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“Valorant is the greatest game I have ever played”: Shroud

Anuj Rautela
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“Valorant is the greatest game I have ever played”: Shroud

It won’t be wrong to say that Valorant has entered the esports world like a lightning in the sky. With their first-person shooter titled Valorant, Riot Games has already created a decent amount of fan base that are really eager to try out the game.

Plenty of content creators all around the globe got the chance to try out Valorant between 27-29th of March, as per them the game is ready to shine and standout in the crowded FPS gaming market. Former Twitch and current Mixer exclusive famous streamer Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek described that the game was “fun”. However, during a Mixer broadcast Shroud went in deep regarding his thoughts about the brand new FPS game Valorant.

He Stated:

It’s a f**king bummer though, I feel like I was already kind of bored and I didn’t know what to play… But after playing Valorant, it makes it all worse

He also mentioned, “Because now I’m sitting here and I’m like ‘dude, I just played a f**king gem’ and now I’ve got to go back to trash”

After playing a few more games, Shroud described the game as “incredible” and we are sure that it must have already created a lot of hype for the game which sees its closed beta opening 7th of April. Shroud also said that, “I can’t say anything in detail, but I can tell you that it’s one of the greatest games I’ve played in a very, very, very long time.” He then went on to state that Valorant is “looking good” despite being in the development stage only.

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New CSGO Update Brings Prisma 2 case, new maps Anubis and Chlorine

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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New CSGO Update Brings Prisma 2 case, new maps Anubis and Chlorine

As we bid farewell to Operation Shattered Web, Valve reveals the next surprise that they had in store for us to keep ourselves occupied in this quarantine period.

With the latest update pushed by Valve on 31st March 2020, we part ways with Breach and Studio to make way for two new maps, namely de_anubis and de_chlorine. The two maps are added in Casual, Deathmatch and Scrimmage modes before we see them in Competitive. Anubis is themed around an ancient Egyptian temple of the death god Anubis, with a color tone similar to that of Mirage, while Chlorine is set in a modern-day abandoned safari park, the map is timed towards the evening and has a lot going on for it.

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Besides two maps, players will “receive commemorative inscriptions on their coin with the number of completed operation missions and number of stars attained”.

Although two new maps and a badge boasting statics might seem fancy, the new Prisma Case 2 that comes with it is fancier and so are the skins and the new knife. The new case features 17 brand new weapon skins and the new Horizon knife.

Moving away from the fancy stuff, players are noticing significant performance improvement and with rumored Source Engine 2 integration, we are yet to see CS:GO at the peak of its efficiency.

The 31st Match 2020 patch notes read:

[ MAPS ]
– Breach and Studio are no longer available on official matchmaking servers.
– Anubis and Chlorine have been added to official Casual, Deathmatch, and Scrimmage game modes.

[ OPERATION SHATTERED WEB ]
– Operation Shattered Web is now over. Players who have an Operation Shattered Web coin in their inventory at this time will receive commemorative inscriptions on their coin with the number of completed operation missions and number of stars attained.

[ PRISMA 2 CASE ]
– Introducing the Prisma 2 Case, featuring 17 community-designed weapon finishes, and the Horizon Knives in Chroma finishes as rare special items.

[ MISC ]
– Players who are eligible for cross-promotional content from The Master Chief Collection and Half-Life: Alyx will be able to receive the cross-promotional CS:GO items even if they are VAC banned in CS:GO.
– Fixed game state integration data output for clients in the team coach slot.
– Fixed misalignment of agent poses on main menu.
– Added missing voice lines for Mr. Muhlik.

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Elon Musk buys Steam, deletes CSGO

Bharat Kotwani
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Elon Musk buys Steam, deletes CSGO

Elon Musk is engaged in a bizarre fight with the CS:GO community after he deleted CS:GO and called its entire community “Toxic raging behemoths”.

Tesla’s Elon Musk the hulking leader in the Automobile industry has reportedly acquired Valve’s Steam which saw him pay a mammoth buy out price of 69$M to Gabe Newell to complete the highly anticipated acquisition. Valve’s Steam has been the leading digital distribution service of video games across the globe which has been up and running since 2003.

With Elon taking over steam, you must not lay back as there’s yet another surprise that might leave you perplexing. Mr. Musk did install Valve’s famous FPS title Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in a bid to be a part of the game where he seemed to have pumped himself up to slay enemies on the game servers after watching several streamers playing the same on Twitch and YouTube.

But as usual, things did go pretty bad for him when he connected to a Competitive Matchmaking server on the map Mirage, missing all of his shots including 2 team kills and was flamed to the epitome. With his morale already been destroyed and brought down to the ground, he straightaway aborted all the operations of CS:GO, fired it’s developers and made it look like there was no such game. Post this event, where he seemed to have satisfied his self Ego, he did tweet about his actions thus proving himself a complete narcissist.

