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CS:GO exploit allegedly allows wall-hacks without getting caught

Raj 'Stan' Shah
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CS:GO exploit allegedly allows wall-hacks without getting caught

A major bug/exploit has been discovered in Counter-Strike:Global Offensive which allows players to see other models through walls without the risk of being banned from the game.

The existence of cheating and hacking has plagued CS:GO over time, the primarily use of wall-hacks and aimbots gave the player an unfair advantage over the fair players.

Some third-party organizers like ESEA and FACEIT have made huge efforts to counter these cheats by using their advanced Anti-cheat, especially when it comes to competitive gaming thanks to the heavy-duty Anti-cheat systems deployed on their servers.

However recently, another exploit has been brought into the spotlight, knew that overrides the anti-cheat and allows player to use “sv_cheats 1” through the in-game console which enables player to see other player models through walls.

The below video was tweeted by the game expert “DonHaci” he shows the working of this exploit on a FACEIT Server.

It’s one of the most critical bug of the game, which allows you to enable “sv_cheats 1” in matchmaking, FACEIT, ESEA and various other servers ingame, “Would recommend not playing until this game-breaking bug has been fixed”

This clip shows how the match kicks off normally, but just when the console is opened and the command “Sv_cheats 1” is prompted, opens the door for hacks to be easily enabled.

According to “DonHaci” this exploit apparently isn’t new, as it turns out various players online have been using it since a while now.

If this is all true, then CSGO Devs and the gaming organizers have a much larger problem then they’ve initially realized.

Fortunately, thanks to the tweet by Haci which bought great amount of attention on various social media platforms allowing the exploit to be patched soon.

Astralis edges out Liquid for the last semifinal spot at the StarLadder Berlin CSGO Major

Raj 'Stan' Shah
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Astralis edges out Liquid for the last semifinal spot at the StarLadder Berlin CSGO Major

Astralis are the last team to earn their spot in the semifinals at the StarLadder Berlin CSGO Major.

The map picks went as follows:

  • Astralis banned Mirage
  • Team Liquid banned Train
  • Astralis picked Vertigo
  • Team Liquid picked Overpass
  • Team Liquid banned Nuke
  • Astralis banned Dust 2
  • Inferno is the decider

MAP 1: VERTIGO

Vertigo was picked for the first time in the whole Quarter-Final Bo3 Series, Vertigo kicked off with the Pistol round win for Team Liquid, With a great kill by ‘Nitro’ on the defuser Liquid ensured the first round on Vertigo, the following save round by Astralis ensured an easy second round for Liquid. On the following round a quick double kill by ‘Nitro’ and ‘Twistz’ ensured 3-0 for Liquid.

Astralis get their first round on the board with a brilliant 1v2 Clutch by ‘Device’ to get the quad kill that round, Later that half a lot of executes were tried and failed, most of them being on the A-Site of Vertigo. Having taken the economic advantage Astralis  Started to run away with the half, Although with the Late push by Liquid they managed to get closer to Astralis closing the half with the score of 8-7.

A 4v3 Retake on the A-Site gave astralis the pistol round making it 9-7, Astralis easily took the following round and managed to get along with the momentum and win 3 rounds in a row after that. Three kills by ‘Device’ took them to Match Point 15-8, ‘Dupreeh’ contributed with his AWP and managed to get another 3k to help secure the first map of the Bo3 Series. Astralis takes the first map in the Bo3 series 1-0 with the score being 16-8.

MAP 2: OVERPASS

Overpass, the pick of the North Americans (Team Liquid). ‘Twistz’ with an amazing 3 kill at the B-site and ‘Stewie’ backing him up with his 2k secured the T-Side pistol round for Team Liquid. Round two went slightly better for Astralis, where “Xyp9x” managed to cause a massive amount of damage to Team Liquid, even though they lost the round due to the C4, they did manage to gun down all the remaining players and cripple their economy. Yet Liquid managed to get out of it and get a lead of 4 rounds. But on the other hand ‘Gla1ve’ showed up his fantastic deagle play as he managed to get a must needed round with his 4k and Astralis managed to get their first round on board.

The Anti-eco round on the Team Liquid side did hurt them a little as it crippled their economy and Astralis managed to even out the score to 5-5, Liquid tried their executes and the rounds went back and forth and on the final round of the first half, ‘Elige’ showed up on top with his insane 1v2 Clutch with 6hp and took his team on a 3 round lead in the first half of the second map in the Bo3 series making it 9-6.

