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Dictionary now has the word ‘Esports’: TalkEsport now makes more sense

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Dictionary now has the word ‘Esports’: TalkEsport now makes more sense

Wohoo! It finally has made its way to the official Dictionary.com, which also means, no-more explanations on what E-sports..  Esports defines? and how to make people recognize or understand the word without any brief description. It is no more a foreign word.

In a recent release of the list of fresh words added into the dictionary, the word which most importantly means everything for us and everyone of you, made it course to be officially noted into the Dictionary.com word directory with the brief explanation, ‘competitive tournaments of video games’.

“We rely on research in traditional publications, as well as technology like corpus research. In our case, we are currently using a corpus that has over 19 billion words,” it wrote. “The corpus contains a massive collection of sources, from literature to news articles to television and interview transcripts, balanced to reflect actual usage of language.”

Other game-related terms joining the new word parade are “permadeath” (the permanent death of a defeated character, after which the player of the game cannot continue with the same character) and “completionist” (a player who attempts to complete every challenge and earn every achievement or trophy in a video game). But clearly, “esports” is the important addition this time around.

Abacus Peripherals Pvt. Ltd. launches INNO3D GeForce GTX 950

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Abacus Peripherals Pvt. Ltd. launches INNO3D GeForce GTX 950

Abacus has introduce a new mid-range graphics card called INNO3D GeForce GTX 950.

This is a true gaming GPU designed for every PC gamer. It’s built to the exacting specifications of the GeForce GTX family and powered by NVIDIA Maxwell the most advanced GPU architecture ever created—to deliver up to 3x the performance of previous-generation cards. It delivers incredible performance and unmatched power efficiency.

And just when you thought what else does this card have let us tell you it is HerculesZ modular design which makes it easy to clean and install with fan design made with japan bearings allowing 24X7 operations, reduced fan noise and is 3times more durable.

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Plus, it offers cutting-edge features like advanced sampling and Dynamic Super Resolution technology that delivers 4K-quality gaming even on 1080p displays. This ground breaking new display technology delivers the smoothest and fastest gaming experience ever. G-SYNC’s revolutionary performance is achieved by synchronizing display refresh rates to the GPU in your GeForce® GTX™ powered PC, eliminating screen tearing and minimizing display stutter and input lag. Scenes appear instantly, objects look sharper, and gameplay is super smooth, giving you a stunning visual experience and a serious competitive edge.

This card is now available in the market at the price of 14495/-. Abacus peripherals Pvt ltd are the national distributors for NVidia INNO 3D graphic cards. For more details on price and purchase write to [email protected]

About Abacus Peripherals is one of the reputed distributors in the country with over 18 years of presence in IT Distribution and Manufacturing. Today Abacus has 28 branches offices across India ready to cater need of the industry for all computer and peripherals.

Abacus Peripherals Pvt. Ltd. launches BIOSTAR H81MHV3

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Abacus Peripherals Pvt. Ltd. launches BIOSTAR H81MHV3

 

Abacus has launched a new mid-range motherboard called BIOSTAR H81MHV3.

Biostar H81MHV3 motherboard is a built on improved version of the prior entry level  Biostar H81MLV3 with higher specification and new technology in the Biostar family. The product extends beyond your normal motherboard experience to provide you with excellent 6+ experience in Audio, Video, Speed, Protection, Durability and DIY.

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The H81MHV3 gives users an additional HDMI port and Giga LAN providing them with a better internal LAN speed. The H81 chipset has two SATA 6Gb/s ports and 2 USB 3.0 ports. It also supports two DIMMs for a maximum 16GB of RAM. It features the latest technologies in Biostar such as BIOS Flasher and Biostar Online Updater for easy updating and restoration of the BIOS, as well as BIO-Remote2 for remote system control via Android and Apple devices.

The motherboard is now available in the market. Abacus Peripherals Pvt. Ltd. is the national distributor for Biostar Motherboards for over a decade. For more details on price and purchase write to [email protected].

Abacus Peripherals is one of the reputed distributors in the country with over 18 years of presence in IT Distribution and Manufacturing. Today Abacus has 28 branches offices across India ready to cater need of the industry for all computer components and peripherals.

DreamHack Cluj recorded 25mn viewers

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DreamHack Cluj recorded 25mn viewers

DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca had a unique viewership figure of over 25 million, the Swedish company has revealed.

