilities of his father, the stream schedule will likely get altered. Fans are advised to keep an eye on his socials updates.

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Valorant Pro banned because of using an account that cheated in the past

Bharat Kotwani
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Valorant Pro banned because of using an account that cheated in the past

Turkish Valorant Professional Ertuğrul ‘TheCady’ Koç was earlier banned today by Vanguard as the former logged on into a Valorant account on which cheats had been used. This was later brought under the light by G2 Esports’s content creator Lothar who tweeted about the same.

According to Riot’s Terms of services, a player may get banned if he/she is involved in Account trading or logs on into a different account.

1.4. Can I share or sell my account or login credentials? (No.)

When you create an account with us, we require you to select a unique username and password (collectively, your “Login Credentials”). You agree that:

  • You can’t share your account or Login Credentials with anyone.
  • You can’t sell, transfer or allow any other person to access your account or Login Credentials, or offer to do so.
  • You must keep your Login Credentials secret.

Things went in a downward spiral manner for “thecadyxd” as he logged on into a different account, with cheats previously been used on it.

With the TOS clause 1.4 already being violated along with the alleged use of cheats, he was later banned on his main Valorant account as well.

Loather in his Tweet did spread the word to avoid Account trading in Valorant which has been a serious issue, culminating the use of cheats and griefers to an unbearable extent.

Sometimes people do fall prey to such incidents where they buy an account on which the previous owner had already cheated upon.

Update: The player was unbanned later after he reached out to Riot regarding the same.

FaZe Banks breaches COVID-19 guidelines on New Year Eve during a mega party

Sonu Banerjee
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FaZe Banks breaches COVID-19 guidelines on New Year Eve during a mega party

FaZe Banks is no stranger to internet controversies. The 29-year-old co-owner to FaZe clan has found himself amid heated situations quite often over the past year. It wasn’t long ago that Banks was under fire for throwing a surprise party at the Hollywood sign in LA and deemed it as a photoshoot to prevent the police from breaking it up.

Only weeks later since the incident, it appears like Banks has managed to gain the internet’s attention once again as he has uploaded a video capturing another massive New Years’ Party thrown by him on his Instagram story.

Needless to say, most people weren’t impressed by Banks’ actions as this goes in direct violation to the official US health advice asking people to maintain a distance of at least six feet between each other.

Many prominent esports personalities have expressed their concerns at this party thrown by Banks.  Rod ‘Slasher’ Breslau has said in a Tweet, “that’s not very FaZe up of Banks to spread covid like this.”

He also proceeded to mock him on one of his previous Tweets that said, “This corona s**t has officially moved from being a meme to a serious fkn problem clearly.”

FaZe clan hasn’t made an official comment regarding the incident as of yet.

MrBeast gifts fan a new house for winning Minecraft challenge

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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MrBeast gifts fan a new house for winning Minecraft challenge

MrBeast starts off 2021 with a bang, presenting an avid fan with a brand new house as a reward for winning the Minecraft challenge.

MrBeast for one popularized giving money on YouTube, though there were YouTubers in the past who shared a huge amount of money to show their gratitude towards someone or something, but MrBeast did often did it for no reason what so ever, and donated to random people with no prior association.

This was something unprecedented but the community took a liking of it and he statred posting insane views on his videos.

Mr Beast was open to any builds in the challenge as long as it was a house and that made this challenge all the more wild and bizarre. He had to go through thousands of crazy builds before deciding on SaveMrSquishy to be the victor witha close to perfect score of 28/30.

His version of it included a small house inside of a glass sphere using a Christmas asthenic spread throughout with a decorated tree and snow.

To start off the year giving away a house is something that can be expected from MrBeast and one can be said for certain that this won’t be the last giveaway he does this year.

Dota Pro Circuit 2021 CIS Region details revealed

Bharat Kotwani
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Dota Pro Circuit 2021 CIS Region details revealed

After a year without the famous “The International” annual tournament, ESL is back with the DPC phase with a plethora of online tournaments which will also mark the return of Major.

