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PayPal ties with Ubisoft for Rainbow Six Pro League

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PayPal ties with Ubisoft for Rainbow Six Pro League

Paypal and Ubisoft have announced that the payment provider will partner with the Rainbow Six Pro League and Majors as their official payment platform.

The partnership will run from November 2018 until November 2019. The partnership will be first used at the Pro League Season 8 Finals in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil this weekend.

2019 is set to be a busy year for Siege, with two more Pro League finals as well as the Six Invitational 2019 and the return of the Six Major, due to take place in Summer of 2019.

PayPal joins Lenovo Legion and HyperX as key sponsors for Siege esports. Only this week Ubisoft confirmed HyperX had renewed their partnership with Siege.

PayPal recently released their research results on their 2018 study titled “Gaming Insights: The Gender Divide, eSports and More“. The research mostly looked at the spending habits of gamers and esports.

The news has been generated through a feed. Editorial team wasn’t a part. Source: ESI

StarSeries Season 7 is coming to Shanghai with $500K

Pranav Nalawade
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StarSeries Season 7 is coming to Shanghai with $500K

StarLadder announced Wednesday the next season of StarSeries i-League CS:GO, StarSeries i-League Season 7, sporting a $500,000 prize pool.

StarSeries i-League Season 7 will be similar to the previous seasons of the competition in many ways, Attended by 16 teams, 13 of which will be invited directly to the final stage, and 3 will go through the regional qualifiers in North America, Europe and Asia. The LAN-finals of the 7th season will be held from the 30th of March to 7th of April, 2019 in Shanghai.

In addition, StarLadder have invited the Brazilian team WILD, who recently won Gamecon Brasilia 2018, in an effort to help boost the South American scene.

The only change that was made to the event’s format sees the return of best-of-three matches in the Swiss stage. StarLadder previously used this format in Season 5, before briefly reducing the matches to best-of-one’s in Season 6, and is currently the only major organizer to boost the use of this format.

Ence won StarSeries i-League Season 6 on October 15, by defeating Vega Squadron 3-2 in the grand final. StarSeries i-League Season 7 will be the fourth StarLadder tournament of 2018.

Details about regional qualifier, as well as the total number of invited teams, have not been revealed yet.

Photo courtesy of StarLadder

 

Meet the final teams competing at ECS Season 6

Parth Gada
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Meet the final teams competing at ECS Season 6

NRG has topped the league stage of the ECS Season 6, as the last round of matches got over yesterday, as they join Renegades, MIBR, and Liquid for the Finals to be held in Texas next week.

With a 13-5 record, the high flying side has ensured that they will be seeded first in the $600,000 event that takes place from November 22-25 at the Esports Stadium in Arlington.

Just following them are Renegades, who, although tied on points, lost out on the top spot having lost both their matches to NRG. MIBR and Liquid fill out the last 2 slots with a record of 12-6 and 11-7 respectively.

In the European Contingent, fellow Danes Astralis and North have booked the top slots, while the remaining two spots were filled by Mousesports and NiP, in a dramatic finale that saw the German Org, who were tied on points with FaZe before the match, win both the best of 1 matches to secure 3rd place, and also help NiP who won 1 and lost the other against Fnatic which was ultimately enough for them to secure a spot.

The teams are as follows:

  • Astralis
  • North
  • Mousesports
  • NiP
  • NRG
  • Renegades
  • MIBR
  • Liquid

The total prize pool is $660,000 with the winner banking $250,000 alone.

Astralis have already made over $2 million in 2018. With prizes as huge as a quarter, the Danish roster might acquire additional half a million to their portfolio.

PUBG Mobile Fighting League 2018 is inviting teams to win INR 14 Lakhs

Mayank Jain
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PUBG Mobile Fighting League 2018 is inviting teams to win INR 14 Lakhs

The PUBG Mobile fever is here to stay and it is only going to get bigger and better with each passing day. We are excited to announce our association with the Chinese gaming network Fighting Esports Group for the one of a kind online PUBG Mobile tournament, the Fighting League 2018 PUBG Mobile India.

The grand finals are set to happen online on 8 and 9 December for a prize pool of INR 14 Lacs.

The tournament is completely online with 4 weekly qualifiers. Each weekly qualifier will see 100 teams divided into 5 groups and the top 4 teams from each group will compete for the weekly finals.

The event is organized by NODWIN Gaming in association with Chinese gaming company, Fighting Esports Group.

