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What we know so far about Call of Duty 2021 News What we know so far about Call of Duty 2021 By Olivia Richman Low ping really does matter in League of Legends, and here’s why League of Legends Low ping really does matter in League of Legends, and here’s why By William Davis The infamous CSGO bug that got 37 coaches banned still exists Counter-Strike The infamous CSGO bug that got 37 coaches banned still exists By Fariha Bhatti
Sony files patent for skin betting on video game consoles News
Sony files patent for skin betting on video game consoles Steven Rondina Skin betting might be coming back, but not in a way that many players might expect. Sony has published a patent for a new system built around esports betting through its video game consoles. The patent would allow the company to offer action on esports events through consoles in a number of different ways. Gamers would be able to use an overlay in-game to bet on ongoing esports events. Sony …
Toss buyback bug helps Quincy Crew to beat Evil Geniuses News
Toss buyback bug helps Quincy Crew to beat Evil Geniuses Steven Rondina A longstanding Dota 2 bug just played a big part in a key Dota Pro Circuit match featuring two of the world’s best teams. During game two of Quincy Crew vs. Evil Geniuses in the North American DPC League, Yawar “YawaR” Hassan was killed by Abed “Abed” Azel L. Yusop Tiny with his Toss spell. This left YawaR’s two Divine Rapiers on the ground, something that would have swung the …
Sweet Anita opens up about self-harming, shuts down her trolls News
Sweet Anita opens up about self-harming, shuts down her trolls Olivia Richman Twitch streamer Sweet Anita recently talked about mental illness during a live stream on Twitch, a topic that unfortunately brought out a number of trolls. But Sweet Anita immediately fought back against those toxic people in the chat.  Sweet Anita has Tourette’s syndrome, a disorder that causes her to have involuntary tics. For her, these are usually profane outbursts and strange noises. While sometimes entertaining for viewers, her openness has …
Rift Herald refuse to complete its charge for DWG KIA at MSI 2021 League of Legends
Rift Herald refuse to complete its charge for DWG KIA at MSI 2021 William Davis A rare Rift Herald bug had the match between DWG KIA and PSG Talon at the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational undergo a Chronobreak during the rumble stage.  During the fourth day of the rumble stage at MSI 2021, a fairly rare Rift Herald bug happened after DWG KIA mid laner Heo “ShowMaker” Su tried to spawn it in the mid lane. Usually, the Rift Herald would charge the turret and grant …
Shroud slams “garbage” ranked Valorant, dev confirm five stack queues News Shroud slams “garbage” ranked Valorant, dev confirm five stack queues By Fariha Bhatti Sinatraa responds to Riot Games’ 6-month suspension News Sinatraa responds to Riot Games’ 6-month suspension By Nina Forneloza sinatraa banned from competitive Valorant for 6 months News sinatraa banned from competitive Valorant for 6 months By Olivia Richman
NiP vs Anonymo plagued by packet loss, Flashpoint orders rematch Counter-Strike
NiP vs Anonymo plagued by packet loss, Flashpoint orders rematch Fariha Bhatti The best-of-three series between Ninjas and Pyjamas and Anonymo played on May 14 was plagued by technical pauses and lag issues. The situation has developed into a complicated drama that remains unresolved for now. That May 14 series marked Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz’s debut with NiP against Anonymo. The Swedish team had the odds in its favour against a Polish squad ranked 44 in the world rankings. However, Anonymo wiped out …
roflgator has COVID-19 scare, sent to the hospital News
roflgator has COVID-19 scare, sent to the hospital Olivia Richman Even though vaccines are being rolled out, people are still not in the clear when it comes to COVID-19. Popular streamer Rob “roflgator” Malecki has spent the entire week fighting against the virus.  roflgator stopped streaming earlier in the week, saying that he was worried about the illness. A few days later, his situation became even more concerning.  Unfortunately I can’t stream till I feel better. I am at the …
This is why Sasha Grey’s name is now moderated on Twitch News
This is why Sasha Grey’s name is now moderated on Twitch Olivia Richman First Twitch banned “simps.” Then “hot tub streamer.” Now, it looks like the platform has an issue with Sasha Grey.  Sasha Grey is a Twitch partner with 837,000 followers. The writer and DJ is pretty popular on Twitch and beyond. That’s what made it all the more surprising when fellow streamer CodeMiko discovered that she couldn’t use “Sasha Grey” in her go live notification on Twitch.  “I’m a partnered streamer. …
MAD Lions vs. RNG: MSI 2021 betting analysis League of Legends
MAD Lions vs. RNG: MSI 2021 betting analysis William Davis The 2021 Mid-Season Invitational Rumble stage is coming to a close and will have an important match between MAD Lions and Royal Never Give Up on the last day.  Before the four best teams from the rumble stage move on to the semifinals, an anticipated rematch between LEC’s MAD Lions and LPL’s RNG has to be played out. RNG won the first match against the LEC champions, but it was …
Golden Guardians completes LCS Summer roster with Solo and Chime William Davis League of Legends With only a few weeks before the 2021 LCS Summer Split kicks off, Golden Guardians has presented several roster changes.  After a poor spring split, Golden Guardians is making some changes to make a better showing in the last split of the year. Golden Guardians will be promoting support Jonathan “Chime” Pomponio from the academy roster while signing Colin “Solo” Earnest as the starting top laner. Solo’s last appearance in …
