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TV news channel in India spreading awareness about COVID-19 with CSGO theme song in background

Bhavya Shah
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TV news channel in India spreading awareness about COVID-19 with CSGO theme song in background

Valve Corporation’s leading multiplayer first-person shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is a delight to the core. The game boasts of the perky and highly competitive professional scene. While the game is setting new highs in terms of concurrent users each week, its title song is trending in India for eccentric reasons.

Video Credits: Deep Prabhat Tirkey

A clip recently surfaced in the Indian sub-continent from a regional news channel in the state of Odisha with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive title song being played in the background. The gaming community in India was ridiculed at first. However, as the clip attracted more users, people were brizarrely overwhelmed.

The television cable channel was spreading awareness concerning COVID-19 pandemic. Until today, Coronavirus has affected 11,81825 and reported 63,902 fatalities. While India has recorded 3,072 cases and 75 deaths. The pandemic might have forced half the world into lockdown, the gamers no matter what have a tendency to sit in front of their monitors.

New day new record at Steam, numbers now at 24 million

Pranav Nalawade
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New day new record at Steam, numbers now at 24 million

Yesterday evening, Steam brushed past 24 Million concurrent Steam users mark to settle at a new record high of 24,535,923 concurrent users. This new record is in tandem with people asked to self-quarantine themselves and work from home, due to which more and more people have turned towards gaming.

Steam has the biggest games library and offers hundreds if not thousands of free-2-play games. Steam is also home to various AAA games and leading developers. Currently, the game with most users on steam is CS:GO, which reached more than 1 Million concurrent players mark for the first time since its release in August 2012.

According to Steam Stats, more than 6.2 million players were in-game when steam breached 20 Million concurrent users mark. Although the record for the highest number of in-game players at a time still stands at more than 7 Million, a feat which was achieved in 2018 when PUBG was new to Steam. Going by the pattern we can expect this record to soon be broken and we might even see a new record of more than 8 Million players in-game.

Coronavirus is still at large and a worldwide emergency has been called upon by WHO. As more countries undergo lockdown and work from home becomes a norm, more people are expected to log-in into gaming to pass time and entertain themselves.

Who’s the title holder of most MVPs in CSGO events?

Bhavya Shah
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Who’s the title holder of most MVPs in CSGO events?

Astralis’ Nicolai “device” Reedtz is synonymous to consistently. The AWPer for Astralis always delivers no matter what. He inevitably has 15 Most Valuable Player (MVP) medals to his name. Through a meticulous process of analysing a string of statistical parameters, hltv determines the bearer of MVP medal at each crucial LAN event since the early days of CS:GO.

From the 15 medals by his side, a couple of them were acquired at majors – ELEAGUE Boston Major 2017 & FACEIT London Major 2018. The second position on the leaderboard is tied among Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund, Kenny “kennyS” Schrub and Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev at 10 medals each. The Danish sniper enjoys summit with no immediate face-offs.

During his tenure at Team SoloMid (TSM), 24-year-old seized 5 medals while he received the remaining 10 at his present team Astralis. Under TSM, the core of present day Astralis eventually choked at almost every semi-finale encounter at big events. However, at present they are arguably regarded as the best team in the history of Counter-Strike.

Nicolai enjoys an outstanding 1.29 impact and 81 Average Damage per Round (ADR). With 1.19 rating against top 20 teams; device is a force to be reckoned with, no matter the opponent.

Statistical Courtesy: HLTV

All Eyes on Fnatic vs NiP at ESL Pro League Season 11

Maël Valentin
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All Eyes on Fnatic vs NiP at ESL Pro League Season 11

The most favorite, hyped and anticipated battle of Counter Strike is always between the Swedes. Fnatic faces NiP at the pre-group stages game on 4th April, 2020 at 4:00 PM GMT. Whether it was among Fnatic vs SK, or among GODSENT and fnatic, it has always grabbed eye balls.

ESL Pro League Season 11’s this week games are determining three teams which will advance to the second group stage. Other than the Swedes, FaZe, foRze, Vitality & OG will be battling to be among the top three.

The first group stage had Astralis, Natus Vincere and mousesports getting advanced to the playoffs.

It is also interesting to note that Fnatic and NiP went had on six months ago at DreamHack Masters Malmo 2019. Fnatic came on top in that best of three.

