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How long does Valorant scheduled maintenance last?

Divyesh Moghe
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How long does Valorant scheduled maintenance last?

Valorant is a multiplayer shooter game and one with immense popularity. Such a game requires regular maintenance and updates to keep it in a good condition and provide the best experience for its userbase. While it’s annoying for some that their favorite game goes into the maintenance period for a long time, it’s equally necessary.

When you are all hyped to finish your tasks and chill in Valorant or tune in to resume the grind, you are bound to be upset when the maintenance error message pops up. You are probably here to find how long the servers are down and when will the update get over? Well, rest assured because Riot Games values your time and always completes their server maintenance in the quickest way possible.

The best way to check the downtime is to keep an eye on the official Valorant Twitter handle(@PlayVALORANT). Valorant is very active on their social media handles and instantly updates what you need to know. If the server is down, you will probably see an explanation on their handles. Another way is just to see for yourself if the servers are down. You can do so by visiting the Valorant Server Status website and there is always a duration provided by which you can estimate when Valorant will return.

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Also read: Operator is getting nerfed in the upcoming patch

As per our experience, Valorant always went down for maintenance for a couple of hours during its beta testing phase, and later on, as the updates piled up, the game went down for a maximum time of five to six hours till now. While it’s not guaranteed, you can wait for some hours before trying to login again.

Server maintenance is very necessary for a game as big as Valorant. It upgrades the quality of user experience with each upgrade and while it may not be in your liking, it still works in your favor. Valorant can still be considered as a fairly new game and to maintain the balanced gameplay, identify potential bugs, fixing server lags, and other issues, it needs to be rectified on a regular basis. So, be calm and relax till the servers come back up and you enter into the realm of Valorant to dominate.

Also Read: VALORANT DOWN FOR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE? HOW TO CHECK SERVER STATUS, OUTAGES AND MORE

Valorant First Strike – Everything you need to know about the first Valorant major

Sonu Banerjee
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Valorant First Strike – Everything you need to know about the first Valorant major

The competitive scene of Riot’s competitive shooter Valorant is developing at a rapid pace since its release on June 2nd. Tournaments with huge prize pools are readily being conducted for Valorant by various organizers around the world.

The announcement of the Ignition Series a few months back further escalated this pace, inspiring tournament organizers to invest heavily in the new FPS title. It didn’t take long for Valorant to develop a strong esports scene around the game, and now, it looks like they’re looking to take things to the next level, as Riot has recently announced that they’re planning to organize Valorant First Strike – the first Valorant major.

Here’s everything you need to know about the first official Valorant tournament:

The Format

The First Strike major will feature multiple regions throughout the world. Tournaments will be organized across North America, Europe, Asia, CIS, South America, and the Middle East. The regional qualifiers will start in the next few weeks and will culminate in the main event. Eight teams from each region will battle it out in the main event from where one team from each region will be crowned as the regional champions.

The Schedule

While no specific date has been mentioned by Riot as of yet, the regional qualifiers for First Strike can be expected to take place towards the end of October. The main event and the regional finals are scheduled to take place from December 3-6. 

How to Register

Riot has advised players to start preparing their rosters if they’re looking to participate in the regional qualifiers. The rules, policies, and instructions on how to register for the qualifiers will be made public by Riot in the next few days. 

While anyone is free to participate in the Valorant First Strike open qualifiers, players will have to be over the age of sixteen and above the rank of Immortal 1 in order to register themselves for the tournament.

Mountain Dew extends its partnership with PUBG Mobile

Divyesh Moghe
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Mountain Dew extends its partnership with PUBG Mobile

Pepsico owned Mountain Dew has extended its partnership with PUBG Mobile to launch extensive in-game events and dedicated rewards. As a part of this dynamic partnership, PUBG Mobile has developed in-game “Mountain Dew Fuel Stations” for players to experience for a limited amount of time.

The partnership was apparent when PUBG Mobile released a teaser where a sniper spots the Mountain Dew Fuel station. This indicated the potential start of an in-game partnership between both of these entities apart from their esports partnerships.

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PUBG Mobile and Mountain Dew have shared a long relation of being sponsors to their official esports events. The beverage brand was a sponsor to various well-famed PUBG Mobile esports events like PMPL: South Asia and PUBG Mobile World League. This time, the hand of partnership is extended to launch in-game themed events as well. The “Fuel Stations” provide an extra amount of loots and are located at designated stations throughout the maps of PUBG Mobile.

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According to the Gaming Reporter, PUBG Mobile fans in some specific international markets can enjoy some free rewards and in-game prizes on the purchase of specifically marked Mountain Dew products.

