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| | name = YouPorn
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| | logo = Logo de YouPorn.svg
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| | foundation = August 2006
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| | location_city = [[Limassol]]
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| | location_country = Cyprus
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| | country_of_origin = United States
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| | screenshot = Screen of YouPorn login page.png
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| | url = youporn.com
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| | type = [[Pornographic]] [[video sharing]]
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| | language = English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Turkish, Polish and Russian, Dutch, Afrikaans, Romanian
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| | content_license = [[:Category:Gratis pornography|Gratis]]; youporninhd.com is proprietary
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| | owner = MG Freesites Ltd.<br>([[MindGeek]])<ref name="auto">{{cite journal|title=Pornhub is the Kinsey Report of our Time|journal=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|date=June 2017|last=O'Connor|first=Maureen|pages=30–39}}</ref>
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| '''YouPorn''' is a free pornographic [[video hosting service|video sharing]] website and one of the 100 most accessed websites in the world. Since launching in August 2006, it grew to become the most popular [[internet pornography|pornographic website]] on the internet, and, in November 2007, it was reported to be the largest free pornographic website as well.<ref>"[[Special Report with Brit Hume]]." Broadcast: November 21, 2007</ref>
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| The site is completely free and ad-supported, with estimated monthly ad revenue of $120,000 in 2007.<ref name=portfolio>[http://www.portfolio.com/culture-lifestyle/culture-inc/arts/2007/10/15/YouPorn-Vivid-Entertainment-Profile Obscene Losses] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503115653/http://www.portfolio.com/culture-lifestyle/culture-inc/arts/2007/10/15/YouPorn-Vivid-Entertainment-Profile |date=May 3, 2012 }}, ''[[Condé Nast Portfolio|Portfolio]]'', October 15, 2007</ref>
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| ==Ownership==
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| The [[domain name]] was registered by a company in December 2005.<ref>[http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/news/aktuell/2006/11/14/private-s__exfilme/private-s__ex-filme.html Warum zeigen immer mehr Menschen ihre privaten Sexfilme im Internet?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825130919/http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/news/aktuell/2006/11/14/private-s__exfilme/private-s__ex-filme.html |date=August 25, 2007 }}, ''Bild.de'', November 14, 2006. {{in lang|de}}</ref> YouPorn's own site reports that its owner is Midstream Media International N.V., seated in [[Willemstad]], the capital city of [[Curaçao]], an island in the southern [[Caribbean Sea]] that forms a [[Kingdom of the Netherlands#Countries|constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands]].<ref name="xbiz.com">[http://www.xbiz.com/news/128103 YouPorn.com Hit With 'History-Sniffing' Lawsuit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125204917/https://www.xbiz.com/news/128103/youporn-com-hit-with-history-sniffing-lawsuit |date=January 25, 2022 }}, ''[[XBIZ]]'', December 6, 2010</ref> Sunny Freeman, a reporter pursuing a graduate degree in journalism at UBC, wrote one article in ''[[The Tyee]]'' calling the company "German-based".<ref name=tyee>{{cite web|first=Sunny|last=Freeman|url=https://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2007/07/06/Porn2-0/|title=Porn 2.0, and Its Victims|website=[[The Tyee]]|date=July 6, 2007|access-date=September 19, 2017|archive-date=November 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128123141/https://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2007/07/06/Porn2-0/|url-status=live}}</ref> The site is run from a hosting service in Texas.
