What does CIS mean i hear a lot of people using the word but isnt it like a military group or terrorist group?
What does CIS mean i hear a lot of people using the word but isnt it like a military group or terrorist group?
It means cisgender, a lot of people are talking about it because it recently became a slur on twitter.
Commonwealth of Independent States, usually refers to Russian speaking countries in esports contexts tho
CIS(common wealth of independent states) countries who used to be part of the soviet union and presently dont align with the European Union(debatable)
It's short for Commonwealth of Independent States it contains countries like Russia and it's neighbours. Here's a wikipedia link for more info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States
Former Soviet Union states excluding Baltic countries(Moldova is also mostly excluded), it was a special zone as it's trans-continent(including Caucasus and Central Asia) and Russia dominating.
Valve formerly seemed CIS as a major region but after Russo-Ukraine War the region was renamed Eastern Europe while Riot suspended its competitions in CIS.