Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 - Asia RMR Preview

The Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 - Asia RMR starts this monday with 8 teams vying for 3 spots in the Major's opening stage. This will be the final major with the RMR set up and a new set up of inviting the 24 best teams according to

The Round that saved a Nation

The ANZ Counter-Strike Scene had been floundering in the previous overseas tournaments. The Peanut Gallery asking why two Australian teams are invited to ESL Pro League if none of them will make playoffs. The same questions were asked about IEM Dallas, IEM Cologne and list could go on. The main

The Return of Shoulder Content in ANZ Counter-Strike

Ever since ANZ Champs was wound down, there was a strikingly low amount of shoulder content within the ANZ region. There were very little interviews outside of official events such as ESL Challenger Melbourne and IEM Sydney. It was hard to build a brand in the ANZ region as a

Finding the Next Generation of Australian CS2 Talent

The main intention of writing this article is mainly to highlight where the next generation of CS2 talent is going to come from. Our Main Studio Talent (minus Mac) are all over 30 other than Komodo/Pilski (26/28 respectively) and to be fair like two of them only turned

"It's not your content" - What is exactly your content?

It's not "your" interview, it's for the community, the devs aren't there for you, they're there to communicate with the people who play the game If they had known you were going to act like this, it wouldn't

Roster Management - It is much more than roles and stats

I don’t expect many people to read this article. I am not a massive figure in the CS2 scene in general. However, after casting the FlyQuest v DXA Game. I felt like it was appropriate to write about this topic. There have been ongoing calls for about a year

It has never been about what you know.

The old quote "It is who you know not what you know" can be understood as a conclusion in investing in soft skills over hard skills. You'll know people who can fix gaps and you can call upon these people through utilising soft skills to build

The Slow Erasure of the Human Element

Razer have introduced the new Snap Tap and Rapid Trigger Mode to their new Razer Huntsman V3 Pro Keyboards. This update was specifically targeted to Counter-Strike 2, Valorant and other FPS games to assist with player's movement and aim while moving. The Snap Tap Mode Movement is a

The blurred lines between Ingame Guide Content Creation and Plagiarism

Content Creation can be a difficult process because developing something original is becoming increasingly hard these days. There are still some original works and they have been taken from inspirations of current works today. And there is content that is basically remakes, reboots, reimagined and sometimes even regurgitated tropes from

The "Just do it" Mentality

The iconic motto of Nike "Just Do It" is a simple phrase but it has such a robust and insightful lesson behind it. Most of you will be thinking about Michael Jordan and the NBA as it was advertised with this in mind. However, the motto means certainly

Navigating the Outrage over the Esports World Cup

With the current (and recent with some esports) Esports World Cup, there have been a lot of comments about certain talent accepting Saudi money. A lot of tweets have been declaring that they are disappointed in them for accepting Saudi money. Saudi Government money is seen as a bad thing

ANZC — A rebrand to remember.

You might be wondering wait, what? ANZC is a rebrand? What did it used to be called? ANZC used to be called Instafrag which was the…

Confessions of a Caster — Part 3 — The Audio and Video — The Technical Side

The technical side is just as important as the art and location overall. You may have all the right words, analysis and quips for the…

What the f*** is this Tournament Structure? — Esports World Cup

The initial matches have been released for the Esports World Cup for the 15 teams that are competing.

The Ultimate Frustration

Now you must be wondering what is with the title — what is this article about? This article revolves a lot of my frustration as a caster…

Rumour: Talon fancies a return with AZR and an Australian Roster

As reported by MIRAA from HLTV, Talon are seeking to pick up their initial roster for CS2. The Hong Kong based organisation has a Valorant…

Confessions of a Caster — Part 2: What would I do as a new CS Caster?

I’ve had people ask me on how to become a CS caster or what I would do as a new CS caster. So I figured that I’d write this article to…

Why you shouldn’t get your Financial Advice from Social Media.

As some of you may know, I am a financial adviser and I often see some pretty horrible financial advice or financial observations. The…

Confessions of a “Former” Caster — Part 1 — The Art

Hello, I’m Joshua Warmington known as OnlyJoshinTV and Jose. You may have known me for my CS2/CSGO casting in Oceania, Asia, Europe and…

Analysing the Talent System within Australia

With Esports Talent, Australia is an interesting place given that Australia is one of the areas with a sparse population. It has provided…

A Casting Career that was

As you may have known, I will be retiring from casting at the end of the ESL Challenger League Season 48 (December). This has been a hard…

Missing the Forest for the Trees — Rating players based on Kills and Deaths

We’ve had a lot of discussion recently on statistics because every bloody tournament, we seem to have same sort of people screaming for…

Perfect World — Perfect Time to trot out the Cheating narrative again!

Perfect World announced the Full CS2 Major Schedule for Shanghai. From Open Qualifiers to the Major itself. You may have noticed that…

MESA Nomadic Masters Spring 2024 — The Bish Bash Bosh

Well, there is this sneaky, hidden tournament going on deep within the Mongolian Mountains. The greatest tier 2 teams (ok, maybe minus OG…

IEM Dallas 2024 — The Bish Bash Bosh

And now for the final major event of the Financial Year, IEM Dallas. Mouz come in as hot favourites after a gutsy wins in the ESL Pro…