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Titan shuts down as an organization

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Titan shuts down as an organization

The Singapore based e-Sports organization, Titan, will cease all operations as enclosed by Damien Grust, CEO and founder, on their website.

Titan had put up star players and teams to rise in mostly all of the games they put their hands on, including Quake, Dota 2, SMITE and, CS:GO, among others. KennyS and ScreaM in CS:GO, for example, showed their peak performances when they were in Titan.

titan shuts down

Their French/Belgian CS:GO roster is now without professional backing as Titan decides to pack up and pull out as they are now facing financial issues. As stated in the announcement, after Titan’s CS:GO player Hovik “KQLY” Tovmassian got a VAC ban and was hence barred from all professional competitions, sponsors and partners backed out of deals for 2015. Titan still however, managed to keep their performance up and saw top three finishes including silver medals at ASUS ROG Winter, Inferno Online Challenge Pantamera, and ESL Pro League Winter 2014/2015 finals in 2015.

Titan shuts down

Quote – “Sponsors and partners with whom we were about to sign, understandably backed out of deals, not wanting to be associated with a company that had just been tarnished. Needless to say, our budget for 2015 had gone up in smoke from one day to another.” explains CEO Damien Grust in a statement. “This means that as of today, Titan is ceasing operations and releasing all current players and staff into this beautiful esports wilderness. Our CS:GO team will move on and hopefully find a new home worthy of their loyalty and determination.”, he added.

Titan made the news official on their website following the team’s departure.

  • Kévin “Ex6TenZ” Droolans
  • Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom
  • Cédric “RpK” Guipouy
  • Richard “shox” Papillon
  • Edouard “SmithZz” Dubourdeaux

The players are currently in Minsk, Belarus, while they play their final series under the banner of Titan in the SL i-League StarSeries XIV Finals, with fnatic, EnVyUs, and Question Mark.

Antec GX300 – The new beast in the gaming world

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Antec GX300 – The new beast in the gaming world

Antec, one of the most renowned and trustworthy name in the gaming as well as chassis industry, is, here again, to take your gaming to altogether a new level with its GX300 case. With its aggressive yet sober design, the Antec GX300 is designed to bestow your gaming passion extra features, which you will surely find enthralling and appealing.

First Look

Antec GX300 First Look

On unpacking the box, we get to witness an elegant gaming technology shielded inside a cabinet of 485 mm (H) x 180 mm (W) x 475 mm (D) dimension and with 5.45 kg of weight.

Outer Body

GX 300 Antec Outer body

The case is completely black and the paint job is terrific. All credit goes to the steel and plastic of panels and stands for complementing the color. The Antec logo in gray color sits in the middle of the front panel and it is really cynosure of all eyes. Mesh grill in front panel acts as a ventilator for the frontal fans.

Side Panels: Side panels have been forced out to allow more space inside the chassis. It also allows space for cable management. Also, front and back stands provide enough grip to hold the case.

Top Panel: Again, exhaust systems have been provided on the top by making the top panel by mesh grill. An external hard drive slot is also given on the top, which, by the way, is not supported by the basic version. Also available on the top are the integrated fan controller, restart button, audio jacks, and power switch, which is quite easy to reach and press.

Antec GX 300 top panel buttons

The restart button is not that easy to access and that is truly amazing to avoid accidental restart while gaming. USB 2.0/USB 3.0 ports are available on the top.

Inner Body

Remove the left side panel of Antec GX300 and you will be flabbergasted. With a total of 7 expansion slots, it could easily absorb in it Standard ATX, Mini-ITX and MicroATX keyboards. Large CPU cutout could be easily seen too. It is a blessing for all those who look forward to change their CPU coolers often.

The inside of Antec GX300 also has 6 drive bays slots, which are compatible with 2.5″/3.5″ storage drives. It also has space for 3 x 5.25″ for CD/DVD/Blu-Ray.

Watch out for the nylon bag when it falls down as and when you open the left side panel. It contents are essential for the long lasting of the case. It includes

  • 2 x rubber plugs for audio jacks
  • 5 x plastic, non-reusable zip ties
  • 8 x Fan long screws
  • Long screws for all of the HDD bays
  • 2 x rubber plugs for USB ports
  • 5 x Power + VGA screws
  • 9 x ATX screws
  • 1 x additional MB stand off
  • 8 x ODD+SSD screws

Final Thoughts:

Here are the final thoughts on Antec GX300 in terms of features, pros and cons.