The final major of 2015 came to a close on November 1, with EnVyUs scooping the top prize of $100,000 after seeing off Natus Vincere 2-0 in the grand final of the tournament.

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Over the course of the event, there were over 85 million sessions across all streaming platforms, and over 25 million unique viewers tuned in, making it the second most watched CS:GO event of all time, behind ESL One Cologne, which had a global audience of 27 million people.

Viewership peaked during the final day of the event, when almost 1 million people were watching the streams simultaneously.

“Cluj-Napoca will be one of the most memorable CS:GO and event experiences in esports history,” DreamHack Business Development Director Tomas Lyckedal said in a statement.

“As we go forward, we’ll see this event as a milestone event in both DreamHack’s and PGL’s development.”

Below you can find the viewership numbers in detail, provided by DreamHack:

  • Views/started streams: 85,083,044
  • Unique views/visitors: 25,090,086
  • Hours watched: 30,837,479
  • Peak concurrent viewers: 985,052

India’s strong line-up for TWC, expectations are huge to top the group

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India’s strong line-up for TWC, expectations are huge to top the group

Roster for The World Championship (TWC) CS:GO was announced late last night and it was a moment of joy for the community as most number of selected players were favourites. Team India’s lineup has, RiTz, sMx, One, Manan, MithilF. They face Palestine and Kyrgyzstan in the online qualifiers.

Team India under guidance of team manager, Karthik Rao will be playing in the TWC Asian qualifiers today at 3:30 & 4:30 and hopes are high because of the experience some of the players hold. We have been covering the news on how tough and technical the decision was and it took a couple of months to actually decide what players will be fit to represent the nation.

Team Wolf at ESL One Colonge
Team Wolf at ESL One Colonge

Team overview:

Ritesh ‘RiTz’ Shah, IGL
Jigar ‘sMx’ Mehta, Entry fragger
Mithil ‘MithilF’ Sawant, Lurker
Manan ‘Manan’ Bhat, Support
Bharat ‘one’ Reddy, AWP

Meanwhile the announcements of the roster were delayed, we were lurking into what could be the reason behind the delayed reveal and in a conversation with Karthik, we were informed that the players were not only selected on the basis of the skills and experience but also, the fact that latency will be a huge drawback, players with talent and skill will also be required to check their latency before being named in the final roster.

A matter of fact that the games will be played on Germany’s CKRAS servers, the latency for Asian teams, specially Indians will be a huge drawback because of the lack of connectivity infrastructure.

We still expect India to be the best at their Group and be among the 3 LAN finalists from our region. We will be hosting a giveaway for our readers. Tell us in comments below, Who do you think will be the BEST player overall? All the correct answers will get prizes. No, really!

Play like a Russian in CS:GO competitive

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Play like a Russian in CS:GO competitive

So, you have just bought CS go and played a few rounds in casual or some other gamemode. You want to learn to play competitively and who is better at teamwork and communication than Russians?

Good thing this isn’t call of duty then

Grab yourself some beer and sit back, you are about to become the ultimate competitive Russian player.

Preparations

Fuel

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Remember, the most important part of being a Russian in CS:GO is to constantly use the phrase ‘Cyka Blyat’. If your team mate tells you a strategy, immediately reply with ‘Cyka Blyat’. If you do not keep Blyat’ing those bitches, you should quit CS:GO and go play pokemon.

First rule of playing competitive in a true Russian fashion: Never be sober. Make sure you stock up on any stereotypical beverage of your choosing.

Minimap

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The minimap in CS GO is obsolete, it will only confuse you and provide unnecessary information such as the enemy’s position. If you want to truly play competitively, you mustn’t allow yourself be misguided by mystical question marks and Xs. So, look around for an adequately sized picture of Vladimir Putin wielding a gun or scuba diving and tape it to the upper left corner of your monitor.

Appearance

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If you haven’t set up your steam profile page yet, don’t. You are already well on your way to looking more Russian in competitive lobbies.
In case you have set up a profile, you must replace whatever your avatar picture is right now with a random generic barely clothed hot girl. It will make you seem more mature and seasoned to the enemy team, and help inspire confidence amongst your teammates.

