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TSN Esports: Canada’s leading sports media group enters into the market

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TSN Esports: Canada’s leading sports media group enters into the market

The biggest sports network in Canada is jumping on the esports bandwagon. The Sports Network, aka TSN, is starting a section covering pro gaming.

TSN is the latest of many sports media companies to invest into esports coverage. ESPN, Yahoo, and Sky have all recently thrown their hats into the ring, so it’s no surprise that TSN, often called the ESPN of Canada (with good reason—ESPN owns 20 percent of the company) is also diving in.

The self-titled “Canada’s Sports Leader” will offer both text and video coverage of esports games, specifically mentioning League of Legends, Dota 2, Call of Duty, and Counter-Strike, but also including many other titles, based off their launch content. The TSN esports page already has coverage from this weekend’s intense slate of esports events, including IEM Katowice, highlights from the Dota 2Shanghai Major, and more.

Welcome to TSN esports!

Competitive gaming is an undeniable phenomenon and Canada’s Sports Leader is diving head first into the fray with wall-to-wall coverage of the biggest titles, teams, personalities and events.

From League of Legends and Dota 2 to Call of Duty and Counter-Strike, we’re bringing you all the latest news and results, original features and even a few thoughts of our own along the way.

Esports has exploded into the mainstream over the past few years and the snowball is only getting bigger. In a 2016 report by market research firm Newzoo, gaming audiences reached more than 130 million frequent viewers last year with an additional 125 million occasional viewers.

The report also highlights the record growth of the market with revenues expected to grow by more than $100 million in 2016 and eventually reach the $1 billion plateau by 2019.

It’s clear that fans can’t get enough of esports and we’re ready to answer the call.

With streaming services like Twitch and live events being held all over the world, competitive gaming has never been more alive. TSN esports intends to satisfy the cravings of our audience as the most reliable outlet for premier gaming content.

Team Secret robbed of their gears after winning Shangai Majors

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Team Secret robbed of their gears after winning Shangai Majors

With the much ‘no one saw this coming’ experience faced by the attendees at Shangai Majors this year, Team Secret the winners of Shangai Majors held in China were reportedly robbed of their laptops and other valuables soon after the majors ended as posted by them on Instagram.

The Shangai Majors which saw a breathtaking run for a week or so was smoothly covered around and the execution led the community persuasive to appreciate the efforts Valve and the organizing team put in to make this one of the biggest and successful majors for DotA II this year. Shangai Majors was previously even roped up in the controversy after Valve’s chairperson Gabe Newell instantly fired the production house responsible for the broadcast.

The victims however are not Team Secret solely, a tweet following by the official handle @TeamSecret revealed that almost every participating team had their stuffs stolen, lost or packed away somewhere not belonging to their residence and the staffs reconcile it as ‘clean up’ of the practice area.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCpFagMEdCh/

Formerly a tweet by Swindle’s official handle also warned that the gears might as well get stolen because of lack of security and locking at the practice area, which was most probably of all went unnoticed.

“This is what all the teams have woken up to this morning. These are the practice rooms. What remains is hopefully all our gear, we had laptops in this room and a ton of other personal stuff. No heads up about this was given to the teams.” – TeamSecret on Instagram.

Fnatic bags yet another CSGO major title, olofmeister leads the charge once again

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Fnatic bags yet another CSGO major title, olofmeister leads the charge once again

Fnatic took another international Counter-Strike title in Katowice today, proving once again that they are one of the most elite sides ever to play the game.

The Swedish side’s seventh $100,000 win came in emphatic fashion—with a 3-0 win against Luminosity Gaming.

Though the scoreline was one-sided, the surging Brazilian side gave the decorated team a run for their money with two games going into over time.

In game one Fnatic had to fight back from 11-1 down on Overpass to win 19-17 in overtime, before taking the second game 16-3. The final game of the series was another close affair where Fnatic had to come from behind, this time overcoming a 7-1 deficit. With the game split evenly at 15-15 Fnatic took four straight overtime rounds to secure the championship.

Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer proved once again to be the difference maker for his team throughout the tournament, ending the event on an even 300 kills.

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With their win in the final, Fnatic also avenged their best-of-one loss against Luminosity in the group stage—their only loss in the tournament.

Astralis had momentum on their side in the group stages, being the only team to finish with a perfect five wins. But after Fnatic defeated Virtus.pro in the quarter finals, Astralis were the next side to fall.

Tempo Storm placed in the top six, with this being their first major event. EnVyUswill have a lot of work to do ahead of the MLG Major in Columbus in just over three weeks—they finished bottom of their group.

Gabe Newell fires DotA 2 production company at Shangai Majors

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Gabe Newell fires DotA 2 production company at Shangai Majors

Valve has unexpectedly let go the host of its Dota 2 Shanghai Major competition, James “2GD” Harding, alongside the generation organization in charge of shows of the recreations. Organization boss Gabe Newell affirmed the rejection of Harding on Reddit, including that “James is an ass” and not somebody Valve will be working with again later on. As to generation of competition telecasts, Newell trusts Valve will have the capacity to locate another accomplice to supplant KeyTV before the headliner commences on March second.

Dota 2 is Valve’s most prevalent Steam diversion, creating gigantic incomes off in-amusement buys and now supporting four noteworthy competitions for every year, each charging prize pools in the a great many dollars. The Shanghai Major will distribute $3 million among the 16 partaking groups, with the victors gathering $1.1 million. Not awful for a week of indicating and clicking, however even as Dota opponents the prize pools of expert games, it proceeds with slack severely regarding polished skill and generation quality in the background.

shanghai majors

As the host of the English-dialect telecast and board dialogs, Harding was accountable for directing the discussion in the middle of matches and keeping viewers entertained amid snippets of downtime. He opened the principal day’s show by infusing “cunts” into his presentation (comfortable start of the video above) and conveying an extended and clumsily got masturbation joke. In an ensuing clarification of occasions in Shanghai, Harding clears up that he was let go mid-show in the wake of making another disagreeable joke in a later telecast.

Harding’s arrival to the Dota facilitating seat took after a long rest from the diversion and was broadly invited because of his persisting ubiquity subsequent to serving as the normal host of The International, the chief Dota 2 rivalry. In the wake of his rejection and Gabe Newell’s open trashing, Harding has found a great deal of backing from inside of the gaming group, huge numbers of whom are just as irritated with Valve for the poor generation of the competition telecasts.

The early matches in the Shanghai Major have been tormented by specialized issues, intruding on amusements with long defers and conveying a rough, uneven affair for the group of onlookers. In-diversion sound issues have been coordinated by breaking down mouthpieces for observers and experts, and the general feeling has been one of disorder. Pundit Owen “ODPixel” Davies totals it all up with the accompanying tweet:

Valve clearly didn’t feel Harding’s uncouth funniness was in accordance with the picture the organization needs to extend, in any case it’s the creation inconveniences that are liable to bring about greater cerebral pains for Newell and co. This is a long way from the main Dota 2 competition to experience the ill effects of insufficient offices, backing, or generation shine. It was trusted that when Valve presented the present Majors framework, beginning with a competition in Frankfurt before the end of last year, things would enhance and everybody would have the capacity to appreciate some untainted, high-class gaming rivalry. Sadly, it appears like Valve and Dota simply haven’t advanced to that point yet.

E-Frag announces $64,600 Razer Rising Stars CS:GO League

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E-Frag announces $64,600 Razer Rising Stars CS:GO League

After announcing our tournament The World Championship we are ecstatic to announce a series of leagues that we will hold around the world with 64,600 USD up for grabs. As the name “Rising Stars” suggests, these leagues will be seasonal leagues aiming to support the grassroots Counter­Strike: Global Offensive scene. The main goal is to support non­Tier 1 teams as they work their way to become truly top teams. In fact, we plan on helping these teams in more ways than just helping them gain exposure. In the future we hope that these teams can become shareholders and partners of the event, to share the profits and successes of the event.

