Author: Sebastian "primero" Pereira
Parimatch, one of the biggest Ukrainian betting companies, has announced ceasing its operations due to a crackdown by the Ukrainian authorities.”Parimatch LLC, in compliance with the Constitution, laws of Ukraine and the decree of the President of Ukraine No. 145/2023 “On the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine dated March 10, 2023 “On the application and introduction of changes to personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions)” reports the following: The operational activity of the company is suspended; the platform is not available for customers, the pm.ua site is blocked,” noted the Parimatch statement.Earlier, the…
Tournament operator Perfect World and Valve have banned 46 Dota 2 players due to unfair play. Among them are the EHOME squad and ex-Team Knights, who took part at the lima Major.The list of punished athletes was published by Perfect World on the Chinese social network Weibo.21 of them were permanently banned, others cached one and two-year bans.In this way, the newly created team Solitude, which was formed with three ex-Knights, was disbanded before they could play.Lifetime bannedXu “Lin” Ziyang, aka”mmm” (Antarctic Penguins, ex-Team Mystique)Fan “123” ZhilongKim “Unknown-” Jit Pin (Team Rose)Yang “Yp” Yuepeng, aka “Helios” (ex-LBZS)Zhan “guoguo” Yaoyang (ex-LBZS)Chen…
The Chinese esports organization HSG has officially announced the signing of Olga “olga” Rodrigues, confirming earlier reports.It was previously known that the female CS:GO star from FURIA Esports Female was going to leave the Brazilian team and there were rumors that she would join the Chinese organization.At the recent ESL Impact Katowice 2023, FURIA with olga took 3rd – 4th place, and her new home was ranked 5th – 6th.28-year-old olga has been playing with FURIA fe since March 2021. Who will replace her in the Brazilian squad is still unknown.According to HLTV.org, HSG actual roster is now:SinMan “â Hazelâ ” FongRamona…
Artem “fng” Barshak and Ilya “Kiritych~” Ulyanov have joined Virtus.pro Dota 2 team.27-year-old fng, who came from CIS Rejects, will step in as position 5 support and will be the new captain of the team. Former captain Andrey “Dukalis” Kuropatkin was benched recently together with Alexandr “krylat” Krylatov.To replace krylat, the management of the team invited 20-year-old Kiritych~, who has been performing with Nemiga Gaming for two years since March 2021. Before Nemiga, he played with SMARACIS Esports.Dukalis and krylat played for Virtus.pro for a short time. They joined the team in December. The first was Dukalis, and later the…
Guild Esports, a British esports organization co-owned by David Beckham, has formed its first CS:GO team.The new Guild’s roster is:Kaia “KiKi” HolmenMarita “Minnie” Siljan SørensenThea “pullox” EvensenAnna “Ann4” LaurinoviÄaLinnea “Linneaaa” ClaessonThe organization hasn’t provided any other details as of yet.In addition to the CS:GO, as evident on the organization’s website, Guild Esports has teams in Valorant, Fortnite, Rocket League and FIFA.
According to the information, provided by Dmitry “Korb3n” Belov (Team Spirit’s Dota 2 team manager), upcoming changes in Team Secret will feature Miroslav “BOOM” BiÄan switching from his role in the team from midlane to offlane.Read more: Five Takeaways From The Lima Major 2023Additionally, Korb3n revealed that there’s a chance of Armel “Armel” Tabios and Daniyal “yamich” Lazebnyy joining Team Secret.The information was provided on the stream of Mark “sikle” Lerman, Spirit’s analyst, according to the Russian esports website cyber.sports.ru.Korb3n: “I heard things about Yamich joining Team Secret on pos 4. Though there’s someone else could be. Otherwise, it all…
Faze Clan has announced entering the female Valorant competitive scene and unveiled its first female Valorant roster.The new team which will compete under FaZe’s Valorant banner is:Jennifer “refinnej” LeEmma “emy” ChoeVannesa Emely “panini” EmoryMadison “maddiesuun” MannDiane “di^” TranThe team will make its first public appearance under FaZe Clan while competing in the upcoming 2023 season of the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Game Changers Series.”It’s been a long time coming but we’re stoked to officially announce bringing on our first all female esports pro team for Valorant. Signing this group of talented women is just the beginning of bringing female gamers…
Valorant pro player and ex-CS:GO player Hunter “SicK” Mims, who performs with Sentinels as a six player, was arrested on March 4 in Texas for criminal trespassing.According to the inmate entries of the Collin County jail, SicK was arrested on March 4 and has not been released till time of publication.He was charged with a Class B Misdemeanor and held on bond for $5,000.SicK was arrested after an incident at a Ferrari car dealership, Dotesports reported. He refused to leave the dealership despite the demands of its employee.Sentinels have not issued an official statement regarding the incident until now. Image:…
The German esports organization Sprout has decided to return Rasmus “Zyphon” Nordfoss from the bench to its active CS:GO roster and bench Ismail “refrezh” Ali instead.According to Sprout’s report, the organization and refrezh differed in their views on the project. So, Sprout has put the athlete on the transfer list.refrezh and Zyphon came to Sprout together in August last year. In February, the Germans decided to bench Zyphon, refrezh stepped down from the in-game leader position and the organization invited Mikkel “Maze” Sparvath for trial as the new IGL.Read more: Counter-Strike 2 and Source 2: everything we know so farNow,…
Counter-Strike is keeping its growth in 2023.After setting up a previous record several days ago (February 17, 1,320,219 players), CS:GO just updated the all-time peak, exceeding 1,323,700 concurrent players.Read more: From Howl to Doodle Lore: Stolen CS:GO Skins and Valve’s Response Steamcharts.com at 3:00 PM CEST, February 19, 2023.According to Steamcharts.com, CS:GO gained +15.39% of average players in January of 2023.The average online also keeps growing February and is now not far away from 800,000 players.Read more: Counter-Strike 2 and Source 2: everything we know so farCS:GO set the record of average online of concurrent players in April of 2020…