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TyLoo now ranks better than Virtus.pro

Deepak Ojha
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TyLoo now ranks better than Virtus.pro

We are at the closing stages of 2018 and the world rankings of CSGO have come about to a comprehensive conclusion. The HLTV rankings suggest Astralis as the top team, followed by Natus Vincere. Among the top five are Liquid, FaZe & mousesports. Virtus.pro fell to the 31st spot.

The Polish lineup, who were once dominant in all versions of the franchise, have now dropped out of the top thirty teams in the world. The roster had a rough journey in 2018. Following the exit of the founding member TaZ, they have been struggling for a decent and stable squad.

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TyLoo

Although the only core players remaining in the team are pasha & NEO, the roster is now ranked 31st in the world rankings. TyLoo, on the other hand is ranked 24th with 74 points, not a great feat, though comparatively better.

At the onset of 2018, the reports had come up suggesting that the organization could release both, Neo & TaZ. That didn’t manifest for NEO. Virtus.pro failed to establish their dominance in the year 2018. As today, VP doesn’t have a single win in their achievements for the year, except for their WESG Poland qualifiers.

Ex6TenZ and Smithzz to be replaced in G2 – Report

Parth Gada
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Ex6TenZ and Smithzz to be replaced in G2 – Report

According to a report by VPEsports, Kevin “Ex6TenZ” Droolans and Edouard “SmithZz” Dubourdeaux are set to be replaced by the 3D Max duo of Audric “JACKZ” Jug and Lucas “Lucky” Chastang.

The French roster is set to replace the players they had initially added in June, who had then replaced the duo of Nathan “NBK” Schmitt and Dan “apEX” Madesclaire, and now find themselves under the firing line.

After a string of poor performances including a loss in the legends stage of the FACEIT Major, and subpar performances more recently at ESL One New York 2018 and cs_summit 3, while also languishing at the bottom of the table in ECS Season 6, the team feels that the roster required some freshening up, with newer talent with more firepower.

Replacing them would be the two 3DMAX players Lucky and JaCkz, who are younger players with more energy, potential and firepower. Lucky is a hybrid awper, who has had an HLTV rating of 1.16 in the past 3 months and been the star of his team, while JaCkz, a slightly older player at 26, has had stints at EnVyuS Academy and is said to be a consistent fragger.

This also means that contract negotiations with Kenny “kennyS” Schrub have progressed and he is set to sign an extension soon. Earlier, we had reported that the star awper had stalled contract negotiations, due to him being unhappy with the performance of his team.

The only question that remains is the role of the IGL, which was taken up by Ex6TenZ. While shox has shown in the past that he can be one, his numbers have taken up a hit, and while Lucky has shown in 3D Max that he can assist the IGL very well, the next few matches of the new roster will give a more clear picture.

G2 Esports should soon be:

🇫🇷 Richard “shox” Papillon
🇫🇷 Kenny “kennyS” Schrub
🇫🇷 Alexandre “bodyy” Pianaro
🇫🇷 Audric “JACKZ” Jug
🇫🇷 Lucas “Lucky” Chastang

🇫🇷 Damien “maLeK” Marcel (coach)
🇧🇪 Kevin “Ex6TenZ” Droolans (benched)
🇫🇷 Edouard “SmithZz” Dubourdeaux (benched)

 

Picture credits to HLTV.org

Astralis earnings in 2018 surpasses $2mn

Deepak Ojha
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Astralis earnings in 2018 surpasses $2mn

Denmark’s CS pride Astralis earnings crossed over $2mn in 2018 through the prize pools. Astralis, who were recent winners at IEM Chicago 2018, added another $100,000 to their banks alongside a golden trophy.

Owned by RFRSH Entertainment, Astralis is powered by peripheral company Turtle Beach, stylish Jack & Jones, and energy drink company NOCCO. They started their journey in 2016. The exit of Team SoLoMid from the CS:GO forte, forced the lineup to play with “QuestionMark” for a while before they acquired the rights of Astralis from the Finnish organization.

One of the most interesting facts about Astralis still remains the fact that the players themselves own the organization.