There will be four leagues in four regions (Europe, North America, South America and Southeast Asia). In total, 64,600 USD will be given out in these four leagues, while 12 online qualifiers will determine which teams qualify for these leagues. Although originally this was a 50,000 USD guaranteed prize pool tournament, it will now grow to 64,600 USD if the teams finish all of their matches.

YOUR ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT LTD PRESENTS A SERIES OF COUNTER­STRIKE: GLOBAL OFFENSIVE LEAGUES: “RAZER RISING STARS” AWARDING 64,600 USD

 

Razer Rising Stars

Statement from Your Esports Entertainment Ltd. CEO, Mohamed “Availer” Zardab:

“Your Esports Entertainment is proud to present the next chapter in the CS:GO tournament and league circuit. The Razer Rising Stars League (RSL) will be a worldwide league available in 4 regions. It is a league that is designed to develop grassroots CS:GO, to give opportunities to new undiscovered teams and players and to create a stable backbone league for mid tier teams as a stepping stone to the top tier echelons of CS:GO.

The league is designed to hone and promote new and raw talent. While also our main goal is to help develop the brands and image of tier 2 and lower teams. We also hope to share in our success with the community and with these teams with future seasons having the league members receiving a percentage of the profits of the league so that the success of the league is the success of the teams, and the success of the teams will equal the success of the league. We hope to build up the teams involved and to build up the scenes in the various parts of the world to
create a stable grassroots ecosystem for CS:GO.

The community will also have a chance to take part in the leagues with 50% of the slots given to open qualifiers that will be powered and hosted on the incredible Razer Arena platform. Razer Arena also share our vision of developing CS:GO at the ground level and are with us fully at making sure this will be a successful endeavour.

We will also make sure that with the completion of our studios in Belgrade that we will offer the best possible production value and quality in CS:GO regardless of the level of CS that we will be broadcasting. The Razer Rising Stars League will be a league to watch this year, but not only watch, also takepart in.”

Razer Rising Stars Europe League:

The Razer Rising Stars Europe League will run from March 15 ­ May 1 and will receive the lion’s share of the prize pool; 20,000 USD. It will feature 16 teams, 8 of which will be invited while 8 will join from 4 online qualifiers.The format of the league will see all 16 teams participate in a round­robin format. Each team will play each other in a best­of­two match awarding 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss.

After every team plays their 15 BO2 matches, the league simply ends with the following prize distribution:

­ 1st ­ 10,000 USD

­ 2nd ­ 5,000 USD

­ 3rd ­ 3,000 USD

­ 4th ­ 2,000 USD

­ 5th­16th ­ 500 USD (for each team if it finishes every match)

As mentioned above, there will be four online qualifiers awarding 8 spots in the league. Each qualifier will be capped at 128 teams and will be played in a best­of­one, single elimination bracket. All four qualifiers will be streamed from the Round of 16 forward. Links to the qualifiers are below:

https://arena.razerzone.com/tournaments/details/2231/razer­rising­stars­european­league­­­qualifier­25231

https://arena.razerzone.com/tournaments/details/2232/razer­rising­stars­european­league­­­qualifier­25232

https://arena.razerzone.com/tournaments/details/2233/razer­rising­stars­european­league­­­qualifier­25233

https://arena.razerzone.com/tournaments/details/2234/razer­rising­stars­european­league­­­qualifier­25234

Invited teams for Europe: LoungeGaming, LDLC White, ALTERNATE aTTaX, E­Frag.net eSports Club, CPH

Wolves, Orgless, DenDD

Razer Rising Stars South­East Asia League:

The Razer Rising Stars South­East Asia League will run from May 1 ­ June 1 and will have teams competing for 10,000 USD. It will feature 10 teams, 4 of which will be invited while 6 will join from 3 online qualifiers.The format of the league will see all 10 teams participate in a round­ robin format. Each team will play each other in a best­of­two match awarding 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss. After every team plays their 9 BO2 matches, the league simply ends with the following prize distribution:

­ 1st ­ 5,000 USD

­ 2nd ­ 3,000 USD

­ 3rd ­ 2,000 USD

­ 4th-­10th ­ 200 USD (for each team if it finishes every match)

As mentioned above, there will be three online qualifiers awarding 6 spots in the league. Each qualifier will be capped at 128 teams and will be played in a best­of­one, single elimination bracket. All three qualifiers will be streamed from the Round of 16 forward.

