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The true meaning behind BetterTTV’s most infamous Twitch emotes News The true meaning behind BetterTTV’s most infamous Twitch emotes By William Davis This easy tip might help you land more headshots in Valorant News This easy tip might help you land more headshots in Valorant By Fariha Bhatti Three tips to improve your game that you haven’t tried before News Three tips to improve your game that you haven’t tried before By William Davis
Excel to promote Markoon, Advienne for LEC Summer Week 4 League of Legends
Excel to promote Markoon, Advienne for LEC Summer Week 4 Tokoni Uti Having earned only two wins in the first three weeks of the 2021 LEC Summer Split, Excel is promoting jungler Mark “Markoon” van Woensel and Henk “Advienne” Reijenga to its starting roster for week 4. Excel announced the changes in a video led by coach Joey “YoungBuck” Steltenpool in which he began by explaining the team’s thought process behind the roster changes after a similar move was rumored earlier in …
100 Thieves Abbedagge is leading in KDA among LCS mid laners League of Legends
100 Thieves Abbedagge is leading in KDA among LCS mid laners William Davis After the first four weeks of the 2021 LCS Summer Split, 100 Thieves new mid laner Felix “Abbedagge” Braun is already pulling off some incredible stats and impact on Summoner’s Rift.  It was with big expectations when 100 Thieves announced Abbedagge as its new mid laner for the summer split back in April. So far, the former Schalke 04 player has lived up to all those expectations and likely also …
Misfits vs. G2 Esports: 2021 LEC Summer betting analysis League of Legends
Misfits vs. G2 Esports: 2021 LEC Summer betting analysis William Davis Week 4 of the 2021 LEC Summer Split will have a great match between current league leader Misfits Gaming and G2 Esports.  It will be two very different teams that face off when it comes to momentum, as Misfits is currently on an impressive hot streak in the LEC. With a 6-1 record through three weeks, Misfits will potentially be entering this match at the top of the standings while …
indiefoxx was just banned for a 6th time from Twitch, but why? News
indiefoxx was just banned for a 6th time from Twitch, but why? Steven Rondina Update: indiefoxx may have been handed a permanent ban from Twitch. Here are the details. The self-declared “reformed, G-rated e-girl” has been banned once again. Streamer Bans has confirmed that Jenelle “indiefoxx” Dagres has been banned from Twitch once again. This comes seven days after indiefoxx was unbanned alongside Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa for a NSFW, “ASMR-leggings stream” that briefly took over Twitch’s Just Chatting category. ❌ Twitch Partner “Indiefoxx” (@indiefoxxlive) …
XANTARES banned on Twitch following $600,000 charity stream Counter-Strike XANTARES banned on Twitch following $600,000 charity stream By William Davis shroud discusses how Kay/O will change Valorant’s ranked meta News shroud discusses how Kay/O will change Valorant’s ranked meta By Fariha Bhatti Pokémon GO reveals Bidoof Day featuring special raids, research News Pokémon GO reveals Bidoof Day featuring special raids, research By William Davis
Tencent just banned over 3.8 million hackers in PUBG Mobile News
Tencent just banned over 3.8 million hackers in PUBG Mobile Olivia Richman Even though PUBG Mobile isn’t on PC, it still faces the same the same major issue other free battle royales continue to deal with: cheaters and hacking.  From June 18 to June 24, PUBG Mobile developer Tencent banned millions of players for cheating. This is shockingly something Tencent does each and every week. This time around it was a little short of four million cheaters.  According to PUBG Mobile’s official …
Here’s how to avoid fake VAC bans and knife unboxings in CSGO Counter-Strike
Here’s how to avoid fake VAC bans and knife unboxings in CSGO William Davis CSGO players have discovered a way to disguise their chat messages as game system and admin announcements.  The issue stems from CSGO’s font system, where phrases are assigned a color based on an initial ASCII code. This system allows users to alter their own messages’ color and appearance. Alternate colors are usually reserved for system messages, so players who don’t know about this exploit could be easily fooled. Devious users …
Asmongold: Fedmyster haters “over the line” after Twitch return News
Asmongold: Fedmyster haters “over the line” after Twitch return Olivia Richman Federico “Fedmyster” Gaytan has been all over social media after his return to Twitch. But World of Warcraft streamer Asmongold hasn’t been liking what he’s been reading, including what he calls “misleading” posts about the former OfflineTV member.  Fedmyster was absent from social media and streaming for over a year after he was accused of sexual misconduct by Yvonne “Yvonnie” Ng and Lily “LilyPichu” Ki. He came back once to …
Complete guide to Quick Balls in Pokemon Sword and Shield News
Complete guide to Quick Balls in Pokemon Sword and Shield Steven Rondina After eight different generations there are many different Pokeball types available, but the most useful of them all is the Quick Ball. The blue and yellow ball has been a go-to for trainers ever since it was introduced in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl back in 2006. That’s still the case in Pokemon Sword and Shield, though Game Freak made sure the item wasn’t as game-breaking in these games as they …
Twitch streamer AustinShow announces The Roast of HasanAbi Olivia Richman News It’s about to get lit.  100 Thieves content creator and talk show host AustinShow announced earlier today that he will be roasting political content creator Hasan “HasanAbi” Piker. The in-person show will take place on Wednesday, June 30th at 1 p.m. PST. The Cash App-powered event has not announced which other content creators will join AustinShow in roasting HasanAbi but fans are already excited to see the insults start flying. …
