Qualcomm has announced a massive event in the rising esports industry. The event titled ‘Snapdragon Conquest’ will host several esports championships throughout the year and it starts with the ‘Snapdragon Conquest Free Fire Open 2020’ tournament which has a massive prize pool of ₹50,00,000 (~$67K).
Free Fire is a massive mobile battle-royale title in India and has a very large player base in the country. This title has been in the competitive esports scene for the past couple of years and the Snapdragon Conquest Free Fire Open 2020 will be one of the biggest Free Fire tournaments that were ever hosted in India.
How To Register For Snapdragon Conquest Free Fire Open 2020
Any Free Fire player above the age of twelve and with a level 10 in-game ID can register in this tournament. The registration process has already begun from 8th December and will run for the next two weeks. Here is how you can register in this event.
Click here and it will redirect you to the official website.
Click on ‘Register Now’ tab and fill in the details.
After you have registered, you can either create a squad or join a pre-existing one.
To join a squad, ask for the Squad ID to the team leader and click on ‘Join Squad’. After the approval, you will be directly aligned with the that squad.
To create a squad, just select a name and click on ‘Create Squad’.
Tournament Format
The format for this tournament is very simple but is a tedious process where players have to pass over five qualification stages to get a chance to compete in the Grand Finals. The process begins with in-game qualifiers and after three playoff rounds, players will qualify to League Stage and then to Grand Finals.
In-game qualifiers: Players need to play 15 classic matches out of which, scores of top 10 will be considered.
Playoff 1: Top 648 teams will play a single elimination BO1 match.
Playoff 2: Top 216 teams will play a single elimination BO1 match.
Playoff 3: Top 72 teams will play a single elimination BO3 matches.
League Stages: Top 24 teams will play a Best of four match in round-robin format.
Grand Finals: Top 12 teams will play Best of 12 matches.
More details are available on the official website.
1,60,000 Diamond Giveaway
Any player who registers for this event will enter a giveaway of a total of 160,000 diamonds. They will stand a chance to win free diamonds in the process. A total of 150 participants will earn 1060 diamonds each just for registering. The results will be announced after the registration process ends on 20th December.
This is a massive event for the mobile esports in India and players who wish to participate and compete for earning the lion’s share of the ₹50,00,000 prize pool can register through the links given above.
Free Fire is giving away a bunch of rewards in the upcoming week. The game just pushed a massive update and this ‘Chrono’ theme will be continued throughout the season. Players needed to complete some tasks in the old events to get some freebies but this time, simply logging in every day can earn you some exclusive skins. Let’s check out how to get the Cyber Bounty Hunter Bike skin for free in Free Fire.
Free Fire ‘Operation Chrono’ themed season is a result of this massive collaboration between Free Fire and football star Cristiano Ronaldo. A dedicated character based on CR7 will be coming to the game very soon but before that, other events are offering some lucrative rewards.
Free Fire will add a new game mode named Cosmic Racer on 13th December and following that, a week-long log-in event will be added to the game. In this event, players just need to login into the game daily for a week and on the fifth day, they can claim the Cyber Bounty Hunter bike skin for free.
How to get Cyber Bounty Hunter Bike skin for free in Free Fire:
Day One – Gold Royale voucher
Day Two – 2 Pharaoh Weapon loot crate
Day Three – 2 Private Eye Weapon loot crate
Day Four – 3 AK Water Balloon Weapon loot crate
Day Five – Cyber Bounty Hunter Bike skin
Apart from this skin, players can also gain Chrono Cyber Blade skin by logging in on 19th December. More events are on the way and their details will be revealed in the future. For now, remember to log in to the game regularly from 15th December to 27th December to get the skin for free.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s significant achievement this year was buried under the fiasco of coaching bug exploits, tournament cancellations, ESIC bans, and all that went south in 2020. The year 2020 registered a whirlwind of bizarre events in esports. But for CSGO, the year was revolutionary as Valve’s first-person shooter game passed the 1 Million concurrent players mark for the first time since its release.