Razer Rising Stars North American League:

The Razer Rising Stars North American League will run from April 15 ­ May 15 and will have teams competing for 10,000 USD. It will feature 12 teams, 6 of which will be invited while 6 will join from 3 online qualifiers.The format of the league will see all 12 teams participate in a round­robin format. Each team will play each other in a best­of­two match awarding 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss.

After every team plays their 11 BO2 matches, the league simply ends with the following prize distribution:

­ 1st ­ 5,000 USD

­ 2nd ­ 3,000 USD

­ 3rd ­ 2,000 USD

­ 4th­10th ­ 250 USD (for each team if it finishes every match)

As mentioned above, there will be three online qualifiers awarding 6 spots in the league. Each qualifier will be capped at 128 teams and will be played in a best­of­one, single elimination bracket. All three qualifiers will be streamed from the Round of 16 forward.

Razer Rising Stars South American League:

The Razer Rising Stars South American League will run from March 15 ­ April 15 and will have teams competing for 10,000 USD. It will feature 8 teams, 4 of which will be invited while 4 will join from 2 online qualifiers.The format of the league will see all 8 teams participate in a round­robin format. Each team will play each other in a best­of­two match awarding 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss.

After every team plays their 7 BO2 matches, the league simply ends with the following prize distribution:

­ 1st ­ 5,000 USD

­ 2nd ­ 3,000 USD

­ 3rd ­ 2,000 USD

­ 4th­10th ­ 200 USD (for each team if it finishes every match)

As mentioned above, there will be two online qualifiers awarding 4 spots in the league. Each qualifier will be capped at 128 teams and will be played in a best­of­one, single elimination bracket. All three qualifiers will be streamed from the Round of 16 forward. Links to the qualifiers are below:

https://arena.razerzone.com/tournaments/details/2235/razer­rising­stars­south­american­league­­­qualifier­25231

https://arena.razerzone.com/tournaments/details/2236/razer­rising­stars­south­american­league­­­qualifier­25232

Invited teams for South America: NTN, KeyD Stars, Santos.Dexterity, g3nerationX.

The MongolZ denied U.S. VISA, detained from attending MLG Columbus Qualifier

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The MongolZ denied U.S. VISA, detained from attending MLG Columbus Qualifier

In a tragic outcome from one of the most anticipated event in Asia, Team MongolZ who conquered the IEM Taipei qualifiers slot will not be participating at MLG Columbus Qualifier following U.S. Visa denial. Although they are trying to attend IEM Katowice which will be happening in Poland later this year.

The MongolZ

The mainstream discussion after the IEM Taipei was how well the team performed following all the odds. The level of dedication they had shown in terms of travelling entirely into a different nation to compete with the best of the best.

The MongolZ were the underdogs at the event and still managed to loud the crowds of their existence in the pro-scene which was predetermined as they were not considered a Tier 2 team then.

 

Why was VISA Denied?

The MongolZ

U.S. Embassy at Mongolia denied their VISA application following the unavailability of their returning proofs. Such the procedure at U.S. Embassy for VISA purposes is a messy yet standard method to get VISA approved for everyone. And failing to do so by the applicants The MongolZ got them detained from attending the MLG Columbus Qualifiers.

Even though they got denial of VISA for MLG, they are no less concerned about attending the Katowice either happening later this year at Poland and hoping to get a good game experience.