Misfits tops the LEC standings after missing spring playoffs William Davis League of Legends Three weeks have gone by in the 2021 LEC Summer Split and the standings are not entirely what most fans would have expected.  After the first seven games of the split, it’s surprisingly Misfits Gaming who are in sole possession of first place with an impressive 6-1 record. Behind Misfits are the rest of the favorites, but with the defending champion MAD Lions and old kings G2 Esports at much …
Nocturne is dominating solo queue in three roles on patch 11.13 William Davis League of Legends League of Legends season 11 has been a wild ride of different metas so far and patch 11.13 helped shake it up once again.  With a lot of changes in the recent patch to systemic mobility, champions, and items, the solo queue meta has once again seen changes. One of the most significant champions to rise even more in popularity is Nocturne, who is currently dominating the ladder in three …
The CSGO case odds from Anomaly’s 24-hour opening stream William Davis Counter-Strike Every Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player dreams of opening a knife. But what are the actual odds of getting such a coveted cosmetic? YouTube and Twitch star Anomaly may have found the answer. He conducted a 24-hour CSGO case unboxing stream in partnership with third-party trading site Skinbaron. Anomaly bought $10,000 worth of CSGO keys and unboxed 4,000 cases in just over 20 hours. That stream is one of the cleanest …
Fedmyster officially returns to Twitch and Pokimane responds Olivia Richman News Federico “Fedmyster” Gaytan is officially back on Twitch, and not everyone is happy about it. The popular content creator disappeared from Twitch in 2020 after he was accused of sexually harassing a member of OfflineTV. He was booted from the house and then shunned from social media platforms following the incident. But Fedmyster later released a long Google Doc outlining his grievances with Imane “Pokimane” Anys. He claimed the leak …
7 facts about the WePlay AniMajor William Davis News The WePlay Animajor isn’t that far in the past, but fans are already holding it up as one of the greatest Dota 2 tournaments of all time. PSG.LGD capped an impressive run in the event by taking first place and cementing itself as the favorite to win The International 2021.  But while PSG.LGD’s performance was impressive, the AniMajor will also be remembered for having high production values to complement these …
FaZe Clan shows off new execute for Mirage against Furia Esports Fariha Bhatti Counter-Strike A fun clip from a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive match proves that learning never stops, even for a legend like Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer Gustafsson.  During a match against Team Furia in the Gamers Without Borders Cup, the camera spotted an interesting interaction between FaZe Clan’s Håvard “rain” Nygaard and olofmeister. Both players hung out in the terrorist base, trying out a new lineup for connector smoke.  Many players rely heavily on …
Team Spirit and SG e-sports qualify for The International 10 William Davis Dota 2 Team Spirit and SG e-sports have secured spots in The International 10 through the regional qualifier series. Both squads will compete against 16 other teams for a piece of TI10’s $40,018,195 prize pool. South America and Eastern Europe were the first regions to host The International 10 qualifiers. Only one team from each major Dota 2 region will ascend to the biggest event in esports history.  Team Spirit was the …
CSGO streamer Anomaly accidentally reveals face during stream William Davis Counter-Strike Anomaly is best known for opening CSGO knives, freaking out about them, and staying completely anonymous the entire time. That last bit flew out the window during his most recent stream. The YouTube and Twitch star planned for a massive live stream where he would open over 4,000 CSGO cases in one 24-hour sitting. The stream is part of a sponsorship deal with CSGO skin trading website Skinbaron. However, a …
DPC champs NoPing booted from South American TI10 qualifiers William Davis Dota 2 Dota Pro Circuit regional champs NoPing e-sports were the favorites coming into the South American The International 2021 qualifiers, but fell out of contention. Heading into the qualifier, NoPing e-sports were ranked 15th on the Dota Pro CIrcuit leaderboard. They missed the cutoff for a direct invitation to The International 10 by just three spots. Their dominance in the South American DPC season hinted at a TI10 appearance, but two …
Jett’s dash is still breaking Cypher’s tripwire after patch 3.0 Fariha Bhatti News Valorant Episode 3 Act I brought tons of tweaks to the game and nerfs to overpowered agents. But, players are reporting that Jett’s kit hasn’t changed at all.  Episode 3 isn’t your regular patch update. Instead, it included massive changes for ranks, agents, and weapons, but still, a nerf to Jett’s dash had the attention of all the players. However, players are complaining that Jett can still utilize her Tailwind …
Here’s every Dota 2 hero remodel, and some that could use one William Davis Dota 2 Each of Dota 2’s 121 heroes has a distinct look, but Valve isn’t afraid to give out makeovers to their less-developed models. Hero remodels were a relatively common update in the early years of Dota 2, but they’ve become increasingly spaced out as the game has grown more popular. This makes sense, as fewer heroes require a remodel with each one released. Valve also needs to adjust several cosmetic sets …

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