Features:

Chassis color: Black/ Orange/ White

Maximum graphics card size: 400 Millimeter

Motherboards: Mini ITX motherboard, Micro ATX motherboard and Standard ATX motherboard

6 drive trays of size 3.5” / 2.5”

7 slots for expansion purpose

Six Drive Bays

Height of CPU Cooler (maximum): 140 Millimeter

Side panel (Transparent)

Cooling System:

1 x 120 Millimeter rear with an exhaust fan (1 x 120 Millimeter LED fan that is pre-installed)

2 x120 Millimeter exhaust fan on the top (Optional)

2 x 120 mm front intake fan (1 x 120mm Blue LED fan pre-installed)

Front I/O ports:

1 x Audio I/O (HD97)

1 x USB 3.0 High Speed USB port

1 x USB 2.0

Unit Dimensions:

485 mm (Height) x 180 mm (Width) x 475 mm (Dimension)

19.09” (Height) x 7.08” (Width) x 18.70” (Dimension)

Weight: 5.45 Kilogram

Antec GX300 Image gallery

Pros:

  1. Great product at a lower price tag.
  2. Terrific Performance
  3. Robust nature of the outer body is really impressive.
  4. Built-in fan controller
  5. Elegant Design

Cons:

  1. There could have been one or two more fans to curb the heating completely.
  2. Limited water cooling support

With a warranty of whopping 36 months from the date of purchase, it will surely emerge triumphant in gaming and work. The cabinet is priced at Rs. 4250 inclusive of all taxes. GX300 is a job well done by Antec!

For Sales enquiry visit: www.abacusperipherals.com. / Antec India

Thorin mocks Shaq on Live TV at NBA-TNT live from CES

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Thorin mocks Shaq on Live TV at NBA-TNT live from CES

The arguments between Esports and traditional sports personalities are seen at every corner of the world. We are often said to have failed to explain others about the potential of our sports and the possibility of the traditional sport bearers getting convinced is rare.

That’s what happened during a showmatch between OpTicGaming and LoungeGaming at E-League live at NBA-TNT desk. While analyzing the match Thorin while speaking about how ‘ShahZam’ thrashed and flopped the dreams of LoungeGaming in winning, mocked the star ex-NBA player Shaq’O Neal of his flop box office movie, Kazaam—a jab that is right on point for Inside the NBA, which is known for its playful banter.

The guys at NBA desk also did respond in the same manner:

 

Thorin: “Problem for them is ShahZam, he turned up. And I am not talking about Kaazam, that terrible movie that Shaq made in the 90’s. I tell you what, it was a terrible movie for the Lounge guys, they didn’t want to see any part of that. What do you think about that?

Richard Lewis: “Takes a lot of steel to say that brother.”

Shaq O’Neal: “We can play any game you want in a couple of weeks. I’ll make you eat those words buddy. We challenge you three.”

Thorin: “What about weight loss? Should we do that?

Shaq O’Neal: “What about muscles? What about boxing—when I come over there and punch you in the face? This is America, the Queen can’t help you out.”

It was a bit of harmless fun from Shields, whose target was a man who proudly stated earlier today that esports was, in fact, a sport—an opinion that some of his peers may not share.

 

Indian CSGO servers are back, more updates and tweaks in the latest update

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Indian CSGO servers are back, more updates and tweaks in the latest update

After the reports of being newly tied up by a networking partner, Valve’s official India partner LordNOD announced on twitter that the servers will be up and running and would be better than the previous ones. The game got an update last night which upgraded a lot of audio and visual changes and also added back Indian CSGO servers while queuing up for casuals / competitive and death-match servers.

Indian CSGO servers
Source: SteamDB

The highlights of the update apart from the Indian CSGO servers were improvements in the newly added Killer Replay module. The new version of Simple DirectLayer Media has been introduced which will enhances the in-game experience. And a broadcast support for the recently announced CS:GO minor championship.

Indian CSGO servers

  • 45.113.191.132:27015

The servers which were earlier hosted in Mumbai have now been shifted to Hyderabad, due to which the majority of the players are getting hiked pings and a marginal 50% addition to what they previously used to get.