In 2016, CS veteran Danny “zonic” Sørensen coached Team Question Mark, which eventually turned to Astralis. The lineup in 2017 entered into a contract with German car marker, Audi. Astralis’ CSGO lineup significantly turned robust after they signed gla1ve.

Today as we compute, Astralis have earned over $4,259,102 since their inception.

Astralis earnings in 2018

  • 1st at FACEIT Major 2018 – $500,000
  • 1st at ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018 – $500,000
  • 1st at ECS Season 5 Finals – $250,000
  • 1st at ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals – $250,000
  • 1st at BLAST Pro Series Istanbul 2018 – $125,000
  • 1st at IEM Chicago 2018 – $100,000
  • 1st at DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018 – $100,000
  • 2nd at DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018 – $50,000
  • 2nd at IEM Sydney 2018 – $42,000
  • 3rd at IEM Katowice 2018 – $40,000
  • 3rd at ESL One Cologne 2018 – $22,000
  • 3rd at BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2018 – $25,000
  • 5th at StarSeries i-League Season 4 – $10,000

Moreover, 2018 still have a lot to offer. Blast Pro Series in Portugal, ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals in Denmark, and ECS Season 6 finals in the USA have attractive prize pools for teams to claim their share.

Statistics credit to HLTV.org

Astralis conquests IEM Chicago 2018 over Team Liquid

Mayank Jain
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Astralis conquests IEM Chicago 2018 over Team Liquid

The world’s best Astralis demonstrated their value by and by after an overwhelming 3-0 IEM Chicago triumph over Team Liquid. The Danish squad has watched frail and out of shape this competition, however even this variant fo Astralis is all that could possibly be needed to anchor the trophy for Astralis.

Astralis is the ideal case of what a team can do with brilliant expertise administration and productivity. The Danish squad is to a great degree proficient with their development and situated, which drives them to highly affect the diversion.

In spite of getting Mirage, Nuke, and Inferno, Team Liquid was not ready to win a solitary map. One miracle if teams should begin forbidding Nuke against Astralis. The Danish squad is right now on a 24 delineate streak on Nuke. Their mid-round calls and their capacity to rapidly adjust to any calls by Glaive is the thing that makes them deadly on this map.

We see the Danish squad always show signs of change up systems mid-round. They may go into a round with the expectation of hitting the Ramp room, yet any data about the players’ situating and the quantity of players guarantees that they adjust to the circumstance. We may then observe a vent surge or a fast A site hit from the Danish squad. The speed of the Astralis Attack is unmatched in CS: GO.

Astralis 7th trophy in 2018

There were a couple of questions of Astralis’ strength in the ongoing weeks. After their poor execution at Blast Pro Series Copenhagen, Astralis looked powerless and helpless. Notwithstanding amid this competition, they had an exceptionally poor execution against Fnatic. At a certain point in time, it looked like Fnatic was effortlessly going to win the arrangement.

In any case, Astralis made a wonderful rebound from 15-9 to anchor the map in Overtime. It is this coarseness and flexibility from the Danish squad that genuinely places them in the association ever greats.

Nicolai “device” Reedtz won the MVP trophy, however in all decency, we need to state that Zonic and Glaive ought to get a lot of brilliance. The two driving forces have helped Astralis turned into the best level group and utilize their abilities proficiently.

With this triumph, Astralis is currently one bit nearer to anchoring the Intel Grand Slam. They have two more chances to do as such, and we anticipate that them will effectively win the Grand Slam. In any case, the present Danish squad is still extremely helpless.

There were two astounding rebounds for Astralis at IEM Chicago 2018. A couple of rounds going the wrong way could have seen a different result.

Valve steps in to settle the controversial DotA 2 racism

The Crew
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Valve steps in to settle the controversial DotA 2 racism

The tempest encompassing the DotA 2 network because of a couple of apparently bigot remarks, has forced Valve to issue an official explanation.

In the announcement, Valve prompts every single proficient player to keep a check of their dialect, regardless of whether they need to state it jokingly. Being an expert player implies that each word has an effect on countless fans. It is essential for the players to keep out of mischief on an open gathering.

The fiasco started back on November 2 when Filipino player Andrei “skem” Ong used racist language against his team’s Chinese opponents, Royal Never Give Up, during the DreamLeague Season 10 tournament.

