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What is Gauntlet Showdown mode in Fall Guys season 2?

Parth Gada
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What is Gauntlet Showdown mode in Fall Guys season 2?

Mediatonic, the publisher of Fall Guys, one of the most popular games of this year, has launched a brand new game mode called Gauntlet Showdown for its Second Season.

The fresh and well-received twist on the classical battle royale format sees 60 animated characters play over 4 rounds of mini-games where in each round, some players are eliminated, till the last man standing is adjourned the winner.

While the traditional mode encompassed team games as well, where the lobby was divided into 2 or 3 teams in one of the mini-games, the gauntlet showdown eliminates this to provide an authentic “each one for yourselves” mode. The only 2 types of games one can get in this mode is the gauntlet or race type minigames, thus removing any possibility of being paired up in a team. The current games that can be played in this mode are:

  • Dizzy Heights
  • Door Dash
  • Fruit Chute
  • Gate Crash
  • Hit Parade
  • Knight Fever
  • See Saw
  • Slime Climb
  • Tip Toe
  • The Whirlygig
  • Wall Guys
  • Fall Mountain

Fall guys have been received very well among the gaming community due to its cartoon-like characters and ambiance which gives it a casual, fun feeling, while at the same time it fuels that competitive spirit to be the last man standing. While many expected the repetitiveness of the games to eventually see its downfall in terms of sustained interest, the hype has still remained pretty strong, with servers barely keeping up with the demand.

Mediatonic, on its part, also has to take some credit, in terms of keeping the content fresh by bringing out season 2 with new maps, skins, and game modes like the Gauntlet Showdown. In fact, the Gauntlet Showdown is literally a race to the finish in the last round- with the popular Fall Mountain being the only decider. They have also released 2 new maps, called Knight Fever and Wall Guys, which will give the players some fresh games.

While the Gauntlet mode is only set to be in Beta and available for a week, this mode will help the developers understand the users’ interests better and possibly extend/tweak this mode based on their feedback.

Remember PhantomL0rd? He just beat Twitch at a Chicago court

Maël Valentin
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Remember PhantomL0rd? He just beat Twitch at a Chicago court

In 2016, CS:GO skins unboxing, gambling and rigged betting sites were on the surge. If you are among the ones who got hooked to one of those sites, you’ve probably come across the name “PhantomL0rd.”

James Varga, popularly known as “PhantomL0rd” owned the popular gambling site CSGOShuffle. He used to actively bet and gamble on the site, without publicly informing the audience of his involvement with the company. Which clearly reflected conflict of interest at all fronts.

The truth was unveiled in a special broadcast by senior investigative esports journalist Richard Lewis.

PhantomL0rd

“As such, content in which the broadcaster users or promotes services that violate Valve’s stated restrictions is prohibited on Twitch,” stated Twitch’s statement when it put an infinite ban on the streamer. The same year, Valve and other law authorities across the world were perpetuating the alleged online scams and transactions. One of where, a Denmark court convicted a scammer.

PhantomL0rd’s Law suit against Twitch for $35mn

Two years later, in the year 2018, James had sued Twitch over misinterpretation and falsely banning the streamer on a platform. The streamer accused the streaming platform of wrongfully prohibiting a user without giving logical explanation on the ban.

According to the law suit, the agreement between James & Twitch had a clause of written explanation in case of breach of contract, which never happened.

Today, Quinlan Law Firm, PhantomL0rd’s attorney firm have announced that the “Judge rules trial against twitch,” dismissing motion for summary judgement. Which means, the trial of this case will be set in March 2021, where Twitch will have to justify the ban on the streamer. Mr. James is claiming damages in millions because of his Twitch ban and probable “lost of wages due to wrongful termination of his channel.”

In 2019, the Judges panel had ruled in favor of Mr. James, affirming that he could claim upto $50K. Although a report by EsportsTalk labels the amount to be a giant $35 million.

The case-number 18-1564337 of Varga vs Twitch is being handled by Quilan & Associate Eric Schmitt at San Francisco court, in Chicago, United States.

Valorant to get new knife ‘Ruin Dagger’ in Act 3

Sonu Banerjee
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Valorant to get new knife ‘Ruin Dagger’ in Act 3

The upcoming Act 3 of Riot’s competitive shooter Valorant is set to bring a heap of new changes to the game. The changes include a new map, a revamped competitive system, a refreshed Battle Pass with updated rewards, and a new skin collection.

Also Read | New Valorant agent Skye officially revealed by Riot; details inside

Details of the Battle Pass have recently been leaked by dataminers, and other than skins of Vandal and Bucky, it also seems to contain a dagger exclusive to the Act 3 Battle Pass.

