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Counter-Strike Counter-Strike 1.6 just got its first update in a year By M Alzamora Dota 2 T1 replaces Forev with ex-TNC off laner Sam_H for ESL One Thailand By Steven Rondina Counter-Strike ALEX reportedly targeted to lead FunPlus Phoenix CSGO roster By M Alzamora

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Fnatic shut out of top two 2020 LEC Summer Split All-Pro teams William Davis The 2020 LEC Summer Split All-Pro teams have been revealed, with players from many different teams occupying the top slots.  The first all-pro team includes players from four different teams, as only MAD Lions has two representatives. The players are Barney “Alphari” Morris, Zhiqiang “Shadow” Zhao, Rasmus “Caps” Winther, Patrik “Patrik” Jírů, and Norman “Kaiser” Kaiser. All five players have been remarkable throughout the split and the most important pieces …

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Top Esports responds to fan threats of laxatives in players’ food William Davis A pretty bizarre case of fan harassment was started when some Chinese League of Legends fans threatened on social media to put laxatives in Top Esports’ takeout food.  The threats saw the Top Esports organization react with an official statement on the matter, saying that the organization takes these types of threats very seriously. The fans who made the original threat had posted a picture of a takeout receipt on …

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CSGO devs claim to have fixed a new report botting exploit M Alzamora CSGO developer John McDonald tweeted out that the game’s development team had fixed CSGO’s report botting issues highlighted in a recent video. A recent video by CSGO YouTuber Sparkles highlighted the ability to manipulate CSGO’s Overwatch mechanic to not only cause innocent players to receive bans, but to also protect their own accounts from being banned by the service. Just several days after the video’s release, CSGO developers have said …

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Team Liquid wins the LCS Coaching Staff of the Split award William Davis The LCS has announced that Team Liquid are the winners of the Coaching Staff of the Split award, with over almost double the number of points had by second-place finisher Cloud9.  Congratulations to @TL_Jatt, @TL_Dodo, @liquidcain, @CroissantLoL, and the entire staff at @TeamLiquidLoL on winning the 2020 #LCS Summer Coaching Staff of the Split Award! #TLWIN Learn more at: https://t.co/v3wk5c8mwX pic.twitter.com/JkJL8yp8Xt — LCS (@LCSOfficial) August 18, 2020 Liquid has fought …

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Counter-Strike

These CSGO players just broke the gun range world record M Alzamora Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s gun range world record has been broken, twice. Two players beat the record time on CSGO’s training range within hours of one another, posting their times on the game’s subreddit. CSGO’s gun range serves as a training level for new players to get accustomed to the game’s novel recoil and movement systems. The first player to break the record clocked in at an even 20 seconds while …

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Valorant players complain about grind in weekly missions Olivia Richman Valorant’s Act II brought to players a new battle pass, meaning more cosmetics, skins, sprays, and player card artwork to unlock.  One way to unlock these new additions to Riot’s original first-person shooter is through daily and weekly missions. These appear on the left side of the game’s main screen, with daily missions resetting each day. Each of the missions gives players a certain amount of experience points based on …

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Yone is set to receive his first real nerf in patch 10.17 William Davis Yone and other champions are set to receive nerfs in upcoming patch 10.17, according to Riot Games lead gameplay designer Mark “Scuffy” Yetter.  The next patch will be a small one but will be affecting some of the best solo queue champions in the game at the moment. A few champions can also look forward to much-needed buffs, in this case mostly for marksmen who have fallen out of the …

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Riot Games partners up with Universal for new LoL Worlds songs William Davis Riot Games will be teaming up with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) for the upcoming 2020 League of Legends World Championship, as six brand new songs will be made for the event.  The partnership includes an esports-themed music camp, which 14 famous Universal Music Group artists attended to create six new songs for the World Championship back in July. The artists include such names as Matzka, Gong, Chiyo Monna, and …

Dota 2 pro arrested, beaten by police during Belarus protests Steven Rondina Dota 2 Belarus has been dealing with mass protests over the results of the country’s disputed presidential election, and these protests have led to thousands of arrests, including the detaining of a notable Dota 2 pro. Dota 2 pro player Oleg “LastHero” Demidovich, off laner for B8, opened up on his experience including his arrest, incarceration, and eventual release, through the team’s official podcast. “They just zip tied our hands and threw …

