the lowercase esports podcast

A CSGO Major using Swiss instead of the Group system? Hey, that's pretty good! And in other news: the PEA players have effectively turned PEA team owner's hope and dreams into Swiss cheese. Hey, that's… a thing.

New year, new CS news? Sure. Also, an update on the future of this podcast at the end.

The latest class action complaint made against Valve has been moved to a federal court, and is probably the most condensed and concise version of the argument offered by the parties seeking damages against Valve for its association with the skins betting industry. In this episode, I go through the entire complaint. It's a long one!

The end of the year is upon us and it's fair to say that PEA and WESA is going to seriously impact the esports landscape (at least as far as CSGO is concerned) in 2017. So here's an episode that tries to outline the differences the two organizations have as well as how neither really matters.

The upcoming CSGO Major has finalized its lineup, but one team will be arriving under a different name. Speculation abounds.

Between the ECS second season finale and the Boston Major (not to mention patch 7.00), Valve's esports are ramping up for their next acts in different ways. This episode takes a look back at the weekend's results and where the scenes go from here.

Guys, Ad Finem just eliminated Newbee. Also this Major has been awesome, technical failures aside. Also, what else is there to talk about right now?

The FGC sure did put on a show and even though the production was absolutely leaving something to be desired, the entire competition made up for it.

Valve has issued a pretty yuuuge update for CSGO, but nothing about this change affects gameplay.

The ELEAGUE Major might be around the corner, but there's plenty of Counter-Strike to be had between now and then. Here's a reset of where we stand right now.