While Vargas has been cleared, the lawsuit does bring back to the fore some of the shadier practices in the CS:GO scene. The entire gambling economy continues unabated, and while direct links between streamers and gambling websites for the game seem to have dropped off, the practice is ethically questionable. CS:GO also has a history of cheaters in its top ranks , with a number of big names banned over the ye
Kaer Morhen is an important locale in CD Projekt Red's Witcher franchise, Andrzej Sapkowski's book series, and Netflix's television adaptation. Unsurprisingly, the keep a lot of deep lore behind it , and players will be able to spy a number of references to the events of the game series sprinkled throughout the
With millions of viewers and thousands upon thousands of streamers, Twitch's prominent place online makes it a target for lawsuits, with the streaming site facing a lawsuit last summer regarding “scantily clad” female streamers . For Vargas, it seems the impetus for the lawsuit was in clearing his name, after being forced off the platform unceremoniously and without any actual evidence of wrongdo
One of the streamers that benefitted greatly from the popularity boom of Fornite was Tfue. His Fortnite streams helped his Twitch channel become the second most subscribed on the platform. As of February 2021, he has 10,036,786 followers and 12,072 active s
The era of CS:GO skin gambling may be coming to an end as Steam updated its Online Conduct policy to prevent users from engaging in this type of activity. More specifically, the latest update to this policy states that Steam users shall not engage in commercial activities such as running contests, buying or selling Steam accounts, posting advertisements, or gambling. This last element is the most crucial one for Counter-Strike players , as it explicitly states that the action of gambling skins is now frowned upon by St
With millions of people using Twitch to watch streamers, as well as stream content themselves, there is always a large possible audience for many. Some of the largest currently followed Twitch streamers in fact have followers in the millions, with plenty of subscribers as w
While many CS:GO players were frustrated to hear that Valve has seemingly halted work on the Source 2 engine, the long-standing tenure of the original Source engine has allowed modders to grow comfortable with the game's framework, and produce a staggering breadth of content. However, if the Source 2 is implemented into CS:GO after all , custom maps like Kaer Morhen will likely need to be redone after the upgr
One of the game's newest additions allows terrorist and counter-terrorist operatives to vacation at Kaer Morhen, the home base of Geralt of Rivia. The map is an impressively detailed recreation of The Witcher 3 's fortress and the witcher training ground, which functions as a surprisingly good playground for firefights. While the map may not represent a radical gameplay shift, like CS:GO 's Mad Max custom map , the blind corners, Counterstrike2pedia.Com ramparts, and courtyards of the keep provide an interesting mix of cover and vantage poi
Twitch streamer Trainwreckstv has embarked on one of the rarest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive case-opening challenges in history, spending tons of money in the process. Gamers will spend hundreds of thousands for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive skins , but this challenge could set Trainwreckstv back even more than that in the worst-case scena
Twitch has also recently made waves for a spate of content bans stemming from copyright violations without clear citations , leading a number of viewers to cry foul. S1mple's case seems more cut and dry, and the streaming platform seems to take hate speech violations on high-profile streams seriou
At time of writing, no duration has been provided for S1mple's ban. As with all Twitch bans, visiting the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive streamer's page currently displays the message “Sorry. Unless you've got a time machine, that content is unavailab
With March's huge reveal of Counter-Strike 2 , the hype has continued to build for the release of the sequel. Right now, many players are taking part in the Counter-Strike 2 Limited Test, and gamers seeing their friends enjoy the new game has only made the wait more agonizing for many out there. Its increase in popularity has seen many streamers join in on the fun as of late, with case openings being a key part of that. In fact, streamer Dr Disrespect recently unboxed an incredibly rare knife in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive , but it's nothing compared to what Trainwreck is looking to achi
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has been on the market for over 8 years, and during that time it has accrued a truly impressive variety of custom maps, including a number of levels adapted from earlier iterations of the series. But modders are still contributing fresh arenas to the game, including an impressive recent rendering of one of The Witcher 3 's most famous Loca