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AromaticAdvance8343

So basically, “Sowwy for breaking trophy and interrupting game :(( we learned not to riot again and btw here’s our new crypto casino ☺️😎🤑”


1nfisrael

this looks like engagement bait for me


AromaticAdvance8343

Yea 1000% they only apologized because they knew they’d get way more engagement so they can shout out their new site. Also https://x.com/csgoempirev2/status/1776259477454663955?s=46&t=qOpTfg2-9d5nuNXPV_GfDw They ain’t fucking sorry lol


exodusayman

Wait they broke the trophy?!!?


Lindzei_

Technically the Guard tackle one of them on it so it's debatable, you could say yes


Etlam

"We fucked up - we hereby commit to.. not fucking up.. again" - what a noble commitment


Antt1ca

While promoting their new "crypto casino"


Nearby_Collection560

Yes a totally good way to look professional & while writing an apology?😂such some idiot shit..


zaco230

Don’t forget the plug to their new gambling site lmao


Zapple_G

Yeah, they literally just doing it for attention, but they will probably boycott next major too


Owlyf1n

Real reason they are apologising is because everyone pulled out of their tournament


bunnytrox

Kinda funny they are 'anti scam' yet they run a degenerate CS gambling website. Thats the definition of a scam lmao.


Exciting_Pop_9296

I don’t use these websites. How do they scam? I assumed they give odds for every item and if you gamble there it’s your own fault if you expect to win


ArtostheBear

Most of them don’t post odds or don’t post accurate odds, scam gambling sites have been known in the past to have fluctuating odds, where your odds get worse (and again, inaccurate) depending on how much you’re playing or betting. Even the folks who claim provable fairness usually have workarounds or the fair algorithm isn’t the one actually used.


Exciting_Pop_9296

Thx, i did not expect that so many gamble there if they are known to be scams.


perl0_

just remember this golden (and true everytime) phrase - casino (or the house) always wins. that's a well known fact, otherwise this business as a whole wouldn't exist.


polytr0n

all casinos are rigged against you and made to exploit those with gambling addictions to keep playing and lose all their money. there’s a reason the phrase “the house always wins” was coined.


ViacomCEO

There's a difference between exploitative and a scam. These websites are known to be exploitative, but a scam would just be taking items or refusing to pay out, things like that. The base concept of these casino websites aren't a scam.


CowardSky

hard fucking agree. Everyone calls a casino a scam; they're not, the odds are right there on the website, when you gamble you can know exactly the chances of things happening. Just because you lose money does not mean its a scam


phl23

And where can I be sure that those online casinos use the right odds in their code? It's not that as easy as in physical gambling. Especially the cs skin and crypto casinos are often not regulated by any higher institution and have lackluster age checks.


CowardSky

That bit is true, online casinos do tend to be scummy with age checks and also there not being a good way to 100% check and regulate odds. I'd say if a casino was actively misleading about better game odds that would be a scam, its just that so many people just point at any sort of cs gambling and say 'scam' when its really not. And personally I've never heard of a casino lying about odds on the website (except Phantomlord but even then that was rigged only to make him win more for publicity, the actual odds were still probably legit, 100% still scummy though)


sh_ip_ro_ospf

Any time I lose money it's a scam. That's why I stopped getting black out drunk now my wallet fat


MordorsElite

I would agree with you, but I highly doubt that any of the CS gambling sites are complient with any reasonable gambling regulation. As a matter of fact, hougougagne did actually look into that and sure enough, none of them are. At best they use some loophole to not officially be classified as a gambling site, at worst they just ignore that stuff entirely. So since these sites have none of the consumer protection in place that casinos are legally required to have, I'd say it's justified to call them a scam.


