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News Valorant dev says ranked only considers player wins and damage By M Alzamora News Women-only FTW Summer Showdown event added to Ignition Series By gabhernandez News Riot working on Valorant map rotation with improved RNG By gabhernandez

Counter-Strike

Daps out at Gen.G, will finish with team at ESL Pro League M Alzamora Damian “daps” Steele will no longer lead Gen.G’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive squad, according to a post from the in-game leader on his official Twitter account. The tweet was accompanied by a Twitlonger that pinned daps’ departure on a mixture of CSGO burnout as well as disagreement inside the squad over the direction of the team. Moving on from Gen.Ghttps://t.co/O7dG3eJ2y7Will still finish out EPL with the team until they find a …

Counter-Strike

This CSGO pistol guide has everything you need to know M Alzamora Pistols in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive can be a mystery. We’re here to help you solve it. CSGO’s pistols have spawned countless memes and headaches, but they’ve also made for some of the most impressive highlights the game has ever seen. Everyone clearly remembers when Nikola “niKo” Kovač dominated FaZe Clan on Cache with just a lone Deagle. A walkthrough showing off each pistol’s strengths, weaknesses, and limitations can help everyday …

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ENCE suspends Twista for using CSGO coaching bug exploit gabhernandez Finnish coach Slaava “Twista” Räsänen has been suspended by ENCE until further notice, following his confessing to exploiting the infamous coaching bug. Slaava admitted to using the bug in 2017 during his time at iGame.com. ENCE announced the news of his suspension in a press release and further clarified that Slaava has never used the exploit during his tenure with the Finnish organization. Slaava joined ENCE as the head coach …

League of Legends

G2 Jankos asked to shut down his Twitch stream from Shanghai William Davis G2 Esports jungler Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski did his first stream after arriving in Shanghai, but he was quickly asked to shut it down after streaming for just over an hour.  Teams are beginning to arrive in Shanghai, where the 2020 World Championship will soon be held. All players and staff were sent for 14-day quarantines right after arriving, which means that players will have a lot of time on their …

League of Legends League of Legends players are torn over end of Clubs feature By Olivia Richman Dota 2 Live Dota 2 events are back with China’s Dota 2 Pro Cup By Steven Rondina News PUBG pro player booted from tournament for racist language By Olivia Richman

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How best to level up your game William Davis Older generations don’t understand esports sometimes. The median age for esports viewers in the US is 29, with 39% of viewers being 25 to 34 years old. But no matter what parents and politicians say, making it big in the competitive arena of esports takes a lot of practice, training, and perseverance.  To the uninitiated, it may look like someone just playing a video game all day. But pro gaming …

League of Legends

Riot reveals new skin plans for the remainder of 2020 William Davis Riot Games has provided a big update on skins for the remainder of 2020 in a new dev post.  Riot has been releasing more skins each year and is planning to continue that trend. In the recent dev post, it was announced that Riot is expecting to exceed its goal for new skins through 2020. The original goal was to create 120 new skins, but it looks like the number …

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Pokimane is back streaming on Twitch after her burnout break Olivia Richman Pokimane fans, followers, viewers, and simps, mark your calendars.  Twitch star Imane “Pokimane” Anys recently revealed that she will be returning to the streaming platform on September 11, 2020. It’s been almost 40 days since she took her streaming hiatus due to a lack of motivation and burnout.  In the tweet, Pokimane appeared excited to return.  “See you there,” she said.  official return stream:this friday 12PM PST / 3PM EST …

Fortnite

Ninja joins shroud in returning to Twitch after Mixer closure Steven Rondina Tyler “Ninja” Blevins’ time as a streaming free agent has come to an end. The popular Fortnite player announced that he is officially set to return to Twitch. This comes after an extended stretch that saw him without a permanent home after Mixer’s closure. To new beginnings. @ninja pic.twitter.com/UbBSDwezvy — Twitch (@Twitch) September 10, 2020 No details on the deal were revealed. Ninja’s slow return to Twitch likely stems from …

LS confirms that he has gotten offers from NA, EU, Korea, China William Davis League of Legends The popular LCK caster and League of Legends content creator Nick “LS” Cesare recently confirmed that he has been approached by esports organizations from several regions.  A recent report by Inven Global claimed that LS had been approached by two big organizations, one of them being the LCK’s T1. It was not reported exactly what position LS had been offered, but fans are speculating that it could either be a …

KkOma steps down as head coach at Vici Gaming, and this is why William Davis League of Legends Vici Gaming head coach Kim “KkOma” Jeong-gyun has stepped down from the team due to family reasons.  KkOma will be traveling home to Korea to spend time with his family as he will soon become a father. KkOma has been the head coach for the LPL team Vici Gaming since December last year after coaching SK Telecom T1 for seven years prior to that.  Farewell, kkOma!https://t.co/c4inqDbVVL pic.twitter.com/GzHZbPWqlH — VICI Gaming …

