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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 By William Davis 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 Olivia Richman Update: sinatraa has issued a response to Riot Games’ suspension. Details can be found here. Jay “sinatraa” Won has been suspended from competitive Valorant for six months.  It’s been a couple months since sinatraa was initially suspended following abuse allegations from his ex-girlfriend, Cleo. sinatraa was benched from Sentinels and barred from official Valorant tournaments until the investigation into the claims was complete. Cleo claimed she had been subjected to …
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 By William Davis Golden Guardians completes LCS Summer roster with Solo and Chime League of Legends Golden Guardians completes LCS Summer roster with Solo and Chime By William Davis The top CSGO flip knife skins right now News The top CSGO flip knife skins right now By William Davis
Here’s how to jump over Sage walls without any abilities News
Here’s how to jump over Sage walls without any abilities Fariha Bhatti 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 Dota 2
Alliance locks 1st in DPC league, spot in next Dota 2 major Steven Rondina 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 Dota 2
ppd says OG stopped scrims over Alliance cheating controversy Steven Rondina 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 League of Legends
RNG is 12-0 at MSI 2021, hasn’t lost a tier-2 turret yet William Davis 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 …
Riot speaks on Tahm Kench and Sona reworks, item balance William Davis League of Legends The Summoner’s Rift balancing team has their work cut out for them in the upcoming months with several projects in the pipeline.  In a recent tweet by gameplay design director Mark “Scuffy” Yetter, a rough priority timeline of projects was presented to the League of Legends players. This list includes several projects that have already been hinted at, including changes to systemic mobility that will likely be worked on throughout …
Everything you need to know about FF7 Remake Intergrade Steven Rondina News Final Fantasy 7 Remake has a confusing name as it is, but what is an Intergrade? We’re about to answer that question and so many more. Questions are abound over what FF7 Remake Intergrade is, what it has, when it’s coming out, and whether it will be worth it for players who have already purchased the game on the Playstation 4. As such it’s worth taking a deep dive into …
CouRage gets Warzone hacker banned on TimTheTatman Twitch stream Olivia Richman News Call of Duty: Warzone has a big problem with hackers, and Jack “CouRage” Dunlop and Timothy “TimtheTatman” Betar have had enough.  The two popular Warzone streamers were playing the battle royale with NICKMERCS and Cloakzy in a May 13 stream when they came across a group of hackers. The experience was so frustrating that CouRage decided to contact Activision. On Twitter, CouRage stated that it would be “extremely beneficial” to …
Ancient is changed, Trusted mode is fixed in new CSGO update Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Ancient was added suddenly to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s active duty map rotation, and now Valve is scrambling to make it fit for formal competition. Back in 2019, Vertigo was dusted off and added to the competitive map pool. Just three days later the map was added to the professional rotation, replacing a previous mainstay in Cache. What followed was months of overhauls and redesigns to better balance for professional players. …
Could Valve titles be coming back to gaming consoles soon? Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Valve seems to once again be ready to put its games on consoles. Gabe Newell’s staycation in New Zealand is still ongoing, but that doesn’t mean Valve has been spinning its wheels back home in Seattle. In a Q&A at a New Zealand high school, Newell fielded questions from students with one asking “will Steam be putting any games on consoles, or will it just stay on PC?” Newell gave …
Jamppi says he won’t return to CSGO despite Valve rule change Olivia Richman Counter-Strike Elias “Jamppi” Olkkonen told followers in a recent stream that he will not be returning to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.  Jamppi received a VAC ban in 2015 that didn’t allow him to compete in any of Valve’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments. The CSGO prodigy was then booted from OG due to his inability to play, severely stunting his esports career. Even though ENCE surprisingly signed him after, Jamppi had a continuous …

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