Despite a colossal player-base, it seems Valve is still sleeping on its legendary creation.
Esports historian and CSGO warrior Duncan “Thorin” Shields’ interesting anecdote on Richard Lewis’ podcast “By The Numbers” puts a gigantic question mark over the developer’s attitude towards the game. The esports aficionado narrated a story from 2011 when the father of all Valve Gabe L Newell compared Navi’s stalwart roster to random players on the internet and thought that there could be a fair competition between Navi players and CSGO fans.
WHAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS LIKE ONE OF THESE TEAMS TAKING ON THE INTERNET AND SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO COME HERE AND TAKE THEM DOWN
Gaben Said
It’s not only saddening but disappointing for the fans that the co-founder of the company lacks in-depth knowledge of the professional scene. While the video snippet still infuriates the players, it raises many questions for esports intelligentsia; does the developer care about CSGO?
In 2012, Valve rekindled a battle showdown between Terrorists and Counter-terrorists in the form of CSGO. Since then, the game has continued to make and break records. This progress is attributed to the tournament organizers, CSGO talent, and the players, while the developer itself had little to contribute. It’s not as if GabeN is entirely benighted; stats show that the developer is well invested on its MOBA side.
Valve’s bank is heavily invested on Dota2 side
A recent statistics revealed by esportsearning show how Valve has showered Dota2 with love. The prize money beats esports giants like League of Legends and CSGO. Despite having fewer tournaments as compared to its FPS cousin, Dota2’s prize pool is more than two hundred million dollars, double the prize money in CSGO.
Top Games Awarding Prize Money
As opposed to CSGO, where third party organizers are actively investing in tournaments, such events in Dota 2 are scarce, as majority of Dota 2 tournaments are funded by the developer itself. Valve’s MOBA currently has a total of 21 Majors sponsored by the developers, whereas CSGO lags behind at 15. It’s important to note here that Dota 2 majors kicked off two years later than CSGO majors in 2015. GabeN’s MOBA became an early bloomer despite being a little late to the party.
Dota 2 tournaments sponsored by Valve easily outnumber the few Majors in CSGO. Apart from these tournaments, The International brings in most of the Dota 2’s viewers base. TI’s 25% funding comes from the compendium that players buy in-game.
This is technically Valve’s income that goes into the financing of TI. This funding added to the initial prize pool surpasses CSGO’s prize money by a massive scale. For instance, The International 2018’s winner took $11,000,000+ home, taking these numbers into account, CSGO 2018 Boston Major winner took $10.7M less than the TI winner.
Valve’s attitude towards community issues
Numbers and stats aside, the community is not happy with GabeN, the creator in general. Recurring controversies in 2020 and developers’ silence testify that Gabe Newell and team may not care about the game as much.
Coaching bug exploit is a significant example of Valve’s indifference. The bug, which enabled the coaches to have a birds-eye-view of the map, has existed since 2016. Not only did Valve fail to fix this, but the developer also ignored a complaint filed by Ninjas in pyjamas’ ex-coach Faruk “pita” Pita as soon as he discovered the bug in 2018.
Valve took four years to fix a game-breaking bug that resulted in the termination of many careers and a huge fiasco in esports. ESIC resolved the matter, but only after the damage had already been done.
Most recently, the BLAST voice comms issue caused a massive mess in the community, and it seems as if there’s no one to keep an eye on the community leaders as organizations conflict. CSPPA’s discord with BLAST and organizations has caused an air of confusion among the fans and players as to who could possibly fix this; a mess that includes community leaders as primary participants.
Many would argue that esports drama shouldn’t concern the developer, but that’s not the case. Esports journalist Richard Lewis on his podcast By The Numbers chose Valve as a conciliator to take some action and put the drama to rest.
