Author: Sebastian "primero" Pereira
ESL Pro League has announced a number of changes starting in 2023, among which includes increasing the group stage of the tournaments from 24 to 32 teams.What’s changing?· Format: From Round Robin to a format combining double-elimination groups with a last chance bracketThe goal of the format change is to move towards more meaningful matches earlier on within the tournament stages. The new format for the Group Stages will be a format combining double-elimination groups with a last chance bracket into a ‘Ro16 Single Elimination’ bracket for the Playoffs.Previously with Round Robin, there were many matches which became meaningless, contributing…
The Danish professional player Nicklas “gade” Gade has announced his departure from the Counter-Strike industry.”2022 is coming to an end and it is time for me to announce my departure from the CS Industry. What a ride and journey it has been; memories I will always have to cherish and be grateful for. Esports has given me friends for life, got me together with my love and has taken me through all states of emotion. Thank you to everyone who has believed in & supported me throughout the years, former teammates, colleagues and opponents. 2023 is the start of my…
Valorant has become the most-viewed game on Twitch in 2022. The game battles were watched for more than 1.12 billion hours in total, according to the analytical service, Esports Charts.According to the report, this is almost twice as many views as CS:GO has collected, the games of the iconic shooter were watched by 684.7 million hours in the outgoing year.At the same time, CS:GO surpassed Valorant in peak views. At a record moment, more than 1.6 million people watched the CS:GO broadcasts.Closes the TOP-3 Apex Legends with 640.97 million hours of watching in 2022.Most watched shooters on Twitch in 2022Valorant…
Kamil “Koma`” Biktimirov (Vitus.pro), Danil “illusion” Grzhevka (Ancient Tribe) and Yaroslav “Limitless” Parshin (ex-Alliance), who was permanently banned by Valve and PGL, have pleaded guilty to account sharing. Koma` and illusion have asked to reduce the punishment for themselves and Limitless asked to unban illusion because the Ukrainian athlete found out about the violation only after the fact, Escorenews reported.”I fully admit my guilt, I apologize to the entire community and especially to the VP fans. I understand how much I let my club down, but I can’t do anything anymore. I wanted to be a Virtus.pro player, so I…
Valve, Dota 2 creator and publisher, has permanently banned 10 pro players for account sharing.A significant number of those who fell under the ban were associated with the Russian team Luna Gaming.Vladislav “Imba4” Khoroltsev (aka Chambl), Sergey “[T]SA” Timchenko, and Kirill “deihra” Kharitonov are currently playing for Luna Gaming.Kamil “Koma`” Biktimirov from Vitus.pro and ex-HYDRA player Viktor “SuperNova” Galichkin have been playing for Luna this year.Bauyrzhan “Lilskrip” Bisembaev from Thiuth Gaming was Luna’s coach.Valve also banned Yaroslav “Limitless” Parshin (ex-Alliance, HellRaisers, and B8), Aslan “Paradise” Vadilov (felt), Emil’ “Keintseru” Daminov (S9), and Danil “illusion” Grzhevka (Ancient Tribe).Following Valve, PGL also…
G2 Esports has defeated Team Liquid at the Grand Final of the BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 with a score of 2:0.G2 has won on maps Inferno and Mirage with scores 16:7 and 16:12 respectively.The winner takes home $500,000 prize money and the silver medalist $250,000.17-year-old Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov from G2 became the MVP of the tournament.Outsiders, winners of Rio Major 2022, couldn’t even advance from the group to the playoffs at this tournament. Two potential favorites, FaZe Clan and Natus Vincere, were eliminated in the semi-finals and quarter-finals, respectively.BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 was hosted in Abu Dabi (United…
Several radical changes have occurred in the Warzone arsenal and how the game handles equipment drops. Getting the right weapon has become much more challenging and critical! There are many options, and it’s so rare to get new ones that players must adapt to the already available ones. This means you need to think about loadouts ‘ unlike firearms, it’s still possible to get those without too much difficulty. In Warzone 2, drops happen often.The Best Warzone 2 LoadoutsBest TAQ-56 LoadoutThe SCAR-L, or TAQ-56 as it is called in the Warzone, is one of the best guns in the game!…
Winter is coming, which means that Christmas is approaching. Players want to cheer themselves up. Christmas maps in CS:GO are a great way to do that. This article tells about the Top Christmas maps in CS:GO and provides links for downloading them.Winter Mirage Christmas Map This is a magical Christmas map in CS:GO. Everything around is covered with snow. On this map, players will see a lot of Christmas trees scattered here and there. And what is this winter if there are no icicles hanging from the roofs of buildings – this map also has them. Somewhere – where there…
The Christmas Event in Apex Legends 2022 promises many exciting skins. You can find their descriptions and images in this article.Apex Christmas Event Skins 2022The Event will feature 24 cosmetic items in total. Skins will be available for Bangalore, Newcastle, Crypto, Valkyrie, Bloodhound, Gibraltar, Horizon, Mad Maggie, Mirage, and Wraith. In addition, data miners have uncovered the Wraith Mythic skin, which will be the reward for the Wintertide Collection Event.Crypto Apex Christmas Skin Called Elf Made, this Legendary Xmas skin is luxurious. Crypto looks amazing. His jacket is decorated with gold overlays and shimmering blue and purple. He wears a…
The CS:GO star from Natus Vincere Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev became the best esports PC player of 2022, according to Esports Awards.The organizers of the award singled out several more iconic CS:GO cybersportsmen. Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov from G2 Esports became the best esports pc rookie of the year, Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi, who trained CS:GO NAVI squad was named the best coach of the year by the organizers of the Esports Awards.At the same time, Esports Awards named Valorant the best game of the 2022 year.Also, despite the abundance of former and current representatives of NAVI (m0NESY was raised in NAVI Junior…