The first round, tips on teamplay

Warmup king

Once you have found a lobby and clicked the green ACCEPT button (at the very last second, of course) the game should start. You have 30 seconds of warm-up depending on how long it takes your computer to load the map. The first thing you do when you join a server is ask if there are any Russians on (русские естъ?). This essential piece of information will help you know your enemy better, and communicate with your only other Russian teammate in your native language, muting the rest of your team.As soon as you spawn, open the menu and buy AWPs.Make sure to buy enough AWPs for your entire team because while these 30 seconds of warm up do not matter in terms of the outcome of the match or even your personal score, it is your duty as a Russian to dominate your enemies at all times.

The pistol round

Deagle Pistol Round

Your teammates may insist on playing the pistol round with the starting pistol, saving their money for later, but you won’t make the same mistake. You’ve been playing counter-strike back when it was just a mod for Half-Life, so you know something they don’t: The Deagle is clearly the most powerful weapon. Obviously there is no reason Valve would balance the weapons for this modern, new version of CS, they’d just keep the same old unbalanced weapon stats and pick out a few weapons that work and throw in the rest for filler. Obviously.

Now that you have your deagle, make sure you pull out a knife and run as far away from your teammates as possible, you don’t want them dragging you down. Once your inevitable death occurs, because, you know, using the deagle against more than one enemy at once rarely ends with you still breathing, make sure you use voice chat to notify your teammates where exactly you died (in russian of course), then proceed to blast out russian pop music through your proffessional quality microphone.

Mid and late game3

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Once the first round is over, you’ll have to start saving up for an AWP. Now, maybe you don’t think the map you’re on is appropiate for an AWP. You’re wrong and you shouldn’t think so much. Play with your starting pistol for as long as you need to get an AWP, even if no one on your team is saving their money. Once you have the AWP, proceed to rush in headfirst and die before getting a single kill and giving the enemy an AWP and losing even more money for your team.

This post originally appeared on Steam forums.

Scams and shady organization are killing the Indian CSGO scene: Ritesh ‘RiTz’ Shah

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Scams and shady organization are killing the Indian CSGO scene: Ritesh ‘RiTz’ Shah

Over the past decade, Ritesh ‘RiTz’ Shah has been synonymous not just with the Indian Counter Strike scene, but the gaming community as a whole. After attending several international tournaments representing ATE Gaming during the CS 1.6 era, RiTz is one of the few veteran professionals, who successfully transitioned to CS:GO.

After attending the Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) with Team ATE Gaming, the Mumbai-based rifler consolidated his place as India’s most successful CS player, by attending ESL One Cologne 2014 with Team WOLF.

Commercial highs also came knocking on his door, after he was part of an advertisement promoting  Lenovo’s range of gaming laptops. However, it’s not been a smooth ride for the ace marksman, since the second half of 2014.

Several team and roster changes saw him go through a slump of sorts. But as they say, form is temporary and class is permanent, RiTz with the rest of team NeckBREAK blew their opposition away by comfortably qualifying for the ESL Asian qualifiers.

With the team set to depart this month to battle for Asian supremacy, TalkEsport sat down with RiTz to know more about their preparations of the event.

Q. There was a massive roster reshuffle in the Indian scene prior to the event, your thoughts on that?

Ahh. The money making question. Let me start from the beginning, 2014 was the worst year for me and my teammates (Wolf). We had lost almost all the major events in India and everyone in the team including me were frustrated and hence, we decided to split. Ibra and Mithil planned to make a team, which would gel better. However, later on even that didn’t work out for them and they started losing.

At the same time, I was playing for brutality for a month and things again were not in favor for me or my team.

When all of this was happening, Krissh wanted to play for the very first lineup of CS:GO with 1 change, which was manan instead of smx. This deal was almost confirmed, but Tejas ‘Ace’ Savant had a dream of quitting csgo and focus on his future.

Him quitting made us a little weak as he was the backbone of our lineup. So we took smx and we were finally ready.

We were struggling but at the same time, but we were learning a lot. We were getting a little better, after every loss ,but misfortune struck us again in the form of Krissh getting a VAC ban, almost killing our team.

We all tried very hard to get him unbanned because I knew he was innocent, but we had to give up at some point.

Then I tried my best to get ‘Come back Ace Savant,’ but his answer was NO. I feel that way because he has some personal issue with me.