Out of the 20 teams playing the weekly finals, the top 10 teams will be awarded according to the prize distribution given below:

Fighting League 2018 PUBG Mobile

Fighting League

After the culmination of all the four qualifiers, top 20 teams will be chosen on the basis of their cumulative points; through the 4 qualifiers to play the grand finals. Grand finals will be a BO4 TPP mode on Saturday. BO4 FPP mode on Sunday, with 2 rounds of Erangel map and 2 round of Miramar map.

The top 10 teams will be awarded the following prize distribution at the end of the grand finals:

Fighting League

The qualifiers are set to begin on 16 November and will culminate with the grand finals on 8 and 9 December. – No emulator player will be allowed. If found in the lobby, the whole team will be disqualified.

Find the links for Discord channel and detailed tournament info below:

Detailed Rulebook: https://goo.gl/Y7fZas
Discord link for any queries: https://discord.gg/W9sCx8p

PUBG creator Brendan, however, have in the past said, they’re not ready for competitive events.

Stewie2K named in Forbes 30 under 30 for Gaming

Parth Gada
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Stewie2K named in Forbes 30 under 30 for Gaming

The 20-year-old prodigy is the only player from CSGO to be included in the list, alongside big names like Team Liquid’s Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng (League of Legends) and Lauren “Goddess” Williams (Rainbow Six: Siege).

The 30 under 30 list is a recognition by Forbes for the biggest and most influential personalities in their respective fields who are under 30.

https://twitter.com/mibr/status/1062448828949815296

Stewie is widely regarded as one of the best players in North America, despite having only played CS:GO since the summer of 2014.

On January 11th, 2016, Stewie joined C9 amidst much criticism from fans and analysts alike, for being an unproven and inexperienced talent, but quickly became one of the best players of C9 and then NA. 2 years later in January 2018, he helped his team win the first ever Major for a North American team.

His move to MIBR in June 2018 saw a slow start with mixed results, with ZOTAC Cup Masters being the only tournament win, but things have gradually improved as the team looks more consistent.

Incidentally, his teammate Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo was the recipient of the award last year, for his massive contribution in the advancement of the Brazilian CSGO scene, apart from his own individual success.

CSGO Battle Royale mode may arrive soon

Parth Gada
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CSGO Battle Royale mode may arrive soon

According to rumours being floated on Twitter, it is possible that the widely popular format of Battle Royale may soon make its way to the popular FPS game.

A twitter user @Nors3, who tweets regularly about counter strike updates, shared a screenshot of the developers playing on a map called ‘mg_xl_enclave’ which, according to a Reddit user is: “in the official survival map pool, according to the cvar ‘ui_playsettings_maps_official_survival’.”


It is possible that a survival mode could be added in the next operation, which is long overdue since the last Operation, Hydra, was over last year itself. Many games are jumping on the bandwagon of the success of Battle Royale, with Call of Duty Black Ops 4 being the latest game to feature it.

It is very unclear at this stage what the game mode could really be because according to @Nors3, he “doubts Source can handle a proper +30 BR mode,” although other users argue that it can handle upwards of 60 people easily.

This is not the first time that a survival or BR mode has ever been mentioned with regards to CSGO, however, as the rumours have been flying around ever since ConVars with “survival” prefix in the name was added to the game files in the May 31, 2016 update, while in an October update, the map named Island was added to the game files with a survival prefix.

While all these could mean nothing as has been in the past 2 years and Valve could either dismiss this idea or go in a completely different direction, nonetheless it is fun to speculate and discuss the direction which Valve chooses to take.

Photo via Kugo the Mighty

Faculty to step down as Vitality Coach

Parth Gada
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Faculty to step down as Vitality Coach

According to a statement released on Twitter, Phillipe “faculty” Rodier is set to leave Vitality only a month after the roster was picked up.

While the reasons are unknown at this point, he expressed his “disappointment” and wished the players well for their journey ahead. A former 1.6 player for against All authority, Rodier was away from Counter-Strike for a long time before being announced as the coach of Vitality at its inception.

RpK, ZywOo, NbK, Happy, Faculty, apEX

The team that was formed in October, has not yet been tested on LAN, and has managed to secure spots at Dreamhack Atlanta and LOOT.Bet Cup #3 in Malta, although not yet secured a spot for the Qualifier for the Europe Minor, as well as failed to qualify for Dreamhack Winter.