 

iBUYPOWER may have hired a Lawyer to seek justice regarding banned players

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iBUYPOWER may have hired a Lawyer to seek justice regarding banned players

A devil’s advocate may be a proverb which often is metaphorically compared as someone with point of disagreement and willing committing to the different ideology in terms of generous topics. In the case of scandals and match-fixing allegations which surfaced last year into the CSGO scenario as the biggest scams which went unnoticed for long.

Shazam

The top-notch NA organization, iBP whose players were accused of having unconventional advantage over losing a game on purpose were recently handed a ban for lifetime by Valve; for having being involved sham scam of match-fixing and purposely throwing away games for thousands of dollars.  There were mixed-up feedbacks and perspective to the decision rule out by Valve which eventually means ending the careers of the involved players in the CSGO for a lifetime which also effected the reputation of the brand iBUYPOWER and the organization as a whole, in itself.

iBP matchfixing

Pointed on by a Reddit user which goes by the name eNt_, iBP may have hired a law consultancy firm to deal with the damages and to stand by the contrary of the ruling out by Valve Corp.  We still don’t know what would be the fate of the players who got their career ended, but not to forget, ShaZam still remains unbanned and continues to play for OpTiC Gaming, even though he was allegedly involved in the scandal.

Street Fighter V is breaking registration records at Evo

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Street Fighter V is breaking registration records at Evo

Street Fighter V launched to great critical praise last week, and it’s clear that players are more than ready to start seriously competing.

Evo, the largest fighting game tournament in the world, has announced that Street Fighter V has already broken registration records just four days after it opened.

Street-Fighter-V

 

Unlike IV, Capcom has confirmed that V will be the only version of the game. We won’t be getting a Turbo or Ultra edition, in other words. This could be because of the greater acceptance of downloadable content—meaning that if a change needs to be made to V, it can be done so with a simple update. And the best part? All balance updates will be free.

Ultra Street Fighter IV had 2,227 individual competitors in 2015, which broke records; V has already seen huge competitive success in the most odd of ways. Peripheral manufacturer Mad Catz setup an exhibition match between rapper Lupe Fiasco, known to be a huge fan of the game, and Daigo Umehara, the bestStreet Fighter player in the world. Most assumed that the match would be a wash in Umehara’s favor, but surprisingly, Fiasco won. This blew up over social media, and became a trending topic on both Facebook and Twitter. For a short time Fiasco was the No. 1 ranked player in the world. A bucket list moment for Fiasco, we’re sure.

Evo 2016 will take place July 15-17 in Las Vegas with the finals being held at Mandalay Bay.

Source: Shoryuken

Freakazoid bullies s1mple in stream, apologies later

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Freakazoid bullies s1mple in stream, apologies later

The recent controversy flying around the NA fame holder Freakazoid who is very famous about his calm and holy nature when it comes to ‘not bullying people’ has emerged last night when he was trashtalking to s1mple. All of this was caught at CLG tarik’s stream.

When you claim that you don’t care about black or white people, and while coming across a black man, if you feel insecure, that is hypocrisy at the best level and such is a metaphorical comparison for Freakazoid’s ideology. The NA star always has been know for his humble and gentle preaching on how we should not bully people regardless of their looks and gameplay.Even though this time, he was mocking someone who is faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrr better than him, he went on to shittalk to s1mple about how baad his gameplay is and how much left out and disgrace he is for whatever team he plays for.  

Freakazoid bullies s1mple

The stream on which, whole of this was recorded found it’s way to Reddit where thousands of community member shared their disappointments and anger towards the hypocrite. Joining the community members were some of the relatives of Freakazoid, journalists, analyzers and reputed YouTubers.

Trashtalking is not a big deal when it comes to Esports, people do mock each other in-game while to apprehend their complexity and disassemble on common consent. But why was this reaction or event was over-hyped? Why people were so harsh on his mocking to s1mple? Hasn’t this happened even in the past when fnatic’s team mocked NiP Get_Right when he was up for handshake? Then what has made people so much salty about this?

