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Zonic’s book discusses Astralis roster moves, feud with Fnatic
M Alzamora
Astralis head coach Danny “zonic” Sørensen has released “The Brain Behind Astralis,” a new book that gives fans an inside look into life through a coach’s perspective. The book covers both his life and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive career. According to Reddit user /u/Temporal_Bellusaurus, the book contains some interesting tidbits about CSGO’s best team. While the book is currently only available in Danish, /u/Temporal_Bellusaurus gave the Global Offensive subreddit a summary …
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Bodybuilder Knut banned from Twitch for transphobic stream
Olivia Richman
Bodybuilder Knut Spildrejorde has been growing his popularity as a Twitch streamer recently. But his growth was cut short when the Norwegian streamer had his channel banned on October 8. Many in the streaming community are demanding that Knut be permanently banned from Twitch after his most recent stunt. In his latest live stream, Knut strolled into a room full of other streamers with two transgender sex workers tailing after …
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Belle Delphine says she was “arrested” during disappearance
Olivia Richman
Cosplay model Mary-Belle Kirschner, known as Belle Delphine, stated that she was arrested over her pet hamster. The controversial influencer went dark on social media in August, which led to wild speculation over what led to her disappearance. Theories quickly escalated and her being arrested became a widely popular rumor, mostly thanks to YouTuber Ethan “h3h3” Klein’s podcast. h3h3 had theorized that her possible legal troubles stemmed from her selling …
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Alissa Violet posts nude photo after receiving hacking threats
Olivia Richman
An extremely suggestive photo was uploaded onto streamer Alissa Violet’s Instagram, leaving fans both curious and concerned. Currently sitting at over 12,700 likes on YouTube drama account The Bread Batch, the Instagram post has Violet posing topless with her hands covering her exposed breasts. Although Violet is a model who often dresses scantily in her own Instagram posts, a straight nude seemed unusual. Many fans began to speculate that it …
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Twitch streamer Macaiyla banned for accidental nudity on stream
Olivia Richman
Twitch streamer Macaiyla was banned from the streaming platform earlier today. Macaiyla was originally suspended for three days for an earlier stream where she appeared to be innocently scrolling through her Twitter timeline. Suddenly, a surprise nude image appeared as she was scrolling, catching both her and her viewers off guard. “It’s a bit random, but okay. I scrolled and there was a slight tit pic shown. So I guess …
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Veteran ADC Freeze looks to return to top levels of pro LoL
Syed Mujtaba Naqvi
With the end of the latest competitive season, MAD Lions E.C. player Aleš “Freeze” Kněžínek is exploring new opportunities in the League of Legends pro scene. Freeze has shared a TwitLong stating that he’s going to be exploring his options during the offseason. The Czech League of Legends player is a veteran of the scene, having begun competing in 2012. After playing with now-disbanded teams H2K Gaming and Tempo Storm …
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Tarzaned banned, receives two-week suspension for boosting
Olivia Richman
Famed League of Legends streamer Tarzaned just received a two-week ban for account boosting. During a live stream, Riot Games issued Tarzaned the ban for allegedly boosting another account after a solo queue game. Tarzaned appeared suprised by the ban on stream and didn’t seem to know why it was happening at first, though he also seemed to recognize the reason for the ban after reading the notification. “It doesn’t …
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The meaning behind EZ4ENCE, a CSGO meme song gone viral
Olivia Richman
It’s hard to forget the moment Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team ENCE proudly stepped onto the IEM Katowice stage for the finals with “EZ4ENCE” blaring behind them. The song by The Verkkars even made it onto Finland’s Top 50 music chart in March. The title of the song is actually inspired by a popular CS:GO meme. EZ4ENCE is what fans like to say on Twitch during matches, basically meaning that it’s …
Twitch reverses controversial ban on Overwatch streamer
Olivia Richman
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Popular Overwatch streamer Fareeha Andersen is already back on Twitch after causing some controversy that the streaming service labeled as “hate speech.” Twitch had initially banned Fareeha’s account for 30 days after she called South American Overwatch players “shit” during a February 7 stream. After a public outcry and an ensuing apology by Fareeha, Twitch lessened the length of the ban, allowing her back on the platform after just seven …
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