Esports News
Is Rainbow Six Siege truly an S-Tier esport if its pros reportedly make $1.5K a month?
Image source: Ubisoft Recently, Rainbow Six Siege coach Jonathan “Jok3r” Paarsch shook the esports world by revealing the concerningly low salaries of most Rainbow Six Siege pros in the scene. Despite being considered a successful esports title, the PSG Talon coach...
G2 beats BNK FEARX at First Stand, the first time since 2020 an EU team beat an LCK team 3-0
Image Credit: Bruno Alvares/Riot Games G2 Esports has pulled off a ginormous upset at the League of Legends First Stand international event. G2 beat BNK FEARX 3-0 in the event, with two very strong games in Games 1 and 3 and a very impressive comeback in Game 2 to bag...
Big W: FlyQuest hoping to strengthen Tier 2 esports with PROJECT: GRASSROOTS
Image Credit: FlyQuest The esports ecosystem needs help. Bad. FlyQuest believes it has a solution with PROJECT: GRASSROOTS. The new project aims to support Tier 2 esports teams and competitive programs that are in desperate need of more funding and resources. A tweet...
Olga becomes first woman to reach Top 3 in Counter-Strike 2 Season 7, bringing out the worst incels you can imagine
Image Credit: MIBR FACEIT recently announced that Olga “Olga” Rodrigues has become the first woman to have reached Top 3 on the Counter-Strike 2 Season 7 leaderboard. And the discourse from the gaming community has gone exactly as expected. I’ve covered this kind of...
Kentucky House passes bill to raise gambling age and limit prediction markets
The Kentucky House has passed legislation that will raise the legal gambling age from 18 to 21 years old. In addition, the bill will restrict licensed betting companies from offering prediction markets in the state or partnering with operators. Kentucky does not...
California bill aims to restrict betting companies and predict markets targeting minors
Lawmakers in California have introduced legislation that aims to reduce the rise in minors participating in gambling-like activities. This includes traditional online gambling, including casino games, sports betting, and prediction markets wagering. Assembly members...
Valve’s latest Counter-Strike 2 update forces new reload mechanics and economy management
Image Credit: Valve Counter-Strike 2 gets patches every now and then, but when it finally does, it often makes extremely major shakeups to the game (AUG meta anyone?). The new CS2 update changes magazine mechanics, and that’s going to break muscle memory from over 20...
Riot denies LEC online rumors, but I think it still makes a lot of sense
Image Credit: Riot [Update] The rumor mill has been churning over the last few months that the League of Legends EMEA Championship could become an online league. This includes a recent claim from co-streamer Kim “Wadid” Bae-in, but Riot has denied the claims. LEC...
Counter-Strike co-creator thinks North America’s CS2 esports talent pool doesn’t have enough skill
Image Credit: Dust2.us It’s not every day that the creator of a competitive game gives you their thoughts on the esports scene it has created, but that’s exactly what happened when Counter-Strike co-creator Minh “Gooseman” Le was asked to give some insight into the...