Carryminati and 8Bit Thug are very successful YouTubers and well known in the Indian Gaming Community. 8bit Thug’s official youtube channel alongside his email account and Carryminati’s second channel exclusive for Gaming has been hacked.
Yesterday, 8bit Thug announced through his instagram handle that his Youtube account and email has been hacked and he is working with the YouTube officials into this matter.
This news was followed up by Carryminati who also revealed that his second YouTube channel “CarryisLive”, where he used to stream and upload gaming content, has been hacked in today’s wee hours.
He is also working with his team and YouTube officials and trying to get back his account.
8Bit Thug has been appointed as a caster for PUBG Mobile World League West. Despite having lost his account earlier yesterday, he continued to cast the tournament in high spirits, this shows his professionalism towards esports. His friends and partners have extended a hand of support and actively working with him on this matter.
Last year, a similar co-ordinated hacking spree occured during september. The common mode of hack used was phishing at that time, and it is unclear how yesterday’s hack took place.
Esports Awards has started its online voting from yesterday. Mortal, the only Indian to ever selected for esports awards, is the candidate under “Streamer of the year” category. If you are one of his fans and are trying to vote for him, we will guide you through it.
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Mortal is going to get tough competition this time as his competitors are very famous and big names themselves. The esteemed award is previously been honoured to streamers like Ninja and Dr. Disrespect.
Esports Awards has five stages for selecting a winner for their awards:
Nominations: Open nominations through which public can send the names of their favourite professional for any category. This stage is over.
Finalists Announced: The officials monitor the candidates for a year and select the ones who are at top level. Mortal has been selected through this process.
Public Voting: The final candidates will be put through public nomination. Here you will have to vote for Mortal to ensure he goes to next stage.
Panel Vote: After public vote is counted, a panel is set to review and select a winner for this year.
Awards Ceremony: The show will go live and distribute the honorary awards to deserved winners in their fields. Its usually a big event but maybe this year, it will be held live due to ongoing pandemic.
Mortal’s every fan and Indian gaming community wants India to shine into Esports Awards. For this, shower your votes for Mortal in these 5 simple steps:
Step 1: Vist Esports Awards official vote page and scroll down to “Streamer of the year” category
Step 2: Click on Mortal’s photo
Step 3: Click on “Submit Votes”
Step 4: A pop-up window will open. Enter the required details and select yes or no according to your preferences.
Step 5: Hit Submit.
With this, you will be able to successfully vote for Mortal and help him move onto the next stage. These awards are very special for the winners so do vote for who you think is the best.
You can also vote for various other awards as well, follow the same steps for other categories and you will successfully register your votes.
PUBG Mobile’s Chinese counterpart, Game for Peace, is going to launch Tesla’s model Three into the game today. This will be the second partnership by PUBG Mobile this month. Earlier they collaborated with Yahama to launch its two bikes as skins in the global version.
The mode of this launch is still unclear but its pretty likely that the launch will be in the form of an event or will be available into crates. The official announcement said by Tesla China said they will be launching “limited edition” skins into the game
Coming soon! Pick up your Tesla cars with limited edition skins in Game for Peace tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/HoKShzEHDP
Tesla has been teasing about a collaboration with Game for Peace recently. It was clear from an earlier announcement which shows a real-life loot crate, dropping infront of Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai in form of an airdrop, themed similar to PUBG Mobile’s loot drops.
Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai received a mysteries package at midnight. It was airdropped right in front of our door. Want to know what surprise it held inside? Find out in Game of Peace. Explore Giga Shanghai’s Model 3 and have fun! pic.twitter.com/fCHX5MU9Qy
This video showcases how a real life loot crate was airdropped at Tesla’s Gigafactory. The lootcrate reveals a Giga Shanghai’s Model 3 in an artistic form. The similar loot crate was seen in the Shanghai Taikoo Hui Center.
The Tesla “Package” is now arrived Shanghai Taikoo Hui Center (太古汇), just same as the game clip below!!
