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The qualifiers have ended and the roster is complete. Congratulations to the Challengers, who battled through last weekend’s offline qualifier and will be joining the Legends at ESL One Katowice 2015!

[GAMEPLAY] – Smoke screen overlay fades faster now when exiting smokes quickly. – Adjusted boundaries of smoke screen overlay slightly. [TOURNAMENT SUPPORT] – Added server setting sv_reliableavatardata: when enabled player avatars are reliably exchanged between all players and casters on the game server, reliably delivered to GOTV spectators, and recorded in demo files. – Added the ability to specify team …

Great news for all Operation Vanguard fans! Valve’re extending the operation until the end of March, so everyone still has a chance to enjoy all of the Operation Vanguard maps and missions. Want to pick up an Operation Vanguard pass? They’re currently half-price, and passes will no longer be sold after the end of this week.

[MISC] – Reduced latency of voice audio. – Community servers now can show viewer counts when players are streaming their match. – Fixed regression in Deathmatch Bonus mission evaluation. – Fixed a Deathmatch exploit where players could maliciously cause the server to run out of entities. – Fixed buymenu’s Accurate Range weapon stats being computed incorrectly. – Fixed AWP viewmodel …

Valve’re always looking for ways to make better decisions using data. They previously posted map balance data, and it’s time for an update! Below you’ll find some current statistics for the Active Duty map pool. Some maps, like Dust2, have not changed much. Others, like Cobblestone and Overpass, have changed dramatically. Check out the results below, and let us know what …

[GAMEPLAY] – Adjusted the radius at which incendiary and smoke grenades interact. [UI] – Loading screens will now display the icons for maps that have item collections associated with them – In Spectator Mode, Scoreboard and Server Graphic will now obey hud scale and position settings. – Fixed New Items alert showing incorrect number of items up when coming back …

  The players from the Ninjas in Pyjamas CSGO team have been busy playing at MLG X Games in Aspen, Colorado but the management of NiP are on spot to support the players and let the players focus 100% but they are not only supporting but also taking photos. In the gallery above you will find a few of the …

Surf is a great way to get your mobility in-game better, in the video below Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg faces Adam “friberg” Friberg in a 1 versus 1 surf action, check it out!

Last day of MLG Fnatic vs Dignitas: http://csgolounge.com/match?m=2155 NIP vs LDLC: http://csgolounge.com/match?m=2156