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| In 2011, YouPorn was purchased by the adult entertainment and IT company [[MindGeek|Manwin]], owners of other popular pornographic websites such as [[Pornhub]]<ref name="auto"/> and SpankWire based in [[Luxembourg]].<ref>[http://business.avn.com/articles/technology/Manwin-Acquires-YouPorn-com-435351.html Manwin Acquires YouPorn.com – AVN ID] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402042905/http://business.avn.com/articles/technology/Manwin-Acquires-YouPorn-com-435351.html |date=April 2, 2014 }}, created October 20, 2007</ref>
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| ==Bandwidth==
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| As of 2012, [[ExtremeTech]] reported YouPorn transferred an average of 950 TB per day,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.extremetech.com/computing/123929-just-how-big-are-porn-sites/2|title=Just how big are porn sites?|date=April 4, 2012|website=extremetech.com|access-date=June 16, 2017|archive-date=June 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626122017/https://www.extremetech.com/computing/123929-just-how-big-are-porn-sites/2|url-status=live}}</ref> up from a reported [[figure]] of 3 TB per day in 2006.<ref>[http://notes.computernotizen.de/2006/11/15/bildde-verursacht-pornowelle/ Bild.de verursacht Pornowelle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822194538/http://notes.computernotizen.de/2006/11/15/bildde-verursacht-pornowelle/ |date=August 22, 2007 }}, November 15, 2006 {{in lang|de}}</ref>
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| ==Response==
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| Concerns have surfaced over the inability to verify the age of the persons depicted in the videos, the possibility of [[copyright]]ed videos being uploaded to the site, and the possibility of privacy violations when private sex tapes are uploaded without the consent of all involved parties.<ref name=tyee/> In 2007 [[Vivid Entertainment]] took legal action against YouPorn, claiming that the streaming of copyrighted material was depriving it of revenue.<ref name=guardian>{{cite news|first=Edward|last=Helmore|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/dec/16/film.usa|title=Home porn gives industry the blues|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=December 16, 2007|access-date=December 18, 2016|archive-date=February 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222112812/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/dec/16/film.usa|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| YouPorn has been called "a good role model for the sexually naive", as [[MANY|many]] of its homemade videos depict amateur couples having ordinary sex (known as "Amateur"), as opposed to the often unreal scenarios of commercial porn.<ref>{{cite web |first=Caitlin |last=Moran |url=http://timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/caitlin_moran/article2509148.ece?openComment=true |title=A good role model for the sexually naive |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=September 24, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604003102/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/caitlin_moran/article2509148.ece?openComment=true |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| == Data breaches ==
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| In February 2012, the site was hacked, with the details of over 1 million users leaked onto the Internet. MindGeek blamed this on the failings of a third-party chat service.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Mark|last=Molloy|date=February 23, 2012|title=Personal details of over one million YouPorn users leaked in security breach|url=https://metro.co.uk/2012/02/23/personal-details-of-over-one-million-youporn-users-leaked-in-security-breach-328490/|access-date=December 14, 2020|website=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|language=en|archive-date=May 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503133949/https://metro.co.uk/2012/02/23/personal-details-of-over-one-million-youporn-users-leaked-in-security-breach-328490/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| ==Blocking==
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| ===Germany===
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| German law does not allow hardcore pornography without an effective age verification system, and the German [[Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien]]'' (Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons)'' placed YouPorn on its index. As a result, since April 2007, the German site of the [[Google]] search engine (<code>google.de</code>) classified YouPorn.com as a hardcore pornography website<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=youporn&btnG=Suche&meta= Search results for "youporn" on google.de] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125204918/https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=youporn&btnG=Suche&meta= |date=January 25, 2022 }} delivering many comments from blogs</ref> and replaced it with a [[LINK|link]] to [[Chilling Effects (group)|Chilling Effects]], claiming that a "German regulatory body reported illegal material".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chillingeffects.org/notice.cgi?sID=815 |title=German regulatory body reported illegal material — Chilling Effects Clearinghouse |publisher=Chillingeffects.org |access-date=December 8, 2010 |archive-date=February 17, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060217015401/http://www.chillingeffects.org/notice.cgi%3FsID%3D815 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| Following a [[request]] by Kirchberg, the owner of a competing pornography service (now defunct),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/jugendschutz-abmahnwelle-draengt-internetanbieter-zur-web-zensur-a-512821.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dkirchberg%2Byouporn%26biw%3D1920%26bih%3D955|title=Jugendschutz: Abmahnwelle drängt Internetanbieter zur Web-Zensur|trans-title=Child Safety: warning wave forces ISPs to web censorship|first=Konrad|last=Lischka|language=de|work=[[Der Spiegel]]|date=October 22, 2007|access-date=January 25, 2022|archive-date=May 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503133951/https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fnetzwelt%2Fweb%2Fjugendschutz-abmahnwelle-draengt-internetanbieter-zur-web-zensur-a-512821.html&prev=%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dkirchberg%2Byouporn%26biw%3D1920%26bih%3D955|url-status=live}}</ref> German provider [[Arcor (telecommunications)|Arcor]] categorized YouPorn and a few other porn sites as hardcore pornographic and also blocked access to the website at the routing level in September 2007,<ref>[http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/95804 Arcor blocks access to porno pages], ''[[Heise Online]]'', September 11, 2007 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915090108/http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/95804 |date=September 15, 2007 }}</ref> affecting over 2 million users. The [[Pirate Party Germany|German Pirate Party]] promptly opened a [[proxy server]] so that Arcor customers could continue to easily access YouPorn.