The full statement is below:

We are about to embark on another journey towards The International. The previous International concluded with a historic 5 game series between LGD and OG that had fans on the edge of their seats. With the playoffs of the first Major about to begin shortly, teams now set their sights on competing once again at The International next year.

The International has always been about bringing fans from diverse cultures all around the world together to celebrate the game we love with one another. Professional players compete year-round, hoping for a chance to prove themselves on the grand stage. They have strong competitive spirits, with high emotions and drive to perform. That’s why we love watching them compete. We’ve always had an approach of letting the players be themselves, and to express themselves freely. That’s how it’s always been for a long time. However, we also expect pro players to understand that they represent the Dota community regardless of where they are. Words carry a lot of meaning. Some people may not agree or understand why certain words are harmful, but it doesn’t make it any less so to those on the receiving end. The language used by multiple players over the last week has caused many of our fans a lot of pain and is not behavior that we condone.

We’ve been spending the past few days talking to various pro players and community leaders about this. From all the interactions we’ve seen over the years, we know that deep down professional players respect each other immensely. However, we want to be very clear that Valve will not tolerate racist language between pro players in any form. We think it is really damaging to the entire Dota community whenever even a single professional player uses discriminatory language. It pits fans against each other, belittles and demeans entire groups and makes them feel like they are not as important. Going forward, we expect all teams who participate in our tournaments to hold its players accountable and be prepared to follow up with strong punishments when players represent Dota and its community poorly.

We hope that the players and the community around the world will become better educated and more respectful as a result of the recent incidents. We think the communities everywhere around the world want the same things: for our favorite players and teams to do well, and for a great display of Dota. With the group stages over and the playoffs about to begin, we want to wish good luck to all the teams participating. Let’s enjoy some Dota together.

 

League of Legends in 2018 was the World’s Most Viewed Esports Game in History

Arpita Tewari
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League of Legends in 2018 was the World’s Most Viewed Esports Game in History

This past week hasn’t been the best for Riot Games and League of Legends. Unprecedented for quite a long time, LoL’s universality has been on the rot with ordinary watcher checks lower than at some other time as a result of the continuous impact in viewership for new battle royale entertainments on Twitch.

Regardless, even with the climb and fall of PUBG, and Fortnite transforming into the most watched diversion ever on Twitch, League of Legends’ most prominent event of the year, Worlds 2018, simply made sense of how to set another immaculate apex itself — exhibiting that the MOBA characterization and LoL are both still fan top decisions among esports watchers.

There is a lot going on in the esports world, stay updated with the schedule of the games you should visit and bookmark the website esportsguide.com. In there you will find the updated calendar of all the upcoming esports events and matches and the channels where to watch esports matches online.

A year back, we declared that LoL’s main event at Worlds 2017 set another record for the redirection with its watcher check peaking at somewhat more than 1 million synchronous watchers strangely on Twitch.

Directly, following one year, League’s Worlds 2018 event has to be sure bested itself, including another 50k watchers (+5%) when appeared differently in relation to a year prior and setting another zenith of 1.14 million concurrent watchers on Twitch all through the week’s end.

And keeping in mind that the ongoing increment in watchers is absolutely extraordinary news for Riot Games and their greatest live occasion of the year, overall, LoL’s watcher depends on Twitch have been altogether lower this year with a normal of 120k viewers per hour contrasted with last year’s 203k viewers per hour.

A weekend ago’s occasion was likewise barely short of fixing the second most viewed esports occasion ever, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s #2 untouched pinnacle of 1.15 million viewers on Twitch, and far from Fortnite’s record-breaking 1.5 million viewers back in July on Twitch.

Australia’s Queensland University of Technology is offering scholarships to League of Legends players

Mayank Jain
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Australia’s Queensland University of Technology is offering scholarships to League of Legends players

Australia’s first college esports grant has touched base, with the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane reporting it will grant five $10,000 grants for League of Legends in 2019. The cash will help bolster understudies’ college contemplates and esports preparing.

QUT is likewise home to Australia’s first official college supported esports program, and the primary committed on-grounds gaming field.

The QUT esports club was established by Michael Trotter and Dylan Poulus in 2016 when they were brain science understudies. Michael, now the QUT esports co-organizer, said gamers who needed one of the $10,000 grants needed to get past a two-advance aggressive process.

