Finding the best CSGO gambling sites in 2019 is not that easy. CSGO gambling has had a chequered past to say the least, with many sites being shut down and penalised because of illegal activity.
There is clearly a demand among some Counter-Strike lovers to bet on their favourite game but for the sector to be sustainable long-term, CSGO gambling sites must comply with the laws - primarily for the safety and security of esports fans but also for the sake of themselves.
In the latest dev stream they had some comments about plans for CA and CTF. We've been loud and clear about CTF, so I figured why not have a poll about how we feel about CA :)
Sean and the admins have found a way to save own-age.com. Sean has found a host and will slim down the code for better stability. Funding has been taken care of: at the moment, at least another two years of up-time is guaranteed.
Looks like the website won't be closing for good after all. I will be spending the next couple days getting this site back in order. Please be patient as I get this site up and running on the new host.
Thanks for all for the support the past 2 weeks.
A lot of data still has to be transferred to the new host, so most links don't work yet, but pretty soon the site will be back in full running order. This site will remain a "portal" to centralize movie links, the forum will be intact, and all the movie tutorials will still be there.
Posted by bjqrn0 @ 13:41 CDT, 14 October 2009 - iMsg
After 2 months of painstakingly delays, Bring it Back Safely is finally opening its doors to North American clans wishing to compete in the league!
The target date for kicking it all off is October 21st, so hurry up registering your clan! Also remember to get at least 4 people on your roster and sign up to the actual season once you're registered! Map pool remains ctf2, 3, 7, 8, 10 - at least for now (with the possible addition of ctf9 depending on interest amongst the teams)
The new admin crew for the NA section consists of Kitten, Br1ck, fear_ and ceenyne. Any questions? Just give them a hint on #BiBS (qnet) or #BiBS (GS).
For more details, you can read the original announcement on bibsql.com.
Posted by SyncError @ 11:32 CDT, 14 October 2009 - iMsg
QUAKE LIVE has been updated to address a number of issues, including one that could cause projectile weapons to deal no splash damage (such as no-damage rockets). In addition a long list of fixes we have brought additional game features including colorizable grenades, low ammo warnings, and a bulk of fixes and additions made in an effort to improve everyone's Team Deathmatch experience.
- Added cg_weaponColor <0xRRGGBBAA> (default: 0x007000FF). Used to colorize grenades according to cg_weaponColorStyle.
- Added cg_weaponColorStyle <1|2|3> (default: 1)
o 1 = In All Game Modes: All grenades colorized according to cg_weaponColor.
o 2 = In Team Games: Enemy grenades colorized according to cg_enemyUpperColor, all friendly grenades (including your own) colorized according to cg_teamUpperColor. In Non-Team Games: All grenades colorized according to cg_weaponColor.
o 3 = In Team Games: Enemy grenades colorized according to cg_enemyUpperColor, all friendly grenades (excluding your own) colorized according to cg_teamUpperColor, and your own grenades colorized according to cg_weaponColor.In Non-Team Games: All grenades colorized according to cg_weaponColor.
- Added per weapon Low Ammo Warnings that display when a weapon is below 20% max ammo (Less than 5 for weapons with 25 max, less than 30 for weapons with 150 max). Enabled using the pre-existing option: cg_drawAmmoWarning 1
- Added cg_lowAmmoWarningPercentile <0.01 - 1.00> (Default: 0.20) to customize when you are warned of being low on ammo.
- Added Low Ammo Warning sound to inform players of when their ammo becomes low, or when they are switching to a weapon with low ammo.
- Added cg_lowAmmoWarningSound <0|1> (Default: 1) Allows a client to toggle the low ammo warning sound on or off.
- Added cg_drawAmmoWarning <2> Allows a client to use a smaller text display for their 'Low Ammo Warning' and 'Out of Ammo' warning messages.
- Added Annoucer Voice-Overs to Team Deathmatch, such as "red team takes the lead".
- Added cg_playTeamVO <0|1> (Deafult: 1) Allows a client to disable some of the team related VO, to option out of the new Team Deathmatch VO behavior.
- Added cg_weaponBar <0|1|2|3|4> (Default: 1) Replaces cg_newWeaponBar.
o 0 - Disabled
o 1 - Left docked icons
o 2 - Right docked icons
o 3 - Center docked icons
o 4 - Large floating icons (Legacy Q3 Style)
- Added cl_allowConsoleChat <0|1> (Default: 0) Allows a client to use the console area as a chat box, text entries that do not begin with a '' will be transmitted as chat text.
- Fixed freecam spectators from causing projectiles to do no splash damage to some clients in-game.
- Fixed freecam spectators from causing some clients to pass through each other and/or get stuck together.
