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In an undesirable condition to invite a controversy, MSI India’s Facebook page managed to spark one by mentioning AMD cards are subpar with Nvidia.

Unknowingly, it was enough to become an international news. So much so that the official representatives had to delete the original comment and apologize for the shared views.

Nvidia is at the center of controversy since the announcement of their GeForce Partner Program. Multiple aired reports suggest their Partner Program violates consumer policies and encourages monopolistic trades. A different opinion from Nvidia projected this move as to ‘serve gamers better.’

OEM or Original Equipment Manufacturers are the companies who make the product which is further marketed by different manufacturers. In this case, MSI, an OEM for both Nvidia & AMD indulged into partiality against the latter.

It is, however, arguably that Nvidia products are indeed more powerful and sustainable than that of their rival AMD.

That apart, this is also not a good example of a professional representation of the company’s second-tier GPU branding, ARMOR, which still contains the Radeon GPU stack. It is also puzzling to note that the company’s the lewd remarks about the AMD brand appeared on MSI’s official page for over 24 hours. Attracting more hatred and international coverage from all across the journals.

In the defense of a larger aired controversy of the GeForce Partners Program, Nvidia had earlier mentioned their intentions to be transparent.

“The GeForce Partner Program is designed to ensure that gamers have full transparency into the GPU platform and software they’re being sold, and can confidently select products that carry the NVIDIA GeForce promise,” Nvidia wrote in a blog post.

After CEO Denying the rumors that s1mple and Egor flamie Vasiliev will be transferred to SK Gaming, Alexander “s1mple” Kostylev speaks about why he will not leave the team in the “VKontakte” group.

s1mple says – 

It’s not the time to leave the team, with the common goals set, my path is not over

For the first time, a possible transition of s1mple to SK was started on March 18: then the insider Don Haci wrote about it on Twitter.

Official: s1mple and flamie stay with Na`Vi

— Yevhen Zolotarov (@NAVIHarisPilton) March 23, 2018

On March 22, journalist Guillaume neL Canelo of Flickshot said that SK Gaming is close to agreeing with Na’Vi about the transfer of s1mple and flamie. It was assumed that they would replace as part of the Epitacio TACO de Melo and Ricardo boltz Prassa. In the evening of the same day, TACO officially left the Brazilian team.

According to industry insiders, like Flickshot’s ‘neL’, SK Gaming considered a number of different options before settling on making an offer for s1mple.

neL states that s1mple then insisted on bringing flamie with him and this could have caused the contract difficulties. Or, perhaps Na`Vi’s CEO is just bending the truth a little.

Natus Vincere’s CEO Yevhen Zolotarov has Made an Official Statement About the s1mple and flamie to SK Gaming Reports. The CEO Says that both s1mple and flamie will not be joining up with the SK trio.

Official: s1mple and flamie stay with Na`Vi

— Yevhen Zolotarov (@NAVIHarisPilton) March 23, 2018

The announcement comes as a surprise to many as less than 24 hours have passed since the news of negotiations initially broke, and even less time since SK’s Epitácio ‘TACO’ de Melo officially left the team.

For the first time, a possible transition of s1mple to SK was started on March 18: then the insider Don Haci wrote about it on Twitter.

Sorry @DonHaci 💛🖤

— Yevhen Zolotarov (@NAVIHarisPilton) March 23, 2018

On March 22, journalist Guillaume neL Canelo of Flickshot said that SK Gaming is close to agreeing with Na’Vi about the transfer of s1mple and flamie. It was assumed that they would replace as part of the Epitacio TACO de Melo and Ricardo boltz Prassa. In the evening of the same day, TACO officially left the Brazilian team.

ALSO READ: TACO steps down from SK Gaming

According to industry insiders, like Flickshot’s ‘neL’, SK Gaming considered a number of different options before settling on making an offer for s1mple.

neL states that s1mple then insisted on bringing flamie with him and this could have caused the contract difficulties. Or, perhaps Na`Vi’s CEO is just bending the truth a little.

Either :
– Negociations for flamie failed and s1mple maybe doesn't want to join alone.
– He's just lying or putting pressure in some way so SK hurry up in negociations.

That's interesting, some more drama ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). https://t.co/1sSigeueym

— neL (@neLendirekt) March 23, 2018

However, according to ceh9, the amount of NaVi’s buy-back is about one million dollars.

Na`Vi roster looks like –

• 🇺🇦 John “Edward” Sukharev
• 🇷🇺 Egor “flamie” Vasiliev
• 🇺🇦 Alexander “s1mple” Kostylev
• 🇺🇦 Danil “Zeus” Teslenko
• 🇷🇺 Denis “electronic” Sharipov

According to a report from ESPN Brazil, Fallen, Fer, and ColdZera this three players from SK Gaming are set to join Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev and Egor ‘Flamie’ Vasilyev on a new team. The Players are believed to be leaving the organization after their contracts expire.

