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The discussion around bans for cheating or match fixing, and the punishments for pro players that come with them has been reaching a peak in recent months. In the professional scene a VAC ban has almost always meant the end of your career. Valve doesn’t allow VAC-banned players to compete in the Majors and pretty much every other big tournament organiser followed suit on those rules. That is until ESL decided to make a change. A few weeks back they downgraded the punishment from a lifetime ban to a two-year ban, meaning some big names could return to competitions such as the ESL Pro League, the Intel Extreme Masters and ESL One events.

Cobble sure looks different when you look at its reflection NiKo wins a 1 vs 3 with just three HP Forget from 5POWER hits a sick knife at StarLadder HenryG and Sadokist try their own G2 style handshake Dota fans are convinced that Astralis is about to enter the scene

When you look at the list of teams competing at a LAN it is often easy to point out the key teams that are missing. This becomes especially true if there are some relatively unknown teams in the mix. But for the StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 finals – which will henceforth be known as StarLadder for obvious reasons – it is difficult to think of a way to make the team list even more exciting. Almost all of the big names are here, with Astralis, Virtus Pro, FaZe, SK and more taking part, alongside the first LAN outing of the new G2 roster and a some of China’s best.

G2’s newfound success may stem from these sick handshakes Smoke glitch gifts NiP a way back into the match but they still don’t win ECS returns to the UK for season 3 finals Fnatic pull of an incredible run boost against HellRaisers Subaru is hosting a $20,000 NA CS event

If you’re regularly hitting the CS:GO LAN circuit or just heading out to your first one of many, you’ll find there’s a surprising amount of stuff to bring. When you need to fit your entire gear closet into a single bag and keep it safe from TSA agents and reckless baggage handlers, you’ll need a good backpack. Here are the best gaming backpacks we’ve found that you’ll be happy taking to work or college, too. Bonus!

Astralis not attending ESL One Cologne North release part two of their ELEAGUE Major documentary The talent list for the cs_summit is here and boy are we hyped Astralis documentary reveals how and why Karrigan left the team G2’s bodyy says SmithZz’s new mentality scares him

StarLadder i-League Season 3 Finals start tomorrow, finally breaking the silence of the LANs, but in truth it hasn't been a boring or quiet week in Counter-Strike. We've had more big plays than we could ever cover, more major news and announcements than we usually get in a month, and a ton of top-quality online matches. April Fools obviously tried to spoil everything, but we did think /rGlobalOffensive becoming /r/Overwatch was quite funny...

Rush calls out the Stanislaw haters Peacemaker finds new home with Misfits Snax - The Polish Iron Man Stewie hits one of the best 4ks we have seen for a while n0thing may not think the UMP is OP, but he sure uses it well

EnVyUs join the Gfinity Elite Series ELEAGUE gets nominated for an Emmy C9 and CLG hit three knife kills in the final seconds of the pistol round IEM Sydney to use Swiss format SK and Renegades join WESA

March 31, 2017. In Episode 1 of Ask Thorin, he discusses: His thoughts on the SG553, Nuke in the pool, Which team is likely to take the #1 spot from Astralis, Attending the PGL Major, VAC'd players in ESL, His Dream Series, Writing a book, NA Super team, CS:GO powerhouse regions, MapVeto, Seeing CS as a serious eSport, Biggest success / flop in Pro CS:GO.

Last year Valve rocked the competitive Counter-Strike world by severely restricting what coaches are allowed to do at LAN events. Previously some teams were using their coach as a sixth player, getting them to make the in game calls, and point out anything the players may have missed. This allowed players to purely focus on the mechanical side of the game, as the coach could speak to them at all times, adjusting tactics on the fly and giving them more information than they could ever need. This created a scene where teams with top coaches were rising to the top, whereas those that gave their coaches a lesser role started to loose ground fairly quickly.

Mouz to replace spiidi according to DeKay JasonR and Stewie2k come up with the worst strat we have ever seen Launders takes a look at the cheating vs match-fixing debate Valve releases even more Canals fixes in latest patch, even tweets about it HenryG gets in on the April Fool’s action early

Dust2 is without a doubt one of the greatest maps in the history of video games. It has survived almost untouched for years, and has been a staple of professional CS:GO since its inception. But now it’s life is coming to an end, at least in its current form. With the map out of the active pool the pros are no longer playing it, and a rework is on its way sometime soon. We have no idea what to expect from the changes, or if it will ever be the same again, but we do have a ton of fond memories.

North now guilty of cancelling practices according to JW This may be the greatest call in CS:GO ever Shroud uses the AUG in a pro match and has his best game in years. WHAT IS THIS MADNESS!? Brazilian casters are super hype Fan kills adreN and goes crazy

Every CS:GO player wants the best framerate for their dollar, but not everyone is willing to put the time into building a rig to make it happen. There’s some scary sounding stuff involved in PC building, so if you’re not happy getting your hands dirty best leave it to the pros. So we’ve found a few guys who know what they’re doing and will be happy to build your dream PC for you.