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Valkyrae gets emotional and responds to her friend Sykkuno cheating on his girlfriend of 5 years ‘‘I am disappointed in what he did.. and Yes I talked to him he did tell me everything.’’

Today, after three years of memories, we say goodbye to our Counter-Strike Impact roster. We entered Impact in 2022, determined to support the burgeoning women’s CS scene. Though our roster went through various iterations across this period we emerged as one of the most competitive teams globally, reaching the playoffs of the Finals in the last two seasons following a strong debut season. We are proud of the progress we made and the mark we have left. This decision isn’t one we’ve made lightly, but unfortunately due to uncertainties around long term sustainability and consistent opportunities to compete as we enter 2026, it’s the one we have arrived at. We wish Kiara ‘Qiyarah’ Janssen, Naomi ‘Nayomy’ Janssen, Mia ‘aiM’ Cooper, Kseniia ‘vilga’ Kliuenkova, Ana ‘Zana’ Queiroz, and Head Coach Jesper ‘tenzki’ Mikalski the best of luck in what is next for them. We would like to thank all of them for their professionalism and hard work in the face of uncertainty over the past few months, and would like to thank our fans for their unwavering support. Wherever the future takes us, this chapter will remain an integral part of our history, and one we hope is not completely closed.

GTO players took this from us

while i do not favor cancel culture, i do believe in holding people accountable for their actions. what happened this past weekend in knoxville for the fragadelphia event cannot be ignored and brushed under the rug. on saturday night, 20+ others and myself witnessed and experienced aggressive and predatory behavior from jchance. what started out as “jokes” and inappropriate comments like “women are so r*tarded, they wear their tits out and expect us not to look” then escalated into controlling, aggressive and physical intimidation when i stepped in to check in on a friend. he verbally declared he was forcing his way home with someone who had just told him no. he then physically blocked me repeatedly from reaching and communicating with her, using his body to shove and push me while simultaneously pushing her the opposite direction so hard she was pushed into a picnic table and shoved to the ground. the following morning, 3 of his teammates (mainly MDS being the leader of the idea it seemed) approached her and i at the venue, not to simply check if we were okay, but to pressure us into staying silent. they minimized what happened, blamed alcohol/ what jchance has “been going through” and asked what it would take to not speak out. ^ this is what rape culture looks like in real time. it starts with comments insinuating women shouldn’t dress a certain way, escalates into unwanted touching, controlling behavior, ignoring boundaries, then gets excused as “he was drunk”. when we, as a society or specifically the CS community in this case, brush off these behaviors, they normalize them and create unsafe enviroments. our scene deserves better. women deserve safety at events. until jchance takes accountability and seeks real help he should not be trusted in spaces within our community. this isn’t about drama or cancellation, its truly about safety, accountability and refusing to normalize behaviors that put others at risk. we all have a responsibility to call out these behaviors and recognize them as early warning signs for rape culture.

The U.S. was the ONLY country at the UN to vote against a resolution declaring an International Day of Hope. Even Ukraine-Russia, North Korea-South Korea and Israel-Lebanon could agree on it.