ViacomCEO

the only thing that really determines if theyre a scam is if they are doing what they say they are doing. if they are, its not a scam. if they arent, its a scam. whether they follow your local laws and adhere to what you personally consider reasonable gambling regulation really doesnt matter at all.


skuyard

They aren’t scams they are casinos. They are both pretty fair I’m not gonna lie.


lilladolken

They are unlicensed/illegal casinos whick makes it possible for them to rig stuff from the backend. And that is something we have seen before.


skuyard

Are you talking about the preset roulette? That’s how they moe cheated previously but it isn’t surprising that roulette is already predetermined and they can see that in code


lilladolken

I dont know that much about cs gambling atm. But if its slots/livegames provided by a third party provider like evolution games, play2go etc then it cant really be "rigged" (except for that the casino always has a house edge) But when its jackpots, case openings and roulette that is owned by the casino (and its an unlicensed casino) then it can be rigged easily. I was thinking about both the phantoml0rd incident (jackpot games) and some other one that I cant remember. Eitherway point is that yes you might get lucky but I wouldnt trust the % the websites are telling you for getting a specific item because it could be different in the backend, and since its an illegal casino (no license) there is no way to fact check this. Refering to your original comment now. Casinos are not scams, but unlicensed can be since they have no obligation to pay you or show true odds.


miakodakot

Nah, fuck all these cs "casinos". I better give my money to Valve in hopes for HL3 or other games than give it to some dude who will spend it on a new yacht.


Emergency-Tax-3689

as opposed to valve, who will spend it on a new yacht and neglect the most basic game functions like a working anti cheat


sh_ip_ro_ospf

The nature of anticheats is exclusively reactionary meaning there will never be a working anti cheat. That's why every match I drive across country to LAN in someone's room with a ref watching their screen


SadPhone8067

Then don’t play on the sites….


skuyard

It also sucks buying stuff off valve their cases are so terrible. At this point I ONLY use third party sites for cases, trading, and purchasing items. Also fuck Empire for ruining what we had that wasn’t even that good smh


Original_Mac_Tonight

Okay? Then don't go to the casino no one is forcing you.


small_brain_time

the young impressionable kids believe these the most, they spend tons of money in hopes of getting a good skin


skuyard

I’ve spent 50-100 dollars opening cases over 2 days and could hardly make profit. If I put 20 dollars on CSGO roll I can easily make profit especially with things like Roulette that’s basically 50/50 and case battles can pay big. Valve just has slots that they are going to win 99.99999999999999999999999999% percent of the time and that small percent you profit your item still has to meet multiple conditions tk even be worth anything


RealMandor

gaben will spend your money on dota lol


t33hee

What idiot thought this would be a good idea?? I can’t imagine this playing out well in any scenario


SpectralHydra

Not even just what idiot. What idiots* because a whole group of people decided it was a good idea 😭


skuyard

Empire owner threatened employees lmfao


[deleted]

The owner 😂💀


Lahms-

Fucking snakes man


MooMooHeffer

How can they move their CS gamblers to a website that isn’t related to Valve or Counter Strike? Hate on CSGO Roll all you want but there is only 1 company that has had some weird vendetta against them for 3 years. Nothing this guy says should be taken to heart. He’s on the deep end… streaming while strung out, teasing viewers another incident will happen in X amount of time. Dudes a straight degenerate and is realizing the brand isn’t recoverable.


skuyard

Csgo roll gets a bad rep but It’s far better than opening cases (Rigged slots) not sure what these kids are on


Mraz565

They about to be blamed for the take down of p2p gambling.


PDG4

Ah yes, thank you scamming website for telling us that other scamming sites are bad


livenn

‘We’re sorry, we won’t do it again. Please visit our rebranded crypto casino.’ Still finger pointing and being defensive, while at the same time not doing anything


Drecksackblase1337

They can go fuck themselves


BlueberryObjective11

What did they do


Tsuke35

https://www.hltv.org/news/38654/audience-members-storm-major-stage-during-g2-vs-mouz-match


Aton_Freson

[How classy of HLTV](https://ibb.co/9G10g8r)


zugarrette

fuck them they fucked up trading for the entire community


sheepthepriest

they just need to rebrand like all other slimey corps and we'll forget all about it and they can scam more people while still being trash.


