How to Watch CS:GO
For you fans of other eSports games like League of Legends or Heathstone that have never watched a match of Valve’s popular shooter Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Chloe Rad of IGN.com has put together a fantastic article and accompanying video for the CS:GO newbie about how to watch and appreciate the game. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s unpredictable pace and strategic nuance can make it a tough game for new viewers to...
Get Ready For ESL Cologne Here!
One of CS:GO’s biggest tournaments is coming up and here with an in-depth preview is veteran eSports journalist Thorin. Lets step up the tournament, looking at what Thorin has to say about Front Runners, and #1 team in the world, Fnatic: FNATIC are not just the best team of this era, stretching back to around October of last year, but still retain the number world number one ranking. The reason why both of those...
5 CS:GO Plays That Will Blow You Away!
Get ready for some top plays from some pro players! With talents like Renegade’s Yam and Tsm’s Cajunb on here, you know this is a video to watch, and Na’vi CS:GO put it all together for us. Yam dismantles a team and Cajunb has some quick reactions, and these are only plays 4 and 3. 2 and 1 will have you on the floor! With ESL Cologne coming up, we can hopefully get more highlights like these, but until...
Does CS:GO Need A True Leader?
If you go way back to the early days of MOBAs, you notice one name standing out above all else, Icefrog, the main figure behind DOTA. With DOTA2 being as massive as it is now, one can’t imagine the eSports scene without it. Veteran eSports Journalist and CS:GO historian Thorin knows what kind of leader Icefrog was, and believes CS:GO needs that same kind of figure. But who will step up? Icefrog did a lot of work with...
ESL Is Putting The Ban Hammer On These Substances!
After players and managers spoke out about using adderall and other drugs during tournaments, ESL gaming went out to say they would be testing participants for their tournaments. Yesterday, ESL PR head took to the Global Offensive subreddit to share how this was going to work, saying: Recently ESL has announced that it will work with anti-doping organizations NADA and WADA to take an important step towards further...
CS:GO Team Shows Some Real Class!
Big name teams like Cloud9 run contests and promotions all the time, and sometimes, winners and fans get lost in the shuffle. In this case, Redditor Jarichpatco fell into the shuffle and never received a piece of equipment, and that didn’t stand well with Cloud9. Instead of brushing off Jarichpatco, Cloud9 did the most to make it right, especially CS:GO manager Tres Saranthus! Check out the letter and items they sent,...