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ESL to insert Ancient into map pool for IEM Summer

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ESL will introduce Ancient into the map pool for all of its ESL Pro Tour circuit, starting with IEM Summer, the tournament organizer announced today. ESL took this decision following discussions with the ESL Pro League player council and the Counter-Strike Professional Players' Association (CSPPA). Valve has added Ancient to the Active Duty map pool on May 3, replacing Train in the rotation, in what was the first map pool change since Vertigo replaced Cache in March 2019. After talks with both the @CSPPAgg and the #EPLPlayerCouncil starting in June

ESL to introduce Ancient into map pool for IEM Summer

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Ancient will be introduced into the map pool for all ESL Pro Tour events starting with IEM Summer, ESL has announced. The decision was made following discussions between the tournament organiser, the ESL Pro League player council, and the Counter-Strike Professional Players' Association (CSPPA). Ancient was added to the Active Duty map pool on May 3 as a replacement for Train in what was the first change to the pool since Vertigo replaced Cache in March 2019. Valve then clarified that the new map would not feature in the current

Legends of Crypto (LOCGame) AMA Session With BeInCrypto

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Time Stamp: April 28, 2021 2:00 PM - Modified On: April 28, 2021 - Published By:
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BeInCrypto held an AMA with Legends of Crypto (LOCGame) on our public Telegram channel on April 26. LOCGame is an ambitious NFT project wrapped in a collectible and trading card game. The MATIC network powers the game core, the underlying DeFi economy, and its DAO governance model. (This AMA has been edited for clarity.) BeInCrypto: Welcome to our BeInCrypto AMA! Today we welcome Mik Mironov (@mikmiro), CEO of LOCGame. Thanks to everyone for being here! Could you please say hi for us to check if everything is ok with your

CSPPA reveals new board of players

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The Counter-Strike Professional Players' Association (CSPPA) announced on Tuesday its new board of players, which was elected during the ongoing general assembly. Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong and Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt are the only founding board members who remain on the council, which had been unchanged since the association was formed. On Twitter, the CSPPA explained that Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth, Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski, Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik, Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo and Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert all decided to step down from their board duties ahead of the general assembly to allow for

Wuhan Mayor Says City Will Be One of the Hosts for 2021 LOL World Championships 

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Wuhan will become one of the Chinese cities in the “City Tour” to host the 2021 League of Legends World Championships (Worlds 2021), the city’s mayor unveiled on Wednesday at a ceremony co-hosted by esports media company People Esports and the Wuhan government .  More than a hundred Chinese esports executives, experts, and governmental officers attended the event, including Wuhan Mayor Yongwen Chen, and Jizhong Wei, vice president of Global Esports Federation (GEF) and honorary life vice president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).  During the “China Esports Annual

Code S RO8: Dream, Rogue advance to the semifinals

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The first Code S semifinal match has been locked in, with Dream and Rogue set to clash after advancing from day one of the quarterfinals.Dream took a 3-0 sweep over Bunny in the first quarterfinal, leaning heavily on the Proxy-Barracks Reaper cheeses that served him well in his RO16 matches against Cure. According to Dream, it was a second-layer mindgame—after he used such strategies in the RO16, certainly Bunny wouldn't expect him to use them again? Dream also revealed he had been monitoring Bunny's practice activity, and had seen that

Code S: Trap & Zest advance to RO8, playoff bracket set

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The round-of-sixteen concluded with Group D, where Trap and Zest prevailed over sOs and Armani to clinch the final two playoff spots. Top seed Trap advanced in first place with a perfect 4-0 map score. In his initial series against Armani, he took game one with an unexpected all-in, and then took game two with a hanbang-style mid-game attack. Trap went on to safely navigate his way out of a potentially tricky winners' match against sOs, with his vigilance protecting him against sOs' repeated attempts to go for hidden Dark

Fuse Ignite Debuts as Commercial Rights Consultancy For Esports, Sports, Entertainment

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Fuse unveiled a new commercial rights consultancy agency designed to enhance and expand the commercial capabilities of rights holders in the areas of sport, entertainment, esports, and lifestyle called Fuse Ignite. Part of the Omnicom Media Group, Fuse Ignite will engage with rights holders to help them navigate the “commercial cycle” of bringing IP to sale or license.  Fuse Ignite will lean on its own in-house team along with specialist consultants from Omnicom Media Group to create what the company is calling a “one stop shop” suite of solutions. The

Esports Have Started To Break Boundaries In Indian Arena

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Time Stamp: April 7, 2021 3:12 AM - Modified On: April 7, 2021 - Published By:
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Photo: ESL India Stimulated by the pace of growth the esports sector is observing in India, Animesh Agrawal, a professional esports player, decided to take his venture a bit further, becoming an entrepreneur instead of limiting himself to only conventional playing. The 25 years of old player have recently launched a gaming talent agency. Hence, he now has to divide the time he spends on esports on global invitation-only tournaments and his gaming talent organization. Esports tournaments are multiplayer video game competitions conducted in an organized way and are played

ESL Pro League launches player council

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ESL announced on Thursday the creation of the ESL Pro League Player Council, an advisory group that has been designed to give players a say when it comes to important decisions concerning the league. The council is made up of a mix of active players and coaches from each of the 12 teams that signed the Louvre Agreement (100 Thieves, originally a member, withdrew from Counter-Strike in October). With the creation of this group, which will meet at least four times each year, players will "have the opportunity to learn