The complete update log can be found below:

[GRAPHICS]
– Visually upgraded all first-person arm, hands and glove models.

Gloves visuals

[KILLER REPLAY]
– Fixed a bug where client could sometimes get stuck in Killer Replay with a black screen.
– Fixed a bug where victim weapons could sometimes be invisible in Killer Replay.
– Player’s own footstep sounds are now correctly mixed as third-person footsteps during Killer Replay.
– Voice communications are now not faded out before and after Killer Replay.

[SOUND]
– Reduced volume falloff distance for USP-S.
– Removed high frequencies from Killer Replay tape sound.
– Adjusted falloff curve of ricochet and impact sounds.
– Minor mix tweaks.

[MATCHMAKING]
– Added official game servers in India.

[LINUX]
– Upgraded to newer version of libSDL.
– Improved game performance during the end of match scoreboard.
– Sound options now distinguish between headphones vs two-speakers options.

[MISC]
– Added support for in-game broadcast of Regional Minor Championships

Source: CounterStrike Blog

IEM reveals list of pariticpants for Taipei qualifiers

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IEM reveals list of pariticpants for Taipei qualifiers

Taipei saw some of the best Counter Strike being played in 2010, and yet IEM is back at Taipei in 2016 to bring about even more excitement, which lots of matches to be watched and nails to be chewed. The whole of Asia will see a blood bath as teams battle it out in the IEM Taipei qualifiers, around the entire region to prove themselves worthy of their position. The top two teams from this qualifier will also earn a free slot in the offline qualifier for the MLG Columbus CS:GO Major.

IEM Taipei qualifiers

The IEM Taipei qualifiers

The full Intel Extreme Masters Taipei CS:GO qualifier slot distribution and schedule is as follows:

  • One slot in the East Asian qualifier (Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Mongolia) – January 16th
  • One slot in the Oceania qualifier (Australia and New Zealand) – January 11th, 14th and 16th
  • One slot in the Chinese qualifier (China) – January 11th to 16th
  • One slot in the Indian and Western Asian qualifier (India, the Middle East and everything west of the easternmost border of China excluding CIS countries) – January 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th and 17th
  • One slot in the South East Asian qualifier (all countries in this region) – January 9th
  • One slot in the Taiwanese qualifier (Taiwan) – January 23rd and 24th

Additionally, the teams who have been invited to participate in the tournament are as follows:

  • Renegades (Oceania)
  • CyberZen (China)

ESL India on the other hand also revealed the list of participants invited for the event. The teams are as below:

  • Team Brutality – Country: India
  • Team tMg – Country: India
  • MXB Gaming – Country: India
  • Team JPB – Country: United Arab Emirates
  • Team Impulse – Country: United Arab Emirates

It is happening to witness some of the top Indian teams in the list of invited pariticpants and we’d love to enjoy the show and the thriller these teams would let us have. Follow ESL India for more updates on the news and followups.

Unknown Indian CS:GO lineup with retired players is being formed for IEM

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Unknown Indian CS:GO lineup with retired players is being formed for IEM

Reportedly some of the top Indian players which formerly retired after humiliating losses are returning back to the scene after Intel Extreme Masters reserved a slot for an Asian team. This newly formed team will be representing India at IEM Asian qualifiers which will be held later this year, dates of which aren’t announced yet.

Intel Extreme Masters

Indian Esports is not a joke, no really trust us, please? Ok, you win.

Although skeptically, but yeah, you do have a good sense of knowledge about the scene here. But, what’s in for this time? Another top player banned? or line-up broke? Nahhhh, this is another roster formation. Hey, please be serious, this is seriously a CS:GO professional national roster of top world-class players representing their nation in an international gaming esports tournament and this team will stay for longer than the participating event would complete.

Reportedly, a set of retired players are coming back to form a new team just to participate in another international level event, only to disbands days later. But is this right though? What about some of the professional organization bearing them without wins and paying them salaries? We have NeckBREAK, Elunes, Brutality and some of the under-developed in the community trying to build the scene but what about these “back-from-the-dead” players who completely over-rule the current scenario and just to attain fame and extend their ego even further, participate in international events?

