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Counter-Strike CSGO hits 1 million player count again as new operation looms By M Alzamora Counter-Strike CSGO mapper FMPONE and Rust devs rave about Source 2 tools By M Alzamora Dota 2 Vici Gaming pulls Eurus from Elephant.4AM, team may not survive By Steven Rondina

League of Legends

The history of Viktor in professional League of Legends Nicholas James Viktor has recently received a light rework in patch 10.23. His Machine Herald has had his Hex Core removed to make the transition to the new item system smoother. To compensate for the loss, Riot has given him better starting ratios and a new passive to upgrade his abilities. Viktor has always been a very specific pick in professional League of Legends. His previous Hex Core passive made him strong …

League of Legends

100 Thieves reportedly getting FBI, Closer from Golden Guardians William Davis A big deal between 100 Thieves and Golden Guardians is reportedly underway.  During the offseason, 100 Thieves has verbally agreed to pick up Ian “FBI” Huang and Can “Closer” Çelik from Golden Guardians, according to Travis Gafford. Sources: Golden Guardians and 100t have verbally agreed to transfer the contracts of Closer and FBI when the trade window opens tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/Y7FLCiRjK3 — Travis Gafford (@TravisGafford) November 15, 2020 Both players are …

League of Legends

New items see Amumu, other tanks dominate 2021 LoL preseason William Davis Tanks are making a huge comeback in the 2021 preseason so far, topping the charts for the highest win rates across solo queue.  The big item overhaul has brought a lot of love to the tank champions in League of Legends, maybe a bit too much. Tanks are currently sitting at the highest win rates in the game, and it’s mainly because of the new items.  Seven tank champions are …

Dota 2

Team Adroit ceases operations, releases Dota 2 roster Steven Rondina A standout Southeast Asian Dota 2 organization is closing its doors. Team Adroit has announced that it is ceasing operations just a year and a half after opening. The organization is releasing the entirety of its Dota 2 team and laying off its organizational staff. The news was announced on Facebook. “It is with a heavy heart that we share to the community that we have released our Dota 2 …

News OpTic’s Scump accuses CDL of forced contracts, unfair terms By Olivia Richman League of Legends Team Liquid to sign Santorin as new LCS jungler for 2021 By William Davis League of Legends Ashe can cast W twice in a row through 2021 preseason patch bug By William Davis

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Why crypto betting is becoming more popular in esports William Davis More and more people are playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends, and other popular competitive titles. And more and more people are watching them. It comes as no surprise that betting on these esports is becoming more and more popular, too. It’s only expected to become even more popular in the future, as esports continues to grow.  In recent years, sportsbooks have noticed the increase in demand for esports …

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The ultimate Valorant rifle guide: The best use for each weapon Olivia Richman Almost every Valorant weapon has a purpose. This means that none of them are strictly bad. Players just have to find the proper use for each one, or figure out which weapon matches their personal preferences.  Rifles are one of the most popular weapon categories in Valorant. These are a bit more costly, but also more powerful than some of the other options. With the right mechanical prowess, most rifles …

Counter-Strike

CSGO devs working overtime as 10th operation rumors swirl M Alzamora The Valve-only development version of CSGO recorded four developers online for just the fifth time ever since Steam Database started tracking the statistic in 2014. While the rest of the world waits for CSGO’s next operation, it looks as though developers put in some serious time behind the scenes this week. In fact, a closer look shows that Valve is doing something in CSGO, and has been for some times. …

Counter-Strike

mousesports adds new coach mithR in the middle of IEM Beijing M Alzamora mousesports has officially signed Torbjørn “mithR” Nyborg away from Renegades’ Counter-Strike: Global Offensive squad to replace Allan “Rejin” Petersen. After Rejin’s removal from mousesports due to the Esports Integrity Commission’s report on the CSGO coaching exploit, mousesports has once again looked to Denmark for coaching. In a surprise transfer, both mousesports and Renegades announced the move from their respective Twitter accounts. mithR didn’t waste any time hopping into the role, …

SirActionSlacks starting new NA event series with Arkosh Gaming Steven Rondina Dota 2 Jake “SirActionSlacks” Kanner is looking to help rebuild North American Dota 2, and he’s approaching it in a unique way. Three weeks ago, a trailer for a new Dota 2 team named Arkosh Gaming dropped on YouTube with a strange parody of a song by fictional death metal band Dethklok. Fans were intrigued but uncertain what to make of the strange reveal. Now, fans have some answers. Slacks took to …

HellRaisers guts Dota 2 roster, looks to rebuild around Lil Fariha Bhatti Dota 2 CIS organization HellRaisers has decided to part ways with three members of its active Dota 2 roster. After a series of disappointing results, the team has benched mid-laner Arslan “xannii” Shadjanov and offlaner Gleb “Funn1k” Lipatnikov, and released hard support Rinat “KingR” Abdullin. ???? HR Disband their Dota 2 roster! ????HellRaisers has announced a change in the line-up. Only Alexander “Nix” Levin and Ilya “lil me alone” Ilyyuk remained in …