However, players won’t be able to obtain the knife just by playing the game. To get the Ruin Dagger, along with some other exclusive skins like those of Vandal and Bucky, players will have to upgrade their Battle Pass by spending real money. Once upgraded, buyers will get access to a much broader line of rewards.

This doesn’t mean that you won’t get freebies for playing the game. Even if you don’t upgrade your Battle Pass, you’ll still be able to access a few rewards each time you level up your pass. Some of the free rewards have already been revealed by Riot like the ‘Chilly McFreeze’ gun buddy, a Viper spray, and a ‘Radianite Hazard’ player card, all of which will be exclusive to this year’s pass.

New Valorant agent Skye officially revealed by Riot

Sonu Banerjee
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New Valorant agent Skye officially revealed by Riot

Today, Riot has finally revealed the initial looks on their upcoming Valorant agent Skye through a video showcasing her skills.

Riot has mentioned that they’ll release the new agent on October 27th, two weeks after the release of Act 3. The devs said that the reason behind the delay in the release of the new Agent is the high demand for a new map among fans.

From the trailer, it’s evident that her abilities will consist of an AoE heal, a drone similar to Sova, a bird that can be used to scout out and flash enemies, and an ultimate which will release three wolves to hunt down foes.

Snapshot Via RIOT

Judging by the abilities’ descriptions, it’s obvious that Skye would prove to be an invaluable asset for any team. Her AoE heal can turn the tides of any round while her scouting abilities can ensure easy entry kills towards any site, with a decent ultimate to top it off. The utility of her skillset will undoubtedly make her one of the best initiators in the entire game.

Other than the new agent, the Act 3 update is also set to bring a new map named Icebox to the competitive shooter, the snow-themed map is something that the fans will surely be looking forward to.

CSGO Coach Bans – What Is The Spectator Bug Which Led To This Debacle

Pranav Nalawade
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CSGO Coach Bans – What Is The Spectator Bug Which Led To This Debacle

Unless you’ve been living under a rock over the past few months, chances are that you’re already aware of the infamous ‘spectator bug’ that has made it to the headlines on multiple occasions recently and is the reason behind the bans of several renowned CSGO coaches in the professional scene.

WHAT IS THE SPECTATOR BUG?

The spectator bug allowed coaches of CSGO teams to be stuck as a spectator in certain parts of the map while a match was underway, providing them with full vision around the area. Coaches abusing the bug could gain information on the enemy team’s whereabouts, economy, and tactics which would otherwise be unobtainable.

Needless to say, this bug could easily give players of one team an unfair advantage against the other. Coaches from big organizations were accused of abusing the bug on one or more occasions, which led to an elaborate investigation by the ESIC.

CONSEQUENCES

Coaches who abused the bug didn’t go off unpunished. On September 1st, ESL announced that they were temporarily banning “dead”, “HUNDEN”, and “MechanoGun”, who are the coaches of MiBR, Heroic, and GamerLegion respectively for abusing the bug in tournament games.

But the wave of bans was just starting back then. On September 4th, the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) launched investigations into the abuse of the spectator bug in CSGO and worked alongside Michal Slowinski, the discoverer of this exploit, to hunt down coaches who abused the bug in professional games. Few weeks after the announcement, on September 28th, the ESIC issued bans on 37 CSGO coaches who were found to have abused the bug in the past.

What’s even more shocking is the fact that according to ESIC, only 20% of the investigation has been concluded until now, which means, there are possibly a lot more bans to come. ESIC claimed that they’ll publish a detailed report towards the end of October to close the investigation.

Here’s a list of all the coaches banned in the investigation as of yet (Source: HLTV)