IT’S A MESS, IT’S A F**KING MESS. AND UNFORTUNATELY, FOR ONCE VALVE, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME IN AND CLEAN UP THE MESS…
Richard Lewis
However, it’s unlikely that anything can wake up the developer from a deep slumber.
Father of all Valve has not restricted his expression of love for Dota 2 to money business only. The CEO has frequently made an appearance at The International events to greet the crowd. His regular visits to Dota 2 events have reduced CSGO to nothing, but an unwanted child in the eyes of Valve as the CSGO crowd has never had the courtesy of watching GabeN live.
The creator and maker has successfully avoided all events in CGSO history. In words of esports insider Rod Breslu, “Faceit ran an ad” at the CSGO majors.
For Dota's The International, Valve icon Gabe Newell comes out to greet the crowd every year, Valve has announced a new game (Artifact), new heroes, and bringing TI to China for the first time.
For CSGO's Majors, Gabe hasn't made an appearance and FaceIt ran an ad.
The almighty dollar may not be as mighty. In 2020, CSGO made new records in terms of viewer base. The breakthrough of one million concurrent players testifies the strength of Valve’s FPS.
On the other hand, Dota 2’s player base declined consequently for five months in a row in October, reducing it to 723,280 concurrent players, according to steamcharts. The numbers tell a different tale; while Dota 2 may thrive in the money department, CSGO continues to set new records without GabeN’s love.
DotA 2 player base in 2020
CSGO player base in 2020
Whether CSGO needs Father GabeN’s credit card or not, has well been explained by Thorin in the podcast mentioned earlier. The International makes Dota 2 grand, but Majors of MOBA might not be as great.
Thorin made clear how Tier-2 tournaments such as Flashpoints have prize money just as much as a Dota 2 major does, i.e. $1M. In this case, CSGO doesn’t necessarily require monetary support from Valve. The wealth in CSGO tournaments on its own proves the thriving health of CSGO esports.
However, an absent father is still a father. The bug issues in CSGO, delayed updates, lack of interesting developments, and silence on community issues require a higher authority or developers’ intervention.
The fact that the game continues to grow, albeit the developer’s indifference only proves that CSGO has so much more to offer if Valve paid more attention.
For now, CSGO operations make up for the yearlong absence of Valve and players seem content with a scrap of attention. Tournament organizers’ interest and understanding of Valve’s FPS is a glimmer of hope for those who still believe in the legend of CSGO, while the player exodus caused by Riot’s Valorant continues.
For the time being, CSGO is content with whatever blood it can squeeze out of the turnip that Valve is, while GabeN graces more stages of The International.
Since the release of the highly anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 on 10th December, players across the world have repeatedly reported certain bugs throughout the game. One of the issues that are more commonly faced by the player base of the game is the audio cracking problem that has been haunting a good number of players attempting to play the action RPG title.
Cyberpunk 2077 Audio Cracking Fix
While we can’t guarantee you a solution that’ll be certain to fix the annoying audio cracking issue you have been facing, you can try out several different things in attempts to fix the issue.
Lower the audio settings on your windows. In order to do so, you can simply go to settings from the start menu, click on settings> device properties> advanced properties> advance, and lower the quality from whatever it is originally set on. This method is highly likely to fix the problem. In case it doesn’t, follow the next steps.
Restart/Reinstall the game: Sometimes, a simple restart or a fresh reinstall can fix the problem for you.
Disable Virtual Surround Sound: You can disable the Virtual Surround Sound from your headphone or sound settings in the control panel.
These three methods are highly likely to fix your audio cracking problem in Cyberpunk 2077. If you still find yourself facing audio cracks after trying these steps out, you should wait. The game is still in its infancy and the developers might ship a patch to fix out any underlying bugs soon.
Famous PUBG Mobile streamer and content creator Maxtern has yet again released a statement regarding the future of PUBG Mobile India. This time, he has claimed that an announcement regarding PUBG Mobile India will be released on Christmas and this might be related to the game’s launch date or possible timeline of the game.