Valorant players suggest Riot add a new spectating feature Olivia Richman News Valorant players have come up with a useful feature that they hope Riot Games will implement in a future update.  The tactical shooter has gained a massive following and as the competitive scene grows, players are continuously looking for ways to improve at the game and climb up the ranks. One player recently suggested that Riot developers should add a feature that lets players spectate their friends’ matches. This would allow …

iceiceice joins Evil Geniuses’ Dota 2 team, replacing RAMZES666 Steven Rondina Dota 2 Evil Geniuses found a surprising replacement for departing off laner Roman “RAMZES666” Kushnarev.  The organization announced the signing of Daryl Koh “iceiceice” Pei Xiang. This will almost certainly mark the end of iceiceice’s time competing in Asia after over a decade of playing Dota 2 and Defense of the Ancients. The news was announced with a succinct tweet by Evil Geniuses. Our #Dota team just got a whole lot cooler …

Fnatic reportedly set to add Cloud9’s Nisqy for 2021 LEC season William Davis League of Legends Fnatic has reportedly made verbal commitments to sign Cloud9 mid laner Yasin “Nisqy” Dinçer, according to Esportmaniacos.  The player free agency window is only a few days away from opening and it could start out with Fnatic signing a new mid laner. This follows previous rumors that current Fnatic mid laner Tim “Nemesis” Lipovšek wouldn’t be staying in that role with the team in 2021.  ???????? Fnatic ha llegado a …

Suning accused of buying votes for All-Star 2020 William Davis League of Legends 2020 World Championship finalist Suning Gaming is being accused of tampering with the All-Stars event voting. Fans are looking suspiciously at the voting for the All-Stars event after Suning players got an alarming number of votes in a short period of time. The votes put the Suning players at the top of the standings, causing fans to start claiming foul play. Despite its success at Worlds, Suning is not a …

Team Liquid adds Kold and Spawn to 2021 LCS coaching staff William Davis League of Legends Team Liquid has revealed the newest additions to the coaching staff. After confirming the departure of coach Jang “Cain” Nu-ri, Team Liquid announced who is joining the staff. First up is former Origen coach and caster Jonas “Kold” Andersen. “Kold was actually a positional coach for Broxah during Worlds so we actually go to work a little. He watched some of our scrims, he was part of our reviews and …

Twitch DMCA crackdown gets m0xyy permabanned Olivia Richman News Despite scrambling to delete all his clips and vods, Twitch partner m0xyy was just permanently banned from the streaming platform.  Earlier today, it was reported that m0xy was banned from Twitch. Even though it was m0xyy’s first ban, it appears to have been permanent. ❌ Twitch Partner “m0xyy” has been banned! ❌https://t.co/2ndVhgz1cl#twitch #ban #firstban #partner #twitchpartner ???????? — StreamerBans (@StreamerBans) November 13, 2020 The variety streamer has been innocently playing …

Hoax prompts massive police standoff at Ubisoft Montreal office Olivia Richman News A hostage situation seemed to be underway at Ubisoft Montreal, but later reports have shown it to be a likely hoax. Ambulances, large police vehicles heading across police lines towards Ubisoft. @CTVMontreal pic.twitter.com/4k0h6pOGbX — Luca Caruso-Moro (@LucaCarusoMoro) November 13, 2020 On November 13, reports from a number of local and national outlets stated that the Rainbow Six developer’s office in Montreal’s Mile End area was the site of a massive …

These Mirage HE stack timings will level up your grenades M Alzamora Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s high-explosive grenades can turn the tide in the defender’s favor, so here are the best times and places to toss them to inflict maximum damage on Mirage. While the game’s molotovs and smokes are used often in CSGO’s matchmaking games, HE grenades are much more difficult to use correctly. But while these grenades rarely come with complicated lineups, they require defenders to know much more in-depth concepts. …

Evil Geniuses lose to hilarious P90 rush in IEM Beijing M Alzamora Counter-Strike Rebirth’s IEM Beijing Online match against Evil Geniuses went predictably, but there was one round in particular that stuck out. Nuke is a tough map to crack. It was even harder for Rebirth, who found themselves trailing against Evil Geniuses. But Rebirth pulled out a strat so ridiculous in professional play that it almost had to work. Down 13-1 in the last round of the half, Rebirth took a page …

Vici Gaming’s Leyan fined 3 months salary for abusing preseason bug William Davis League of Legends It has not been a good start to the preseason for Vici Gaming jungler Lu “Leyan” Jue after he abused a crucial jungle bug in solo queue.  The Chinese jungler used a game-changing exploit in solo queue on Graves. The bug allows junglers to kill neutral jungle camps in just one shot. This means that both the Baron and Dragons can be killed in the blink of an eye, giving …

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