Alongside this partnership, Mountain Dew is a beverage partner for the ongoing and upcoming esports series like PUBG Mobile Pro League: Americas, World Leagues, and Global Championship 2020.

Also read: PMPL SEA: Teams, Schedule and more

Genshin Impact Beginners Guide – Everything you need to know before starting the game

Prateek Jain
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Genshin Impact Beginners Guide – Everything you need to know before starting the game

Genshin Impact is a free-to-play gacha-based, fantasy open-world, action RPG developed and published by Chinese game studio miHoYo. Launched yesterday (i.e 28th Sept) globally on PlayStation 4, PC, Android, and iOS.

In Genshin Impact, players find themselves transported to a fantasy world called Teyvat. After arriving at Teyvat the player will find themselves separated from their sibling. The Player will then go on a journey across the world finding clues about their sibling while also helping several other characters who will later join the player’s party. Each character wields unique abilities and a charming personality. So the main goals in Genshin Impact are undertaking quests, exploring the vast open-world of Teyvat, and uncovering the truth about the world’s primordial gods.

Also Read: Genshin Impact: How to Process Ingredients

Even before its release, the game was criticized heavily for being too similar to Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild during its initial announcement in 2019. Well in terms of graphics and world design the game shares striking similarities to Nintendo’s BOTW, but unlike having a linear progression like in BOTW, Genshin Impact features unique characters each tied to the main story progression and different gameplay mechanics, making it a unique game in its own.

At launch, there are a total of 23 playable characters (including the starting character) in the game, and each character features two unique combat skills: a normal and a special skill. Each character can be controlled by the player at any given point in the game. Additionally, each of the characters would have control of one of seven natural elements i.e  Cyro, Dendro, Pyro, Hydro, Anemo, Electro, and Geo. The normal skill can be used any time, while not on cooldown. Whereas the special skill would require players to amass sufficient elemental energy to use.

Following is a list of heroes available at launch with their respective element

5-Star 

  1. Klee- Pyro
  2. Keqing- Electro
  3. Diluc- Pyro
  4. Jean- Anemo
  5. Qiqi- Cryo
  6. Mona- Hydro
  7. Venti- Anemo
  8. Xiao- Anemo  

4-Star

  1. Amber- Pyro
  2. Barbara- Hydro
  3. Beidou- Electro
  4. Bennett- Pyro
  5. Chongyun- Cryo
  6. Fischl- Electro
  7. Kaeya- Cryo
  8. Lisa- Electro
  9. Ningguang- Geo
  10. Noelle- Geo
  11. Razor- Electro
  12. Sucrose- Anemo
  13. Xiangling- Pyro
  14. Xingqiu- Hydro

Valorant Down for Scheduled Maintenance? How to check server status, outages and more

Divyesh Moghe
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Valorant Down for Scheduled Maintenance? How to check server status, outages and more

Valorant has become one of the most popular multiplayer games and with the popularity, comes a massive player base and it’s management. Although the game is developed by the giant, Riot Games, it is not completely immune to problems that many multiplayer games. Valorant fans face server outages and disconnection issues quite frequently. If you are facing any, here is how to check and possibly find a fix to your issues.

Valorant has been a title that has experienced immense popularity right from its closed beta testing. With the game picking up the pace, the game developers are also trying to fix as many issues as possible but still, there are some that may slip through them. To check and troubleshoot your issues, you can gather the information mostly from the official Valorant Twitter handle. The social media account is fairly active and they address the issues most often.

If your issue is already addressed by the Valorant, rest assured that the server will be back up soon. Riot Games has a Service Status page for all of their titles. The Valorant service status page provides a lot of information regarding the time frame for which the server is down and the cause of this issue. The page also states the recent problems and this is where you can also report your issue.

If you still can’t find the fix, you can jump to the Valorant Support page and find a fix to almost every issue, and still if you are not satisfied, you can contact them with your issues as well. It is recommended to go through every tab that may be useful for you and most importantly, check the error codes page to fix the most common issues. After doing all of these troubleshoots, we hope that your issue is addressed or possibly solved.

Also Read: Operator Nerf incoming in patch 1.09

Genshin Impact: How to Process Ingredients

Divyesh Moghe
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Genshin Impact: How to Process Ingredients

Genshin Impact is the latest role-playing game launched by the Chinese game development studio named miHoYo. The game is available across all platforms, including mobile versions. The basic necessity in this game is cooking dishes for which, various ingredients are needed. Let’s take a look at how you can process ingredients to several forms in Genshin Impact.