The partnership was self revealing when many people saw the “loot crate” outside of Tesla’s factory. The car skin will be dropping into the game today in Chinese PUBG Mobile exclusively, and no plans of a global launch are revealed.
Game for Peace runs some versions ahead of the global version and is said to be smoother than global version itself. The chinese counterpart runs its own operations in China although the game is exactly similar to PUBG Mobile but “less violent”.
This partnership brings in a plethora of opportunities for the game industry. The big names partnering up esports organizations was huge itself, and mobile games getting such exclusive launches signals to a better future for mobile gaming and esports.
Robert “‘Hashinshin” Brotz is a popular name in the League of Legends community and has been streaming the game for many years now. Recently, the 30-year-old has found himself amid some serious controversy after multiple accusations of sexual misconduct have surfaced against Hashinshin.
Dye has made a detailed YouTube video elaborating on the situation and “exposing” Hashinshin for the alleged “sexual misconduct” by him. In the video Dye also replies to the statement Hashinshin had made on these allegations, where the streamer called the evidence against him as “fake and doctored.”
While Hashinshin, in his statement, has denied the major allegations that were brought up against him, the video by Dye compiled some past screenshots which appear to be pointing otherwise. The screenshots consist of multiple chat logs where Hashinshin is himself seen admitting to have sent “inappropriate comments” to “underage girls” and some other misconducts.
Soon after the video was put up, another document surfaced where Hashinshin was alleged by “Caltys” for attempting to groom her when she was only fifteen. Caltys equipped her document with several pieces of evidence against Hashinshin and videos confirming that the evidence were all real.
In a follow-up tweet Hashinshin said, “Fair enough. I’ll earn forgiveness. Put every bit of hate on me you can muster up, just be ready to see me later and say I’ve earned your forgiveness. I won’t carry a grudge against any of you for anything you say now.”
Esports Awards is the ceremony that felicitates talents from all around the world into various categories for their achievements in esports globally. Naman “Mortal” Mathur, the famous PUBG Mobile streamer, will become the first Indian to get nominated into Esports Awards.
Esports Awards are held every year from the last five years. Their aim is to “ensure that success and achievement in esports is celebrated globally, acting as an impartial entity across all platforms and titles.”
Esports awards is awarded to professionals who work into esports industry and bring out exceptional performances for which they deserve to be awarded. These awards have been felicitated to big names like Nadeshot, Bugha, Dr. Disrespect and many others in its last year’s instalment.
The nomination process is very transparent and public oriented. Esports Awards allows anyone to submit an entry for deserving candidate. These names are later divided into 5 categories and taken into consideration.
Mortal, one of the biggest PUBG Mobile streamer and competitive player in India has been selected for this year’s Esports Awards in “streamer of the year” category. He will be the first Indian to ever be considered into Esports Awards.
“Streamer of the Year” category award was awarded to world-class streamers like Ninja, Dr. Disrespect and IMAQTPIE in last few years. This year, Mortal will be in competition with big names like Pokimane, XqC, Summit1G and TimTheTatman.
Summit1G is probably the biggest Twitch streamer and plays a variety of games for his audience. He streams on twitch and always has a very high viewership. He is a retired CSGO Pro and has 5.3 Million followers on twitch.
TimTheTatman is another big name in the list. He has 4.1 million followers on twitch and is famous for streaming FPS games.
Pokimane is the only girl streamer in this list. She has 5 million followers and steadily rising among the streamers.
Nintendo has recently addressed that they are reconsidering their stance on publishing mobile games. Nintendo identifies mobile business as one of key factor in the company’s long term strategy.
According to Nintendo’s annual report, their fundamental strategy is to expand to number of people who have access to Nintendo’s IP. They consider mobile business as one of these “target areas”.
The report says, “The mobile is one of the target areas. We aim for expanding the scope of our business by creating opportunities for consumers to encounter Nintendo IP through smart devices, which have built an extensive install base worldwide”.
This statement focuses that the company’s earlier stance of backing out from mobile business has changed. President Shuntaro Furukawa said that “We are not necessarily looking to continue releasing many new applications for the mobile market.” according to the Bloomberg article.