The French team are set to Debut on LAN against Ghost in Dreamhack Atlanta on the 16th of November and will be without their coach unless a replacement is found immediately.

Team Vitality CS:GO

🇫🇷 Nathan “NBK-“ Schmitt
🇫🇷 Dan “apEX” Madesclaire
🇫🇷 Vincent “Happy” Schopenhauer
🇫🇷 Cédric “RpK” Guipouy
🇫🇷 Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut

Dreamhack Open Atlanta 2018 Schedule Announced

Parth Gada
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Dreamhack Open Atlanta 2018 Schedule Announced

Happy and co from Vitality are set to Debut on LAN as the full Schedule of Dreamhack Atlanta has been announced.

The Tier 2 tournament gives a chance for up and coming teams like Fragsters, Rogue and compLexity to get a chance to get a lions share of the $100,000 prize pool, as well as improve their rankings.

The tournament, which takes place from November 16-18, is set to feature 8 teams, with 6 direct invites, and 2 slots which were decided by a qualifier, the winners of which were Vitality from Europe and eUnited from North America.

The Format is the standard one used in DreamHack events; a double elimination group stage, with Besto of 1 upper bracket matches and a Best of 3 Lower Bracket matches, following which there will be single elimination, Best of 3 Matches till the finals.

The heavy favorites and Major Legends compLexity, are set to face newly formed NA team Envy, whereas the team Envy dropped, Vitality, is set to debut on LAN against Ghost Gaming. Luminosity are set to take on eUnited, whereas high flying Danes Fragsters will play against fellow countryman MSL and Rogue, to complete the round 1 Matchups.

Here is the full Schedule of the event:

Friday, November 16

22:30 – Group A Match 1 compLexity vs. Envy | BO1
00:00 – Group B Match 1 Ghost vs. Vitality | BO1

01:30 Group A Match 2 eUnited vs. Luminosity | BO1
03:00 Group B Match 2 Fragsters vs. Rogue | BO1

04:30 Group A winners’ match | BO1
06:00 Group B winners’ match | BO1

Saturday, November 17

20:30 – Group A elimination match | BO3
23:30 – Group B elimination match | BO3

02:30 – Group A decider | BO3
05:30 – Group B decider | BO3

Sunday, November 18

20:30 – Semi-final #1 (B1 vs. A2) | BO3
23:30 – Semi-final #2 (A1 vs. B2) | BO3

03:30 – Grand final | BO3

IEM Sydney 2019; CSGO announced with $250,000 pool

Raja Pratap Singh
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IEM Sydney 2019; CSGO announced with $250,000 pool

The German esports company ESL has announced Intel Extreme Masters for Sydney in May, 2019. The event will offer $250,000 as pool to sixteen teams.

The three days action is scheduled from May 3-5 at the Qudos Bank Arena.

Eight teams will receive invites to IEM Sydney. While the remaining spots will be filled through online qualifiers. Europe and North America, both have each qualifying spot, while Asia and Oceania will have three apiece.

IEM Sydney tickets will go on sale Friday, November 16, on ticketek.com.au.

The defending champions FaZe, alongside Astralis, fnatic, Liquid & Natus Vincere are expected to join the events. More details will be announced soon.

Picture credits: HLTV.org

Cloud9 wins Esports Organization of the Year 2018 Award

Mayank Jain
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Cloud9 wins Esports Organization of the Year 2018 Award

Cloud9 awarded as the Esports Organization of the Year at the 2018 Esports Awards. The esteemed organization has had a breathtaking, fantastic year across multiple titles. They achieved successful results in Overwatch, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends, and Rocket League.

To start with, at the beginning of the year, Cloud9 became the first North American team to win a CS:GO Major with a monumental victory over FaZe Clan in the ELEAGUE Boston Major, and at the end of July, their Overwatch League team, the London Spitfire, were named the champions of the league’s inaugural season.

Cloud9 Esports Organization of the year 2018

Earlier this month, they became the first North American team to advance to the League of Legends World Championship semi-finals in seven years.

Jack Etienne, the CEO and founder of Cloud9, thanked the “C9Fam” for their support. The official Cloud9 Twitter thanked the fans and the votes. They wrote, “We at Cloud9 are delighted to have been voted the Esports Organisation of the Year at the #ESPORTSAWARDS! 2018 has truly been a year to remember, and it just got better. Thanks to everyone in the #C9FAM for your support and for voting for us!”

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