🔥According to some internal source: There might me an announcement related to PUBG Mobile India officials on this Christmas.
In his tweet, Maxtern has stated that “there might be some announcement related to PUBG Mobile India officials on this Christmas” and he further adds that he “hopes” that his sources are true. This is the only new information released by any influencer regarding PUBG Mobile India.
PUBG Mobile was banned in India almost three months ago and since then, there have been many developments that pointed out in different directions but after the official announcement by PUBG Mobile, the question of unban was changed to when will PUBG Mobile return in India. PUBG Corp. published a detailed release about several things but the question of launch was never addressed.
Many speculations led to people believing that PUBG Mobile India might get released in Diwali but they remained to be just mere possibilities. Details about PUBG Mobile India have not been officially released till date but last time, Maxtern accidently leaked some details about the possible advancements regarding PUBG Mobile India.
In a deleted tweet, he mentioned that the game was already being tested by selective few and this time, he stated that players can expect some official news on Christmas. There is no mention about the release date or any such details but if this comes out to be true, we can get some solid piece of information by the end of this year.
Mathilda is the new hero that is getting added to the arsenal of heroes in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. MLBB is a free-to-play MOBA game for mobile platforms and is one of the best games available in this genre. The developers always add new heroes or tweak existing ones to keep the game balanced. A new hero was teased for a long time and finally, it is coming in the game.
The new hero is known as Mathilda and is categorized as a support/assassin hero. This is a unique and somewhat twisty addition as usually, the support heroes can not fall into the assassin category at the same time but this will be the first hero to come out in this way. Supports usually have a huge role to aid the team by providing certain buffs but Mathilda could assist and deal damage at the same time.
The new hero Mathilda has abilities as given below, as per MLBB Fandom Wiki:
Ancestral Guidance(Passive): Mathilda gains Ancestral Guidance while moving. When it is fully charged, her next Basic Attack will be enhanced, dealing 150(+100% Total Physical Attack)(+80% Total Magic Power)Magic Damage to the target and increasing her Movement Speed by 50% that rapidly decays in 2.5 seconds.
Soul Bloom: Mathilda resonates with the power of ancestors and summons wisps that surround her for 3 seconds – when her movement distance increases, more wisps will be attracted to her, capped to 4 wisps. After casting this skill or reaching the time limit, the wisps will attack nearby enemies, with each wisp dealing 300 / 320 / 340 / 360 / 380 / 400 (+50% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage. The damage is reduced to 80% when hitting the same target.
Guiding Wind: Mathilda leaps to a designated place and upon landing, she creates a field surrounding her. Allied heroes within the field will gain a new skill Guiding Wind. When an ally uses Guiding Wind, they will blink to Mathilda and both of them will 30% Movement Speed for 1.5 / 1.7 / 1.9 / 2.1 / 2.3 / 2.5seconds. Allies will lose Guiding Wind when they exit the field for 2 seconds. When an allied hero casts Guiding Wind, all other allied heroes will lose Guiding Wind in the meantime.
Circling Eagle (Ultimate): Mathilda applies a Soul Mark to the targeted hero, dealing 160 / 180 / 200(+40% Total Magic Power)Magic Damage and within 3 seconds, Mathilda can cast the skill again to immediately fly around the target for up to 3 seconds. During this period, wisps will rush to nearby enemies, each time dealing 40 / 45 / 50(+20% Total Magic Power)Magic Damage. After casting skill or reaching the time limit, she will rush to the target, knocking enemies back and dealing 640 / 720 / 800(+80 Total Magic Power)Magic Damage. While flying, Mathilda gains Control Immunity and 60% Damage Reduction.
How To Get Mathilda in Mobile Legends for Free
This new hero can be claimed for free via the new event named “Blazing West”. Players can simply head to the event section and click on the banner to obtain this hero. At the same time, her first skin is available at a highly discounted price so this is the best time to buy it.