Sr. NoNameDuration
1Slaava “⁠Twista⁠” Räsänen 15.75 months
2Peter “⁠casle⁠” Sørensen 10 months
3Rodrigo “⁠dinamo⁠” Haro10 months
4Arno “⁠ArnoZ1K4⁠” Junior10 months
5Allan “⁠Rejin⁠” Petersen 19.8 months
6Eliomar “glou” Hernandez10 months
7Arthur “⁠prd⁠” Resende10 months
8Alexey “⁠NooK⁠” Kozlovskiy7.5 months
9Henrique “⁠rikz⁠” Waku10 months
10Alessandro “⁠Apoka⁠” Marcucci 5.4 months
11Aleksandr “⁠zoneR⁠” Bogatiryev36 months
12Germán “hellpa” Morath10 months
13Egor “fuRy^” Morin7.5 months
14Aset “⁠Solaar⁠” Sembiyev10 months
15Nicolai “⁠HUNDEN⁠” Petersen8 months
16Ricardo “⁠dead⁠” Sinigaglia6.5 months
17Nicholas “⁠guerri⁠” Nogueira4 months
18Faruk “⁠pita⁠” Pita 10 months
19Erik “⁠AKIMOV⁠” Akimov 7.5 months
20Ivan “⁠F_1N⁠” Kochugov8.75 months
21Bruno “⁠ellllll⁠” Ono10 months 
22Pedro “⁠peu⁠” Lopes5 months
23Robert “⁠RobbaN⁠” Dahlström5.5 months
24Mariusz “⁠Loord⁠” Cybulski6 months
25Anton “⁠ToH1o⁠” Georgiev10 months
26Andrey “⁠Andi⁠” Prokhorov10 months
27Milan “⁠pepik⁠” Gellebra 10 months
28Morgan “⁠B1GGY⁠” Madour7.5 months
29Christian “⁠chrille⁠” Lindberg10 months
30Sergey “⁠starix⁠” Ischuk10 months
31Alexander “⁠ave⁠” Holdt6 months
32Jasmeet “⁠RoSeY⁠” Gill10 months
33Sergey “⁠lmbt⁠” Bezhanov7.5 months
34Henrik “⁠FeTiSh⁠” Christensen3.75 months
35Mikołaj “⁠miNirox⁠” Michałków 3.75 months
36Nikolay “⁠pNshr⁠” Paunin3.75 months
37Casper “⁠ruggah⁠” Due3.75 months

Valorant new agent Skye’s ablities video leaked

Pranav Nalawade
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Valorant new agent Skye’s ablities video leaked

Details of the upcoming Valorant Act3 have recently been revealed by Riot. While a lot of changes are underway, what garnered the most attention from fans was perhaps the newly announced agent.

While Riot’s blog contained a picture of this new agent, finer details like her name or her skillset weren’t publicly revealed. However, that didn’t stop data miners on Twitter to dig up some game files in search of the upcoming agent’s abilities.

Also Read | Valorant Act 3 Battle Pass: new agent, singularity skin collection, release date, and more

It wasn’t long before her skills were eventually leaked. The new agent, whose name is expected to be Skye, will pack a skillset of utilities to give her team the upper hand when taking parts of the map. Here’s what the leaks suggest about her abilities:

No description available.

Judging by Skye’s abilities’ descriptions, it’s obvious that Skye would prove to be an invaluable asset for any team. Her AoE heal can turn the tides of any round while her scouting abilities can ensure easy entry kills towards any site, with a decent ultimate to top it off. Here an in-game demonstration of her abilities, posted by Valorant Leaks on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/ValorLeaks/status/1313954750015197184?s=20

The date of the arrival of Skye is scheduled to be on October 27th, two weeks after the Act 3 update on October 13th. Other than the new agent, the Act 3 update is also set to bring a new map named Icebox to the competitive shooter, the snow-themed map is something that the fans will surely be looking forward to.

Global Esports bench hellf; accuses VLT antidote of poaching

The Crew
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Global Esports bench hellf; accuses VLT antidote of poaching

The rising Valorant scene in India is set to have its own set of roster drama or so it seems. Global Esports have decided to bench Sagnik ‘hellfightR’ Roy from the active Valorant lineup with immediate effect, just a couple of days after announcing their roster.

GE CEO Rushindra Sinha clarified the organization’s reasoning behind the benching. According to Rushindra, hellff revealed his intention to leave for VLT Gaming just days after having signed up for Global Esports.

This, as he iterates, is a direct attempt of poaching from VLT star Sabyasachi ‘Antidote‘ Bose. While the two players have called it a mutual decision between the players themselves, the Indian Esports scene must not remain oblivious to the obligations that are attached to signing a contract.

Rushindra further exclaimed that he expects VLT Gaming to join hands in improving the situation surrounding contractual obligations in the Indian Esports scene.

The attempt at a move for hellff suggests that the player is likely to be brought in for Vibhor ‘Vibhor’ Vaid, with hellff also proficient with Cypher.

Rushindra further states that hellff wasn’t the only player that was contacted over a potential move. However, it seems the former CSGO pro is the only one that agreed to it.

It is high time the Indian esports world recognizes the ethics behind contracts and dealings and treat it more valuable than just a piece of paper.


You can find Rushindra’s statement attached herein –

It’s high time players learn a little ethics when it comes to behaving professionally.

Within weeks of signing with us Sagnik Roy aka Hellf has decided he wants to break his contractual obligations to join VLT after being approached by Sabyasachi aka Antidote to join VLT. Hellf wasn’t the only player that was approached by our competitor but the only one they managed to convince. While both players maintain that the decision was mutual and not a case of poaching this is still something that needs to be addressed as an issue within the esports community in India

We are officially announcing the benching of HellF until further notice and urge the entire community to start treating this as the job that it is. They are getting a salary and an opportunity to represent an org as well as their country.

