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Mirage (Counter-Strike)
"Mirage", also known by its filename de_mirage, is a Level (video games), video game map in the first-person shooter series ''Counter-Strike''. Released officially in 2013 by Valve Corporation, the game's developer, it expanded the original ''Counter-Strike (video game), Counter-Strike'' and ''Counter-Strike: Source'' map "de_cpl_strike", developed by Michael "BubkeZ" Hüll. One of ''Counter-Strike'' most popular maps, Mirage has been used in a number of esports tournaments and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships, Major Championships due to its balanced level design and its opportunities for players to display their tactical and coordination skills. Over time, the map has undergone changes and updates by Valve to improve its quality and increase the tactical balance. Design The level design of Mirage follows the traditional square design of ''Counter-Strike'' maps such as Dust II, Cache, and Inferno (Counter-Strike), Inferno. It is built around a Middle East-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counter-Strike (video Game)
''Counter-Strike'' (also known as ''Half-Life: Counter-Strike'' or ''Counter-Strike 1.6'') is a tactical first-person shooter game developed by Valve. It was initially developed and released as a ''Half-Life'' modification by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess Cliffe in 1999, before Le and Cliffe were hired and the game's intellectual property acquired. ''Counter-Strike'' was released by Valve for Microsoft Windows in 2000, and is the first installment in the ''Counter-Strike'' series. Several remakes and ports were released on Xbox, as well as OS X and Linux. Set in various locations around the globe, players assume the roles of counter-terrorist forces and terrorist militants opposing them. During each round of gameplay, the two teams are tasked with defeating the other by the means of either achieving the map's objectives or eliminating all of the enemy combatants. Each player may customize their arsenal of weapons and accessories at the beginning of every match, with currency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirage Minimap (CSGO)
A mirage is a naturally-occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend via refraction to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky. The word comes to English via the French ''(se) mirer'', from the Latin ''mirari'', meaning "to look at, to wonder at". Mirages can be categorized as "inferior" (meaning lower), "superior" (meaning higher) and " Fata Morgana", one kind of superior mirage consisting of a series of unusually elaborate, vertically stacked images, which form one rapidly-changing mirage. In contrast to a hallucination, a mirage is a real optical phenomenon that can be captured on camera, since light rays are actually refracted to form the false image at the observer's location. What the image appears to represent, however, is determined by the interpretive faculties of the human mind. For example, inferior images on land are very easily mistaken for the reflections from a small body of water. Inferior mirage In an inferior mirage, the mirage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen along with his son Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan. ESPN broadcasts primarily from studio facilities located in Bristol, Connecticut. The network also operates offices and auxiliary studios in Miami, New York City, Las Vegas, Seattle, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. James Pitaro currently serves as chairman of ESPN, a position he has held since March 5, 2018, following the resignation of John Skipper on December 18, 2017. While ESPN is one of the most successful sports networks, there has been criticism of ESPN. This includes accusations of biased coverage, conflict of interest, and controversies with individual broadcasters and analysts. , ESPN reaches approximately 76 million te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dot Esports
The GAMURS Group, simply known as Gamurs, is an esports media and entertainment publisher. Established in December 2014, the group operates multiple brands focusing on the esports and entertainment news markets, including the websites: ''Dot Esports, We Got This Covered,'' ''The Mary Sue'', and ''Prima Games''. GAMURS is based out of Sydney, Australia, with an office in Austin, Texas. History In 2010, at the age of 14, Riad Chikhani and Phillip Luu established Rune Gear, an online portal for the game ''RuneScape''. They sold the business at the age of 17 to focus on school. This portal motivated the pair to develop a similar business but for a wider variety of games, which later became the GAMURS Group. GAMURS began as a social network for gamers after joining the NRMA Jumpstart program run by the Slingshot Accelerator. Shortly after the program ended, the company raised $500,000 in a seed round. GAMURS acquired two platforms, TeamFind and CSGOTeamFinder. On February 14, 2016, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Bull
Red Bull is a brand of energy drinks of Austria, Austrian company Red Bull GmbH. With 38% market share, it is the most popular energy drink brand as of 2019. Since its launch in 1987, more than 100 billion cans of Red Bull have been sold worldwide, including 9.8 billion in 2021. Originally available only in a single nondescript flavor sold in a tall and slim silver-blue can, called Red Bull Energy Drink, numerous Red Bull#Variants, variants of the drink were added over the course of time. Its slogan, "Red Bull Gives You Wings", is one of the most popular and memorable Advertising slogan, advertising slogans in the United States. Rather than following a traditional marketing approach, Red Bull has generated awareness and created a "brand myth" through proprietary extreme sport event series such as Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, Red Bull Air Race, Crashed Ice, Red Bull Crashed Ice and standout stunts such as the Red Bull Stratos, Stratos space diving project. In addition to spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FACEIT
FACEIT is an esports platform founded in London in 2012. The company has administered leagues for games such as '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''League of Legends'', ''Rocket League'', Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, ''Dota 2'' and ''Team Fortress 2''. In 2022, it was announced that FACEIT and esports company ESL were being acquired by Savvy Games Group (SGG), a holding company owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. As part of the acquisition, the two companies are set to merge and form the ESL FaceIt Group. Esports Championship Series In April 2016, FACEIT announced the launch of their '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' tournament, known as the Esports Championship Series (ECS). In April 2017, the company partnered with the video sharing platform YouTube for the series. ECS was one of the two premier Counter-Strike leagues, along with ESL Pro League. The series was discontinued in 2020, replaced by a franchise-based league called Flashpoint. It features 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counter-Strike 2
''Counter-Strike 2'' is a 2023 Multiplayer video game, multiplayer Tactical shooter, tactical first-person shooter video game, game developed and published by Valve Corporation, Valve. It is the fifth main installment of the ''Counter-Strike'' series. Developed as an updated version of the previous main entry, ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (2012), it was announced on March 22, 2023, and was released on September 27, 2023, for Windows and Linux, replacing ''Global Offensive'' on Steam (service), Steam. Like its predecessor, the game pits two teams, the Counter-Terrorists and the Terrorists, against each other in various objective-based game modes. Additional game modes that stray away from this setup are also included. ''Counter-Strike 2'' features major technical improvements over ''Global Offensive'', including a move from the Source (game engine), Source game engine to Source 2, improved graphics, and a new "sub-tick" server architecture. In addition, many List of compet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