Forsen is banned on Twitch again, fans are wondering why Olivia Richman News Twitch partner Sebastian “Forsen” Fors has been banned from the popular streaming platform.  Neither Forsen nor Twitch have publicly stated why the popular streamer was suspended. Yesterday, Forsen streamed for 6.5 hours to over 8,400 average concurrent viewers. He received the most views while playing Minecraft, with a peak of over 10,800 viewers. Forsen also just chatted with his followers and fans, but Minecraft has been his main game of …

Cloud9 signs Vitality’s ALEX to massive $1.6 million deal M Alzamora Counter-Strike Cloud9 has announced the first official signing of its latest rebuild. The massive deal saw them steal ex-Team Vitality in-game leader Alex “ALEX” McMeekin to a massive deal. The move was officially revealed this morning when ALEX appeared on 1PV’s livestream wearing a Cloud9 jersey to go along with a tweet from the North American org that revealed the exact details of ALEX’s three-year contract.  Cloud9 Unleash the Colossus ☄????Player: …

ALEX bids farewell to Vitality, hints at his next team gabhernandez Counter-Strike Alex “ALEX” McMeekin, who has been warming the Team Vitality bench for quite some time, has finally decided to take his leave. The 24 year old, now-former in-game leader took to Twitter to confirm his departure from Vitality. ALEX joined Vitality in December 2018 and took over the position of IGL, replacing Vincent “Happy” Schopenhauer. During his short tenure, he helped to win the French team plenty of titles and …

Ex-Alliance players 33 and Fata form new team in BTS Pro Series Steven Rondina Dota 2 A new contender has been revealed in the European region. The BTS Pro Series Season 3 Europe and CIS event is set to feature a number of familiar faces including Ninjas in Pyjamas, B8, and Vikin.gg. Also listed is a new team named mudgolems, a squad made up of a number of proven veterans. The lineup listed for BTS Pro Series stands as follows: Oliver “skiter” Lepko Duško “BoraNija” Boranijaševic …

Fnatic drops Jabz, adds ex-TNC eyyou due to iceiceice hiatus Steven Rondina Dota 2 Fnatic’s Dota 2 team has had possibly the most successful year in its history, but the global shuffle is forcing some changes. Support player Anucha “Jabz” Jirawong is officially out of the Fnatic roster. Replacing him is former TNC Predator Nico “eyyou” Barcelon, who is coming off a yearlong hiatus from competitive Dota 2. Jabz being replaced by eyyou follows the addition of Marc Polo Luis “Raven” Fausto in July …

Ukraine has now recognized esports as an official sport Olivia Richman Counter-Strike Esports is now considered an official sport in Ukraine. The country’s Commission for the Recognition of Sports of the Ukrainian Ministry for Youth and Sports announced that esports is officially a sport. In the government’s press release, the Ukrainian Esports Federation (UESF) and the Ukrainian Professional Cybersport Association (UPEA) had lobbied for esports to be recognized, with the UESF submitting documents to the Ministry.  “I am very happy that we …

Valve finally speaks on coaches caught cheating with exploit M Alzamora Counter-Strike After nearly two weeks of admissions from teams and coaches that they used a long-running exploit to gain advantages in competitive matches, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive developer Valve has finally commented on the scandal. In an announcement that came alongside the developer’s decision to cancel the ESL One Rio Major, Valve also handed down penalties to teams who had been caught abusing a spectator bug to view enemy teams. The list …

Blast Twitch Invitational marks Blast entry in Valorant esports gabhernandez News Blast is expanding into the Valorant arena by joining forces with Riot to bring one of the biggest Valorant events of 2020. The Danish tournament organizer is officially dipping its toes in Valorant esports by partnering up with Riot Games to bring about one of the most anticipated Valorant events of 2020. This event will be Blast’s debut in the Valorant competitive scene with a prize pool of a whopping …

TI champion Fear announces hiatus from competitive Dota 2 gabhernandez Dota 2 Business Associates is set to continue without its in-game leader.  Clinton “Fear” Loomis’ took to twitter to address rumors of his departure from the current lineup of Business Associates. BA’s hard support player and in-game leader Fear’s tweet was a reply to fans questioning his absence in the BTS Pro Series Americas Season 3 lineup.  Three players from BA were seen playing the match along with two new additions in …

Apex Legend’s DUMMIES Big Day removed due to major bugs Olivia Richman Apex Legends “We’re hitting pause on the party.”  Soon after DUMMIES Big Day went live on Apex Legends servers, Respawn developers removed the limited-time mode.  Respawn took to Twitter to inform fans that the fun mode would be removed after they discovered a bug that caused server crashes when a player was away from their keyboard on character select.  “For the health of the game and our players, we’re turning it off …

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