“If you bully it’s just a sign of weakness from the person because they are insecure about themselves” – Freakazoidd

Well, now you know why the proverb, “Practice what you preach.” is so popular and accurate. Freakazoid and s1mple’s whole of stream transcript has been drawn out by a fellow user NALMAO, which is pasted below:

Freakazoid bullies s1mple

ptr: we go A
[unknown]: keeeepooo
freakazoid: shut up simple you fucking suck
s1mple: who’s talking?
s1mple: ohh my gaawww
freakazoid: shut up dude you suck
s1mple: #100 player in north america?? is it you??
s1mple: hey ptr, who is talking to me?
ptr: (doesnt respond)
freakazoid: yo, why do you aim at the ground when you… run around?
(ingame callouts)
silent talking about a clutch hes trying to make
s1mple: “silent, shut the fuck up.” (s1mple thought silent was freak??)
silent: what did you do this round, simple?
s1mple: what are you doing, silent?
s1mple: you should just die, like you die at EMS katowice qualifier.
silent: you’re not making any sense
s1mple: *unintelligible sentence*
freakazoid: simple, why are you such a noob, dude?
s1mple: why?
freakazoid: you’re such a baiter, dude
(at this point, freakazoid’s name in mumble is stewie2k)
s1mple: stewie, please. shut the fuck up stewie.
freakazoid: stop baiting for kills, dude, you suck.
s1mple: i dont know how you’re playing for cloud9.
freakazoid: i dont know how you play for any team.
s1mple: *unintelligible sentence*
freakazoid: what’s the longest.. uh.. what’s the longest team you’ve ever been on in your life?
freakazoid: a couple months?
s1mple: 1 year. with hellraisers.
freakazoid: oh wow
freakazoid: how long did that take. are you guys… still friends with them?
s1mple: yeah.
s1mple: how long can you be in this team? why not answer this question?
freakazoid: how long you been on liquid?
s1mple: oh, its good when everyone hates you
s1mple: “on reddit.. everywhere” (talking about how people dislike stewie, or himself months ago?)
s1mple: *unintelligible sentence*
freakazoid: do you even have real life friends?
freakazoid: i don’t think you have real life friends, do you?
s1mple: “yeah I have *unintelligible as well”
freakazoid: its ok dude.. i dont need to.. hit the soft spot.. dude.
freakazoid: do you have any balls?
freakazoid: or.. nah?
freakazoid: you just like to talk unintelligible and then get scared in person, huh?
s1mple: why did you start talking to me?
s1mple: “everyone hates you, I don’t want to talk to you as well.” (assumedly still believes freak is stewie)
s1mple: you can try to talk with reddit or hltv, not with me, pls.
freakazoid: at least reddit talks back, dude, you can’t even have a conversation.
s1mple: dude, everyone’s talking that you’re shit.
s1mple: come on.
s1mple: you should play better, go deathmatch. stop talking and go deathmatch, do something.
freakazoid: “you like eating shit?” (unable to comprehend was s1mple is saying, or just taking a cheap shot at the kid’s accent)
freakazoid: man have you seen your aim? your aim sucks dick.
s1mple: yea ok.
freakazoid: “you rush for kills and still die.” (5 minutes before: freakazoid: “stop baiting for kills, dude, you suck.”)
s1mple: ok. stop talking to me please.
s1mple: *unintelligible* (possibly: you’re idiot)
s1mple: seriously.
freakazoid: seriously dude, its time for a taan.
s1mple: unintelligible
s1mple: you’re fucking dick every official match. go. pls. dont talk with me. unintelligible
freakazoid: hey stop losing rounds dude. you keep talking to me. shut uup, you suck, you aim at the ground when you run around; you’re so bad, you need a tan, get some friends, shut the fuck uup.
s1mple: who’s losing rounds?
s1mple: what are you talking about?
freakazoid: man you lose your team so many rounds bro
freakazoid: goddamn ive seen you play
s1mple: and you?
freakazoid: “i love jumping through smokes bro what can I say” (at this point purposefully misleading simple as to who’s approaching him)
freakazoid: i make plays. you make dumb plays.
s1mple: chuckling
freakazoid: what are you, santa claus?
s1mple: you are the worst player on cloud9. seriously. you should play better, man. go deathmatch.
freakazoid: you’re the wors- you’re the best player on every other team. just because you feed kills.
s1mple: thank you
s1mple: no im not feed kills, in every team i was entry fragger or i was a lurker or AWP player, you dont know anything about me so shut the fuck up.
s1mple: unintelligible will never play at lan.
s1mple: trying to talk with me. 0.5 kdr.
s1mple: i dont even want to talk with you. seriously.
s1mple: you’re shit. you’re a piece of fucking shit player.
freakzoid: now i know why everybody hates you.
s1mple: “yes. reddit and hltv hates you”
s1mple: everyone.
freakazoid: yeah.. i think you’re bad dude.. i think you just need to go uh.. drink a protein shake. you’re looking all skinny bud.
s1mple: yeah man.
freakazoid: its ok if you hate your life man.
s1mple: stewie what are you talking about?
freakazoid: “hey have a nice day.” (never says that he isn’t stewie)
end

