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League of Legends
SK will play without Blue for first week of 2021 LEC Summer
William Davis
After a hectic mid-season break for SK Gaming, the team will be facing another obstacle ahead of the 2021 LEC Summer Split. In a recent announcement, SK said that it won’t be playing with mid laner Ersin “Blue” Gören for the first week of the summer split due to health issues. Only a few days ago, Blue was hospitalized due to chest pains and respiratory issues. SK reported that it’s …
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Shroud explains why pro teams should get Valorant skins, not streamers
Fariha Bhatti
Streamers like Imane “Pokimane” Anys have requested their custom skins in Valorant but Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek doesn’t think it’s a good idea. This former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player is now one of the most prominent names in the Valorant community but he still doesn’t think his custom skin should be added to the game. Instead, he’d like Riot Games to deliver esports in-game cosmetics. Riot Games has actively been rolling …
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NICKMERCS wants to see big changes in COD Warzone Season 4
Olivia Richman
Call of Duty: Warzone Season 4 is on the horizon and big-name streamers like Nick “NICKMERCS” Kolcheff are getting pretty excited about it already. But NICKMERCS also has a list of things he wants to see when the big COD update drops. Warzone may be popular, but the free-to-play battle royale has had many issues with hackers and weapon balancing. This is something that popular streamers have brought up multiple …
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Why are fans upset about Mayweather’s fight with Logan Paul?
Steven Rondina
Logan Paul returned to the boxing ring, but instead of a washed-up crossover athlete or another YouTuber, he faced a bona fide boxing great in Floyd Mayweather. Though there was a great deal of chatter regarding the possibility of a Logan Paul knockout, the influencer never knocked down or even came especially close to hurting Mayweather. Instead, Mayweather effectively did just enough to make it clear that he’s the superior …
League of Legends
DWG KIA claims the top 5 in LoL player rankings after MSI 2021
William Davis
With the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational behind us, it’s time for a new League of Legends player ranking. After the first competitive international tournament of the year, the LoL player ranking has changed a lot. It’s no surprise that the finalists from Royal Never Give Up and DWG KIA are now at the absolute top of the table. Prior to the tournament, DWG KIA was the team to dominate the player …
League of Legends
DWG KIA and RNG in clash for first place in LoL team rankings
William Davis
The two 2021 Mid-Season Invitational finalists are in a close race at the top of the latest League of Legends team rankings. After a hectic MSI final, DWG KIA and the MSI winner Royal Never Give Up continue to fight. This time it’s in our team ranking, where the two are naturally claiming the top spots after a successful first international event of 2021. Even though RNG came out ahead …
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Twitch drama gets QTCinderella and Will Neff banned on Instagram
Olivia Richman
When a group of popular streamers decided to mock fast-growing content creator Adin Ross, the new but notorious streamer warned them not to mess with his fans. Now some of those streamers are feeling his wrath. Ludwig “Ludwig” Ahren, Chance “Sodapoppin” Morris, and Nick “Nmplol” Polom were discussing Ross’ fast rise on Twitch when Sodapoppin joked that Ross’ viewers were “kids in high school who want to be cool.” Ross …
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Seagull reveals plans to return to streaming after hiatus
Olivia Richman
Overwatch veteran Brandon “Seagull” Larned announced a return to Twitch earlier this week. After two years of content creation, Seagull stepped back from streaming in January citing depression and burnout for his decision to take an indefinite break. At the time, Seagull asked his fans not to forget about him. it has indeed been quite a while.streams/online life returns next Thursday @ 8:30am pacific. :) https://t.co/4U82BBE202 — Brandon Larned (@A_Seagull) …
The impact of free-to-play on CSGO
William Davis
News
What do the biggest esports titles including Fortnite, Dota 2, League of Legends, Counter-Strike, Rocket League, Rainbow Six Siege and more in common? You remembered the headline and cheated, didn’t you? Well, correct. They are all free-to-play games with gigantic audiences, likely in part due to their lowered barrier of entry due to not having a buy-in. Allowing gamers around the world to dip their toes in without committing fully, …
The top 10 most memorable moments from The International
William Davis
News
The International is one of the biggest tournaments in esports and has seen more than its fair share of fantastic moments. Here are the top 10 best moments from the tournament’s history. One – Hooked to Death One of the weirdest, most skillful, and definitely most controversial moments in The International’s history came in 2013 when Natus Vincere was up against TongFu. With the scores even, TongFu built up a …
