Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Valve’s famous tactical FPS is one among the other titles which do rely a lot on frames per second (FPS). Higher Frames does help CS:GO to culminate its performance in a more “Polished manner” With a higher index of FPS, maps seem to be more coherent with an “In-unison frame- rate”.
While playing, many players tend to keep tabs on various in-game parameters like the FPS, Internet quality ones like the PING and the Packet loss. In Counter Strike : Global Offensive, one can easily check out their FPS parameters by various ways.
CS:GO has this Console option which can be triggered by pressing the “ ~ ” button on the keyboard. This console option can be enabled in the Game column under the Settings menu. All you need to do is enable the “Developer Developer console” by choosing YES.
Once you have enabled the Developer Console, pres the” ~ ” button on your keyboard , type “cl_showfps 1” and hit enter. You can now see the FPS parameter in the top left corner of your screen.
Along with the FPS parameter, if you wish to know more about other statistics as well, all you need to do is type “net_graph 1” in the Console and hit Enter. Upon entering this, you could now see a series of statistics and numbers right at the bottom.
This tells you about your connection’s health and helps you to monitor the FPS as well. You can disable it by changing it to 0 once you’ve collected all the information required. Type “net_graph 0” in the developer console and hit enter to make it vanish.
Apart from these, the steam overlay can also assist you in the same. You just need to press Shift +Tab on your keyboard, navigate yourself to the “In-Game” menu under the Settings and turn on the In-game FPS counter. This will too display the FPS in the Left Top corner of the screen. This option also allows you to change the alignment of the same where you can make it flash with a high contrast color as well.
Player spending in mobile games rises by 27% year-over-year in the first half of 2020, to $19.3 billion according to SensorTown reports.
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According to the reports, the revenue rose by 10.3% as compared to first quarter of year 2020, with a 16% rise in player spendings to $17.5 billion on year-over-year basis. The revenue peaked to $6.6 million during month of May.
There was an incredible surge in game downloads as compared to previous years where the number of downloads increased by 45.3% on Y/Y basis for the first half of 2020. The total number of game downloads now cross 15 billion globally, attaining the peak in April with 5.5 billion downloads.
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India is included in the top three countries in terms of game download as the numbers rose from 1.8 billion to 2.7 billion on quarterly basis, a surge of 50% in Q2.
PUBG Mobile ranks at the top of list, generating $621 million in this quarter. Although their revenue is down by 8% as compared to Q1, the average revenue is still rising.
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Games like Roblox, Pokémon GO and Fortnite skyrocketed in the revenue charts in Q2, especially Fortnite. Fortnite is one of the top grossing games on App Store in 2020 till now, with a rise of over 110% in player spendings on a quarterly basis.
On July 31st, Valve has shipped a new update to Dota 2 which aims to speed up the loading times of the game in lower-end systems. Lately, there has been a surge of people complaining about being stuck in black screens while loading which might be a consequence of all the new features from the TI10 Battle Pass.
From now on, players can use the “-prewarm” launch option to load up most of the in-game assets during the initial launch of the game. This means that players will have to face a bit more time during the initial launch to fully load up the game, but the loading times when connecting to a match will be much faster.
-prewarm | A new experimental launch option to help lower-end systems that face a black screen or long load times during game connection. #Dota2pic.twitter.com/zsgZOQHcd0
This command is especially aimed at players on lower-end systems, who were facing difficulties connecting to games and were often receiving abandons for not being able to connect to the game in the given time. Not to mention being stuck in a black screen was also annoying for the players which this launch option appears to fix.
To use this experimental feature, simply right click Dota 2 in your Steam Library and click on properties. Then go to “Set Launch Options” and type in “-prewarm” without the quotation marks, and that’s it. You’ll face a longer initial loading time but chances are, you’ll have a better gameplay experience after you sit through the initial launch.
According to a report from win.gg and team CR4ZY’s head Coach Ivan “Johnta” Shevtsov, one of the team’s players was bitten by a dog post their win on the series opener map, Mirage. The player’s name hasn’t been yet revealed by the coach or the organization but somehow the player made himself available for the rest of the series.