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| Arcor lifted the [[block]] on September 17 because the [[IP address]]-based filter which had been set up for YouPorn also affected other sites.<ref>[http://dsdsblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/arcor-sperrt-youporncom.html Arcor sperrt Youporn.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915125303/http://dsdsblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/arcor-sperrt-youporncom.html |date=September 15, 2007 }} {{in lang|de}}</ref> Kirchberg then sued, alleging that Arcor aided unfair competition by YouPorn, and on October 19, 2007 obtained a temporary injunction ordering Arcor to resume limiting the accessibility to YouPorn.com.<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,512460,00.html Landgericht zwingt Arcor zur Porno-Zensur] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021044811/http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,512460,00.html |date=October 21, 2007 }}, ''Spiegel Online'', October 19, 2007. {{in lang|de}}</ref><ref>[http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/97676 Arcor muss YouPorn sperren] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020133922/http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/97676 |date=October 20, 2007 }}, ''Heise Online'', October 19, 2007. {{in lang|de}}</ref> On October 23, 2007, Arcor started to control access to YouPorn again, this time with a [[domain name system|DNS]]-based approach that is easily circumvented,<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,513053,00.html Arcor blockiert Zugang zu Youporn] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024022433/http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,513053,00.html |date=October 24, 2007 }}, ''Spiegel Online'', October 23, 2007. {{in lang|de}}</ref> and successfully filed an appeal against the injunction.<ref>[http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Arcor-muss-YouPorn-nicht-mehr-sperren--/meldung/106513 Heise.de: Arcor muss YouPorn nicht mehr sperren] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420001549/http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Arcor-muss-YouPorn-nicht-mehr-sperren--/meldung/106513/ |date=April 20, 2008 }}. Heise.de, April 15, 2008. {{in lang|de}}</ref>
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| Kirchberg has sent notices to 19 German [[ISP]]s demanding that YouPorn be granted access limitations, but none have complied.<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,512821,00.html Abmahnwelle drängt Internetanbieter zur Web-Zensur] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023023103/http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,512821,00.html |date=October 23, 2007 }}, ''Spiegel Online'', October 22, 2007. {{in lang|de}}</ref> Efforts by Kirchberg to obtain injunctions regarding YouPorn from internet providers in [[Kiel]] and [[Düsseldorf]] were unsuccessful.<ref>[http://www.golem.de/0711/56153.html Golem.de: Gericht: Provider muss keine Pornoseiten sperren] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205101523/http://www.golem.de/0711/56153.html |date=December 5, 2007 }}, September 23, 2007. {{in lang|de}}</ref><ref>[http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/100513 Weiterer Antrag auf Sperrung von Pornoseiten zurückgewiesen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230051632/http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/100513 |date=December 30, 2007 }}, ''Heise Online'', December 13, 2007. {{in lang|de}}</ref>
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| ===Singapore===
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| In May 2008 it was reported that [[Singapore]] had blocked access to YouPorn and [[RedTube]], in what a government officials described as "a symbolic statement".<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSS2322899620080523 Singapore bans two porn websites in symbolic move] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128225901/http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSS2322899620080523 |date=January 28, 2010 }}, ''Reuters'', May 23, 2008</ref>
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| ===Sri Lanka===
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| In July 2009 [[Sri Lanka]] blocked access to 12 porn web sites including YouPorn, [[RedTube]], [[XVideos|Xvideos]] and Xhamster. On July 25, 2009 Sri Lanka Chief Magistrate Nishantha Hapuarachchi ordered the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission to block those 12 websites from all local Internet Service Providers.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sri-lankan-court-blocks-porn-websites/494041/ Sri Lankan court blocks porn websites] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207040012/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sri-lankan-court-blocks-porn-websites/494041 |date=December 7, 2009 }}, ''India Express'', July 25, 2009</ref><ref>[http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-technology/sri-lanka-court-blocks-porn-websites-20090725-dwov.html Sri Lanka court blocks porn websites] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003231828/http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-technology/sri-lanka-court-blocks-porn-websites-20090725-dwov.html |date=October 3, 2009 }}, ''Brisbane Times, Australia'', July 25, 2009</ref>
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| ===India===
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| The Government of India banned YouPorn in 2018, among other porn websites, after a [[Uttarakhand High Court]] court order demanding the same in a rape case where the perpetrators stated they were motivated to do so after watching online pornography.<ref>{{cite web |title=The hidden threats that rise from India’s porn ban |url=https://factordaily.com/india-porn-ban-vpn-proxy-increase/ |website=[[FactorDaily]] |date=14 November 2018}}</ref>
