A team was eliminated from a CS:GO tournament due to streaming platform exclusivity for what is believed to be the first time ever. Team Just Make it Fast (JMIF) was playing Cloud9 in a best of three for the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Game Show Global eSports Cup on January 13th 2016 when JMIF player Launders… Continue reading
Titan: Farewell to the Team and Hello to Newly Rare Stickers
On January 14th we bid farewell to one of the teams in eSports. Founded in the latter half of 2013, Titan focused their activities on CS:GO, SMITE and Dota 2. Economically, everything seemed on track by the end of 2014 but 2015 they had other plans in store. Last year one of the players in the teams CS:GO… Continue reading
We have recently seen streaming service Hitbox.tv introduce 4k streaming into their platform. For those unfamiliar: 4k resolution is 3840 x 2160 – a big step above HD resolution which is typically 1920×1080 or 1280×720. This is a huge improvement over the quality Twitch streamers typically see, where it’s difficult and largely frowned upon to stream… Continue reading
The Shanghai Major Qualifiers have concluded and with two teams advancing from each region, we finally got the 16 teams that will participate at the Winter Major. The Group Stage will begin on February 25 and will be followed by the Main Event at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai from March 2 to March 6. We… Continue reading