This game was crazy even outside of the server. One of our players got literally bitten by a dog during a break between maps as he had to go outside to do smth. But he handled it like a champ and continued playing like nothing happened. https://t.co/rdJkZ3mGjW
After the opening match which was four-folded with an overtime, CR4ZY managed to clinch the opener with a scoreline of 28-25 over Serbia’s Level Up Esports, one of CR4ZY’s players was bitten by a dog yet unclear whether it was his pet or stray, the former didn’t show any signs of hesitations and returned to the server only to help his side win the Best of 3 series. Though CR4ZY did drop the second map, they managed to bounce back on the decider map where they culminated a yet another Overtime effort into success, thus winning the 4.5 hours long series in a fashionable 2-1 manner.
AFTER ~4.5 HOURS, WE MANAGE TO TAKE THE W AGAINST @LevelUpRhinos IN OVERTIME ON MAP 3!! 🤯😵
All praises would have absolutely gone in the injured player’s bag as he might have struggled his way to help his team despite of the fact being unsure about the attack followed by the type of the injury which could’ve dealt a lot if the dog would’ve been rabid.
At this moment, CR4ZY fields these 5 players under it’s roster.
It’s a well known fact that CSGO skins can be very costly these days, but just how pricey they can be? Let’s find out.
We tried to put together a list of the most expensive skins in CSGO history, and the price tags on some of these skins are sure to surprise you. We’ve tried to limit the use of variants of the same skin multiple times whose prices may have differed due to the different sticker placements or floats as much as possible.
10: StatTrak Five Seven | Case Hardened (Factory New) w/ 4x Titan Holos
The price of any case hardened skin depends on the amount of blue colour present in the skin. This particular five seven which is priced at about $35,000 has a 100% blue finish which makes this one of the rarest patterns in the world. On top of that, the 4x Katowice 2014 Titan Holos adds a heavy boost to its price, giving it a spot in the list of the top 10 most expensive CSGO skins ever.
09: AWP | Medusa (Factory New) w/ 4x Titan Holo
The AWP | Medusa itself is one of the rarest skins in CSGO. The Medusa is from the Gods and Monsters collection which was released in CSGO way back in 2015. Besides being an extremely rare skin, this specific AWP | Medusa has a float of 0.0005 with 4x Titan Holos of Katowice 2014 attached to it. These factors combinedly takes the price of this Medusa to a range of $37k-38k
08: StatTrak AK-47 | Case Hardened (Minimal Wear)
While the Case Hardened skins of any weapon are in high demand in the CSGO marketplace, this specific AK-47 Case Hardened has a “Scar” pattern to it, which is not only rare but also looks wonderful in-game from a players’ POV. This makes the “Scar” pattern Case Hardened one of the priciest skins in CSGO costing at about $40k.
The Wild Lotus is one of the newer skins in CSGO which has made its debut in the Shattered Web collection in late 2019. This AK which goes for about $40,000 not only has an extremely neat float, but is also equipped with 4x Reason Holos from 2014 Katowice, which goes for roughly $12,000 each. The price tag on this skin is only expected to elevate even further due to this skin not being obtainable anymore by normal means, unless Valve decides to include this skin in one of their future operations as drops.
06: Karambit | Case Hardened (Minimal Wear)
As mentioned earlier, Case Hardened skins always attract CSGO collectors and casual players alike. This specific Case Hardened has a pattern which makes its playside almost 100% blue. While it’s still extremely difficult to put a price tag on this skin due to its sheer rarity, its safe to assume that it can go for well over $40,000.
05: StatTrak Karambit | Crimson Web (Factory New)
Being one of the rarest skins in CSGO, the StatTrak Karambit Crimson Webs are extremely limited in availability in the CSGO marketplace. This specific Crimson Web with a float of 0.06 and an extremely rare playside pattern has gone for $50,000 in the past but the price has dropped since then with the release of more and more knives in the CSGO cases.
04: Souvenir AWP | Dragon Lore (Factory New)
Souvenir Dragon Lores have made it to the headlines multiple times in the past. These skins go for ridiculous amounts of prices because of their sheer rarity. They are found on Cobblestone cases which used to drop in CSGO majors but have been discontinued since the map went out of the active duty pool. This Souvenir Dragon Lore has a ‘pashaBiceps’ sticker attached on scope and costs about $60,000.
