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Counter-Strike
Valve removes weapon pings and bots in competitive CSGO update
M Alzamora
While Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s January 7 update may have been”small” in Valve’s words, the developer included a massive change to how CSGO’s classic competitive five-versus-five and two-versus-two wingman modes work in CSGO and fixed a major game bug. And some players are very angry about it. Valve has decided to remove the replacement bots that spawn when a player disconnects from CSGO’s competitive and wingman modes. After the patch, bots …
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AGDQ Online 2021 raises $1 million faster than ever before
Olivia Richman
The Awesome Games Done Quick chat started to explode during a Halo 3 speedrun when viewers noticed donations had hit $1 million. “One million!!!” “HYPE!” AGDQ had reached over $1 million in donations towards the Prevent Cancer Foundation with several days left to go in the charity speed-running event. The $1 million mark was passed during a Halo 3 run by speedrunner SasquatchSensei. It was actually a bonus game suddenly …
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This Sage wall on Bind is the perfect spot to clutch out a win
Nina Forneloza
Valorant players often find ways to do pretty cool things with a hero’s ability, and this trick with Sage on Bind is no different. A Valorant player recently discovered a Sage wall on Bind that can be used to help hold Site A. The wall is placed on a box near the entrance to Showers. Jumping on top of the wall is fairly tricky, but there are more advantages than …
League of Legends
Riot Games announces esports circuits for TFT, Wild Rift, and LoR
William Davis
Riot Games announced its plan to launch a global competitive scene for League of Legends: Wild Rift, Teamfight Tactics, and Legends of Runeterra. To celebrate the official start of Season 11, Riot hosted a broadcast where members of the team shared what’s to come in 2021. On the esports side, Riot shared part of its plans to invest more in the competitive scene for its three spin-off games. Wild Rift, …
League of Legends
Former G2 Esports jungler Trick is retiring, future unclear
William Davis
Former G2 Esports jungler Kim “Trick” Gang-yun has announced his retirement from professional play. Trick won’t be returning to the stage next spring, as the jungler said goodbye to his career through Twitter. “Bye pro-gamer life maybe esports life was really fun and I had good experience I will miss LEC, players, teammates, LCK, fans. I love you all you guys I hope you guys doing well,” Trick wrote. Trick …
Counter-Strike
flusha may leave Fnatic to start new team with autimatic, suNny
M Alzamora
Timothy “autimatic” Ta, Robin “flusha” Rönnquist, and Miikka “suNny” Kemppi are reportedly working together and talking with organizations about becoming sponsored. A report from DBLTAP states that multiple sources have said that the three players have approached several organizations about the prospective roster. Gen.G has publicly stated that it has allowed autimatic to seek other opportunities for the upcoming year, while suNny is in limbo on ENCE’s bench. But while …
Dota 2
Febby returns to pro play to support and captain TNC Predator
Steven Rondina
At long last, TNC Predator has completed its Dota 2 roster. The organization announced that its coach Kim “Febby” Yong-min has returned to active competition, and will be taking on the dual role of hard support and captain. The announcement was made in a post on Twitter: Today we announce that we are releasing Kim Yong Min, better know as Febby, from coaching ……and welcoming him back officially as our …
Dota 2
OGA Dota PIT DPC league blasted by fans, pros for qualifiers
Steven Rondina
Growing pains are a constant when it comes to Dota 2 esports, and the transition to the new Dota Pro Circuit is no different. The regional leagues are already underway, and while some have been well-received by fans, others have immediately drummed up controversy. The biggest offender is OGA Dota PIT’s South American league, which has frustrated fans and pro players alike over the past week. The latest controversy stems …
Twitch among social media platforms banning Donald Trump
Olivia Richman
News
After continuously tweeting in seeming support of the riots at the US Capitol building, President Donald Trump was suspended from his favorite social media platform. That was followed by an indefinite ban from Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and now Twitch. The streaming platform stated that Trump’s Twitch channel had been disabled following the “shocking attack on the Capitol.” This was due to the American president’s chosen language in response to the …
Trick your enemies with this Omen fake defuse tactic
Fariha Bhatti
News
A common trick to win a match of Valorant is faking a Spike defuse. With this Omen trick, players can take a simple fake defuse to another level. Fake defusing is pretty simple: Tap the Spike once and pre-aim for enemies who peek to protect the Spike. This simple trick is a game-changer. However, Omen’s ability to teleport makes this trick tenfold deadlier for the enemy. For example, defusing a …