We wanted a better teammate and we gave Machinegun an offer, only a madman would refuse. He accepted and finally we have a non-stop winning streak. I do not believe there is anything unethical or unprofessional about giving Machinegun an offer, because this is how any professional sport works.

Q. Any specific plans/strategies for the Asian qualifiers? Which team do you guys fear the most?

Honestly, we do not fear any team. We want to go in this tournament with a very positive and a fearless attitude. We will give our best and win hearts if we fail to win games. We are well prepared and we will not miss this opportunity.

Q. You personally have been a part of the CS scene, since its inception, what are the changes you have seen over the years?

Honestly, I haven’t seen any changes. In fact, I feel like the scene has deteriorated from what it was a few years ago. During WCG we were used to seeing about 52 teams participate from Mumbai itself. The participation isn’t even close to that now.

Everyone back then was keen on travelling to LAN events and competing. Everything happening now is online and people just want to comfortably sit at home and play with bad ping and packet loss.

We have had barely any good LAN events in this past year. Personally, I feel that CS is not a game you play online. You have to compete on LAN to actually feel what the game is all about.

A lot of scams and shady organizations I believe are killing this scene. The day I retire I will make sure I give you all the information and names of everyone that have fucked us over in the past. I will also do my best to prevent what has happened to us from happening to the young cs blood of the country.

Q. Thoughts on your Mongolian import, Machinegun and his performances?

He is an amazing teammate. Me, my team and our management are extremely happy with his performances. It is not easy at times to communicate with him but we are working on it and will overcome this hurdle as well.

Honestly, though adding Machinegun to the roster just makes my job more difficult. Astarr, Mithilf and Machine are like a tornado. They tend to want to destroy whatever comes in their path.

But, I as a leader have to control, which direction this tornado moves in. It is not an easy task but if I dont do my job well I dont think the result will be the same. Can you imagine the damage a controlled tornado can do?

Q. Who do you think is the best player in India right now?

Mithil without the shadow of a doubt. Just in case you weren’t aware, Mithil is physically disabled (He can only hear through one ear).

What people can’t do with 2 ears, he does with just one. And you know how important sound is in CS:GO. I adore his dedication to the team and the game. He has the ability to make his team win single-handedly at any point in the game.

Q. Any particular role models from the international scene?

Definitely, Nikola “NiKolinho” Kovac . That guy is a beast.

 Q. What next for Team Necbreak, in terms of practice and regional tournaments?

Wins. A lot of wins. Wins everywhere!! The management of Neckbreak has done a lot for us. Me and my team will make sure I give them returns.

Team Nepal’s unfortunate draw at The World Championship CS:GO didn’t discourage them, will work even harder assures the manager

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Earlier today, E-frag.net released the group draws of the upcoming The World Championship CS:GO’s sixth qualifier for South Asian teams which had a total of 14 teams competing for 3 available slots and Nepal being drawn on the stronger group.

In a discussion over the impact the draws will make on the performances, Dipesh Tulhadar, Manager, Team Nepal quoted: “I still belive in my boys, they will make Nepal proud.”

Team Nepal was recently drawn and organized in the group along side the much stronger opponents Indonesia and Philippines, and they will be playing their matches on 1st of September, facing first Indonesians and the latter in their next match. Dipesh, who is a cafe owner at Nepal and looks after the infrastructural support and equipment for Team Nepal was unshaken by the announcements of opponents who feels that their passion towards the game will help them play a lot better, even after such strong rosters.

The now final roster of Team Nepal: hzY, GhOsT, LiaR, VerTeX, envY, (with Cake and Zeref as subs)

During the announcement of Team Nepal, as one of the 14 South-Asian teams competing for The World Championship, we interviewed Pranjalraj Ghimire, IGL, Team Nepal and got his optimistic views on the participation. On asking questions about the draws he quoted: “I will surely work on the feedback on what we did right/wrong during our game which will only make us better.”

“We want to see how good we are in comparison to the other nations, I think Philippines and Indonesia will be the perfect opponents to test our skills.”, added Pranjal ‘hzY’ Ghimire, IGL, Team Nepal.

The inability of India’s CS:GO community to handle loss

Deepak Ojha
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The inability of India’s CS:GO community to handle loss

Team NeckBreak might have crashed and burned at the ESL One Asian qualifiers, but their loss has yet again highlighted the Indian CS:GO community’s inability to handle loss as a stepping stone to success.  Well, a specific portion of the scene at least.