Following investigations, the Java Speedrunning Mod team has found the runs of Minecraft content creator ‘Dream’ to be “illegitimate”.
The team revealed their findings through a lengthy report released on December 11th. The report concluded that the drop rates of Dream during his runs were “substantially greater than those of other top-level RSG runners.”
Dream has been accused by the team of using mod packs for his Minecraft speedruns which are usually undetectable during his live streams.
“The only sensible conclusion that can be drawn after this analysis is that Dream’s game was modified in order to manipulate the pearl barter and rod drop rates”, the report states.
Dream’s Response
Through his Twitter handle, Dream responded to the report shortly after it surfaced on the web. He called the report a “Total BS” and claimed that head moderator ‘Geosquare’ was using his name to clickbait people with a title like “Cheating Speedrunning”.
Currently have multiple moderators messaging me that they believe that the verdict was bias, and that they might quit the mod team. What kind of "investigation" was this?
Thank you for the totally unbiased, 2 month, 29 page "investigation" into whether a 16th place run had "too good luck", that was then made into a clickbait Youtube video by a head moderator (what a shocker)
Cyberpunk 2077 offers functionality to get ahead of time-defying the law of nature. The ability to skip time is quite handy given the amount of time it saves. Do you know how to skip time in Cyberpunk 2077? It is fairly easy to perform and will be even easier once you read through this article.
To perform a time-skip in Cyberpunk 2077, fire up the Game Menu. Default binds are ‘I’ for PC, the touchpad on the controller for PS, and the view button for Xbox. Inside the Game Menu, time-skip can be found at the lower left of the screen that’ll let you skip time at will for a maximum of an hour.
Some quests are only available at certain times of the day/night, this is where the time skip comes in, skipping time will let you instantly take up the quests without having to wait for the in-game clock. This is something useful in most open-world games where time is a factor.
Once you reach a quest location that is not available at the time, skip through time until the quest is available to take up. Time-skip is something we would love to have in real life but we have to settle for the feature in Cyberpunk.
To become a princess in Bitlife means marrying into a royal family. If you aren’t lucky enough to make a prince fall for you effortlessly, then you must go through some trouble to full fill this wish. However, becoming a princess in Bitlife is way easier than becoming one real in real life.
You won’t find royalty unless you’re in Belgium, Denmark, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and lastly the United Kingdom. These countries have Royal families for you to marry into.
To become a princess there are a few mountains you must cross. The hard part is finding a member of the Royal family interested in you. Chances are you will find one through dating apps, but on the off chance of not finding one, hit a gym where the royals hang out. Strike a conversation and a prince might ask you out.
To avoid finding a partner, chose to work hard in a field that makes you famous, preferably a singer, actress, or a similar career path in the entertainment industry that earns you the maximum exposure. Fame aside, make sure the character looks good to avoid even the slim chance of a royal passing on you.
As of now, there are no concrete steps to become a princess but everything mention here is tried and tested by the players. Even if you follow every step correctly, chances are a Royal family member might not think of themselves as a suitor for you.
After welcoming video game characters from games like God of War and Halo, it looks like Fornite is set to collab with the insanely popular TV series ‘The Walking Dead’.
The Walking Dead’s renowned characters Michonne and Daryl Dixon are coming to Fortnite, and fans are already growing excited to know the ways to redeem the upcoming characters in the in-game shop. Here’s what you need to know about this Fortnite x The Walking Dead collaboration.
The Walking Dead Fortnite Skins Release Date
Epic Games have confirmed that the highly anticipated skins of Daryl Dixon and Michonne will land on the in-game store of the Battle Royale on 16th December 2020. There’s also a possibility of additional cosmetic items being introduced to the store on the same date.
The trailer shows Michonne and Daryl fighting off a horde of zombies till Jonesy arrives at the location through a portal. The trio then moves through the portal to enter the world of Fortnite.