6 things every gamer needs in 2021
William Davis
News
Looking to buy a gift for the gamer in your life? The season of giving may have just passed, but that doesn’t mean gamers won’t need the latest tech in 2021. The problem is, they are notoriously difficult to buy for. After all, you can’t gift them a game because it’s quite likely that they already have it. And gifting components is equally impossible – you never want to mess …
League of Legends generated $1.75 billion in revenue in 2020
William Davis
League of Legends
2020 was a difficult year for many companies, but Riot Games managed to generate $1.75 billion in revenue through League of Legends alone according to SuperData. In a recent report by SuperData, it was discovered that League of Legends alone provided Riot Games with $1.75 billion in revenue on its own. This ranks LoL as number six over revenue from free-to-play titles in 2020 right behind Pokémon GO. Not only …
Invictus Gaming vs. Team MagMa DPC qualifiers betting preview
Steven Rondina
News
The Dota 2 pro scene is in the middle of a major restructuring, with a shift away from frequent minors and majors towards a series of online regional leagues. The first big step in this is confirming the participants. Each region has a series of qualifiers right now and the most stacked competition of all is China’s closed qualifiers. Though most regions have a number of unknown squads looking to …
YouTube Gaming shuts down Khanada’s stream after Twitch ban
Fariha Bhatti
Fortnite
Streamers banned on Twitch often move to YouTube to continue their careers. But Fortnite competitive player Leon “Khanada” Khim’s switch to YouTube Gaming from Twitch has resulted in yet another ban. Built by Gamers’ Fortnite professional Khanada’s YouTube career is off to a poor start as the streamer was banned from YouTube streaming just 20 minutes into his first broadcast. His stream came to an abrupt end, leaving his fans …
JD Gaming vs. Invictus Gaming: LPL Spring betting analysis
William Davis
News
Two potential dark horses for the 2021 LPL Spring Split title will clash when JD Gaming runs into the former world champions from Invictus Gaming in the first week of the 2021 season. After a shaky 2020 season, the former world champions from iG will make an attempt to bounce back as one of the top teams in the LPL. The team will face a tough opponent at the very …
Team Liquid R6 coach mav suspended for abuse allegations
Olivia Richman
News
Team Liquid has suspended Rainbow Six Siege coach Rafael “mav” Loureiro Freitas after he was accused of abusing a former girlfriend. Screenshots were recently shared of texts between mav and his ex-girlfriend. Instances of physical abuse were mentioned throughout the conversations. Following the accusations, mav admitted that he did physically push his ex-girlfriend. He later deleted the tweet. Soon after, Team Liquid posted a statement on the matter announcing that …
Brimstone buffs are set for upcoming Valorant update
Olivia Richman
News
Brimstone’s pick rate might see a spike in Episode 2. For the entirety of 2020, Brimstone was one of the least-picked agents in Valorant. According to statistics from The Spike, Brimstone had a 0% pick rate in the First Strike North America regional final alongside Sage and Viper. On the European side, Brimstone was played on just four maps. Brimstone is also an unpopular choice for casual players climbing the …
Teemo is unstoppable in ARAM after item removal
William Davis
League of Legends
Just when everyone thought that Teemo wasn’t the worst champion to face in League of Legends, Riot Games has made him impossible to deal with. Teemo’s reign of terror is back in full, thanks to the removal Oracle’s Extract from ARAM in patch 10.23. Oracle’s Extract granted true sight and obscured vision of hidden enemy units for five minutes. It allowed players to detect Teemo’s mushrooms on the map and …
Body painter lashes out at Twitch after indefinite ban
Nina Forneloza
News
Twitch streamer “DelightfullyDani” has been banned from Twitch indefinitely after the streaming platform claimed she had broken community guidelines with inappropriate body art. DelightfullyDani has posted the email Twitch sent her after issuing her a guideline strike and a permanent ban where Twitch claims that she violated their nudity and attire guideline. TWITCH JUST PERMANTNLY BANNED ME FOR DOING BODY ART I HAD MY PASTIES COVERED, OPAQUE PAINT, AND WAS …
Twitch removes PogChamp emote after Gootecks controversy
Nina Forneloza
News
Twitch has removed the popular PogChamp emote from its platform after community uproar over a series of Tweets from Ryan “Gootecks” Gutierrez, whose face is the basis for the emote. We’ve made the decision to remove the PogChamp emote following statements from the face of the emote encouraging further violence after what took place in the Capitol today. — Twitch (@Twitch) January 7, 2021 The emote was removed because the …
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