This is also a lesson to all players to stop poaching and / or making any other breach of terms or services with the organization. If we want the ecosystem to grow we must adhere to the system that encourages systematic transfers/loans/buyouts/trades to ensure all the parties involved benefit from it. This has been a long standing issue with organizations in the past and I think it’s high time everyone steps up. Including us. It is imperative that the few sponsored orgs of this region work hand in hand to avoid such exploitation by the players.

@vlt.sentinel expecting better from all of our players in the future & us. While we are sure you do not encourage this unethical move by any player, we request you to look into this and take necessary action, we would like to resolve this the proper way and are hoping you work with us on this.

New Ruin Vandal skin coming to Valorant in the next battle pass

Sonu Banerjee
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New Ruin Vandal skin coming to Valorant in the next battle pass

The third Act of Valorant is only a few days away, and it’ll bring with it a number of new changes to the tactical shooter.

The new changes which will arrive alongside the release of Act 3 include a new map, a weapon skin collection, a new Battle Pass, and a major revamp to the competitive system. The new map named ‘Icebox‘ will be a snow-themed map and is set to be available for competitive play from October 27th.

Also Read | Valorant Act 3 Battle Pass: new agent, singularity skin collection, release date, and more

The refreshed Battle Pass will offer a heap of new rewards to the players for progressing through its ranks. The free version of the battle pass will include exclusive rewards like the ‘Chilly McFreeze’ gun buddy, a Viper spray, and a ‘Radianite Hazard’ player card.

Upgrading the Battle Pass by spending real money will provide even better rewards to the players. These premium rewards include the likes of a ‘Disco Ball’ gun buddy, a Surge Bucky with variants, and perhaps the most anticipated of them all – the Ruin Vandal.

Vandal is one of the most popular guns in the game besides its faster but less damaging counterpart Phantom. A premium weapon skin for Vandal in the Battle Pass will surely inspire players to upgrade it from the free version.

News channel uses GTA V gameplay footage to portray crime scene

Sonu Banerjee
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News channel uses GTA V gameplay footage to portray crime scene

What’s the best way to explain a series of grand theft autos when you don’t have the actual footage of any of the crime scenes? Turns out, the answer might be lying in a video game.

A news channel from Pakistan named ‘Samaa TV’ used in-game recordings from the video game GTA V to explain a series of automobile hijackings that went down in the country.

For the unaware, Grand Theft Auto 5 is an insanely popular action-adventure title developed by Rockstar Games. The game not only boasts extremely realistic graphics, but it allows players to simulate crimes like motor vehicle thefts. These factors make GTA V seem like a decent choice for portraying an actual crime scene in case the actual footage isn’t available. Not to mention it also spares the cost of animating the scene.

The clip that has surfaced on social media shows a reporter explaining what went down in the crime scene while the news channel showed GTA V clips in the background to help viewers visualize the situation.

Last time, a regional news channel in the state of Odisha with Counter-Strike:Global Offensive title song being played in the background. The gaming community in India was ridiculed at first. However, as the clip attracted more users, people were bizarrely overwhelmed.

https://www.facebook.com/bolowajahat/videos/1348367772172024

The television cable channel was spreading awareness concerning COVID-19 pandemic.

Regardless of what your opinion stands on news channels using video game clips to explain crimes, you can’t possibly deny the uniqueness behind this idea which the editors came up with.

New Valorant agent Skye gameplay leaked

Sonu Banerjee
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New Valorant agent Skye gameplay leaked

Details of the upcoming Valorant Act3 have recently been revealed by Riot. While a lot of changes are underway, what garnered the most attention from fans was perhaps the newly announced agent.

While Riot’s blog contained a picture of this new agent, finer details like her name or her skillset weren’t publicly revealed. However, that didn’t stop dataminers on Twitter to dig up some game files in search of the upcoming agent’s abilities.

Also Read | Valorant Act 3 Battle Pass: new agent, singularity skin collection, release date, and more

It wasn’t long before her skills were eventually leaked. The new agent, whose name is expected to be Skye, will pack a skillset of utilities to give her team the upper hand when taking parts of the map. Here’s what the leaks suggest about her abilities:

No description available.

Judging by the abilities’ descriptions, it’s obvious that Skye would prove to be an invaluable asset for any team. Her AoE heal can turn the tides of any round while her scouting abilities can ensure easy entry kills towards any site, with a decent ultimate to top it off. Here an in-game demonstration of her abilities, posted by Valorant Leaks on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/ValorLeaks/status/1313954750015197184?s=20

The date of the arrival of Skye is scheduled to be on October 27th, two weeks after the Act 3 update on October 13th. Other than the new agent, the Act 3 update is also set to bring a new map named Icebox to the competitive shooter, the snow-themed map is something that the fans will surely be looking forward to.

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