All of the map callouts you need to know for CSGO’s Inferno
Steven Rondina
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive maps like Dust 2 and Mirage are fairly straightforward, with attackers being funneled into chokepoints to sites and defenders needing to work angles and utility to keep them safe. Then there’s Inferno. While other maps have simple callouts based on locations or specific props, Inferno is completely different. The classic map has an abundance of nooks and crannies that all have different names, and even the larger …
CSGO ban wave takes out over 10,000 cheaters and boosters
William Davis
Counter-Strike
ConVars’ Counter-Strike: Global Offensive stats database detected more than 10,000 bans from July 4 to 6. The massive ban wave appears to be targeting boosted CSGO accounts as well as identified hackers. 10,505 game bans and counting have been doled out over those three days. Around 800 VAC bans have also been applied. This marks the biggest CSGO ban wave of 2021. The massive spike comes after the unranked matchmaking …
Valorant player with Parkinson’s Disease hits Immortal rank
Fariha Bhatti
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While some players have trouble ranking up in Valorant after killing hours in the shooting range, this player with Parkinson’s disease has reached Immortal with his unique gameplay. Ranking up in Valorant is no easy feat. Tons of players have complained about how ranked games can be more challenging than a professional tournament. However, Mr Toes is manifesting the ranked matches with his incredible gameplay despite a severe illness. Mr Toes, …
All of the callouts you need to know for Mirage in CSGO
Steven Rondina
News
Though Dust 2 is the most popular Counter-Strike: Global Offensive map in the game’s history, Mirage has nearly been able to keep up with it among pro and casual players alike. Because of that, anyone who queues for every defusal map has a pretty darn good chance of winding up on Mirage. That means that it’s always a good idea to brush up on the map’s proper callouts. Mirage is …
Explaining the latest drama between Leffen and Hax$
Olivia Richman
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Veteran Smash Bros player William “Leffen” Hjelte is currently seeking legal advice after fellow pro Aziz “Hax$” Al-Yami released a dramatic video over two hours in length accusing Leffen of being a danger to the Super Smash Bros Melee community. Hax$ said that the Melee community is being set up for a “dystopian future,” mostly caused by “evil” and “manipulative” people like Leffen. Hax$ explained that every time Leffen speaks, …
Twitch 10th anniversary will introduce animated emotes
Fariha Bhatti
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Twitch has introduced animated emotes, follower emotes, and a library to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Twitch’s emoticons have become a part of internet culture in their own right and are a second official language on Twitch. Many users have extensions such as FrankerFaceZ and Better Twitch TV (BTTV), which add countless new custom emotes. Considering the users’ love for emote, Twitch has modified the classic feature into something fresh. The …
sinatraa’s spot at Sentinels in question after profile removed
Olivia Richman
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Jay “sinatraa” Won has been removed from Sentinels’ Valorant page after receiving an extended suspension from competitive play. sinatraa’s ex-girlfriend Cleo accused the former Overwatch League MVP of sexually and emotionally abusing her. These accusations led to an internal investigation by the Sentinels organization. During this time, the popular player was benched. In mid-May, sinatraa received a six-month ban from Valorant developer Riot Games for refusing to cooperate with its …
Viego and Gwen will be enabled for the 2021 LEC Summer Split start
William Davis
League of Legends
The wait has been long, but Viego and Gwen will finally be enabled in competitive play. With the 2021 LEC Summer Split kicking off next week, it was recently announced that Viego and Gwen will be enabled. Viego will be the more-anticipated champion of the two, as he has been disabled since his release in January due to a variety of game-breaking bugs. At long last, Riot is confident enough …
Man drops over $240,000 to get first level 5,000 Steam account
Fariha Bhatti
Counter-Strike
Leveling up on Steam isn’t cheap, but this gamer from Qatar has gone all-out to become the owner of the highest-level Steam account in the world. Steam is a great platform to collect all your games in one place and enjoy them, but a select few players like to spend tons of hours collecting cards in order to climb the Steam level ladder. It’s a whole different game unto itself, …
Overwatch League to host first live homestand with fans in 2021
Olivia Richman
News
The Valorant Champions Tour isn’t the only esport event to finally see a live competition and audience. The Overwatch League has announced the first homestand event in over a year. The Hangzhou Homestand started today and will last the entire weekend. Taking place at the Future Sci-Tech City Academic Exchange Center, Chinese fans were invited to watch all four Chinese teams duke it out on stage under one roof. The …
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