Cloud9 Manager’s View

“Cloud9 players should strive to set a positive example for those who look up to them. Friendly trash talk is one thing but when personal attacks begin a line has been crossed regardless of it being online or on LAN. Ryan will be expected to do all he can to promote a healthy atmosphere within the community. The biggest lesson to take away from this is to think before you speak or act. The professional scene as a whole can learn from this event. As CS:GO grows to new heights so must our sportsmanship standards, which includes everyone, not just fREAKAZOiD.”

– Tres “stunna” Saranthus, Cloud9 CS:GO Manager

Thorin’s View

Freakazoid’s Apology

“I have failed my community, teammates, and organization. I would like to offer a sincere apology to s1mple for the poor decision I made last night. The way I behaved was unacceptable. I expect better from myself, and will do all I can to meet those expectations going forward. This experience has taught me that one slip up can cost you everything. At the end of the day I would like to make amends with s1mple and move forward from this. I hope he and the community can forgive my actions.”

–  Ryan “fREAKAZOiD” Abadir, Cloud9 CS:GO Player

Cloud9’s take on this

This surely is not what every other individual or organization is prepared for, these are the spontaneous acts which lead to certain point of disagreements and leads to disgraceful comments from the community. Cloud9 fined Freakazoid for a whole month of salary from which 50% shall be entitled to PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center, and the other half to Born This Way Foundation. Also Freakazoid would be persuaded to attend an anti-bullying seminar in Los Angeles, CA hosted by PACER.

Sources: HLTV.org, Cloud9.gg, reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive, ThorinThoughts

AMD users not very fascinated by the latest CSGO update, few got permanent banned

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AMD users not very fascinated by the latest CSGO update, few got permanent banned

If you are one of the millions of CS:GO players out there and also use AMD hardware, then you should read this or risk getting permanent banned. Yesterday there was a big and anticipated update to CS:GO that added seven new community maps in competitive matchmaking and a lot more. That in itself is great news, but it looks like that update causes a lot of trouble for AMD users.

Reddit is already full of threads on the issue and luckily there seems to be a workaround for now. The most important thing for you as a CS:GO player and AMD user is that you don’t attempt to rejoin and rejoin after your game crashes you out, or you risk the bans that a lot of people are experiencing.

Nuke has returned back to competitive gaming after revamp.
Nuke has returned back to competitive gaming after revamp.

It looks like the issue ends up in the graphic settings and it isn’t limited to the new maps as first suggested. Older maps such as Nuke and Dust are equally affected by this bug. The easy way to work around this, at least for now, is to simply set your graphics settings to low. This has been reported to fix the issue. Other users are reporting that it is enough to set Shader to medium and potentially also turn off multi-core rendering.

We can be pretty sure that all bans issued by this bug will be lifted again, but it is still a major bug that will have quite an influence on people. They can’t play their ranked matches until it has been resolved and generally risk missing out.

 

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