In an open-world game, there are numerous possibilities to what you can and Genshin Impact offers just that. The vital part of this game is cooking dishes that will regenerate your character’s health or give a boost to the attack and defensive abilities. Dishes require several core ingredients that are available throughout the journey of this game and sometimes, you need to process some ingredients in order to make them usable.

What is ingredient processing?

Processing here literally refers to making products out of available raw material. Such products can be further used in the game to cook dishes, similar to the real-life cooking experience. Some products are available in the very basic form, for example, milk, and to attain the desired ingredient, you have to process it. Milk can be processed to make stuff like cheese, wheat can be processed to make flour, and so on.

At the start of Genshin Impact, you are provided with a quest that requires you to process three ingredients. The game directs you to achieve the goal but still doesn’t state the exact process. Here are the exact steps on how to process ingredients easily.

How to process ingredients

Step One: Look out for stoves provided into cities like Mondstadt and Liyue or firing places located in the open world.

Step Two: Once you reach such a place, you can access the cooking interface provided.

Step Three: Click on the ingredients menu. It is represented with a chili pepper logo.

Step Four: In that menu, you can select the ingredient you want and click on “Process” button.

Step Five: The ingredient processing will start. It may take upto several minutes to process certain ingredients. Once you have all the ingredients, you can cook in the same menu.

By following these simple steps given above, you can easily process ingredients and make varied recipes. Here is a list of recipes that you can try.

Also Read: CHINESE GAME MAKER ACCUSED OF USING SPYWARE IN ANTI-CHEAT OF “GENSHIN IMPACT”

Chinese game maker accused of using spyware in anti-cheat of “Genshin Impact”

Sonu Banerjee
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Chinese game maker accused of using spyware in anti-cheat of “Genshin Impact”

It has only been a day since the release of Genshin Impact, and the role-playing game is already surrounded by a veil of controversies.

Soon after the release, Chinese company miHoYo, the makers of “Genshin Impact” started being accused of installing spyware on computers in attempts to extract user data. The company has responded to the accusations, claiming that they are baseless.

It all started when players began to notice that the anti-cheat of Genshin Impact kept running in the background even after closing or uninstalling the game. Furthermore, this anti-cheat system behind Genshin requires kernel-level access to the system, quite similar to Vanguard, the anti-cheat of Valorant.

The media was quick to pick up on this, and rumors began to spread like wildfire that miHoYo might be trying to disguise spyware behind their anti-cheat of Genshin.

Today, the issue of the anti-cheat running in the background has been resolved, and the company has responded to the allegations made against them by the overseas media.

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According to a Chinese website, miHoYo has denied all the allegations made against them about attempts to steal user data. They’ve claimed that the issues with the anti-cheat didn’t occur in the PS4 or the mobile versions of the game either.

The report when roughly translated, says, “In response to this, miHoYo conducted its own survey and announced the survey results on its official website today on September 28th. The survey results show that the anti-cheat program is automatically started and that the information read by this anti-cheat program is not processed, saved, uploaded, or otherwise spyware-like.”

The company then proceeded to apologize to the players for the inconvenience caused due to the anti-cheat running in the background and reassured players that they’d never collect the personal information of anyone without their consent. Do you play Genshin Impact? Let us know in the comment section below.

Valorant Operator nerf incoming in patch 1.09

Sonu Banerjee
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Valorant Operator nerf incoming in patch 1.09

After complaints from Valorant players throughout the world on how overpowered the Operator was, Riot Games has finally decided to hit the sniper with a nerf hammer. Valorant game designer Nick “Wu” Smith has revealed their plans for the Operator in an interview with Team Liquid content creator Mendo.

In the interview, Smith explained the series of nerfs that the Operator is about to receive in the upcoming patch 1.09, and they’re pretty harsh. For starters, its price will see a direct increase of 500 credits from its former value of 4500 creds. Players will now have to invest 5000 credits to get their hands on an Operator.

Besides this, players’ movement speeds when scoped will be reduced from 76% to 72%. The weapon’s deadzone will also be reduced from 30% move speed to 15%, which means that the op will get inaccurate faster and take more time to steady when coming to a stop from moving.

The fire rate of the Operator will also be reduced from 0.75 to 0.6, which is a direct 20% decrease. On top of that, the equip time of the gun has also been increased from 0.3 to 0.5.

These changes, when combined with another upcoming change that will increase the time for stability of landing accuracy from 0.2 seconds to 0.225 seconds will further reduce its impact in Valorant.

