Calling Map Makers for the Next Operation

For those who are talented at making maps in Counter-Strike, the Counter-Strike Dev team are asking for people to submit their work if they want to get their map in the next operation pack which will be coming next month! Read the statement below to find out how to get involved.



Source:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/CSG...18761209500723...

With all the cheating and match fixing of pros, Valve released a post again encouraging people not to take part in this activity. If you want to be a pro gamer or advance in the CS:GO world, you should listen to their warning.



Source:
http://blog.counter-strike.net/index...cessary_risks/...

With all the recent Counter-Strike issues going on in the North American scene. I thought it would be fun to see how the Europe scene is going and what they're dealing with. They have a real DDoS issue and this is how the players combat and joke back about their problems at the moment.



For those who aren't aware of what I was referencing, another ban wave took place for match fixing for skins.

Duc “cud” Pham
Derek “dboorn” Boorn...

Some thoughts on the bias in favour of f0rest's playing style that means many fans give him a free pass when he plays poorly. Check the video out for Thorin's Thoughts!

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It would almost appear that the map de_cache is our Achilles heel. Lzuruha vs Core Gaming went to four overtimes to crown a winner of the match. Sadly the match did not go in our favor yet again with a close 20-22 results against Core Gaming... frustration was starting to show from killer with the de_cache map which can be read below. Will the CS Team be able to turn this streak around quick before it is too late? Time will tell!

"we lost so many dumb rounds. due to the fact of the...

ESEA Playoffs has kicked off now with December finally here. It would feel the two week break caught the Counter-Strike team ill prepared against their foes NwG this week in their match with NwG having their way during the match to seal LzH's first lost in the ESEA playoffs with 5 more games to go. But don't forget! The Counter-Strike team lost their first match in pre-playoffs to come back and win every match to qualify for the playoffs! Will we see that happen again? Time will tell!
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So we've finally been able to play out our match against NERDS on de_tuscan, this match was rather tight as we went into the match underpracticed (as the scheduling wasn't exactly what we had in mind) as well as using 4/5 of our original roster for de_tuscan. However, the win in this match can be contributed to a team effort as well as the uber mode of Killer_667Qc (37-17 KD) and a great performance from viaGra (who was supposed to stream but got called to backup about 15 minutes beforehand as x_latino_x...

LzH was pitted against Rarely Are We Random yesterday on de_nuke. LzH started off T-side and showed a dominant position immediately claiming pistol rounds and playing a near-perfect 1st half making the score 12-3 in favor of LzH. Throughout the 1st half, everyone on the team executed great shots and had map control both upper and lower site. It's worthwhile here to mention TURTL3TH1EF's 3v1 clutch in the 4th round, kALECHEENHAITI's upper entry frags and Killer_997Qc's 2v1 clutch lower. The seco...