This statement was based on the fact that Nintendo expected that smartphone games would be a $1 billion business with its growth potential but could not attain that goal. Their mobile IP related income reached $474 million with a steady growth of 11.5% on year-on-year basis. This business is significantly weaker than compared to Nintendo’s other businesses.
Earlier, Nintendo promised to release atleast two to three mobile titles each year but could not fulfill it. Although the company has not promised on any new games yet, we could see some steps from their side to revaluate their mobile business.
After the introduction of a fully-fledged Competitive mode in, patch 1.02VALORANT players have been grinding their way towards the top rank.
A new detailed ranking system is set to be implemented at the start of VALORANT second act, and new leaks have been exhibit to how it will supposedly work.
Since the release of VALORANT’S competitive playlist, many players have been eager for a more fleshed out system. There are 8 ranks in total, from Iron all the way to Immortal there are three tiers with each rank alongside Radiant. According to new leaks more tiers could be added soon.
Developers at @RiotGames have already confirmed that changes are indeed on the way to VALORANTranked experience. More tiers could be soon added within each rank, according to prominent data miner Valorant Leaks.
~From what i can see, it seems that this will be a new Ranking system entering the game with the new Act. Ranks can go Up or Down, and have Levels ranging from 1 to 5. pic.twitter.com/3XJ90nz1rw
— Mike | Valorant Leaks & News (@ValorLeaks) July 22, 2020
Ignition Act’s 1 is expected to end around August 2. With the next major update right around the Horizon, here’s and early rundown on how leaked system could look and work.
In Ignition Act 2 rank tiers are ranging from 1 to 5 as the leaker revealed. Each rank appears to have its own unique border from Tier 1 all the way through Tier 5.A rank reset also seems to be on the way for Act 2 based on these leaks. The new format is labeled as an ACT RANK.
Without official confirmation from Riot, do not take these leaks as official news. Stay tuned for more teasers ahead of the August 2 major update.
Digital Isle of Man is responsible for the thriving Digital sector in the Isle of Man, spanning the Island’s e-Gaming industry and successful digital economy which includes the digital media sector.
Digital Isle of Man has a new head and new head of Esports that has stepped in is none other than Chris Kissack himself who takes over the position on August 3rd onwards.
Chris Kissack has already served in the scene and has relative experience before coming to the Island, he was an Esports Specialist at Amber Gaming, a company which provides solutions for licensing, regulatory compliance and updates, corporate services, accounting and training for online gambling and esports companies.
Lyle Wraxall, CEO of Digital Isle of Man, added a few words on Chris’s welcome: “I am very pleased to welcome Chris to our team. It was vital that we found the right candidate to drive forward this new, exciting venture for the Island, and Chris’ experience in the sector, expert knowledge, and enthusiasm for our esports proposition made him a perfect fit for the role.”
Chris has built up noticeable skillsets as he was working numerous positions over the course of two decades, be it IT, computing, operations, sales or Marketing. Chris chose to pursue full-time in Esports from August 2019 onwards.
Chris Kissack returned a few words on this new journey he has chosen to sail:
“I am looking forward to continuing my work in raising the Island’s profile within the esports space. My time at Amber has been a very positive experience and I’m very grateful to both Ted and the team for giving me the opportunity to help them create the Island’s first dedicated service offerings for the esports industry.
“As a proud Manxman it is a great feeling to join the Digital Agency to partner with local businesses and institutions to deliver the island’s esports strategy, embrace this thriving new industry and help grow this exciting new sector for the Island.”
Esports Insider added further on the same:
”It’s interesting to see the Isle of Man Government taking esports more seriously with this newly-created role, especially considering it has plenty of incentives for esports companies that would be open to making the move. Will this open the floodgates in terms of esports activity on the island? We’ll have to wait and see, but Kissack’s experience and contacts will certainly help get things off the ground.”