A total of 16 teams will lock horns from the CIS region bifurcated into two divisons, Upper and Lower. Teams across these divisions will engage in a B03 round robin format. The event organizer has revealed its four invites consisting, Virtus Pro, Natus Vincere, Team Spirit, and Live to Win.

Image: ESL

For an invite to the Major, top 3 teams from the Upper bracket would make it through where the first team would directly qualify for the Playoffs and the second gets placed in the group stage. A wild card game would seal the fate for the team placing third.

Image: ESL

The bottom two teams from the upper division will be swapped by the ones from the lower. Along with this, the bottom two teams finishing in the lower division will be eliminated from the pro circuit. An open qualifier starting from 5th January would then decide which two teams would replace the same. 

Prize Pool:

The Upper division will share the allocated prize money of USD 205,000$ while those in the Lower division will scoop their shares from the pool of USD 75,000$. Dota Pro Circuit points will be rewarded according to their placings. 

Schedule:

Matches from the Upper division are set to kick off from 21st January which will follow the fixtures in the Lower Division scheduled to start from 18th January.

Due to the ongoing Coronovirus pandemic, matches will be conducted online. For more information on the same, do check out ESL’s blog. 

Dr Disrespect teases new plans for 2021

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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Dr Disrespect teases new plans for 2021

Dr Disrespect has has tons of new surprise projects/plans for his audience in the work for 2021, that might start as soon as the first week of January.

Given how 2020 turned out for the Doc, it will be overwhelming for his audience if he turns it around in 2021 with new content that will bring in a flurry of new fans which will eventually uplift his morale.

One can argue that 2020 was the worst year in Doc’s long history of streaming, primarily for getting a lifetime ban from Twitch. The lifetime ban was bizarre given his popularity and it was handed to him in a mysterious way.

After parting ways with Twitch, he moved to YouTube which turned out well so far with over 3 million subscribers which is bound to grow in 2021.

“I don’t know. I mean, I do know but I ain’t gonna tell you – or I might.” “Lots of hidden projects, slowly, taking a slower approach, not just doing it just to do it, doing it right. These things gotta mature. And Champs, it’s all for the Champions Club baby!”

“It’s more likely than not that the streamer is just teasing changes to his stream in terms of upping the production, potentially hosting his own gaming awards show as he’s said before, and having a few new crossovers planned.” as reported by Dexerto.

Given how his YouTube channel has matured in a limited time, streaming is the way to go for Dr Disrespect. More collaborations/events/tournaments can be expected heading into 2021. As of now, only time can tell what surprise the Dr holds for his audience.

Valorant Player Uses Deep Fakes to Create Free Singularity Phantom

Sonu Banerjee
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Valorant Player Uses Deep Fakes to Create Free Singularity Phantom

A Valorant player has managed to use neural networks to replicate the insanely popular Singularity Phantom weapon skin without actually equipping (or buying) it.

Reddit user u/swegmesterflex has shared the first looks on his project through a post today.

Normally, players have to buy the weapon skins from the in-game cosmetics store. However, using deep fakes has evidently enabled this player to circumvent the process by applying the Singularity Phantom skin to his default Phantom skin without spending any money.

Deepfake Valorant Singularity Phantom

Previously, we have seen a lot of Valorant players reporting about the skins being overpriced in the store. In case you share the feeling, you’re certain to find this method interesting.

“I’m doing this with the CycleGAN model and it’s really similar to the style transfer stuff you see with filters and things like night to day or summer to winter, etc. Just the style transfer is between a vanilla gun and the gun with some skin,” the player said in his post.

He also stated that the method doesn’t replace the reload animations of the default skins as of now. And while it may be possible in the future, it’ll still be extremely difficult to do so.

Why did Pokimane quit OfflineTV’s Rust Server?

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Why did Pokimane quit OfflineTV’s Rust Server?

OfflineTV started a Rust server on December 26 including 50 notable stars from the entertainment industry. The idea was to broadcast the games in collaboration with the stars, but it didn’t take much time for things to go south.

Playing with each other gave rise to a lot of issues and things didn’t turn as everyone hoped it would. After a few games passed smoothly, the blame game began, followed by a series of apologies.

