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More names have been dragged into the swelling saga of illegitimate Counter Strike Global Offensive gambling videos. A number of members of eSports team FaZe Clan have been called out by HonorTheCall, which was the source behind the original scoop on shamed YouTubers TmarTn and ProSyndicate. These latest allegations relate …
Read More »Valve sends cease and desist orders to CSGO gambling sites
Begun, the CSGO gambling wars have. Valve has sent letters to 23 sites that specialise in the gambling of Counter Strike Global Offensive weapon skins, giving them 10 days to change how they operate before it brings out the big guns. Kotaku has confirmed the letter’s legitimacy. So far at …
Read More »Counter Strike gambling streamer PhantomL0rd banned from Twitch
Less than a week after Twitch said it would take action against the streaming of Counter Strike gambling on its network, one leading streamer has been banned. Kotaku reports that PhantomL0rd’s channel has been pulled. It now simply carries the message: The community has closed this channel due to terms …
Read More »Fnatic’s flusha on G2: “I can’t say I consider them a top team”
In just a few hours Fnatic will face off against G2 eSports at ESL One Cologne, and one of Fnatic’s star players, Robin “flusha” Rönnquist, had some harsh words on his opponents. Speaking to MCV at the ECS finals a couple of weeks ago Flusha was asked if G2 were …
Read More »PsiSyndicate admits to rigging Counter Strike betting videos
One YouTube star has come out and openly admitted to taking part in a fake Counter Strike auction video to promote a site. Polygon reports that PsiSyndicate has across four videos admitted that he participated in staged auctions for Steamlotto in exchange for rare skins which he in turn unboxed …
Read More »YouTubers embroiled in CS:GO gambling controversy
Two leading YouTubers have been accused of duping viewers into using a Counter Strike weapon skin gambling site that they themselves established. A report from Games Industry following the release of a damning video from H3H3 that suggests YouTuber TmarTn posted videos in which he had claimed to discover the …
Read More »Luminosity’s coldzera on his AWP play at MLG Columbus: "It was lucky"
In an interview with MCV at the ECS finals, Luminosity player Marcelo "coldzera" David said his iconic AWP play at the last major was lucky”. The play saw the Brazilian take down four members of Team Liquid with just three bullets from his AWP sniper rifle, and turn a game …
Read More »ESL One New York is returning as a CS:GO event
ESL has announced that ESL One New York will return for its third year, but will now primarily be a Counter-Strike event. The previous two iterations of the event have been Dota 2 tournaments with top teams from across the world attending to field new rosters after The International. This …
Read More »Operation Kinguin CS:GO tournament to return to DingIt
Streaming platform DingIt.TV has announced that the successful CS:GO tournament Operation Kinguin will return for a third season. Starting on April 27th the third season of Operation Kinguin will feature a $20,000 prize pool, which 32 teams will be competing for. The season will feature 75 games across 40 different …
Read More »MLG Columbus becomes biggest Counter-Strike tournament ever
MLG Columbus has set multiple new records in the world of Counter-Strike eSports events. The first ever major event held on American soil managed to bring in over 1.6 million concurrent viewers who watched more than 45 million hours of the tournament. Both of these numbers are a significant increase …
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