PUBG Mobile World League heads into its last day of qualifier matches for the second week of Super Weekend. Five matches are scheduled for today and it is going to be shuffled between maps of Erangel and Sanhok. Yodoo Gank and No Chance team out for this super weekend along with NOVA-GodLike and MORPH Team.
Match One – Sanhok:
The day starts on the grasslands of Sanhok. While being a relatively fast paced map, today the action was stalled till the fights were forced due to playzone. Nobody contested their drop locations and only few skirmishes were seen.
Reject Scarlett gave heavy damage to Bigetron right at the start. Two players of BTR were caught off-guard and instantly knocked down. Although getting early knocks, they could not secure it as Megastars steal away those kills.
Valdus Esports and TSM faced each other where Valdus “the murderer” overpowered TSM-Entity with utility usage and wiped them out. Teams like BTR, No Chance took big casualties and took an early exit.
NOVA-GodLike has a good start today. They stack up kills while holding a compound with a good height advantage. They made their way into top two but couldn’t stop Team Secret who take the win in this first map.
Team Secret won the map with 10 kills and 30 points.
NOVA-GodLike ranked second with 6 kills and 20 points.
Valdus The Murder ranked third with 8 kills and 18 points.
Match Two – Erangel:
This map had a pretty unusual start. The plane was headed into the northern section and zone was shrinking steadily into the southern island. The usual rotations and early positioning was seen by many teams.
SKT T1 tries to get an early rotation into the circle through the sea but NOVA-GodLike had other plans for them. GodLike started firing on T1 and they took a heavy loss of two players while crossing the waters. It was déjà vu moment for GodLike soon, as they tried a similar rotation but was punished by Orange Rock.
Heavy fights were breaking out on the eastern bridge and many teams took exit when trying to rotate in. Bigetron was the only team to rotate from that zone alive. Orange Rock did a successful water rotation but there was no cover across the beach and they were quickly eliminated.
BOX Gaming were having a great match on their side. They eliminated players and gathered kills very swiftly. SynerGE was the only team that challenged them in the last fight. They fought excellent with a two man disadvantage and turned the tides onto BOX Gaming. Despite wining the match, BOX Gaming ranked first in the scoreboard due to their kills.
BOX Gaming ranked first with 14 kills and 28 points.
SynerGE ranked second with 6 kills and 26 points.
MORPH Team was third with 3 kills and 13 points.
Match Three – Sanhok:
This map starts with the usual fast paced gameplay in this map. Bootcamp was contested by MORPH and No Chance and both took fights on the outskirts of the big city. Both of them manage to disengage with less damage taken.
T1 and Megastars clashed very early and Megastars overpowered T1 as they push towards them and wipe them out easily. SynerGE was confident while engaging with TSM but some things went wrong for them. They stalled the fight long enough that TSM revived their players, also they were taking damage from other team. This led to SynerGE taking a early elimination.
As the match was moving towards its ending phase, teams started dropping very fast and only four teams were left standing after this bloodbath ended. TSM had a good position in the circle bur Bigetron eliminates them.
Bigetron took an impressive fight in the end. They simultaneously fought with two teams and won this game keeping all of their players intact.
Bigetron won the map with 9 kills and 29 points.
Free Style ranked second with 2 kills and 16 points.
RRQ Athena came third with 4 kills and 14 points.
Match Four – Erangel:
No Chance Team yet again has a bad start. They loot up and try rotating through the paths that are usually used by Team IND. IND gets some knocks onto them and then No Chance runs into some other team and gets eliminated very early.
A three sided engagement was seen across the roads in northern side of the map. Bigetron, U Level UP and TSM were looking for a fight. U Level UP cooks perfect grenades and players of bigetron eat the damage. Bigetron could not recover from this and gets wiped out.
The zone ends in a very awkward position, split by a river and some stones and a bridge for players to play around. Yodoo Gank get some early advantages and manage to wipe team like T1 but could not enter the circle.
King Of Gamers Club predicted the zone perfectly and kept holding their positions and got some good kills. In the final circle, they were the only ones standing on the land and won this match nice and easy.
King of Gamers Club win this match with 6 kills and 26 points.