- Fixed smoothing issues in step code that caused some stair steps to be jittery.
- Fixed telefragging occurrences at initial spawn in Clan Arena.
- Fixed timeouts and pauses from causing competition matches to not properly report their stats.
- Fixed cg_speedometer issues that would cause spikes during teleports, respawns, or spectator switching; overall smoother display.
- Fixed cg_screenDamage 0 from inadvertently disabling cg_drawAttacker and cg_kickScale.
- Fixed handicap to now correctly affect rocket splash damage.
- Fixed spawning into a Clan Arena round with some weapon other than rocket launcher preselected.
- Fixed an issue that would cause players to take damage from players above them when trapped between a jumppad and an overhead player.
- Fixed the gauntlet from failing to hit players located directly below you. You still must crouch to hit.
- Fixed weaponBar in demo playback.
- Fixed weaponBar from displaying non-rail weapons in InstaGib
- Fixed overtime extensions from appearing in matches where there was no timelimit.
- Fixed power-up timers from counting down into the negatives when clients become lagged.
- Fixed (invisible) gibbed bodies from producing falling damage sounds
- Fixed 'flag held time' being reported incorrectly when a timeout or pause occurred during the flag run.
- Fixed the Invulnerability sphere display while in-use, the icon and 0-digit display will no longer be shown in the power-up area.
- Fixed minor issues with player model skin shaders.
- Fixed grammatical error on the sudden death respawn delay message.
- Fixed minor formatting issues with private server console prints not possessing carriage returns.
- Changed Team Deathmatch spawn system to put you further away from your enemies.
- Changed callvoting behavior to no longer allow callvotes to occur during the pre-game match countdown.
- Changed the air friction associated with the step code to no longer affect movement on strafe-pads.
- Changed cg_speedometer 1 to display in whole number integers.
- Changed default mouse input mode to 'raw mouse input' - in_mouse2
AGP Classics Match of the Week Returns! On suggestion of many, this week will feature one of South America's best players of the past, from Brazil, named Thomaz "Fist1" Fortes. He goes against Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel. The match was during QuakeCon 2002 and is on Campgrounds. The game goes into overtime.
QuakeCon 2002 had many great matches as well as many Fatal1ty comebacks including the infamous Aim FULL game that we posted earlier this week as well in HD.
Brought to you by the AGP (Association of Gaming Professionals). Thank you for your continual support of these great classic matches! For match requests of any game mode, visit agptour.com.
Swedish Quake Star Magnus "fox" Olsson will join the mousesports Quake Live team. The 25-year-old Swede is one of the world's best Quake players and was one of the key players in the legendary iCE cLIMBERS team.
The mousesports management left the following statement on their website:
We are happy to add exactly the player we wanted to our roster. Crucial for making him an offer was, among his immense experience, the fact that he excels himself in deciding moments and as an opponent and as a spectator you always have to think about him as a favorite in every tournament. Furthermore his professional attitude towards professional gaming convinced us. These factors make fox one of the best cyberathletes in the world.
You can read the full article and interview with fox on mousesports.com.
Posted by zappater @ 12:20 CDT, 13 October 2009 - iMsg
The QuakeWorld 4on4 TDM league EQL has entered its 10th season and sign ups are now open. Sign ups will end the 20th of October with the season starting shortly after. The season will end at the beginning of December after which play offs will take place for a few weeks.
There have been a few changes to the rules, the biggest being the map pool, which is currently under discussion but will be announced soon. For those without a team there is a transfer section over at Quakeworld.nu.
Scheduled: 11:15 CDT, 13 October 2009 to 11:45 CDT, 13 October 2009 Schedule: Passed
The Intel Extreme Masters Challenge in Dubai will feature sixteen top players in Quake Live and the first part of the tournament will be a group stage with four groups with four players in each. Those four players will face each other in best of three matches and the top two of each group will advance to single elimination playoffs, which will be played best of five.
From each of the four seed pools one player will be drawn randomnly into on of the four groups. The drawing will be shown on ESL TV on 11:00 CDT, 13 October 2009.
Update 2: The groups are settled. Jibo and Cooller have been switched so the Group A will only get 1 player from Mousesports.
- four groups with four players
- each match is best of three
- top two of each group will advance to the playoffs
- first four matches per group will be played one match after another
- last two matches of each group will be played simultaneously
Playoff Stage
- eight player single elimination bracket
- each match is best of five
- only one match will be played at the time
Prizes
1. $3,000 + auto-berth to the Global Finals on Cebit in March 2010 2. $1,500 3. $800
4. $400
5-8. $200
Live On Three #30 with djWHEAT, SirScoots, and Slasher will feature Jarod "StreetRunner" Resin as the featured guest to discuss The AGP and answer questions from the audience.