Though the tweet was taken down a couple of minutes after he had posted, we did see his state, “CS:GO is full of Toxic Raging Behemoths, it really does trigger the humanity’s existence. The Esports scene needed correction and I did succeed in doing it. Oh well, I am feeling bad for your inventories. But thank me later?”

Although it did trigger the CS:GO player base to attack his twitter with a plethora of Humorous slangs to which Mr. Musk replied, “Here they are, the behemoths!” At this moment he seems to be unstoppable with the future of several Counter-Strike teams on stake.

Stay tuned for more follow-up news and Git-Gud.

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Valve accidentally pays TI9 prizemoney to EG instead of OG

Souhit Dey
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Valve accidentally pays TI9 prizemoney to EG instead of OG

Dota 2 is a very popular MOBA game and it is well known for its high prize pool tournaments. When considering multi-million dollar events like The International (TI), there are is a lot at stake. Every year teams from all over the world come to test their mettle at the event for a chance to win the massive prize pool that it hosts. This escalates the event to be the single biggest showdown of the Dota 2 pro circuit. Fans and the community also mark their calendars every year just to watch the epic saga of the event.

Last year, the champions were OG. They had a perfect run at the event and had proved why they were to be considered the best team in Dota 2 history. TI9 marked their second consecutive TI win after TI8 which made records since prior to this, no team had managed to achieve this feat. With their win, OG had secured a lion’s share of 15.5 million dollars from the total prize pool of 34 million dollars at the event.

The synopsis of the above events only lead to what we are reporting to be the biggest mishap of Dota 2 history. Valve claims that due to human error, the prize winnings of OG at TI9 were transferred to EG (their rival organization) instead. As per reports, one of the Valve employees mixed up the names of the two organizations during the accounting process which lead to the mishap. The rivalry between EG’s Dota 2 captain Tal “Fly” Aizik and OG’s Dota 2 captain Johan “N0tail” Sundstein is very well known among fans, and this sprouts the inter-organizational rivalry. It is shocking and hilarious in a way that out of all the teams, EG were the ones who ended up receiving the prize winnings of their rival organization OG.

Needless to say, this mishap has caught both the teams off-guard and none have made any comments or statements about the same. We are in as much shock as we expect the teams to be in, and we eagerly await further updates from the side of Valve as well as the affected organizations.

Stay tuned for more follow-up news and Git-Gud.

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Shroud, LIRIK, Nadeshot & other known names reveal Valorant first impressions

Anuj Rautela
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Shroud, LIRIK, Nadeshot & other known names reveal Valorant first impressions

With Valorant’s first beta releasing on the 7th of April in selected regions, some of the known and popular streamers got the chance to try out the game earlier than anyone else. It’s pretty clear that Riot Games is banking on some of the most-watched streamers to convince their fans and audience to try out their Project A: Valorant and these streamers can surely make a good amount of fans play the game once it is available to them.

Just in case you don’t know Valorant is Riot’s FPS game which a similar approach just like CS: GO. However, it features unique characters that have their own unique abilities like we have seen in games like Overwatch & Paladins. Riot’s Valorant is a new contender in the crowded FPS market.

We have seen this trend in the past when Apex Legends also utilized influencers from YouTube and Twitch to do the marketing for them. Here’s what the biggest names in the streaming, content creation & esports had to say about the game:

https://twitter.com/LIRIK/status/1244815735328772097?s=20

These influencers will be uploading and sharing their recorded gameplay from the 3rd of April and onwards as the closed beta goes live from the 7th of April. The official release is expected to be around the summer of 2020 but nothing has been confirmed yet. If you also want to try out the game during closed beta, then visit this article to find out how!

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NBA to host players only NBA 2K tournament – Report

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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NBA to host players only NBA 2K tournament – Report

After coronavirus took the shape of a pandemic, sports events and leagues across the world are stopped to keep this peril contained. With fans missing out on basketball action, National Basketball Association are presumed to host an in-house NBA 2K tournament.

NBA 2K series closes in on 90 million sold | VentureBeat

According to a report by Yahoo Sports, the upcoming Friday, 3rd April is set to be the inaugural day for the tournament. The tournament will be a players-only with no option for outsiders to get a piece of the action. It will be broadcasted over at the ESPN channel.

The 16 players tournament will be played out across a tenure of 10 days where participants will face players with whom they are likely to be acquainted. Utah Jazz, Donovan Mitchell, and DeMarcus Cousins are some of the big names to be among the players who are likely to feature in the event.

NBA has aimed this project to provide the fans with some recreation which they are missing out on after the league was halted. The report further states that the NBA are finalizing the details of the tournament, as they want it to be a success before it commences in 2 days.

VALORANT closed beta announced: Release Date, How to play, Streams and More

Anuj Rautela
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VALORANT closed beta announced: Release Date, How to play, Streams and More

Finally, we all come to a step closer to trying out Riot’s Project A: Valorant. Riot Games have recently announced the date for the closed beta for the game. Set to open on the 7th of April, players all around the globe will get the chance to try out this highly-anticipated Riot’s tactical FPS game. Players were already eager to take a shot at the very first version of the game, and here’s how it can be done.