The game starts at 9:30 PM (IST) and 4:00 PM (GMT).

Fnatic’s lineup

  • Krimz
  • JW
  • Flusha
  • Golden
  • Brollan

NiP’s lineup

  • Twist
  • Lekr0
  • REZ
  • Plopski
  • nawwk

The NiP’s lineup though, is relatively inexperienced against the Major winners Fnatic’s trio. We shall see how the game unfolds. Fnatic are favorites to win here.

Valorant may have copied CSGO’s recoil pattern

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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Valorant may have copied CSGO’s recoil pattern

When Riot Games announced the arrival of their competitive shooter Valorant, every FPS fanatic was hyped, as for the first time in esports history, an FPS game was about to challenge CS:GO for its throne.

With leaks and teasers, Riot has been feeding us information about how this game will shape up once it is released. After announcing the launch of a closed beta which will be available on 7th April, Riot games hosted a Twitch Rivals match where esports professionals and personalities took their first look at the game along with us as viewers.

Riot Games are not afraid to show the fact that Valorant is heavily inspired from CS:GO. From their economic system, how rounds revolve around a C4 explosive, and basically an overall concept of the game is very much alike.

In a Tweet by 100 Thieves, they depicted how the recoil pattern of guns are extremely similar to that of CS: GO. Especially the Vandal and the Phantom, the two assault rifles might make you feel that they are the same AK-47 and M4A4 respectively that you’ve been spraying through the last decade.

Recoil has been an important aspect of CS: GO, going through the trouble to perfect your sprays makes the game all the more interesting. Every weapon posts its own unique recoil pattern, which was introduced as a mod in the 1999 edition of the game.

Everything you need to know about VALORANT

We have to wait until the game goes public before dropping a verdict over its similarities to CS: GO. The Twitch Rivals game generated an overall positive response and participants are excited for the game to go public for the competition to build on.

Mixer to give all partnered streamers $100 during coronavirus pandemic

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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Mixer to give all partnered streamers $100 during coronavirus pandemic

Mixer has been throwing around money in order to acquire top content creators to help the platform grow. With most streamers getting attracted to their excellent professionalism, Mixer has taken things to another level with their latest move.

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Having already shown the ample cash supply they possess which they used to acquire the likes of Ninja and Shroud, Microsoft’s streaming service has decided to use it for an entire self-less agenda.

Mixer has decided to provide every partnered streamer with $100 which they can use to buy food, maintain streaming equipment, or anything else they need, irrespective of their channel size.

$100 might seem trivial to popular streamers but those partners who sided with Mixer during their growing years hold this $100 to a higher degree. Although Microsoft has not shared an official statement on this but Mixer’s official Twitter has responded positively to several Tweets focused around the matter.

This trick lets you reload faster in Apex Legends

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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This trick lets you reload faster in Apex Legends

Apex Legends has grown in popularity and has now made its place among the top FPS games around. With a growing competitive scene, Apex players are digging deep into the mechanics of the game to squeeze out every possible option to get an edge over their opposition.

"Throw reload" reload faster than tactical reload, probably no one has yet found.
by u/U1low_ in apexlegends

In a Reddit post made by a user who goes by the handle U1low_ on r/apexlegends subreddit, he describes in a video how to reload your assault rifles faster than traditional reload techniques.

How To Reload Faster:

  1. Start to reloading your gun.
  2. Thow that weapon in close proximity from the inventory menu.
  3. Pick up the gun as swiftly as you can.
  4. The gun will be reloaded to the last bullet, thereby skipping every animation.

Although, the gun will lose all its attachment if tossed on the ground, however, if the player is fast enough to grab the gun mid-air after tossing it, the player can get back to the action with full ammunition.

Throwing a gun my seem dangerous during combat situations, but this method of quick reloading is always an option for the players if they decide to go for it.

Everything you need to know about VALORANT

Anuj Rautela
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Everything you need to know about VALORANT

Valorant is a brand new tactical “First Person Shooter” game developed by Riot Games that is set to compete with other FPS giants such as Overwatch and CS: GO. Valorant was first announced under the title “Project A” and after the overwhelming response it’s getting by the players globally, the game has certainly created a lot of buzz in the FPS gaming community.

