So, this weekend a bunch of CS:GO streamers were banned from Twitch and served DMCA takedown notices by the company producing the Berlin Major, StarLadder.One of them was popular CS streamer and personality fl0m. I talked to him about what happened, looked at what StarLadder’s rules and regulations actually say about this and ask the question: Where do we go from here?For more great videos,

Once, Luminosity and eventually SK Gaming, were on top of the world. With back-to-back Major championships and an era to call their own, Brazil had become a Counter-Strike powerhouse. And its players were feared. But those players, those results and that era have dwindled and slid into mediocrity. So what happened to South America’s greatest talent?For more great videos, be sure to subscribe

In a world where the most popular video games are online, there exists a better class of criminal. Rogues who refuse to play by the digitally-coded rules. Villains who can be as absurd as they are disruptive. We’re talking, of course, about hackers.For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to theScore esports on YouTube.

So by now you’ve probably heard about the NiP controversy that started in late June, after Robin “Fifflaren" Johansson, a member of the infamous 2012 NiP roster, Tweeted out that he was fed up with the way he was treated by the organization.Now one of the most baffling things to come from this situation are allegations that a former NiP CEO fled to Thailand with all of the prize m

So you might have heard a few things recently about Ninjas In Pyjamas, one of esports’ most storied organizations.Things like allegations and evidence of corruption, failure to pay players prize money, tax evasion and contract clauses the likes of which will make your head spin.On top of sifting through all of the known details and breaking them down for you here today - theScore esports spo

At first glance, Twistzz seems like your usual, carefree superstar. He’s a cool, cocky nineteen-year-old who’s made well over half a million dollars playing Counter-Strike. His fans want to be him -- and his opponents, well, they want to beat him. Twistzz is living the dream, but that wasn’t always the case. For a very long time, his life was a far cry from what it is today.This

This isn’t a story about Counter-Strike. This isn’t a story about a championship team overcoming the odds and winning it all. This is a story about five friends who dared to reach for greatness and came up short. A story about how, at a time when North American Counter-Strike was considered a joke, one summer redefined what was possible.For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to th

Team killing can be found in everything. From first person shooters, to real-time strategy games, to Battle Royales, to even MOBAs like League of Legends. But where did this taboo practice come from? And why is it ingrained in some of esports' biggest games?For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to theScore esports on YouTube.

ESL One Cologne is at an end and there's a lot to discuss: Team Liquid winning the Intel Grand Slam, the questionable state of the Astralis era, the ascension of ZywOo and the rumours surrounding coldzera possibly heading to FaZe Clan.Matt "Sadokist" Trivett and our own Colin McNeil break down the post-Cologne fallout in this latest Don't @ Me.For more great videos, be sure to subscr

Glitches are one of the most annoying things that can happen to you in a video game. And nothing is more frustrating than having your experience ruined by someone who has figured out how to weaponize these anomalies against you.But glitches aren’t just problems. And over the years, they’ve provided programmers with invaluable lessons that have contributed to the building blocks of mode

Let’s be honest. When things are going badly in game, we all express our frustrations differently. But rage isn’t something bound by borders and languages, and if you’ve ever shared a lobby with Russian-speaking players you've probably experienced that first hand...For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to theScore esports on YouTube.

Intermittent rage and Counter-strike go together a bit too well. From getting CS:GO’d to forgetting the bomb in spawn, no one is immune to this stuff, not even the pros. So whether it’s happening to you in matchmaking or you’re watching it go down on the big stage, these are the Top 10 things you hate to see in CS:GO.For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to theScore esports

theScore esports Daily is a once-a-day briefing covering the top news stories from around the world of esports.2-2-2 lock reportedly coming to competitive OverwatchAccording to a report from Upcomer, the Overwatch is looking to implement a 2-2-2 composition lock for Stage 4 of the Overwatch League.A 2-2-2 composition lock would change the way teams develop their hero selection. At this point, team

theScore esports Daily is a once-a-day briefing covering the top news stories from around the world of esports.MIBR reportedly in talks to drop felps for LUCAS1 in time for CologneAccording to a report from Brazilian website Sport.tv, MIBR is reportedly in the process of replacing João "felps" Vasconcellos with Luminosity Gaming's Lucas "LUCAS1" Teles on a trial basis. LUCAS1 has reportedly alread

theScore esports Daily is a once-a-day briefing covering the top news stories from around the world of esports.OG fines Ceb, issues statement on racism controversy Three weeks after veteran Dota 2 player Sébastien "7ckngMad" Debs—better known as Ceb—made controversial and arguably racist comments during a May 23 match, OG, the organization he plays for, has responded.Our decision about Ceb.Read it