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League of Legends
The 16 teams for Challengers Uprising Season 3 are decided
William Davis
The North American academy and amateur circuit is in full swing for the summer split, and it all starts with Challengers Uprising Season 3. Challengers Uprising is the first of three tier 2 events in the summer split that lead up to the Proving Grounds qualifiers, where academy and amateur teams clash to show their skill and hopefully see players make it into the LCS. So far, the Challengers Uprising …
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Twitch launches new identity tags, and people are already upset
Olivia Richman
Twitch has announced that over 350 new tags will be added to the streaming platform. The tags include gender, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ability, mental health, disabled, and veteran. These additions won’t change how tagging works and will simply give creators more choice, developers explained. Some in the streaming community were infuriated when a tag for hot tub streams came before a tag for trans-identifying content creators. It has been …
Dota 2
Arkosh Gaming promoted in DPC, mason leaks players’ identities
Steven Rondina
Arkosh Gaming is no longer just a meme team. The anonymous, black metal-themed squad secured a spot in the upper division of the North American Dota Pro Circuit league with a win over 5ManMidas. The team finished with a 6-1 record in the league to lock in a second-place finish in the season. This will see Arkosh Gaming move up to the upper division alongside D2 Hustlers to replace SADBOYS …
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Amouranth gets ads back on Twitch channel after hot tub drama
Olivia Richman
The streaming community has been calling on Twitch to be more consistent with its punishments, decisions, and Terms of Service disputes as the “hot tub meta” continues to take over the platform. Even though hot tub streamers have been getting a lot of criticism from the gaming community, the majority of people were still angry to hear that Twitch suddenly removed all ads from Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragus’ channel without warning. …
Counter-Strike
FunPlus Phoenix score IEM Summer slot over BIG and G2 Esports
William Davis
A series of shock upsets from FunPlus Phoenix have secured the team a spot at the $250,000 Summer Intel Extreme Masters XVI. FPX was directly invited to the European closed qualifier, but they weren’t expected to go far. The HLTV-ranked #17 team was up against juggernauts including FaZe Clan, BIG, and G2 Esports. Despite their low seed, FPX managed a trio of 2-1 series victories to earn a spot at …
League of Legends
Worlds 2021 final to be held in Shenzhen on November 6
William Davis
The League of Legends World Championship is headed back to China in 2021, this time with the final taking place in Shenzhen. After the 2020 World Championship was toned down a couple of notches due to travel and audience restrictions, Riot will look to make the upcoming Worlds event bigger than ever. The grand final will take place in the Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen on November 6. The stadium …
League of Legends
Watch this Nautilus secure a kill with a crazy trick recall
William Davis
The unexpected Dredge Line will always be the deadliest one, as one tricky Nautilus showed in a recent game. A trending clip on social media shows a Nautilus fooling the enemy bot lane into thinking he had recalled. With this simple trick, Nautilus stealthily remained in the lane and baited the enemy into a fight. This resulted in those enemies getting a bad surprise when Nautilus used Dredge Line (Q) …
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Valorant player performs Dude Perfect tricks on Ascent trash cans
Fariha Bhatti
Valorant’s very own Dude Perfect has broken the internet with his impressive trash can trick shots. Aim is of the utmost importance in any first-person shooter game. The same goes for Riot’s tactical shooter, where climbing ranks without crisp aim is a tall order. This Valorant player has incredible accuracy, but not with his rifles. SamQ is just another Valorant player who occasionally shares his gameplay on YouTube, but …
Dota 2 pro rage quits out of key match before WePlay AniMajor
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
No matter what the stakes are in a game, Dota 2 players are capable of rage quitting. The latest demonstration of this came during the final match of the Dota PIT South American Dota Pro Circuit league. In the final match of the regular season, NoPing e-sports was taking on beastcoast. After punting a team fight and losing Roshan, NoPing’s Jose Leonardo “Panda” Padilla Hernandez put out a “GG” call …
New stats show how many players are at your CSGO rank
William Davis
Counter-Strike
Ever wonder where you stand on the CSGO totem pole? Training service Leetify analyzed over 7 million players to determine rank distribution in Counter-Strike. Gold Nova 4 is the modal rank, shared by almost 9% of players. Taken together, the Gold Nova ranks include almost a third of the total player base, making it the most populated division by far. The Silver and Master Guardian ranks comprise 27.42% and 27.57% …
10 new teams added to Dota 2 Supporter’s Club
William Davis
Dota 2
