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So video games make you Violent? The more you play, the conspiracy in your brain looks even hotter. The equipment and rifles you use in-game perpetuate you into becoming a real life Terrorist? Or even a third-grade psycho to say the least?

The online gaming is surely a place where your patience is tested, but that doesn’t reflect the psychology of the millions out there. You faced a rage today, maybe it was a bad day for you. Two days, and you could blame a region. The third day, you could say you have internet issues. The fourth day proves you are the RAGER. So maybe, people are agitated to play with you and not the other way round.

Not all whom you rage at are passing their time on the game or practicing the game for upcoming events. There are some, who chose to play the game only for the sake of forgetting the reality of their life for a little while. And they are NOT entitled to your impatient behavior and infuriating rage. Such is a story of a Redditor I came across this evening and it hurt me.

It made me sad thinking about the players online who don’t think twice before insulting the fellow mates in-game. Without even knowing the face behind the models or the reality behind, people lose their shit. They lose their shit for reasons as tiny as “you blocked my way” and most commonly “you baited me.”

What even more disgusting is these type of ragers are found on every server you are attached to. Maybe, the probability of you getting attached to in a server is higher. Or maybe, the number of ragers have actually been multiplied by quite a lot of figures.

If you are hellbent on your ownership on everybody who plays on the same server as you, and if you don’t feel the guilt after abusing your fellow mates for no good reason. I hope that this confession below from a player who is a brain cancer patient might as well mold your rock solid attitude.

Hey there guys, ~4 months ago I submitted a post about me having a brain tumor. I talked about how it was benign and all was well. Just last month that diagnoses changed and they’ve concluded it’s Stage 3 Brain cancer. Although that sucks, it’s not the point of this post. My point is the CS:GO and its community are actually what helps me pull through it all. It’s easy to forget normal life and what’s wrong in it when you’re so focused and enthralled by a match. Reading posts on here while im in the doctors keeps my distracted. The community as a whole just keeps me captivated and happy enough to help me forget about life for just a little while. Despite all of the toxic players and drama that really does go on, the CS:GO community is actually pretty awesome and it does change lives. Shawn (witmer) and I are still in contact and he and I have become close friends. it just comes to show what friendships and bonds a simple game can give. You guys are awesome. Thank you all.

Edit: I’m sorry if I don’t reply to your comments. It’s hard to get to them all. Thank you guys for the amazing support. This is exactly what I was talking about!

-Robbie

Introspect your day, think twice before abusing someone blatantly. Know more about the guy at the receiving end of it. Maybe your cancer is killing them more than their disease.

According to an official announcement released today, yesterday Mad Catz made a voluntary assignment in bankruptcy, which in Canada means the company assigned all of its property to a trustee, in this case PricewaterhouseCoopers, which would oversee the liquidation of company assets in order to pay off debt. Along with the Canadian filing, the San Diego-based company also filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy in the U.S., which grants protection in order to facilitate the smooth liquidation of assets.

Mad Catz has been in money trouble for several years, with steadily declining revenues documented in the company’s financial reports. Last year the company laid off nearly 40 percent of its workforce, following a major investment in developing peripherals for Harmonix’s Rock Band 4. In January, shortly after announcing a new line of Tekken 7 arcade sticks, the company received listing deficiency notice from the New York Stock Exchange, warning that it would be delisted if its stocks continued to trade at abnormally low rates. The company was delisted last week, as shares dropped to as low as $.04.

The Company also announced that all of the directors and officers of the Company have resigned effective as for March 30, 2017. Following a lengthy struggle with financial insolvency, gaming peripheral maker Mad Catz has formally ceased all operation. The company’s directors and officers have all resigned, and its assets will be liquidated. The company that spent nearly three decades pumping out PC and console gaming gear is no more.

The Board of Directors made the decision to have the Company make a voluntary assignment in bankruptcy after considering various strategic alternatives, the interest of various stakeholders of the Company as well as a number of other factors. The Board of Directors has been advised by the Company’s financial advisor and management that no viable strategic alternative in respect of a sale of the Company or other corporate sale transaction is being made available to the Company by any third party. In addition, the Board of Directors has also been advised that the Company’s lenders will not increase a number of its credit facilities beyond the current levels.

Karen McGinnis, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated that, “Regrettably and notwithstanding that for a significant amount of time the Company has been actively pursuing its strategic alternatives, including various near-term financing alternatives such as bank financing and equity infusions, as well as potential sales of certain assets of the Company or a sale of the Company in its entirety, the Company has been unable to find a satisfactory solution to its cash liquidity problems. The Board of Directors and management would like to acknowledge the outstanding efforts of the Company’s employees in support of its business, especially during the time that the Company faced financial difficulties. The Company would also like to thank the vendors and professional service providers who have supported the Company’s efforts during this time.”

Mad Catz said that it was forced to enter bankruptcy after being informed by its financial advisor that “no viable strategic alternative in respect of a sale of the Company or other corporate sale transaction” was available. Lenders were also unwilling to further increase its credit limits.

Anyone paying attention to the public financials of the company could see that the company was only heading one way. They have been bleeding cash and saddled with debt. The Tekken sticks you refer to were simply a re-skin of an existing product, in fact, other than a new Tritton headset, all product announced from the company over the last year has been a simple reworking of pre-existing hardware.

Along with the resignation of Mad Catz executives, our source tells us that company staff has been locked out of their email and been sent home. What likely happens next is the company’s assets and inventory will be sold off to the highest bidder, money from the sale going to pay off creditors.

Mad Catz was founded in 1989 and has been making PC, console and mobile gaming peripherals for nearly three decades.

With inputs from Kotaku, PC Gamer

The British eSports Association has made a statement saying eSports are not sports.

“Esports is not a sport, but a credible activity in its own right,” said the British eSports Association in a statement.

The statement comes after the BBC reported on eSports, which sparked a lot of debate about if it should be classed as a sport. As per usual this debate was more angry sports fans saying “this isn’t a sport,” and everyone involved with eSports going “we really don’t care if it is or isn’t.”

However this time there was enough attention to get the British eSports Association involved. With even its founder and CEO Chester King coming out and making a statement on the matter.

“I can see why there is a bit of confusion as millions of people play and watch esports; there are many professional teams, managers, coaches and tournaments,” said King. “There is no international standard classification either as in some countries such as Poland, esports, chess and bridge are classified as sports.”

“The ‘sport’ in esports may be misleading, but like traditional sports, competitive video gaming involves training, long-term dedication, determination, exceptional skills and reaction times, teamwork and coordination, and fun for all the spectators, casters, commentators and fans involved.”