“The first step is to get an application in by November 16 for a 2019 QUT Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship for Elite Athletes,” he said.

“Those applicants will then battle it out on January 5 at the selection trials at our new QUT Esports Arena for a place on our five-member 2019 OCS team.” As if the League of Legends solo queue ladder wasn’t competitive enough.

Tejas Ace Sawant set to return to India

Parth Gada
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Tejas Ace Sawant set to return to India

Tejas ‘Ace’ Sawant has left Team XCN, after they announced his departure through an Instagram post today.

The 25-year-old was part of the Indonesian side for 9 months, with his most notable achievement being the victory in the ESEA Open Season 27 APAC. In a Facebook post, he announced his gratitude toward his former teammates and coach, and also revealed that he would be joining an India side soon.

Photo via CSGO2ASIA

Ace will be a valuable addition in any Indian CSGO Roster, as he has had experience not only domestically, but internationally too, with his most famous appearance being at the ESL ONe Cologne 2014 with Team Wolf, having played against the legendary squad of NiP. That, along with his time at XCN, will ensure that he will have enough experience to guide his team not only in strats, but also help them in the mental side of the game that is often looked over.

Riot Games sued for sexual harassment and gender discrimination

Mayank Jain
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Riot Games sued for sexual harassment and gender discrimination

A former employee of Riot Games, together with a current one, are suing Riot Games for multiple charges. The League of Legends producer is accused of unequal pay, sexual harassment and for promoting gender discrimination.

The class action suit against Riot Games is filed by a former and a current employee. The lawsuit doesn’t surprise the community as Kotaku had earlier reported about the Riot Game’s sexist environment.

Further, into the details, the document reveals how Riot Game’s hiring process favors men. An instance by the plaintiff jolts the conscience when it is described as  “a female employee discovered an email chain discussing what it would be like to ‘penetrate her,’ in which a colleague added that she would be a good target to sleep with and not call again.”

The Kotaku report’s allegations were refuted by Riot Games’ statement earlier. Apparently, the company assured that it will try to ‘fix’ the corporate problem immediately as it can.

“Despite Ms. McCracken’s hard work to achieve her promotion, it has been put on hold and her future with Riot Games is dire, at best.” The suit furthers that one of the plaintiffs was barred from making decisions over her products. is prevented from attending senior leadership meetings.

The current litigation against the company is now being addressed at the California Superior Court.

Riot Games in a statement to The Verge said: “While we do not discuss the details of ongoing litigation, we can say that we take every allegation of this nature seriously and investigate them thoroughly. We remain committed to a deep and comprehensive evolution of our culture to ensure Riot is a place where all Rioters thrive”

Signify expands into CS:GO & PUBG Mobile

Pranav Nalawade
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Signify expands into CS:GO & PUBG Mobile

Signify is popular for their Dota 2 roster. The Dota 2 division has been showing its class with securing 8 LAN events in India and representing the tri-color at 4 international events over the period of past one and half year.

The organization is looking to expand its reach in the Indian esports community, side by side achieve higher milestones and excellence.

Photo via Signify

The SEA organization has been eyeing other esports titles since quite some time. Signify is about to expand it’s territory as the organization sets its eyes on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and PUBG Mobile.

“Signify was founded with the aim of establishing a professional team with a strong backing that could represent the region at any International tournament as well as provide talented gamers the opportunity to compete at the highest level. We believe we have achieved this goal with our Dota2 team and want to replicate the same success with our upcoming CSGO and PUBG Mobile teams as well. Apart from these upcoming rosters, we’re also considering a number of other esports titles.” – said Rajdip Gupta, the founder of Signify.

Although the scene has faced some backlash, Indian esports scene is gearing up with likes of a bunch of organizations – Signify, Entity Gaming, Team Brutality, 2EZ Gaming, Team ATE, ROG Titans and so on.

According to certain sources close to the SEA organization, Signify is perusing ex-OpTic India lineup alongside a SEA firepower for its venture into Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Furthermore, it is expected to make several announcements in the upcoming days. Though there are speculations around who gets to play what, nothing is confirmed yet. Can our readers make a guess, Who the players are?

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