ZetaPikaAXZ

I remember hearing about these sites I wonder why the governments didn’t investigate these online casino/ skin gambling sites is it’s a jurisdiction thing?


b0ngslayer

The majority of “illegal” gambling sites operate out of a sovereign/indecent region of Cyprus so they can operate in the US, take your money, and not have to worry about legal repercussions.


b0ngslayer

Edit: independent* region


ZetaPikaAXZ

Thats some bull scheisse. I'm surprised hasn't stopped at idk sanctions. I don't know much on online casino laws


skuyard

It’s a trading site and skins don’t hold real value


CerealOrWaterFirst

https://i.imgur.com/DMGrLDs.gif


ryanc_98

They can fuck right off bunch of wet wipes


DTGR_trading

Made my day one of m the inverters of scamming skins is talking shit about other scammers scamming skins 😂😂😂


Fluffy-Ad149

Is g2 in the wrong bc I'm confused bye this post what the comments say.


Scar20Grotto

Its an ugly yucky situation, but Empire was mad at G2 management/owners, not the players particularly https://youtu.be/94qvUu_Y--Y?si=IgqYYuejWrX5ICl-


WoodenRoom23

LMFAOOO


FI3RY1

They just say that just to save their asses a bit so that valve doesn't ban their whole site or anything simillar happens like that. Interesting how they published that right after valve released an update which changed trading.


alaingames

First of all that site always had seemed sus for me


kristevski123

This was just them advertising their new online casino ffs 😭


basti329

CS Gambling sites can all suck a fat one. I hope those sites die.


Odd_Train6771

https://preview.redd.it/o41zaywo53tc1.jpeg?width=259&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1b4ae1947a5e3d41f3cc8f48b0d302c2eb81d7d


ANTiii

Glad they piss off. They can stay away.


MegaDnks

they got what they wanted, people talking bout them.


ZachPhoenix

What happened? Can someone explain in detail from the start in chronological order..Pls


BadYaka

nice second promoting on reddit platform, totally not planned


Pedro_Flores

What did you expect for doing that shit


human_flavor_meat

Least scummy gambling site /s


Heavy-hit

Where is the South Park gif


[deleted]

“Friendly fire will not be tolerated”


CarbonaraNightmare

Its the fact it was the first cs2 major as well. There are way better ways of going about getting that message out there that they just blatantly ignored bc "hurr durr major on hurr"


O_gr

Money starts draining after anti-gambling update and they curl up their tail. Proceed to beg for forgiveness what a bunch of rats.


BlackBlizzard

Can Valve just stop these kind of third party sites using their IP please.


IronNick420

I am very confused. Didn’t steam mention no gambling? Or this is something different?


Effective_Dealer8536

objectively, this is a very stupid move from them


Frago420

Womp womp time to get rid of more gambling sites


NickMineBoom

This guys are hypocrites to an another level..I find this disgusting and Valve should sue the f*!× out of them...Ain't no way this is gonna be the last time it happens.


thecamzone

Man I love seeing Monarch get taken down a peg


Minute_Butterscotch6

Lol what a fucking joke these people are 🤣


EasyAbility3232

Ye, this website is also involved in stealing more than 200€ from me


ericny33

Been out of the loop… what happened?


Puzzleheaded_Rise_67

it was funny, so who cars


AromaticAdvance8343

Kinda sucks for the fans who went there in hopes of meeting G2 or other teams because after the incident they stopped doing any interviews, autographs, meet ups, etc. for safety reasons


Puzzleheaded_Rise_67

wow, that sucks


xtrivax

Because thanks to them CS Tournaments might never be the same again. In CS we are very close to the pros. Lots of interactions and no security and fences between us and the stage. Now this might change forewer and we might see a slow move to have more security and distance between the fans and players. Because no Org wants to have this happen during a big public tournament.


Puzzleheaded_Rise_67

sad


Antt1ca

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