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DWG KIA and RNG in clash for first place in LoL team rankings League of Legends DWG KIA and RNG in clash for first place in LoL team rankings By William Davis Twitch drama gets QTCinderella and Will Neff banned on Instagram News Twitch drama gets QTCinderella and Will Neff banned on Instagram By Olivia Richman Seagull reveals plans to return to streaming after hiatus News Seagull reveals plans to return to streaming after hiatus By Olivia Richman
The impact of free-to-play on CSGO News
The impact of free-to-play on CSGO William Davis 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 News
The top 10 most memorable moments from The International William Davis 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 Counter-Strike
All of the map callouts you need to know for CSGO’s Inferno Steven Rondina 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 Counter-Strike
CSGO ban wave takes out over 10,000 cheaters and boosters William Davis 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 News Valorant player with Parkinson’s Disease hits Immortal rank By Fariha Bhatti All of the callouts you need to know for Mirage in CSGO News All of the callouts you need to know for Mirage in CSGO By Steven Rondina Explaining the latest drama between Leffen and Hax$ News Explaining the latest drama between Leffen and Hax$ By Olivia Richman
Twitch 10th anniversary will introduce animated emotes News
Twitch 10th anniversary will introduce animated emotes Fariha Bhatti 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 News
sinatraa’s spot at Sentinels in question after profile removed Olivia Richman 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 League of Legends
Viego and Gwen will be enabled for the 2021 LEC Summer Split start William Davis 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 Counter-Strike
Man drops over $240,000 to get first level 5,000 Steam account Fariha Bhatti 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 …
TSM rebrand to TSM FTX after landmark crypto deal William Davis League of Legends Team SoloMid has signed a title deal with cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX. The successful multi-game organization has been rebranded as TSM FTX. Early reports put the value of the agreement at $210 million. The deal will last for at least five years and includes several marketing efforts in addition to the title change.  The announcement comes as Team SoloMid begins expansion efforts into new developing markets. Southeast Asia, South America, and …
Cloud9 vs. 100 Thieves: 2021 LCS Summer betting analysis William Davis League of Legends 100 Thieves will attempt to take down defending LCS champion Cloud9 in its opening match of the summer split.  Cloud9 will return to the LCS after an action-packed MSI event where the LCS representatives sadly didn’t do as well as many would have hoped for. Now that Cloud9 is back in the LCS, it will fight to defend its trophy and get back in shape. To try and stop that …
Kick off the 2021 LCS Summer Split with Clout Fantasy William Davis League of Legends The LCS is finally back and will bring fans more games than ever before throughout the upcoming summer split. To spice the games up a little more, Clout Fantasy is here to raise the stakes and provide a little more entertainment to the games.   For fans who haven’t heard about Clout Fantasy, it’s about time to learn. Clout Fantasy is an esports fantasy app, providing fantasy games for League of …
Ranked matchmaking and drops now exclusive to CSGO Prime users Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Global Offensive just got its biggest matchmaking update in years. After years of player complaints regarding the game’s free-to-play status and the influx of cheaters it has brought, Valve is taking action and effectively making CSGO no longer free-to-play. A number of key features of the game are now being moved behind a paywall which should clean up the game to some degree. “CSGO went free to play over …
These are the rarest skins in Fortnite in 2021 Olivia Richman Fortnite Some Fortnite skins are rarer than others, and seeing players run around in the game can get a lot of battle royale players feeling both hyped up and a little jealous.  While recent months have seen a lot of pop culture crossover skins, some of the most desired skins are much older thanks to how hard it is to come across them. Here are some of the rarest Fortnite skins …
xQc tells fans on Twitch that he is done with gambling streams Olivia Richman News Despite initially lashing out against gambling critics, Felix “xQc” Lengyel has told fans that he’s done gambling for good.  xQc and other big-name streamers received backlash when they decided to take up gambling on Twitch. But xQc was always supportive of the concept, fighting back against its detractors. He recently wrote that he “didn’t care” how people felt about his gambling streams. That’s what made it all the more surprising …
Everything you need to know about Rainbow Six Siege cross-play Steven Rondina News Rainbow Six Siege is one of the most popular first-person shooters on the market and a big part of that is the fact that it’s available on a bunch of platforms. Naturally, that has people wanting to be able to play alongside their friends. Cross-play is mostly standard at this point. Major titles from basically every genre offer users the ability to play with and against anyone whether they are …
All the correct call-outs for newest Valorant map Breeze Fariha Bhatti News Breeze has finally entered the competitive map pool for Valorant, so you may want to get your callouts right. This Valorant map is now available to play in ranked games and will be part of the competitive map pool in professional tournaments. The map is relatively new, so it’s okay if you haven’t learned every corner by heart. We have a perfect Breeze callout guide that will help you perform better …
Team Secret and Invictus Gaming eliminated from AniMajor Steven Rondina Dota 2 The wildcard stage of the WePlay AniMajor is now over, and that means that four teams are headed home from Kiev. Team Secret, Invictus Gaming, Execration, and AS Monaco Gambit are all out. Team Nigma and Vici Gaming are the only wildcard teams to advance forward to the group stage. In the cases of Execration and AS Monaco Gambit, this turn of events isn’t particularly surprising.  Execration’s successful qualification for …
Server crash forces Nigma vs Secret to restart at AniMajor William Davis Dota 2 Team Secret and Team Nigma were forced to restart a match at the Dota 2 WePlay AniMajor after a client-side crash.  The series came late in the wild card stage of the $500,000 tournament. While both team’s heroes and starting items were kept the samein the restart, what looks like a solid victory for Nigma turned into a loss due to a software failure. This could cost Team Nigma a …
sinatraa breaks into tears after Twitch chat lashes at ShahZaM Fariha Bhatti News Jay “sinatraa” Won has returned to Twitch with his Valorant live streams, but some viewers aren’t happy about it.  During a recent Valorant stream, the professional player and streamer was flamed by fans and viewers for queuing up with his former Sentinels teammate, Shahzeb “ShahZaM” Khan. The streamer then broke down in tears on stream due to the response.  sinatraa took a hiatus from streaming after being accused of sexual abuse …

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