Dota 2 fans can now support ten more Dota Pro Circuit squads via the new Supporter’s Club System. The added teams include such fan favorites as Thunder Predator, PSG.LGD, and Vikin.gg. This is the third round of additions, bringing the total number of available banners to 36. The new collection features teams from China, South America, Western Europe, and Southeast Asia. The majority of new additions are competing in their …
Hot tub meta gets its own Twitch category amid controversy
Olivia Richman
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Twitch has attempted to come up with a solution to the growing controversy over the recent “hot tub meta” on the popular streaming platform. After Twitch came under fire for telling viewers to simply “not look” at hot tub streams, it seems that the company is opting for an actual solution after streamers have claimed Twitch’s Terms of Service has no consistency. The “hot tub meta” refers to the growing …
All you need to know about VCT Masters Reykjavik Iceland
Fariha Bhatti
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After months of hard-charged competitions, the moment of truth is finally around the corner. Valorant Champions Tour Stage 2 Masters is just four days away and we have all the details in one place. This is a significant event for many reasons. Not only it is the first event LAN event for Valorant ever, but this platform will pit the best teams of the world from all regions directly against …
RNG secures 1st spot in MSI finals by defeating PSG Talon
William Davis
League of Legends
The first finalist of the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational is the LPL’s Royal Never Give Up, who beat PSG Talon in the first semifinal match. After a lot of best-of-one games at MSI, fans finally got to see some of the best teams in a best-of-five format today. The first semifinal was between RNG and PSG Talon, which ended up being an amazing matchup. In the end, it was the LPL …
shroud says CSGO is easier than Valorant during live stream
Fariha Bhatti
Counter-Strike
Former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive professional player Micheal “shroud” Grzesiek thinks Valorant requires both more patience and more effort than CSGO. There’s no end to the comparisons between CSGO and Valve’s new shooter due to their unmistakable similarities. If it weren’t for Riot’s unique agent ability twist, Valorant would easily be a seen as a straight copy of CSGO. However, the two games aren’t exactly the same. Shooting mechanics differ between …
Overwatch 2 getting big PvP change with move to 5v5
Olivia Richman
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Overwatch 2’s new maps, new hero designs, and hero missions were showcased at BlizzConline earlier this year but on Thursday, Overwatch fans finally learned about major changes that are incoming for the game’s PVP mode. The most shocking change is the confirmation that Overwatch 2 will see the game go from six-person teams down to five. After five years of being a six-on-six competitive title, Overwatch 2 will prune back …
With Broken Fang over, when is the next CSGO operation?
Fariha Bhatti
Counter-Strike
Operation Broken Fang is finally over and players are already looking forward to the next Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pass. CSGO may not get tons of hard-charged updates, but its operation passes are the most anticipated additions to the game. Valve has been rolling out annual passes that bring new maps and other exciting updates. However, the developer can be super spontaneous and drop a brand new update when you expect …
Overwatch trolls using bug that could damage players’ hardware
Olivia Richman
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Overwatch players have called on Blizzard to fix a ridiculous bug that lets players spam voice lines until they crash other players’ games. While bugs and glitches are unfortunately common in Overwatch and other multiplayer games, this bug is definitely one of the strangest and it’s been wreaking havoc across competitive Overwatch for over a week since its discovery. By spamming voice lines, players have found a way to make …
ScreaM still prefers CSGO to Valorant, despite success in VCT
Fariha Bhatti
Counter-Strike
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins recently asked his fans a question, with Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom giving him a surprising answer. Counter-Strike has some of the sharpest shooters in all of esports but even against that fierce competition, ScreaM earned the label of “Headshot Machine.” His departure from the game in favor of Valorant was met with sadness, but a recent tweet shows he’s still a CSGO guy for life even if he’s …
sinatraa is streaming again, wants to return to pro Valorant
Fariha Bhatti
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Jay “sinatraa” Won has already revealed his future plans soon after receiving a six-month suspension from Riot Games. Riot Games’ unexpected announcement that forbids sinatraa from pro Valorant play has just dropped, but the former Sentinels player is already back on Twitch. The 21-year-old is also eager to return to pro play after serving the suspension period. In the official verdict, Riot clarified that the punishment comes from sinatraa’s lack …
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