Astralis took the pistol round on the A-site as ‘Dupreeh’ was easily able to shut down the CT retake, Though the following round Liquid came out on top with their armour and upgraded pistol buy making it to double digits 10-7, After losing the Anti-Eco ‘Device’ showed up his amazing skills with the SG553 to win a 1v3 clutch. Astralis showed us why they’re best team in the world by playing their mind games, they found a weakness in Liquid and constantly tried to hit the B-Site and coming out on topmost of the rounds, this gave Astralis a 13-11 lead on the map. Though the crowd loved the string of B executes their opponents didn’t soon the scoreline hit 15-13 and Team Liquid had no choice but to force buy the following round to save their map pick and to take it to overtime. But yet another B hit, this time ‘Device’ managed to get a massive 4k to steal the slot for the Semi-Finals at the StarLadder Berlin Major 2019.

Astralis will be playing against NRG in the Semi-Finals of the Berlin Major, as NRG won 2-0 against Natus Vincere in the matchup earlier.

Shanghai-Jingan government unveils $700K esports Shanghai Masters event

Souhit Dey
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Shanghai-Jingan government unveils $700K esports Shanghai Masters event

The Shanghai-Jingan government has recently unveiled the Esports Shanghai Masters, which will be held at Shanghai Jingan Sports Center from November 28th to December 1st and is set to feature a total prize pool of $700K USD. The tournament is expected to invite players from China, Japan, Korea, North America, and Europe.

Bilibili Esports which is an esports division of video platform Bilibili, communications company Shanghai Unicom and service network KPMG will be serving as the official partners of the tournament.

The tournament will be featuring a wide array of esports title including Overwatch, League of Legends, Warcraft III Reforged and Dungeon Fighter Online (DNF).

The invitations are as follows:

  • For DNF competition on November 28th, the tournament will invite teams from China, the United States, Japan, and Korea. 
  • For the Overwatch competition on November 29th, four teams from the Overwatch League will be invited. The tournament has already unveiled two of the four teams which are: Shanghai Dragon and Hangzhou Spark. 
  • For the Warcraft III Reforged competition on November 30th, 16 professional players from China, the United States, Europe and Korea are set to be invited.
  • For the League of Legends competition on December 1st, the tournament will invite the retired players from the League of Legends Pro League (LPL), League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), League of Legends European Championship (LEC) and League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) respectively.

In addition to these, the Shanghai-Jingan government and Shanghai General Administration of Sports will be hosting an esports business conference, esports fans party, and an esports video art show alongside the event. The esports business conference will be focusing on two topics: “Three values in esports” and “Four related industry areas”, according to the announcement.

G2 Esports and Red Bull Enter into Multi-Year Partnership

Souhit Dey
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G2 Esports and Red Bull Enter into Multi-Year Partnership

G2 Esports has expanded its relationship with Red Bull and will debut with a new partnership covering all its esports teams and content creators. The multi-year agreement covers player performance, content creation, and event activation. Although, financial terms were not disclosed from either side.

The companies will be introduced at multiple esports events this weekend which will include the Starladder Berlin Major, the League of Legends European Championship (LEC) finals, the Rainbow Six Siege Invitational 2019 at DreamHack Montreal, along with regular-season play for the PLAYERUKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS European League (PEL) and the Rocket League DreamHack Pro Circuit: Montreal 2019. 

Players at the above-mentioned events will all be wearing Red Bull branded jerseys and will take part in 1v1’s and meet-and-greets with fans at the said events. “This holistic partnership is a big step for G2 and the content that we have coming down the pipeline is going to set this collaboration apart from all others in the space,” said G2 Esports CEO Carlos Rodriguez about the partnership. 

On top of promoting its energy drink brand, Red Bull provides marketing for a variety of professional esports teams, similar to what it does in motorsports and urban sports events. One such example is the two times winner of DOTA 2’s The International, team OG, which bears the Red Bull logo in its team crest. It must be mentioned that the Red Bull Media House produced a feature documentary on the team’s first TI victory.

NRG proceed to the semi-finals of CSGO Berlin Major after taking down Na’Vi

Souhit Dey
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NRG proceed to the semi-finals of CSGO Berlin Major after taking down Na’Vi

NRG took a clean sweep over CIS fan-favorite Na’Vi going 2-0 against them at the Berlin Major today.

The map picks went as follows:

  • NRG removed Overpass
  • Natus Vincere removed Vertigo
  • NRG picked Dust2
  • Natus Vincere picked Mirage
  • Natus Vincere removed Train
  • NRG removed Inferno
  • Nuke is the decider

The first map was Dust 2. Na’Vi took a head start after securing a pistol round with a bomb defuse, but NRG responded with a risky force buy in the second round which transitioned into a round win. NRG gained a lot of momentum on their T-side and Tarik “tarik” Celek demolished the Na’Vi lineup with a quad kill in the 12th round on B-site. The first half went 10-5 in favor of NRG. In the second half NRG took the pistol round and the round following it but Na’Vi managed to answer back with a 5 round winning streak after the initial two round losses. Sadly, the star player of Na’Vi Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev seemed to be failing today as he kept missing crucial AWP shots which allowed NRG to take the first map 16-12.