Doublelift says LCS playoff double elimination saved his career William Davis League of Legends A recent loss to Golden Guardians has Team SoloMid bot laner Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng reflecting on his performance and receiving another shot in the 2020 LCS Summer Split playoffs.  TSM players and fans were feeling down after a devastating 0-3 loss to Golden Guardians in the first round of the summer split playoffs. TSM followed up the series with a convincing 3-0 victory against Dignitas, but the team was still …

s1mple shows off a cool new bench boost for Mirage’s B site M Alzamora Counter-Strike It’s sometimes hard to take aggressive positions on Mirage, but Natus Vincere’s Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev showed off a neat boost that serves as an easy way to get an early heads up on a Mirage B rush. The boost that s1mple shows off here is a clever way to get eyes into the B site apartments without the defending CTs taking up any of the usual positions. But there are …

Valve used Overwatch to train machines to combat CSGO cheating M Alzamora Counter-Strike A Counter-Strike: Global Offensive developer has explained just how CSGO’s Overwatch, Trust Factor, and VAC all work together. We just have to go back to the 2018 Game Developers Conference in order to hear about it. In 2018, CSGO developer John McDonald took the stage at the Game Developers Conference for a presentation titled “Using Deep Learning to Combat Cheating in CSGO.” The presentation gave an in-depth explanation of the …

Sneaky’s latest cosplay might be his craziest one yet Olivia Richman League of Legends If you missed Zachary “Sneaky” Scuderi’s latest cosplay, don’t worry. We’re here to show it to you. At the end of July, former Cloud9 bot laner Sneaky casually dropped yet another risque cosplay photoshoot for his fans and followers. This time the cosplay subject was Shuten Douji in a maid outfit. The character is from Fate/Grand Order, a free-to-play Japanese role-playing game on mobile. And Sneaky did not shy away …

TSM win Pittsburgh Knights Invitational, beat Gen.G in finals Olivia Richman News Team SoloMid is continuing to dominate the Valorant esports scene.  The impressive Valorant squad took home a $6,000 prize at the Pittsburgh Knights Invitational after beating Gen.G in the three-game grand finals set.  The win was all the more exciting for the squad’s fans since TSM had lost to Gen.G when they first faced off earlier in the tournament. TSM had beaten other top teams including Renegades and Immortals before …

Lekr0 set to join North as Kjaerbye replacement, report says M Alzamora Counter-Strike Jonas “Lekr0” Olofsson is set to join the North esports organization, according to reports. A report places Lekro in the North lineup with an official announcement coming in the following days, according to HLTV.com. Lekro’s move to North comes just a week after former North star Markus “Kjaerbye” Kjærbye announced that he would join FaZe Clan’s international lineup. Lekr0 has sat the Ninjas in Pyjamas bench since May of 2020 …

Golden Guardians has a chance vs Team Liquid in LCS playoffs William Davis League of Legends The 2020 LCS Summer Split Playoffs has started and we are getting close to seeing the top two teams in action.  Both Team Liquid and Cloud9 are getting ready to play their first playoffs matches after the opening round has concluded. The first round of games had a surprising upset, as Golden Guardians swept Team SoloMid 3-0 while FlyQuest won their match as expected.  As the first seed, Liquid got …

Rampart abilities revealed in new Apex Legends trailer Olivia Richman Apex Legends After being teased in the Season Six trailer, Apex Legends has revealed the abilities of Rampart, the game’s newest legend.  Per usual, Apex Legends developers allowed the suspense to build before finally showing off the legend. Rampart was first teased back on August 4 in a tweet from the game’s official account. The tweet included a voice message Bangalore left for Rampart, calling her “P.” The soldier asks Rampart if …

iG decline continues as team knocked out of LPL playoffs William Davis League of Legends The former world champions at Invictus Gaming have been knocked out of the 2020 LPL Summer Split Playoffs after a devastating 0-3 loss against LGD Gaming.  LGD started their playoffs run with a smooth victory against Team WE and that momentum seemed to carry on into their series against iG. Even though LGD was the underdog, the team came out flying in game one with a tempo that iG simply …

OG’s MidOne brings back carry Io in Omega League match vs NiP Steven Rondina Dota 2 Anathan “ana” Pham isn’t playing pro Dota 2 these days, but his spirit lives on with his former team. OG is competing in Omega League’s Europe Immortal division and won its second group stage match against Ninjas in Pyjamas. Both games featured OG carry player Yeik “MidOne” Nai Zheng playing carry Io, a unique take on what is traditionally a hard support hero.  ana showed the power of core Io …

Valorant players mad as footstep audio gives defenders advantage Olivia Richman News Valorant players are once again asking Riot to fix the game’s footstep audio.  Since Valorant’s release, developers have been improving the FPS game’s sound visualization. This includes changing weapon sound effects and the agents’ sound cues. One thing that still needs some audio improvement are enemy footsteps. This has been a complaint since the game’s beta. Former Valorant streamer Daniel “Dafran” Francesca showed his followers how noisy opponents are when …

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