The AGP has seen both positive and negative feedback since the launch in late September. On this week's LO3, Jarod will join us to discuss his vision for the AGP and the impact the recent vote will have on players, tournaments, and the organization. During the interview the hosts be fielding questions from show chat and open up the phones for the audience to grill him about every aspect of the AGP, including the membership fee, choosing Quake Live as the flagship game, the differences between the AGP and the G7, conflict of interest in running tournaments while also being a players association, and the long term goals of the AGP. Also on the show will be SK Gaming's Dennis "walle" Wallenberg to talk about the team's latest victory at IEM Chengdu with their new lineup.
We will also be discussing the Dubai event and the invites announced, along with our early picks, as well as the IEM North American groups.
- ESL Dubai to hold a major Quake Live tournament with several of the world's best players, including Shane "rapha" Hendrixson, Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky, Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira and comebacks by Anton "Cooller" Singov and Fan "RazerJ" Zhibo; ESL also announces $130,000 prize purse for the European QL/CS/WoW season, as well as the groups for the North American QL/CS playoffs, and European CS playoffs.
- Brazilian Counter-Strike player aSpx has been banned 6 years by the World Cyber Games for cheating on LAN at WCG Brazil. How this happened and how no one was able to notice.
- Major League Gaming announces Orlando as their finals event in January, with $380,000 in cash being awarded over Halo 3, Gears of War, World of Warcraft, and Madden 10.
- Justin Wong will take on Daigo in a first to 10 next weekend at Season's Beatings in Ohio, who's favored and our picks on the winner. More details on Super Street Fighter 4 are released including a possible spectator mode.
- Fly100% taking home the IEM Chengdu title over a very prepared Moon, being the only non-Korean player to place in the top 3.
- DotA developer IceFrog has joined Valve Software to continue working on his project, potentially a standalone DotA through Valve. What this could mean for the game's longevity and how it interacts with eSports.
- After much petitioning from members of the Gameriot community, SK.EU's new WoW team will in fact be heading to MLG Anaheim.
- ex-Wicked/mYm Polish superstars join English-based organization Vitriolic, compLexity go through roster changes.
Starcraft Weekly returns with Episode 23 - Wrath of the bad props behind the camera
This week Artosis focuses on a lot of WCG coverage from various countries, IEF in Korea that many foreigners will be attending, Kwanro and his recent move, the start of Pro League, MSL, OSL, and last but not least, the biggest announcement of the year which is Ret is coming to Korea.
Join us tonight at 8pm EDT for the South American Fragmageddon CA League Quarter Finals
Matches for tonight will be as follows:
rkm (rekiem) vs. qet | Starting at 8pm EDT
gHs (ghost squad, CTF champions on the last q3 tournament) vs. p4F | Starting at 21:45 EDT
Posted by Nukm @ 11:25 CDT, 11 October 2009 - iMsg
A few days ago Anton "Cooller" Singov joined the QL TDM Team of Betsson Voodoo Gaming. Today it was announced that Serious Gaming player Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky will also play TDM for BVG, at least for the time of the EMS. The first test for the new lineup will be the second EMS Qualifier later today.
Posted by felixoxo @ 07:10 CDT, 11 October 2009 - iMsg
After announcing a new Counter-Strike: Source squad just yesterday, Vitriolic Gaming now announce the expansion of their Quake Live team.
Until yesterday they have only had up and coming Irish player kRoNic representing them, but today they have brought in the Austrian player, Richard "noctis" Gansterer. Currently ranked #3 in the world according to the G7 rankings, he will be attending ESL Dubai under the new squad later this month.
The second Quakelive TDM 4v4 Qualifier Cup for the ESL Major Series V will be played tonight at 11:00 CDT. This time 14 teams are already signed up, and the sign-up process will still be running until the cup starts.
The cup will use a Single Elimination bracket with bo3 matches. The top4 teams will see themselves qualified for the EMS5 season after 2 rounds, but all the matches will be played.
Update: The cup is now over. Here are the rankings:
The 2nd edition of the Zotac Quakelive will take place this Sunday starting at 07:00 CDT. The sign-ups are still open until 06:00 CDT.
Once again the cup format will consist of SE brackets using bo1 matches until the quarter finals. Then the games will be played as bo3. Also the best player will be rewarded with 100€.
Update:
The first & last cup won strenx.
From 109 players who sign up, today 61 players checked in for the 2nd cup, including burnedd, rekkth (= Cooller), Cypher, k1llsen, madix and all the other participants. Cup is now over, and the winner is K1llsen. Also, the sign-ups for the 3nd cup are now open!