Ace back from the retirement. Source: Tejas Ace Sawant
Ace back from the retirement. Source: Tejas Ace Sawant

We’re talking about here is the newly formed roster which will be attending the Intel Extreme Masters 2016 Asian qualifiers, the line-up as we have been able to derive is:

  • Tejas ‘Ace’ Sawant – retired
  • Ayush ‘astaRRRRR Deora – retired
  • Mithil ‘MithilF’ Sawant – freelancing / inactive
  • Manan ‘Manan’ Bhat – formerly tMg
  • Gokul ‘dnm’ Sagar – formerly Virtual Impact

Now not to forget these players haven’t revived suddenly from nowhere, they are were a part of some organization but they only quit to participate in this event and they will be again back to business, some with Goodbye sympathetic updates and some complaining how life is difficult being an eSports professional in India, oh the irony!

We got some of the top professionals (yes this time we mean literally) to hear their opinions on how these greedy swaps and opportunistic decisions ruins the community conduct and future of Esports in world’s largest democracy.

It’s ridiculous. Once you make a retirement post, make sure you stay retired. Want to make a comeback? Come back and teach/coach the young blood of the country.

– Sid Joshi, Manager, Team NeckBREAK

They announce they have retired. I guess they dont know the meaning or difference between retiring and taking a break. The amount of coordination they show in changing lineups and making new teams, if they could show 10 percent of that in building a team and coordinate well in game, we could do wonders.

(Name hidden on request)

We should definitely have a governing body which would decide who does what and who gets a chance to play. There should be a code of conduct and the way things are being dealt with. It is really difficult for us as well, keeping the records on who’s playing for whom?

The more we have inconsistency the more we’d lack professionalism and skills. These players really swap teams faster than toddlers does diapers. This is me personally asking the community to answer and respond strictly this time. To be a less patriotic and boycott cheering for this interim roster, players of which will choose either ways after losing spontaneously, once again.

EDIT:

We have got a lot of feedback from the community and the majority is supporting the lineup which played under the name Virtual Impact (Venom, Ace, RiX, dnm, Manan) against Team THREAT in MixBot Pro League #2 defeating them 16/14 with powerpact performance by Ankit ‘V3nom’ Panth.

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Zonic to coach Question Mark TQM for 2016

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Zonic to coach Question Mark TQM for 2016

Following rumors of zonic joining in mTw after the world-class former roster was back in action. In a tweet recently by the former TSM players who are currently playing under ‘?’, they announced the possibility and efficiency of Zonic to coach Question Mark.

In a bid to the potential of the team, ex-TSM, currently Team Questionmark, have reached Danny “zonic” Sørensen and signed him as their coach. Sørensen left Danish team mTw to pursue goals with the ex-TSM roll.

When we decided to get a coach for 2016, the entire team agreed that only Danny [zonic] would fit as the 6th man on our team. With his vast experience as a top tier player, Danny is able to help us improve on both communication and tactics, while also being aware of what is expected of a professional player. ”

– Karrigan

Zonic to coach Question Mark

I am excited about being given the chance to work with one of the best squads in the world. The team did amazing last year, but their goal of becoming the absolutely best in the world made this something I couldn’t say no to. At the same time I would like to thank mTw for their help in this, as well as Dignitas for a great time.

– Zonic

TQM now has:

  • Finn ”karrigan” Andersen
  • Nicolai ”device” Reedtz
  • Peter ”dupreeh” Rasmussen
  • Andreas ”Xyp9x” Højsleth
  • René ”cajunb” Borg
  • Danny ‘’zonic’’ Sørensen – Coach

Get Stronk! regional tournament announced for Asian countries

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Get Stronk! regional tournament announced for Asian countries

SoStronk recently updated their third party matchmaking client, which is very successful so far in the Southern Asia region, to support various languages from the South East Asia – Mandarin, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese, etc.. In addition to that, SoStronk Regional Tournament ‘Get Stronk!’ has been announced to help the lower tier and semi-pro teams of the SEA Region to come out and shine.

Get Stronk!

SoStronk has been always stepped ahead in giving Asian countries a developmental module in the CS:GO industry, Get Stronk! has a whooping prize-pool of more than $1200 USD and the event will be completely finished in time-span of less than two weeks.

The dates, prize pool and rules for the respective regional tournaments can be found on their pages.

Get Stronk!