It can be said without a doubt that all these brutal nerfs are certain to deteriorate the popularity of the Operator in higher and lower ranks alike. But its synergy with Jett, which many players had complained about before, will still be formidable for anyone to deal with, especially in higher ranks.

Soulja boy makes a newbie mistake and ruins Among Us

Divyesh Moghe
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Soulja boy makes a newbie mistake and ruins Among Us

Among us is becoming very famous in recent days and has attracted people from all sorts of life to this game. The American rapper Soulja Boy has started to entertain his fans with streaming Among Us on his Twitch channel. While playing on the live stream, he makes a novice mistake that completely ruins his match.

Soulja Boy is a successful rapper and after his success in the music industry, he is trying to make a name for himself in the streaming industry. On his Twitch channel, he interacts with his fans while playing the popular game Among Us.

Among us is a game in which the imposters have to be creative and subtle with their techniques. They have to be stealthy and time the kills perfectly to win a game. Apparently, Soulja Boy could not do it which cost him the complete match in a funny way.

In a Twitch Clip, Soulja Boy was playing Among us with his friends and they were all sitting in a discord voice chat. He was the imposter and was on a roll with his kills. After a while, he interacted with his live chat and asked them who should he kill next.

Right after his statement, his friends had some giggles and immediately called an emergency meeting. Soulja boy entered into a fit of laughter realizing what had happened. He forgot to mute himself before interacting and gave away the information that he was an imposter.

This very novice mistake caused him the game and he was instantly ejected after the emergency meeting vote out. He tried to defend himself by making some excuses but could not escape with this act.

Such funny events cause Among Us to become a more enjoyable experience for the streamers as well as the viewers. Many famous personalities mess up between the games which ultimately becomes a joyous moment for their fans.

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PUBG Mobile Pro League: SEA – Teams, Schedule and more

Divyesh Moghe
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PUBG Mobile Pro League: SEA – Teams, Schedule and more

PUBG Mobile Pro League: Southeast Asia is set to start from 23rd October in a three-day event that will decide the seeding slots for PUBG Mobile Global Championship. The Southeast Asia region is one of the biggest regions in the PUBG Mobile Esports circuit. The prominent countries from that region had their own PMPL through which the top teams have qualified in the grand finals of PMPL Fall 2020: SEA.

The PMPL editions for Thailand, Malaysia-Singapore, Indonesia, and Vietnam came to an end with a month-long regular season and a finals weekend. The professional teams that were invited through last season’s seedings and newcomers qualifying from PMCO battled here to claim the massive chunk of prize pools that ranged to more than $50,000 per region.

The Fall Season is set to begin with a total of 16 teams entering from various regions. The segregation of regions and the seeding slots according to Liquipedia is as follows:

PMPL: SEA Fall Split Teams

Here are the 16 teams that have qualified for PMPL: SEA Fall Split Finals.

  • Yodoo Gank
  • Team Secret TH
  • RRQ Athena
  • Power888 KPS
  • Aerowolf LIMAX
  • Aura Esports
  • Bigetron RA
  • Team SMG
  • Geek Fam
  • Team Secret
  • BOX Gaming
  • Xavier Team
  • VGaming
  • Iconic PH
  • Yangon Galacticos
  • All-Star Team Puyat

PMPL: SEA Fall Split Schedule:

The tournament will begin on October 23 and end on October 25. The number of matches to be played is not decided for now but assuming from the previous renditions of these tournaments, a total of 15 to 18 matches; 5-6 matches per day; can be played.

Teams to look out for:

The meta has changed from the PMPL: Spring Split. The game has brought major changes to the point table format, decreasing the point allocation to the winning team from 20 to 15. This has forced the teams to take more calculated risks and flourish their aggressive game performances. This time, new teams POWER888 KPS, Aerowolf, and Team Secret Thailand have made an impressive start to their journey. These teams can give the veterans the run for their money.

Talking about veterans, the champions Bigetron RA are completely dominating the PUBG Mobile scenario in Southeast Asia. After winning the PUBG Mobile World League- East, the team qualified for SEA finals again through dominating the points table at PMPL Indonesia Regular Season. An interesting fact is that the team has ranked top in every tournament they have played since last October; except the last PMPL SEA Finals. This not only asserts their reign of dominance, but it also shows how synergetic the team has become without any roster shuffles and is producing results very consistently.

Along with Bigetron, the powerhouses like RRQ Athena, Yodoo Gank, BOX Gaming, and Team Secret have qualified from their respective regions. By looking at their records, it is certain that Bigetron RA will show their dominance this time also but it will be interesting to see how all these teams have grown up since they fought against each other in PMWL: East Season 0.

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