With the score set 1-0 in the Best-of-three series, the second map of the day was Mirage. On Mirage NRG took the first pistol round on the CT-side but lost four of its players in a weak anti-forcebuy effort in the second round thus sustaining huge economic losses. With a relatively weak CT-side NRG struggled against the onslaught of s1mple and co. but did manage to pull of some amazing plays such as the aggressive AWP from tarik in the 12th round. The first half went 10-5 in favor of Na’Vi. In the second half NRG streaked an initial pistol round win into a four round win streak before they were shut down by Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhailov executing a quad kill hold on the A-site. In the 22nd round tarik helped NRG gain some more momentum with a 1v3 clutch on the B-site with excellent utility usage. The map went into overtime with a 15-15 scoreline as both the teams traded rounds back to back and nobody seemed to go down without a fight. The overtime began with NRG taking 2 wins and putting up a score of 17-15 before s1mple and Danylo “Zeus” Teslenko managed to pull of an impressive B-site hold winning the final round of the first half of overtime 1. After the switch, Ethan “Ethan” Arnold pulled of an outstanding A hold enabling tarik and Vincent “Brehze” Cayonte to carry out their rotations and secure the round on time. NRG kept their momentum going and overpowered Na’Vi to close out the map with a score of 19-17.

With the win on Mirage and Dust 2, NRG closed out the BO3 series 2-0 and earned their spot in the semi-finals where they will face off against the winner of the Liquid vs Astralis series. Na’Vi, on the other hand, will face disappointment at a Major event yet again and will be eliminated from the Berlin Major.

9pasha joins Natus Vincere

Prateek Sahoo
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9pasha joins Natus Vincere

Earlier today, Virtus.Pro announced that they have parted ways with Pavel “9pasha” Khvastunov.

Well, it did not take long for him to join a new team.

Pavel “9pasha” Khvastunov will now play under the NatusVincere banner in the 2019-20 DPC season.

9Pasha who is a 5-time major champion, will step into the shoes of Evgeniy «Blizzy» Ree, who has been benched and moved to an inactive position on the roster. Blizzystill has a valid contract with the club. He will be taking a short vacation, and then will consider options for further career development.

YevhenZolotarov-CEO NatusVincere:

Even before TI we decided that we need to keep the backbone of the team and I am very glad that, despite the high interest in NAVI players from other clubs, we managed to do so.
The only change in the roster has nothing to do with Blizzy’s level of play — it is the desire not to miss on the opportunity and strengthen ourselves with the super-experienced player who possesses the human qualities that are so lacking in our young team.
I am pleased to welcome Pasha in NAVI and sincerely want to thank Evgeniy for this season and the numerous Pogchamp moments he has given us.

Pasha is vastly experienced and will be a worthy addition to the NatusVincere squad.

We wish Natus Vincere best of luck in their future endeavors.

Current NAVI Dota 2 Roster:

  • Vladislav «Crystallize» Krystanek
  • Idan «MagicaL» Vardanian
  • Pavel «9pasha» Khvastunov
  • Bakyt «W_Zayac» Emilzhanov
  • Akbar «SoNNeikO» Butaev
  • Evgeniy «Blizzy» Ree (inactive)
  • Andrey «Mag» Chipenko (coach)

Stewie’s Steam account hacked during CSGO Berlin Major playoffs

Raj 'Stan' Shah
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Stewie’s Steam account hacked during CSGO Berlin Major playoffs

The hacker took control of stewie2k’s account and locked him out of it completely his account was hacked on the eve of his StarLadder Major Berlin Playoffs.

At around 5:10 CT, Stewie2k tweeted that someone hacked his Steam account and he was not able to do anything, he was totally locked out of it. He was unsure if he touched something or clicked on some suspicious link.

Stewie2k mentioned his account was hacked even after using two-factor authentication / Mobile Authentication. The hacker had locked stewie2k out of his account.

In another tweet Stewie congratulated the hacker saying “Hats off for the hacker,” the Liquid player said. “Dedicated your life for these things…got what you want. Seems like (the CSGO devs) got it all under control though.”

Seems like Stewie might lose on his expensive and rare skins from his profile for the time being but for now CSGO Dev’s have it all under control. Stewie2k does have his ID Back!

Dota 2: 9pasha and ArsZeeqq leave Virtus.Pro

Prateek Sahoo
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Dota 2: 9pasha and ArsZeeqq leave Virtus.Pro

Virtus.Pro have been one of the most dominating teams in the DOTA PRO Circuit since the past 3 years, but glory at The International has always evaded them.

Despite placing 5th-6th at TI7 and Ti8, Virtus.Pro are not satisfied with their performance, considering the fact that VP have won multiple majors over the past few years, while placing 2nd at a handful of majors.

Placing 9th-12th at The International 2019 was the final straw. After their unsatisfactory performance, Virtus.Pro have made changes to their roster.