The top CSGO flip knife skins right now William Davis News Flip knives are among the most popular weapons in CSGO, and there’s no avid player without it. Read on to find out more about the best flip knife skins right now. The Counter-Strike games have quickly become one of the best game series around, gathering millions of players since 1999. The games’ highly addictive and quite intriguing gameplay between Counter-terrorists and Terrorists made this game series one of the most …
Here’s how to jump over Sage walls without any abilities Fariha Bhatti News Playing against Sage mains on a map like the Icebox or Split can be vexing, but a new trick shows a great counter to one of her key abilities.  Sage’s abilities shine the most on smaller maps where her walls can block off an entire site entrance. Slow Orb makes space for teammates to get easy kills in tight corners, making Sage a valuable asset on locations like Split and …
Alliance locks 1st in DPC league, spot in next Dota 2 major Steven Rondina Dota 2 Alliance is still in the thick of its biggest controversy to date, but that isn’t hurting the team’s competitive performance.  The embattled organization has secured first-place in the Dota Pro Circuit’s top European league, DreamLeague Season 15. Alliance defeated Hellbear Smashers to secure a 6-1 record on the season, completing its games in the league and mathematically securing a first-place finish with a week still remaining in the competition. ???? …
ppd says OG stopped scrims over Alliance cheating controversy Steven Rondina Dota 2 Alliance was cleared of any wrongdoing for its alleged cheating in the Dota Pro Circuit, but that doesn’t mean that things are just going back to normal. Alliance coach Peter “ppd” Dager did a personal stream on Twitch recently and discussed the controversy surrounding his shot-calling for the team during games in DreamLeague Season 15. Though he wasn’t bombastic or confrontational in his answers, he did let slip that there …
RNG is 12-0 at MSI 2021, hasn’t lost a tier-2 turret yet William Davis League of Legends The 2021 Mid-Season Invitational rumble stage is in full swing and LPL champion Royal Never Give Up continues to dominate the tournament.  Over the course of 12 games, RNG has yet to be defeated. As RNG was placed in group A where only three teams played due to the absence of GAM Esports, teams had to play only eight games in total during the first stage. RNG swept the group …
Twitch bans term “hot tub streamer” from chat on its channels Olivia Richman News Twitch has banned the term “hot tub streamer” from their official channel’s chat.  One Reddit user shared a screenshot of the ban happening during a Twitch stream. After someone wrote “hot tub streamers” in the chat, they received the following automatic reply: “Your message wasn’t posted due to conflicts with the channel’s moderation settings.”  This immediately riled up the Twitch community, who have already expressed disdain for how Twitch is …
Exploring the mobile MOBA sensation that beat League of Legends to the punch William Davis News League of Legends developers, Riot Games, opened up the beta to their new mobile game, Wild Rift, at the end of 2020. Drawn from the style and universe of League of Legends, it’s effectively billed as “LoL on the go,” finally delivering a world-class MOBA experience to millions of smartphone gamers.  However, long before Wild Rift was introduced, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang was offering a top-class mobile MOBA experience. The game …
Is Valorant coming to consoles soon? Here’s what we know Steven Rondina News Riot Games is aggressively expanding into mobile gaming, but console gamers are still without any official word about a console release for Valorant. Developers have been finding ways to make auto battlers and MOBAs work on a controller, with games like Auto Chess already out on PlayStation 4 and League of Legends: Wild Rift currently in the work for Nintendo Switch. Numerous hero shooters have already been successfully ported to …
Evil Geniuses replace Deftly with Danny in the bot lane for LCS Summer William Davis League of Legends Evil Geniuses is preparing for the 2021 LCS Summer Split which has led to a change in the bot lane.  In a recent announcement, Evil Geniuses revealed that bot laner Matthew “Deftly” Chen will be replaced by Kyle “Danny” Sakamaki who played the recent split on Evil Genius’ amateur team. The young 17-year-old bot laner can therefore look forward to his first split in the LCS after only one split …
Alliance allegedly tried to get casters fired from DreamLeague Steven Rondina Dota 2 Alliance has already had a rough week but things haven’t really cooled down for the team since. During a recent installment of the Side Pull Podcast, Dota 2 caster Austin “Capitalist” Walsh stated that Alliance management had issued a complaint to ESL and DreamHack regarding the broadcast team. In particular, the team allegedly set its sights on himself and Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden for a recent interview with Linus …
Pokimane hot tub stream breaks Twitch viewership records Olivia Richman News There’s a new hot tub streamer on Twitch. For her birthday, Imane “Pokimane” Anys had a hot tub stream with her friends at OfflineTV, breaking Twitch viewership records. The “hot tub meta” has been a controversial topic at Twitch, but there’s no denying the popularity of this ever-growing category. Streamers, mostly women, wear revealing bathing suits and splash around in a blow-up pool, chatting with viewers. While it’s led to some …

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