The M4A4 Howl is the one and only Contraband skin of CSGO which has been discontinued permanently and will never be available to obtain in the game again. This makes the Howl one of the most desirable skins to have in the entire game due to the extreme limitations in its availability. This Howl has a float of 0.003 which makes this the #1 float in the game. That, along with the 4x IBP Holos from Katowice 2014 which costs like $13,000 each, takes the price of this skin to extreme limits with a tag of $70,000.
We’ve already stated earlier that the “Scar” pattern is one of the most aesthetic and the rarest patterns among the Case Hardened skins of CSGO. Now imagine that being combined with 4x Titan Holos which cost about $12,000 each. This specific Minimal Wear Case Hardened with a blue tip and border can be estimated to have a price of $100,000 in today’s marketplace. Yes, you read it right, and that’s not even the #1.
01: Karambit | Case Hardened (Factory New)
Unlike the previous one, this Karambit Case Hardened is not only a blue gem, but the #1 ranked Blue Gem in the CSGO marketplace. Needless to say, it has a playside which is almost 100% blue and has a float of 0.04 with a Pattern Template of 387. This skin has been confirmed to be sold for a whopping $120,000 in items, which is still a record price in the history of CSGO skins to this date.
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However, it’s almost certain that these records are temporary. The CSGO skin market is steadily expanding with each passing day and the prices of skins are also seeing a rapid increase. With the extremely rare and attractive new skins being released like the AWP Gungnir already breaking the Steam market’s price charts, it’s evident that it’s only a matter of time before the #1 spot is replaced with a different CSGO skin.
PUBG Mobile Esports team has decided to deduct all the points gained by Loops Esports on Day 3 of the second super weekend over the allegations of teaming up with Team Queso.
Loop Esports and Team Queso were accused of teaming up after a questionable decision by Loops Esports to let Queso pass through unscathed even after having aim set on the players.
The PUBG Mobile Esports officials quickly launched an investigation on this matter and released a statement saying “We’ve launched our internal investigation on this matter, and are reviewing our logs, not only to this incident but the whole of PMWL”. They also made sure to take final action before the start of Super Weekend.
PUBG Mobile Esports closed the investigation yesterday following this short update over the matter. The investigators checked all the matches of Loop Esports and Team Queso, following through every engagement and communication but could not find any clue of suspicious acts. The team also confirmed that Team Queso did not know about the actions of Loop Esports.
The team found no evidence that can prove the cheating but stated that “it was clearly an instance of unsportsmanlike conduct by Loops that directly goes against the spirit of competition we stand for”. They concluded this matter with “Removal of all points earned by Loops Esports on July 26th (Day 3 of the second Super Weekend)” as a punishment to Loops for their behavior.
The League of Legends world championship typically features city-to-city tours in its host country across various stages of the tournament. This year, however, Riot has announced that Worlds 2020 will entirely be organized in the city of Shanghai, China. This move is taken as a precautionary measure against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.The tournament is set to begin from September 25th and will conclude on October 31st.
We're excited to celebrate the 2020 World Championship this September in China! #Worlds2020
See this video message from Riot Games CEO Nicolo Laurent and Global Head of Esports John Needham about our current plans: pic.twitter.com/c8trp4x8LD
“Hosting the event in a single city will reduce travel throughout the tournament and give us the ability to more closely control the show environment,” Riot Games mentions in their website. We continue to use the guidance from various health organizations and local and national authorities to prioritize safety for our players, fans, and everyone involved with bringing Worlds 2020 to life.”
The finals of the tournament will be held at the Pudong Soccer Stadium in Shanghai.
Riot has also mentioned that they’re planning to do the tournament in front of an audience, but only if the local authorities allow them to proceed with an audience. However, Riot has also confirmed that the early stages of Worlds 2020 will not be played in front of a live audience, and will focus on digital viewership through streaming platforms like Twitch.
Riot has stated in their website that the 2021 Worlds tournament will also take place in China, but with a multi-city tour, “bringing the live sporting experience to fans across the country as originally intended.” Worlds 2022 is set to be hosted in North America.