For starters, we are yet to come to terms with the fact that the country is not a powerhouse in the Counter Strike Global Offensive scene. We attend one International LAN a year if we are lucky and for us to consistently perform against teams such as Renegades, who have defeated professional North American teams, it is close to impossible.

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The various aspects we can learn from the European experiences of these teams should be our foremost goal.

In an international forum, members of the community spoke about how Renegades’ rose from the ashes to defeat tier two stalwarts in the competitive CS:GO scene.

However, what we fail to notice is the combination of infrastructure, financial backing and legitimacy the Australian scene has received over the years. In fact, members such as Chad ‘Spunj’ Burchill have been part of the E-sports extravaganza that was the Championship Gaming Series (CGS).

Even during ex-VOX’s most fruitful tenure, which saw them reach the knockout stages of ESL Katowice, they were led by former Sydney Underground star Azad ‘topguN’ Orami. The other Australian team, Immunity is spearheaded by Iain ‘Snyper’ Turner, who was the finest CS 1.6 player from the continent.

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The number of International LAN’s Renegades has been invited to in 2014/2015 alone is more than the amount attended by different Indian teams, since the game’s inception. So, why do we even compare them on the same tangent?

A personal attack on NB manager Sid Joshi indicated the standard we are setting for CS GO’s fight towards being a sport in the country. If the creation of memes does actually de-motivate members, who are trying to develop the community in a positive manner then it will be far more degrading for the scene as compared to a 16-0 loss against a top team.

Personal Attacks in the form of meme were doing rounds on the CS:GO community.

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There is a reason why we were seeded bottom of the group because we were not expected to defeat teams such as Renegades. It’s time we come to terms with the fact that we are a tier 2 Asian CS:GO nation and these tournaments will act us building blocks for us to get better.

It’s time we unite as a community to back our teams and give them constructive criticism, instead of involving their personal lives into the professional realm.

The inability of India’s CS:GO community to handle loss

Deepak Ojha
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Team NeckBreak might have crashed and burned at the ESL One Asian qualifiers, but their loss has yet again highlighted the Indian CS:GO community’s inability to handle loss as a stepping stone to success. Well, a specific portion of the scene at least.

For starters, we are yet to come to terms with the fact that the country is not a powerhouse in the Counter Strike Global Offensive scene. We attend one International LAN a year, if we are lucky and for us to consistently perform against teams such as Renegades, who have defeated professional North American teams, it is close to impossible.

Team NeckBREAK CSGO

The various aspects we can learn from the European experiences of these teams should be our foremost goal.

In an international forum, members of the community spoke about how Renegades’ rose from the ashes to defeat tier two stalwarts in the competitive CS:GO scene.

However, what we fail to notice is the combination of infrastructure, financial backing and legitimacy the Australian scene has received over the years. In fact, members such as Chad ‘Spunj’ Burchill have been part of the E-sports extravaganza that was the Championship Gaming Series (CGS).

Even during ex-VOX’s most fruitful tenure, which saw them reach the knock out stages of ESL Katowice, they were led by former Sydney Underground star Azad ‘topguN’ Orami. The other Australian team, Immunity is spearheaded by Iain ‘Snyper’ Turner, who was the finest CS 1.6 player from the continent.

The number of International LAN’s Renegades has been invited to in 2014/2015 alone is more than the amount attended by different Indian teams, since the game’s inception. So, why do we even compare them on the same tangent?

A personal attack on NB manager Sid Joshi indicated the standard we are setting for CS GO’s fight towards being a sport in the country. If the creation of memes do actually de-motivate members, who are trying to develop the community in a positive manner than it will be far more degrading for the scene as compared to a 16-0 loss against a top team.

Troll Meme on Sid Joshi, NeckBREAK

Personal Attacks in the form of meme were doing rounds on the CS:GO community.

There is a reason why we were seeded bottom of the group because we were not expected to defeat teams such as Renegades. It’s time we come to terms with the fact that we are a tier 2 Asian CS:GO nation and these tournaments will act as building blocks for us to get better.

It’s time we unite as a community to back our teams and give them constructive criticism, instead of involving their personal lives into the professional realm.

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