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CS2, WARDOGS & LoL Guides

Straight answers on ranks, FACEIT, LP, classes, XP curves and climbing — written by players who live in these games and fact-checked against Valve, FACEIT, BULKHEAD and Riot's own notes (last pass: 9 October 2026, with every source linked). No fluff, just what actually helps you rank up.

Counter-Strike 2 guides

Premier, FACEIT, Wingman — ranks, timelines, safety and how to climb.
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Is CS2 Boosting Safe? Bans, Risks & How to Reduce Them

An honest look at the real risks of CS2 boosting — what can and can't get you banned, what Valve and FACEIT actually penalise — and the concrete steps that keep an account safe.

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VAC Ban Statistics 2026: CS2 Ban Waves, VACnet & How VAC Works

How Valve Anti-Cheat actually works in CS2 — VAC, VAC Live, VACnet, Overwatch and Trust Factor — plus the 2026 ban waves, from the 960,000-account farming-bot purge to the summer waves trackers logged.

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CS2 Trust Factor Explained: How It Works, How to Check It & How to Improve It (2026)

What Valve has actually said about Trust Factor, the signals that feed it, how to tell roughly where you stand, what moves it, how parties are matched, and why a boost changes your rating but not your trust.

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CS2 Competitive Cooldowns Explained: Every Level, What Triggers Them & How They Reset (2026)

Valve's four cooldown levels, the one-week probation that makes them stack, the eight things that trigger a cooldown, how VAC cooldowns differ, how to tell your current level and how to get back to zero.

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CS2 Prime Status Explained: What You Get, What It Costs & Is It Worth It? (2026)

Exactly what Prime Status adds to a free CS2 account — ranks, XP, Premier, care packages and Prime-only matchmaking — what it costs on Steam, why it can't be refunded, how it helps Trust Factor, and who should buy it.

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League of Legends guides

Ranks, LP and MMR, placements, decay, dodging, the 2026 seasons and what boosting costs.
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Is LoL Boosting Safe? Riot's Rules, the Real Penalties and How to Reduce the Risk

An honest answer: what Riot's support pages actually say about MMR boosting, the penalties for the boosted account and the booster, how detection works in practice, what a careful service does to lower the risk, and the options that never touch your login.

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LoL AFK & Leaver Penalties Explained: Queue Delays, LP Loss, Remakes & Refunds (2026)

What happens when you leave or go AFK in League in 2026 — the eight penalty tiers, how queue delays and lockouts clear, the leaver's LP penalty, full LP refunds for teammates since patch 26.7, remakes, early surrender and Disruptive Game Termination.

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LoL Honor Explained: All 5 Honor Levels, Rewards & Ranked Eligibility (2026)

How League's Honor system works since the 2025 overhaul — the five levels, how votes and good behaviour move you, what Honor 1–2 restricts, the Honor objectives and Honor 5 rewards, and why Honor 3 decides whether you get the Victorious skin.

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