PMWL East final Super Weekend starts from today, a festival of blood and action begins on the grounds of PUBG Mobile. RRQ Athena, Bigetron and BOX Gaming stay on the top. TSM-Entity and Team Secret perform excellently today, climbing the leaderboards very fastly. T1 play excellent in today’s games and look strong entering the grand finale
Match One – Erangel:
The first map boiled with action right from the start. Jonathan from TSM launches an attack on T1 and instantly gets two kills at the very beginning of this map. A few other players go down during the initial loot phase.
GXR Celtz and KOG Club fought in the apartments near the School area, both sides took heavy damage during this fight but KOG Club came on top, wiping Celtz at the cost of two players.
Another fighting triangle was formed between NOVA-GodLike, Orange Rock and Team IND. GodLike took the advantage of this fight and slowly wiped both of the teams, but lost so many players that they couldn’t make it very far ahead. Bigetron and RRQ Athena fought each other where RRQ emerged victorious.
TSM-Entity initially had the zone advantage for few circles but as they moved out, they started a walk of terror. They confidently pushed onto Team Secret, wiping them out and finishing final two players with a vehicle and winning the match in a fashionable way.
TSM-Entity won the map with 13 kills and 33 points.
KOG Club rank second with 6 kills and 16 points.
T1 rank third with one kill and 15 points.
Match Two – Vikendi:
Vikendi and its super slow map pace is very safe for the players but not very entertaining for the viewers. Teams safely dropped to their own cities and compounds and looted up for a long time.
The zone shift were so uniform that not many teams had to rotate in after the first zone. This led to almost no fights taking place all over the map, just few knocks and kills were seen as no fight broke till the clock ticked 15 minutes mark.
After a hard northwestern shift, the teams finally had to get in their cars and go for the next zone. The pace of map instantly changed at that moment and it was as if Thanos snapped his fingers, the number instantly dropped to 7 from 15 in mere seconds.
When the kill feed stopped running, it was four teams left on the battlegrounds. Megastars were eliminated while trying to rotate into the zone. KOG Club wiped entire RRQ squad with a grenade. BOX Gaming won the game after wiping out KOG Club at the end.
BOX Gaming won the map with 7 kills and 27 points.
KOG Club ranks second with 7 kills and 21 points.
RRQ Athena rank third with 6 kills and 16 points.
Match Three – Miramar:
Miramar is a map of with large area and hilly terrain to play around. This makes the fights to start slow, and continue for a long time. A similar meta was seen in this match as well.
U Level UP and MORPH Team fought against each other at the start. They both played around the hills but U Level UP had a strong crossfire setup which led MORPH Team to lose two players early on, taking down only one as trade kill.
TSM-Entity was in a favourable position into the zone but somehow they ended up in a container where Team Secret finished them out. Team Secret then led the charge against Orange Rock in the final stages and wiped them out very easily.
RRQ Athena had high ridge advantage and utilized it to get some kills but finally zone shifted below the mountain and they had to run down to face Team Secret. The fight was full of trades until it was 1v1 in the end where RRQ seized the match.
RRQ Athena won the match with 14 kills and 34 points.
Team Secret ranked second with 9 kills and 23 points.
Valdus the Murder ranked third with 3 kills and 13 points.
Match Four – Sanhok:
T1 and MORPH Team started a fight in Bootcamp while some players were gliding in the air. T1 quickly gathered the loot that they found and retaliated on MORPH who tried to snatch their drop location. MORPH Team was wiped out very early in this map.
Sanhok, the map of surprises had something in store yet again. T1, the team heavily relying on placement points racked up kills right from the very beginning, and also grabbed some third-party kills in the process.
An unusual fight happened between Orange Rock and Valdus Esports. Valdus managed to cross to a mountain range where both of these teams clash in almost every match played in Sanhok. Orange Rock still seemed to be unaware of this rotation and were split. Valdus managed to take some kill while Orange Rock also traded a few kills. In the end, a single player clutched against two of Orange Rock and wiped them out.
As the zone shrunk, teams started to drop one by one and the numbers were dropping very fast. KOG, RRQ and BTR picked up few kills in the process where KOG managed to wipe Bigetron and win this map.
King of Gamers Club won the map with 12 kills and 32 points.
Bigetron RA ranked second with 6 kills and 20 points.
T1 ranked third with 11 kills and 15 points.