India 1

Registration: –  Registration page for Indian Teams

Dates: – 9th Jan, 10th Jan 2016

Registration closes – 7th January

Prize pool – INR 20,000

Schedule – bit.ly/1n7ruDT

Thailand 1

Registration: –  Registration page for Thai teams

Dates: – 9th Jan, 10th Jan 2016

Registration closes – 7th January

Prize pool – 300$

Schedule – bit.ly/1OTBruv

Japan 1

Registration: –  Registration page for Japanese teams

Dates: – 16th, 17th Jan, 2016

Registration closes – 14th

Prize pool – 300$

Schedule – TBA

Vietnam 1

Registration: –  Registration page for Vietnamese teams

Dates: – 16th, 17th Jan, 2016

Registration closes – 14th

Prize pool – 300$

Schedule – TBA

Leagues like Get Stronk! are always looked forward to in order to provide some solid ground to fresh talent, because it is very hard to climb the ladder of success, based on victories and upsets in low level local LANs in this region. While it is all good, SoStronk has always gone a step further to organize even bigger tournaments with bigger prize pools , ‘Challenger League’ and ‘King of The Hill’ are two great examples.

It’s about time that SEA teams Get Stronk! and bring about the revolution in the Asian CS:GO Scene.

How to smoke A in Mirage

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How to smoke A in Mirage

How to smoke A in mirage? Not sure how to do that? We have got it covered for you! Check this awesome animated movie by YouTube user Hrorek.

How to smoke A in Mirage

Movie Edited by using Source Movie Editor.

Valve permanently bans individuals involved in match-fixing

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Valve permanently bans individuals involved in match-fixing

Nearly a year after a notorious scandal, Valve has clarified their stance on the punishment for match-fixing (that is, conspiring to lose on purpose, typically for the purposes of illicit moneymaking) in pro Counter-Strike: a permanent ban from competition. Not “indefinite.” Permanent.

KQLY was also formerly handed VAC and is banned permanently
KQLY was also formerly handed VAC and is banned permanently

With teams like iBuyPower—whose members were found to have participated in a major match-fixing conspiracy in early 2015, rendering their name retroactively hilarious—languishing in “indefinite” time-out, Valve finally handed down a definitive verdict. In short, if anyone has been found guilty of match-fixing or is found guilty in the future, they’re out. Forever. Valve wrote:

“Back in January and early February 2015 we took action after we discovered that a small number of professional CS:GO players were engaged in match-fixing. Our decision was to ban these players indefinitely from involvement in Valve-sponsored events. To clarify, the bans for these players are permanent, and players proven to have taken part in match-fixing will be permanently banned.”

“As the scene grows, it’s an unfortunate reality that some individuals willseek opportunities to take advantage of their fans. We will continue to take whatever action we think is necessary to protect the entertainment value created by professional Counter-Strike, including, on occasion, terminating our relationship with individuals who have demonstrated a willingness to exploit their fans’ faith in the integrity of the sport.”

Valve later confirmed that this permanent ban also applies to Epsilon, another team found to have thrown a match shortly after the iBuyPower controversy. Now, it’s worth noting that this perma-ban only extends to Valve-sponsored events, so theoretically players can compete elsewhere—albeit with significantly limited earning potential.

Valve permanently bans gamblers and fixers

Valve’s scene-splitting lightning bolt from on high has not come without controversy. A lot of eSports fans are pissed that a DOTA 2 player, Alexei “Solo” Berezin, continues to be allowed at Valve-sponsored events despite being the originator of a similar rule in DOTA 2. By fans’ logic, Solo and iBuyPower are in the same situation. They’re originators of this rule in their respective games, so both should either get a perma-ban or be let off easy, since technically they broke the rule before it was solidly in place.

Beyond that, some fans feel like this punishment—while important for the sport’s future health—is too harsh. A year or two-long ban? Sure, that sounds like it’d fit the crime. Life, though? For pros who could’ve played for maybe another decade or so? That’s brutal. And these players could’ve given the North American CSGO scene—which often comes up short against superior EU teams—some much-needed momentum. It’s a rough situation.

Valve, though, stands by their decision. Even if it leaves portions of the CSGO community on shaky footing right now, they believe it’s for the greater good.

“While bans can be disruptive and painful to some members of the community, they are sometimes necessary,” Valve wrote. “We sincerely hope that we won’t have to issue more in the future.”

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