Yodoo Gank rank second with 11 kills and 16 points.
Reject Scarlett ranks third with 9 kills and 16 points.
Match Five – Sanhok:
Last map of the day starts very hot as two big names, SynerGE and RRQ Athena battle for the control of city of Pai Nan. Both of these teams worked with whatever weapons they got right after landing and had a fierce fight. SynerGE overwhelms RRQ and wipes them with a player loss on their side.
All the fights were put into stalemate until the middle phase of the map. Orange Rock lost two players when MORPH trapped them by a stealthy play. Later they tried a long rotation through hill ranges but were wiped in the process.
The zone heavily shifted in the southern section and it was a very hard rotation for all the teams located on the northern island. Some of them got into the ending zones but with a heavy loss of players.
The zone heavily favoured the teams which were into the lower bracket of score leaderboards. The last battles were fought to get themselves into the super weekend. NOVA-GodLike had a decent run in this map as they finish in a better position. Celtz and KOG Club face each other in the last fight where Celtz assert their dominance.
GXR Celtz win this map with 9 kills and 29 points.
King of Gamers Club rank second with 2 kills and 16 points.
U Level UP ranks third with 5 kills and 15 points.
Overall Standings:
Synopsis:
Bigetron RA yet again runs on the top spot. This shows their marvelous consistency and they have been performing to the absolute pinnacle of their gameplay. They may get some rough matches in their way but in the end, they always manage to cover it up and get that top finish in their hands.
Team Secret gets the second spot in the second week of league play. They have been playing inconsistently in the past few days of super weekend but now they seem to have a good grasp onto their enemies and get into second week of super weekend in a indomitable form.
Valdus Esports finish this league play in third spot. They are playing excellent and should continue with this form while entering the super weekend.
It is exciting to see Free Style and U Level UP stepping up their gameplay and get their spot into the second weekend. They were not able to participate last week and this will be an opportunity for them to make a comeback.
MORPH Team and NOVA-GodLike were again into the lower brackets along with Yodoo Gank and No Chance Team. Both of these teams will be at huge deficit of points as they will try again in the next week.
It was an unexpected performance from Yodoo Gank, they won three matches consecutively in the opening of last weekend and here they couldn’t finish into top sixteen. They will have to re-evaluate their gameplay this week and get a fresh start in the league play of next week.
Epsilon Esports reportedly still owe thousands of dollars in payment to their former CS:GO roster abandoned back in 2018.
The organization refreshed their management back in January with CEO Greg Champagne being sent out of the picture but not before he was able to drown Epsilon under debts which remain unpaid to this day. According to Dot Esports, FaZe Clan’s rising star Helvijs “broky” Saukants is among the three known members whose payments are refrained alongside Complexity coach keita and Endpoint player robiin.
Broky’s five months in the organization remain unpaid and Epsilon owes around $6000 in salary to the young Latvian which was acknowledged by Broky through his talent agent at GLHF, Samy Bessi to Dot Epsorts. robiin and keita share a similar story to that of broky, even after departing from the org back in 2018 and finding themselves a new home in Endpoint and Complexity respectively, both of them are still expecting their remuneration from Epsilon two years later.
“My experience playing for Epsilon probably wasn’t as bad as most people who were part of the org in different games,” My issues with him [Champagne] were that he was always extremely slow to reply regarding roster changes or payments which hurt our ability to get/keep players on the team which was demotivating for everyone until he finally called it quits and pretty much disappeared.” claimed robiin to Dot Esports.
“Greg missed and delayed many of my payments and I’m still owed one to two month’s salary to this day,” said Keita
Kia “Surreal” Ma, was with robbin during his tenure in Epsilon and his current Endpoint teammate agreed about the delays in payment but his outstandings were paid in full later. Surreal’s claims were bolstered by a former employee who attested that Champagne treated his stars players differently to the way he treated his other athletes.
According to robiin and keita, they have given up any hope of Epsilon clearing their outstanding after the management shift as Champagne has been removed and the organization has likely moved on.