Most recently, SK imploded at WESG, which the team had stated was the most important event on the calendar for them. Preceding WESG, Natus Vincere failed to qualify for ECS Season 5, following which both s1mple and flamie opted not to join their national squads in China.

However, SK Gaming has not been able to win tournaments, and we have seen in the past that Fallen always wants to make the best team possible. Despite being one of the best teams towards the end of 2016, they were not really winning tournaments. A roster change brought around a lot of success for the team.

“The odds of s1mple joining are almost 100 percent guaranteed,” the ESPN report claims. The report also mentions that Egor “flamie” Vasilyev may also be joining the roster, but it is currently uncertain due to the 21-year-old’s steep buyout with Na`Vi.

Immortals were quickly found to be the first probable organization the roster would join, particularly given its purchase of the rights to the MiBR (Made in Brazil) organization: the most prestigious Brazilian organization in CS history.

ALSO READ: SK to move to Immortals

The thought of s1mple and coldzera on a team together is enough to get anybody excited, and when you throw in the likes of fer, FalleN, and flamie, you end up with the sort of firepower that makes FaZe Clan look rather tame.

s1mple, coldzera and fer is more ridiculous that FaZe, considering this trio are all in their prime.

— Thorin (@Thorin) March 22, 2018

oh, and wait, s1mple just tweeted this:

Yes

— Sasha (@s1mpleO) March 22, 2018

However, according to Dekay this is not yet 100% confirmed. The teams are still in negotiations and there are several other players being considered for the job.

The s1mple and flamie stuff is true, but far from a done deal. I've heard a few other names involved as well. I had intended on publishing a similar report to @neLendirekt after my NTC report today.

— DeKay (@dekay) March 22, 2018

If the talks are to be successful, the proposed line-up would look as follows:

• 🇧🇷 Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo
• 🇧🇷 Fernando “fer” Alvarenga
• 🇧🇷 Marcelo “cold” David
• 🇷🇺 Egor “flamie” Vasilyev
• 🇺🇦 Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev

ALSO READ: TACO steps down from SK Gaming

But could this team actually work?

Epitacio “TACO” de Melo announced on Twitter today that he is no longer part of SK Gaming’s roster.

“A few weeks ago, I noticed I wasn’t happy anymore,” TACO said in his announcement. “A few days ago, I decided to look for that same happiness I used to feel before playing, and I wasn’t feeling that anymore, even though it’d cost me the decision of leaving the team I helped succeed and turn into one of the best teams to play this game. During all this time, every second in the team I felt the outside pressure on me was always HEAVY and maybe this is one of the reasons why I came to this closure.”

To never forget. pic.twitter.com/cNaJVoJdF5

— Epitácio de Melo (@TACOCS) March 22, 2018

He will be leaving his longtime teammates Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo, Fernando “fer” Alvarenga, Marcelo “coldzera” David and Ricardo “boltz” Prass–on the SK lineup. However, it’s been rumored that s1mple and flamie will be joining the SK trio.

I'll give you details about my future in the next few days. Right now I'm feeling really happy. More than I've been in the last few months. I'm motivated as if I started playing CS yesterday.

I'll take a few days to rest and probably analyze the offers that will come.

Thank you

— Epitácio de Melo (@TACOCS) March 22, 2018

Taco has guaranteed that he will continue to play and will update his fans on his future in the next couple of days.

SK Gaming Roster Now Consists of : 

🇧🇷 Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo
🇧🇷 Marcelo “coldzera” David
🇧🇷 Fernando “fer” Alvarenga
🇧🇷 Ricardo “boltz” Prass

StarLadder has announced a $150,000 CSGO Invitational tournament in association with ImbaTV. The tournament will be hosted in the Chongqing city of China.

The ESEA squad of Kinguin had a revamp earlier this morning. As per the report by Flickshot.fr earlier this month, TaZ has been added to the active Kinguin roster, officially. The announcement was not made anywhere on the social networks. The ESEA team page of Kinguin reflects TaZ as their active player.

Only recently, TaZ was benched by Virtus.pro following complaints of underperformance. The Polish legend had tweeted he was feeling better than ever after being released from the roster. The team will be lead by rallenn.

The replacement for TaZ was chosen to be MICHU who was loaned by Kinguin to Virtus.pro. Ironically, both the players have been swapped by the rosters in question. Virtus.pro will be seen at V4 Sports Festival in the next week which will have mousesports, FaZe, and HellRaisers as participants.