All of this made it clear that the streamers weren’t enjoying each other’s presence and wanted a way out. A lot of people pointed their fingers at xQc, blamed him to be the root of the problem.

https://twitter.com/imane/status/1344835578362167297

“I’m just not gonna get back on because I’m not having a good time, I don’t really have the energy to spend two hours getting stuff and then lose it all and have it despawn…. And then die to radiation.”

https://twitter.com/imane/status/1344834721272926208

During her last stream, Pokimane went offline for some time only to come back to announce that she will be parting ways with OfflineTv (Rust Server) moving forward. According to her, she wasn’t enjoying her stay with the rest of the stars, which make her decision look like something taken out of frustration.

Given how things are turning out, Pokimane is definitely not the last one to leave with more streamers likely to go down the same route, making things look even darker for OfflineTV.

Dota 2 Team Newbee Banned From Valve Events For Match Fixing

Sonu Banerjee
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Dota 2 Team Newbee Banned From Valve Events For Match Fixing

Dota 2 team Newbee, along with their entire roster, has been permanently banned from participating in future Valve events for match fixing, as confirmed in an announcement today.

The reason behind the ban of Newbee is the alleged involvement of the team in a match fixing scandal.

The ban is effective as of January 1st, 2021.

The members of team Newbee who received the ban include the following players:

  • Xu “Moogy” Han
  • Yin “Aq” Rui
  • Wen “Wizard” Lipeng
  • Yan “Waixi” Chao
  • Zeng “Faith” Hongda

The ban likely comes after an in-depth investigation on the alleged match-fixing scandal against Avengers in the StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Qualifiers.

For the unaware, Newbee are one of the most popular teams in the professional Dota 2 scene and the winners of The International 4. They also attained the second place in TI 7.

What Is Match Fixing in Dota2?

Match fixing in any competitive game is when one team intentionally throws a match, usually in exchange of money. Other instances include a certain player betting against his own game and throwing for some extra money.

Match fixers often tend to throw selective bets (like first 10 kills) rather than the entire game to make it harder for people to find out for certain if they’re throwing matches.

Match fixing is growing increasingly common not only in Dota 2, but other esports as well. While fans may find Newbee’s ban hard to digest, it’s certain to work as an example for players looking to fix games and discourage them from doing so.

Free Fire: How to get Megalodon Alpha Scar-L

Divyesh Moghe
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Free Fire: How to get Megalodon Alpha Scar-L

Garena has added their third upgradable skin to Free Fire named Megalodon Alpha: Scar-L. This skin comes under the ‘Evo’ section and belongs to the Scar-L weapon. It is customizable cosmetic skin where players can upgrade the skin to unlock new features like animations, effects, emotes and more. This skin is added to the Faded Wheel spin event as a special reward.

Free Fire has tweaked their range of weapon skins and has tried adding some new features which might make them more lucrative. They have certainly made a mark by adding this new section of ‘Evo’ skins. These skins are customizable and very hard to obtain. Once you get the base skin, the task is to collect relevant fragments and upgrade it to next level.

Megalodon Alpha Scar-L also comes under the premium range of skins in Free Fire. This skin has a reddish aura and players can upgrade it up to eight levels or ‘privileges’. Each new level adds some new effect to the gun and makes it even better than its predecessors.

How to get Megalodon Alpha Scar skin in Free Fire

This Scar-L skin is available in the Faded Wheel event and one can try their luck at the spin. The spin event is one of the oldest in-game minigame in Free Fire where players need to spend diamonds to make a spin and unlock a single reward at random. The Megalodon Alpha skin is added to this spin and can be considered as the final prize while spinning.

Each spin offers rewards at random and the price of each round increases subsequently. One has to play 19 diamonds for the first try and it can go up to 499 diamonds for the last try. After completely for spinning each and every, you can unlock this new skin.

Further, each upgrade to the Megalodon Alpha Scar-L requires certain amount of tokens which can be acquired via same event. The statistics of this special skin go up with the level so more the upgrades, better will be the output stats.

This skin is available in the event till the end of this month so make sure to gather enough diamonds and try your luck at the spin.

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