Earlier today Virtus.Pro announced that they have parted ways with Pavel “9pasha” Khvastunov and Arseniy “ArsZeeqq” Usov.

Pavel “9pasha” Khvastunov has been part of the VP roster since August 2016 and has won 5 majors under the Virtus.Pro banner while winning many other prestigious events like multiple ESL ONE Events. He has been playing the role of offlane, and is statistically the best offlaner to ever play for Virtus.Pro.

9Pasha has been an integral part of the Virtus.Pro core since well over 3 years, both on and off the field. Known for his in-game skill and humor as well,9 Pasha will be sorely missed.

While this change is devastating, it was much needed, as the team’s results had stagnated and they were in dire need of fresh blood.

9Pasha has joined NatusVincere, with whom he will compete in the 2019-20 DPC season.

Arseniy «ArsZeeqq» Usov, the head coach of Dota 2 roster during DPC 2018/19 season, is to leave Virtus.pro along with 9pasha.HE had joined shortly after TI8 had ended, with VP finishing 5th-6th at the mega event.

Current VP Roster:

  • Roman “RAMZES666”Kushnarev
  • Vladimir “No[o]ne” Minenko
  • Vladimir “RodjER”Nikogosyan
  • Alexei “Solo”Berezin
  • TBA

MIBR signs KNGV

Aditya Singhal
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MIBR signs KNGV

The Brazilian organization has just announced the signing of Vito “kNgV-“ Giussepe from INTZ.
After an awful performance by the Brazilians in the Berlin Major because of playing with the coach as a stand-in, MIBR signs the 26-year-old as a replacement of Marcelo “coldzera” David, who moved to bench in July informing the organization of his desire to take up new challenges elsewhere.

kNgV- has been playing with his new teammates since INTZ’s elimination at the Major as MIBR prepare for their first tournament with the new line-up, BLAST Pro Series Moscow, scheduled for September 13-14. A week later, the team will attend the V4 Future Sports Festival, in Budapest.

MIBR current lineup-

• Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo
• Fernando “fer” Alvarenga
• Epitacio “TACO” de Melo
• Lucas “LUCAS1” Teles (loan)
• Vito “kNgV-“ Giussepe

• Marcelo “coldzera” David (benched)

• João “felps” Vasconcellos (loaned out)

• Wilton “zews” Prado (coach)

Avangar overpower Vitality; advance to semi finals in Berlin CSGO Major

Raj 'Stan' Shah
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Avangar overpower Vitality; advance to semi finals in Berlin CSGO Major

In the second quarter final for the day, AVANGAR vs Team Vitality, AVANGAR eliminated the world’s number two team (2-1) in a Bo3 format Quarter Final making their way to the Semi Finals of the event.

The first map again being Mirage (Vitality’s Pick) Vitality started off on the T-side with a 2-0 lead taking off the pistol round and the following eco round. The Mp9 3k by ‘SANJI’ helped AVANGAR to get their first round on the CT Side. Apex clutched down a 1v2 in the 10th round to level up the scores 5-5 , After that rest of the rounds went pretty much back and forth and in the last round of the half, ‘Jame’ helped with an AWP Retake with 3 smooth kills to end the half 8-7 in the favor of AVANGAR.
On the second half of Mirage, Vitality takes the pistol round and the following anti-eco round with a blazing 4k by Zywooo.
‘Jame’ and ‘Adren’ helps earn the map point for AVANGAR and making 15-9, Vitality failing to break their 8 round win streak losing the first map (16-9).

On the second map Inferno (AVANGAR’s Pick)
AVANGAR took the pistol round on the T-Side of inferno, the first few rounds went on the AVANGAR’s way while vitality took the last 7 seven rounds of the first half, ending the half (9-6), Zywoo shows up on inferno with his sniper and top frags on inferno with 28 kills, Vitality wins inferno with the same score line (16-11) leveling up 1-1 in the Bo3 format taking up to the third and decider map ‘Dust 2’

The third and final map of the day, Dust 2 (The Decider Map) for the quarter finals 2,
AVANGAR Starts on the T-Side where ;Qikert’ opens up the map by taking a quad kill and winning the pistol round for AVANGAR, They look unstoppable on their T-side taking the first half (12-3). ‘Adren’ ‘Buster’ and ‘Jame’ all playing up their best getting entries, holding off angles, winning every battle.

The second half on Dust 2 starts off with an ACE Clutch from ‘Zywoo’ where Vitality tried their best to make that come-back possible where ‘JAME’ answers with another ACE of his own with the AWP. Vitality tried their best with the comeback winning 4 rounds in a row and getting up to the double digits but AVANGAR remained resilient as they secured the final two rounds taking the map (16-10) and Eliminating the Team Vitality in the Bo3 Quarter Finals (2-1)

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