AUGUST

What is the VALORANT rank distribution?

Ranked is a daunting endeavor for any player in any game—and VALORANT is no exception. Wins are much sweeter, losses are much heavier, and clutches are much sweatier when there’s rank rating on the line. Several websites track the distribution of ranks among VALORANT players. But in late August, the VALORANT developer team gave us a precise look at the current distribution and clued us in as to what they hope to shape ranked into in the future. What is the current VALORANT ranked distribution? This is the current distribution

fnatic sign smooya on trial

fnatic have announced the signing of Owen "⁠smooya⁠" Butterfield in a deal that will see the Brit trial for the team for at least three months, with an option to extend beyond that point. The news comes within hours of the AWPer's departure from Movistar Riders, where he had been sitting on the bench for two months. The 22-year-old joins the team as a replacement for Jack "⁠Jackinho⁠" Ström Mattsson, who was placed on the bench on Saturday following fnatic's last-place exit at IEM Fall, which resulted in their failure

Smooya leaves Movistar Riders

The 22-year old British AWPer is now a free agent after eight months with the Spanish organization. Owen "⁠smooya⁠" Butterfield has left Movistar Riders and is now a free agent, the player announced on Twitter. The young AWPer has been released from his contract with the organization after spending two months on the bench following the team's decision to return to a fully Spanish roster in August. Butterfield revealed that he will consider offers for both North American and European teams as well as opportunities in VALORANT. smooya is now

How much money does Ibai make on Twitch?

Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos is one of the most successful content creators on Twitch. He broadcasts a variety of games like Minecraft, League of Legends, and FIFA, plus some real-life soccer matches, his favorite sport. The Spaniard made waves months ago when he beat every media outlet in the world and secured an interview with Lionel Messi, his first after leaving Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain. The content was broadcast on Ibai’s Twitch channel and peaked at over 500,000 concurrent viewers. A data breach earlier this month revealed purported gross earnings for channels

How much does ImperialHal make?

Pro Apex Legends player Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen consistently ranks among the most popular streamers in the genre on Twitch. When a leak last week revealed the payouts of Twitch streamers, ImperialHal came in at No. 100 on the list of the highest-paid figures on the site. From August 2019 to October 2021, ImperialHal cleared $886,999.17 in Twitch payouts alone. Screengrab via KnowSomething That figure, while impressive on its own, doesn’t include a wide array of other revenue streams. ImperialHal also receives donations from viewers, his TSM salary, revenue from other

gla1ve returns for PGL Major Stockholm; Bubzkji out

Astralis have announced that Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander will play for the team at PGL Major Stockholm. He will replace Lucas "⁠Bubzkji⁠" Andersen on the Danish team's active roster at the $2 million event. The move was made with less than two weeks to go before the Major kicks off on October 26 with the Challengers stage, in which Astralis will start their campaign at the tournament as one of the eight Challenger status teams, along with the eight Contenders. "It is never easy to take a player out of the

Changes coming to World of Warcraft Classic with the Season of Mastery

Blizzard is looking to reinvigorate World of Warcraft Classic players who want a “fresh” experience with Season of Mastery servers. And while the game will give players a fresh version of Classic to play, it won’t be quite the same as the product released in 2019. While the original mentality behind WoW Classic was #NoChanges, Blizzard has noticed an interest from players to have some potentially slight differences from the way WoW originally released in the mid-2000s. Now that Classic servers have moved on to a new legacy expansion of

How much money does Tfue make on Twitch?

Tfue has been one of the most popular content creators on Twitch over the past three or more years after bursting onto the scene with the Fortnite boom. Gaining much of his popularity from early competitions for the battle royale in the spring of 2018, he set himself up to the platform’s most-watched personality the following year. And in 2020, he was the 13th most-watched creator with more than 52 million hours watched, according to SullyGnome. So it’s no surprise that when streamer payouts from the platform were leaked this

Full list of all Twitch payouts (Twitch leaks)

A breach of Twitch’s data exposed information regarding payouts for streamers over the course of the past 26 months, and as you might expect, some of the platform’s top streamers have made millions. The Twitch payout leaks only include money from subscriptions, bit donations, and advertisement revenue. The figures do not include any personal sponsorships or direct donations a streamer might have had over that period of time. The payouts also do not include any money they may have received from Twitch directly for signing a contract to stream exclusively