Match Five – Erangel:
Last map of the day was action packed right from the start. Orange Rock, Valdus Esports and T1 fought against each other near the water city area. T1 chased Valdus into the adjacent city and wiped them out completely.
Some unfortunate finishes were seen from many teams. Teams like KOG Club, RRQ Athena and U Level UP were wiped instantly as they get decimated by their opponents. TSM-Entity completely dominated the match while entering the middle phases of the map. Neyoo from TSM was on a rampage mode, he was the only player scoring high kills for the team. He wiped out entire T1 squad all by himself.
TSM-Entity and Team Secret were the titans in this match as they marched forward, stomping on other teams. They both faced each other and TSM wiped them out in utter dominating way.
The match was looking to completely go into the hands of TSM but their dream was shattered by MJ of Celtz. He lands a grenade and gets two instant knocks, pushes forward and wipes entire TSM all by himself. This opening allowed Celtz to win the match.
GXR Celtz win the match with 5 kills and 25 points.
TSM-Entity rank second with 12 kills and 22 points.
Team Secret rank third with 10 kills and 18 points.
Overall Standings:
Synopsis:
RRQ Athena lead the scoreboards and cross 400 points mark, closely followed by Bigetron RA and BOX Gaming still lack few points to come into this race for the top spot. RRQ Athena managed to win one match today and continue their lead, whereas Bigetron had a rough day but still had some consistent games to keep up with the points.
KOG Club, Celtz and Megastars follow these teams very closely and can potentially get to top three at the end of this weekend. Team Secret and TSM-Entity are having a great since last week. They both are performing excellent and getting higher average points than many other teams.
A special mention to T1 as they drastically change their play style to more aggressive nature and are living upto their name. The Korean hypetrain begins in PUBG Mobile.
Others like Valdus, OR, SynerGE and IND are in a comfortable spot to get into grand finale but they can improve on their mistake here so that they can start fresh in the grand finals.
Yodoo Gank and U Level UP are in a danger spot, mostly U Level UP. The gap is closing slowly to the top 16 and if some magical performance comes out from MORPH and NOVA-GodLike then potentially they can snatch the spot for Grand Finale.
The curtains are closed for Free Style and NoChance Team as both of them are not competing in this Super Weekend and are already ranking in the bottom four spot. They will have to try harder next season and come back stronger.
A petition has been filed against Indian Cricket Team captain Virat Kohli and Bollywood actress Tamannah Bhatia by an advocate based in Chennai. The lawyer seeks the arrest of Virat Kohli and Tamannah Bhatia for “promoting online gambling”.
A bizzare petition has been filed by a Chennai based advocate. According to this petition submitted in Madras High Court, an appeal has been made to ban online gambling apps as the youth is getting addicted to it.
The petitioner further claims that the companies are approaching stars like Virat Kohli and Tamannah Bhatia for promoting their apps hence both of them should be arrested. The stars are used to “brainwash” youngsters, according to Times Now report.
The petitioner has cited a case of suicide. According to them, the youngster couldn’t pay back the money he took for online gambling and commited suicide due to this.
Any official statement from the public figures are yet to be made, alongside the companies which may have been mentioned in the petition. The decision of High Court over some of the allegations will be crucial for future of the online “gambling” games and relevant promoters of such apps.
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has decided to unban PUBG Mobile in Pakistan after a “positive engagement” between the authorities and PUBG Mobile representatives.
Keeping in view the positive engagement & response of the company, the Authority has decided to unban PUBG.
PTA issued a ban on PUBG Mobile on 1st July regarding health concerns of the youth in the country. Although court orders of unban, PTA did not bulge from their decision and caused confusion about the right decision. The gaming community in Pakistan was outraged and expressed their thoughts through twitter and trended a new hashtag regarding unban.
The roaring turmoil in the community was quickly addressed by the authorities which promised to have some discussions with the affiliated companies and this discussion have become fruitful for the youth.
Press Release: A meeting was held between PTA and legal representatives of Proxima Beta Pte Ltd (PB). Proxima Beta (PB) representatives briefed the Authority on response to queries raised by PTA with respect to controls put in place by PB to prevent misuse of the gaming platform pic.twitter.com/73hPJKLxKi
The final decision is in favour of the community and many people are thanking influencers who took a stance opposing the ban and helped headstart the initiative.