How to play Valorant’s closed beta?

Riot Games has decided to collaborate with Twitch to provide its fans early access to the closed beta version of the game. However, only the fans from the selected region will be able to try out the closed beta by following these 3 simple steps:

  • Firstly, you need to register for a riot account. Click here.
  • You then have to link your Riot account with your Twitch account here.
  • When the beta goes live, you have to watch specific Valorant streams to get an opportunity to try out the game!

Regions in which the beta is coming?

Valorant’s closed beta will be available in the following regions: Cannada, Europe, Turkey, Russia, and the United States.

Anna Donlon, the executive producer on Untitled Shooter Game at Riot Games Inc. added the following message with Riot’s press release,

We want to engage with players as globally as possible, as quickly as possible; so we’ll ramp up our player count as much as we can to test our infrastructure, but we won’t be letting everyone play test Valorant until we’re absolutely sure we can handle it in this newly-uncertain environment.

Let’s talk about Valorant Points too!

Riot also talked about Valorant Points, a kind of in-game currency that will be available during the beta in their press release. Also, the closed beta will have access to a fully functional store. During the original game launch, all the Valorant Points will be given back with a 20% bonus on the total amount of VP you have. For example, if a player purchases 10,000 Valorant Points, then after the game launch they will get 12,000 Valorant Points instead. However, any other in-game data, the data associated with the user account or any stats will be not be transferred over once the game gets its global launch! Lets us know down below what you think about the game!

Reserve your Valorant in-game nick before it’s gone

Recent update confirms CSGO is moving to Source 2

Bhavya Shah
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Recent update confirms CSGO is moving to Source 2

Since the past few days, majority of the Counter-Strike community was reporting input lag. Valve, as usual, took a few days to acknowledge and respond. Not long ago, Valve shipped a 12MB update to fix the plagued mishap for NVIDIA users. Following the update, earlier released Half-Life Alyx’s commemorative pins illustrated better than before.

The graphic upgrades were accidentally transferred from Half-Life Alyx to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. This included ambient reflections, self-illuminated alpha masks, and an advanced Anistrophy setting, according to a report by WIN.gg. These fresh graphic upgrades were by mistakenly activated in CSGO’s engine leading to uncalled stutter.

Valve’s upcoming title is coded in Source 2 engine while Valve expects to upgrade CS:GO to Source 2 allegedly in about two months. The report further claimed that Valve’s reaction to cover up its blunder has led to substantial reveal. The developer zipped away every single strings and files associated with Source 2. This exaggerated response gave away Valve’s secret.

PUBG Mobile blatantly copy weapon skin from CSGO

Abhishek Bajaj
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PUBG Mobile blatantly copy weapon skin from CSGO

Esports and games often take inspiration from their peers in terms of designs and implementation of certain oddities. That is and should always be perfectly normal. But, every once in a while there are instances where things are blatantly sourced from other esports disciplines.

Its almost a copy past. The original skin is from csgo.
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The latest example can be found in the game Pubg Mobile, wherein the developers have introduced an M16A4 skin named Psycho Savage. While the skin has been welcomed by the community, it is eerily identical to an AK47 skin in Counter-Strike Global Offensive named Neon Revolution.

In fact, the similarity is there for all to see. You can map it out yourself. The CSGO community has already taken note of it, with the post highlighting the same on their subreddit gaining a lot of traction.

What do you think? Is it identical? Should it be okay for an esport to copy skins that are community submissions from a peer?

Lol Pro League team Rogue Warriors fined $400,000 for matchfixing

Anuj Rautela
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Lol Pro League team Rogue Warriors fined $400,000 for matchfixing

League of Legend’s LPL team Rouge Warriors has been fined a large sum of $400,000 for covering up a match-fixing incident which mainly included their jungler Wang “WeiYan” Xiang. LPL’s Discipline Committee issued a warning along with three million RMB fine equal to $423,687.50 to Rouge Warriors after investigations involving their jungler who was accused of match-fixing.

According to sources, WeiYan had reportedly agreed to an offer to fix a match during the 2020 LPL Spring Split. The former Rogue jungler accepted through Weibo that he had accepted such an offer but then, later on, refused to go in with it and didn’t took any kind of payment for the same.

Rogue Warriors then dropped their jungler from the team. The org reported this incident to LPL but after a year after they had covered everything up, says reports. According to LPL, it was only after the involvement of a third party who directly contacted WeiYan, this match-fixing scenario caught everyone’s attention. Now Rogue Warriors have to pay this huge fan whereas WeiYan has been banned from all the tournaments and from streaming anything related to League of Legends for 24 months.

Rogue Warriors could have avoided this fine if they had reported this entire case at the right time, it could have been even worse for them than this.

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