In Valorant, there are characters/agents each having their own unique abilities to create a bigger impact on the battlefield. Recently Riot invited a handful of streamers and influencers to try out the game, and they totally loved it and gave the game a thumb up from their side! Now let’s talk a little bit about the draft and selection.

Once you start queue and get a match, you will be in a character selection screen where you will have to select your agent, only one agent can be chosen by each player and there won’t be two similar agents in a single team. It’s a best of 25 rounds and the first team to win 13 rounds wins. After 12 rounds the sides are switched. Each round consists of three phases: Preparation, Actual Fight, Pick-up (you get to pick up the weapon of your choice from the ground, timer of 6 seconds). Now let’s shed light on the economy in the game.

In Valorant, you basically have to buy the weapons with credits earned by you from last round. The weapons range from 200 to 4500 credits each, also you need to purchase agent abilities as well in order to use them (and you start with 800 credits). At the beginning of each round, the agent will have 1 signature ability unlocked (the ability which will be unlocked depends from agent to agent). In order to open an agents “Ultimate”, you need 6 ultimate points (can be gained by getting kills, by planting or defusing the spike and by collecting ult spheres; only 2 of these in the map). With all this information, you are ready to play your first Valorant game! Also,the game has several training modes to enhance your reacting time and skills.

CSGO: kennyS now has most kills among pros

Bhavya Shah
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CSGO: kennyS now has most kills among pros

Kenny “kennyS” Schrub’s heroic plays or rather his prime might be behind us but the 24-year-old never disappoints. French star-AWPer is yet again in the limelight as the professional with most kills in-game during official matches. Other than that, he also claims the title of having the highest AWP kills (17,392) in official matches.

Snapshot via HLTV

Kenny has recorded 33,558 official kills while veterans Patrik “f0rest” Lindbergand Jesper “JW” Wecksell are not far behind either. In the department of AWP frags, Kenny “kennyS” Schrub and Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovacs have no close competitor. Two of them were regarded as the finest snipers in the history of Counter-Strike until the arrival of Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev and Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut.

Kenny has a total of 33,558 kills in 1,657 maps he has played. With an impressive 1.14 rating, Frenchman boasts of 0.77 kills per round. In nearly seven and half years of professional career, he has represented prominent Counter-Strike organisations like VeryGames, LDLC, Titan, Team EnVyUs and lastly G2 Esports.

Kenny has won a total of eleven big LAN events including the DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 major. Back then in Team EnVyUs, his side were the runners-up of ESL One Cologne 2015 major. Interestingly, he has also received eleven Most Valueable Player (MVP) awards. Presently, after the arrival of Nemanja “nexa” Isaković and Nemanja “huNter-” Kovač at G2 Esports, their performance has swiftly enhanced.

Statistical Courtesy: HLTV

Mirage becomes the most played map till date in CS:GO history

Bharat Kotwani
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Mirage becomes the most played map till date in CS:GO history

For the players who have been playing Counter-Strike:Global Offensive since years, Mirage has been proven as a cult classic map for them. It’s one of the indispensable maps, and it’s been around for a long time, which has since then seen multiple versions across all of the Counter-Strike games.

While Mirage was added later to CS: GO, following on from the addition of Dust 2 and Train, it’s still one of the most played maps in the game. It’s been in the Active Duty map group for quite some time now and all indicators show that it’s going to stay that there for a long time. Players across the globe love this map as it’s layout does favor some tactical plays followed by a lot of different map points which could give players the edge.

Earlier In January, we saw multiple changes that were inculcated on this map among which was the addition of a bench in the Middle which is depicted by the image above. This map is considered to favor the Counter-Terrorist side but this doesn’t completely give up the chances for the Terrorists to win.

In addition, Dust2 has been the one among the map pool which has been carried over from CS 1.6 and been culminated in CS: GO’s map pool, it has failed to attract the player base with just 8,269 matches played till date. If we look into the records of the listed maps by HLTV.org we can witness Mirage take an unassailable lead of over 15,000+ games which has lead the dominance over other maps in the Active duty pool as recorded by HLTV. Alongside these statistics, we have seen Nuke (6,398), Inferno (12,842), and Dust 2 who have been in the heat but could never overshadow Mirage.

Mirage has been the only map to feature in every major map pool but still falls behind Inferno which does hold a record of 730 matches which were played in all big events like the Majors and other LAN tournaments making Mirage go shy by just 15 games.

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