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| ==Team YP==
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| YouPorn sponsors an [[esports]] team known as Team YP.<ref name="YPcnbc">{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Chris |title=Porn company to be official sponsor of eSports team |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/03/youporn-official-sponsor-of-esports-team.html |access-date=June 22, 2019 |work=CNBC |date=December 3, 2014 |language=en |archive-date=June 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622235509/https://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/03/youporn-official-sponsor-of-esports-team.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="YPkotaku">{{cite news |last1=Plunkett |first1=Luke |title=YouPorn Now Has An eSports Team |url=https://kotaku.com/youporn-now-has-an-esports-team-1666396065 |access-date=June 22, 2019 |work=Kotaku |date=December 3, 2014 |archive-date=June 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622235509/https://kotaku.com/youporn-now-has-an-esports-team-1666396065 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="YPpolygon">{{cite web | url = http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/3/7329529/youporn-esports-team-team-yp-dota-2 | title = YouPorn has found its eSports team, will compete in ''Dota 2'' tournament this weekend | last = McWhertor | first = Michael | website = [[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] | date = December 3, 2014 | access-date = December 5, 2014 | archive-date = December 4, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141204154455/http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/3/7329529/youporn-esports-team-team-yp-dota-2 | url-status = live }}</ref> In July 2014, YouPorn stated their intentions to enter the professional esports scene by sponsoring either a ''[[Dota 2]]'' or ''[[League of Legends]]'' team.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/11/5889657/youporn-is-considering-sponsoring-a-dota-2-or-league-of-legends-team | title = YouPorn is considering sponsoring a ''Dota 2'' or ''League of Legends'' team | last = Lien | first = Tracey | website = [[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] | date = July 11, 2014 | access-date = December 5, 2014 | archive-date = December 7, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141207025532/http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/11/5889657/youporn-is-considering-sponsoring-a-dota-2-or-league-of-legends-team | url-status = live }}</ref> On December 3, 2014, YouPorn announced their official entry into the ''Dota 2'' scene with the acquisition of a [[Spain|Spanish]] team previously known as Play2Win. On June 9, 2015 Team YP announced that they had signed ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' player Jason "Bizzarro Flame" Yoon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/esports/team-yp-bizzarro-flame/|title=YouPorn's esports team picks up a Smash player|first=Imad|last=Khan|date=June 9, 2015|website=[[The Daily Dot]]|access-date=June 21, 2015|archive-date=July 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727114223/http://www.dailydot.com/esports/team-yp-bizzarro-flame/|url-status=live}}</ref> Team YP's ''[[Street Fighter]]'' division consists of Valentin "Valmaster" Petit and Anton "Filipin0man" Herrera with the former being signed on September 23 and the latter being signed on October 8.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kuri R|title=Valmaster Joins Team YP.|url=http://www.gamerassaultweekly.com/2015/09/valmaster-joins-team-yp/|website=gamerassaultweekly.com|publisher=Gamer Assault Weekly|access-date=November 2, 2015|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222120202/http://www.gamerassaultweekly.com/2015/09/valmaster-joins-team-yp/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Rosen|first1=Daniel|title=Team YP signs Filipin0man|url=http://www.thescoreesports.com/news/4233|website=thescoreesports.com|publisher=The Score eSports|access-date=November 2, 2015|archive-date=November 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110124447/http://www.thescoreesports.com/news/4233|url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 2015, Team YP announced they were searching for a ''[[Counter-Strike: Global Offensive]]'' team.<ref name="teamypcsgotwitter">{{cite web|url=http://www.teamyp.com/team-yp-officially-searching-for-two-counter-strike-global-offensive-teams/|title=Team YP on Twitter: "We are looking for a CSGO team! Let your favorite unsigned, awesome teams know!"|date=October 13, 2015|website=[[Twitter]]|publisher=YouPorn (Team YP)|access-date=December 17, 2015|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222142726/http://www.teamyp.com/team-yp-officially-searching-for-two-counter-strike-global-offensive-teams/|url-status=live}}</ref> They stated they wanted one all-male and one all-female team.<ref name="TeamYP2TeamsCSGO">{{cite web|url=http://www.teamyp.com/team-yp-officially-searching-for-two-counter-strike-global-offensive-teams/|publisher=YouPorn (Team YP)|title=Team YP officially searching for two Counter-Strike Global Offensive teams|date=October 26, 2015|access-date=December 17, 2015|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222142726/http://www.teamyp.com/team-yp-officially-searching-for-two-counter-strike-global-offensive-teams/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="HLTVCSGO2TEAMS">{{cite web|url=http://www.hltv.org/news/16224-team-yp-seek-two-csgo-teams|website=HLTV.org|title=Team YP seek two CS:GO teams|date=October 27, 2015|access-date=December 17, 2015|archive-date=December 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215211419/http://www.hltv.org/news/16224-team-yp-seek-two-csgo-teams|url-status=live}}</ref>
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