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League of Legends
Blank returns to the LCK after joining KT Rolster in 2021
William Davis
Former SKT jungler Kang “Blank” Sun-gu officially returns to play in the LCK as he will play for KT Rolster in the upcoming 2021 season. After playing for the Japanese team Sengoku Gaming in the LJL, Blank will return to the big stage with one of the most prominent esports organizations in League of Legends. He will be the team’s jungler for the LCK alongside young talents Lee “Bonnie” Gwang-su …
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New Valorant agent Shatter has exploding clone, more abilities
M Alzamora
Leaked files show that Riot Games is hard at work on Shatter, the character many believe will be the next agent released for the shooter. Information and teasaers from offical Riot accounts, a hidden image in an Instagram story, and files from the game itself show that the studio is preparing to release Valorant’s 14th agent. The teases began when Riot suddenly posted desktop backgrounds for players to download on …
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Twitch streamer Tayhuhu banned because her child showed on stream
Fariha Bhatti
Brazilian Twitch streamer Tayhuhu has been issued an indefinite ban after her young daughter appeared on stream while Tayhuhu was briefly away to pick up food delivery. The live-streaming platform has not yet responded to the streamer’s request for support. Twitch has been in the headlines for most of the year due to controversies related to bans and DMCA strikes. This time, a Brazilian streamer with a small following has …
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Did Twitch update its ToS to protect itself from accusations?
Olivia Richman
Twitch’s recent changes to their Terms of Service mostly targeted sexism and harassment. The policy change included banning the words “simp” and “incel” from the streaming platform. For a while, this became the main target of the streaming community’s beef with Twitch, with the words actually being used more than ever before after the announcement. But Twitch users recently noticed another change to the harassment policy that has also garnered hate …
League of Legends
This crazy Gragas combo means a pentakill in Nexus Blitz
William Davis
Pentakills are always a pleasure to watch in League of Legends, but this Gragas combo takes it to another level in Nexus Blitz. In a recent Nexus Blitz highlight, a Gragas player managed to secure himself a pentakill with just a single spell rotation. The clip instantly went viral, as the Gragas found all five of his opponents clumped up in the mid jungle. The Gragas saw his chance to …
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Ninja accuses rival team of cheating, angers Valorant community
Olivia Richman
After beating Tyler “Ninja” Blevin’s Valorant team in the Knights Before Christmas Invitational, Built By Gamers (BBG) was accused of cheating by the popular streamer. A clip of BBG’s Tristan “Critical” Trinacty possibly locking onto a Time In player was being shared around social media. As more people voiced concerns that Critical was cheating, BBG ended up being disqualified from the Knights Before Christmas Invitational, which was run by the …
Counter-Strike
Astralis sweeps Team Liquid 3-0 in IEM Global Challenge finals
M Alzamora
One of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s best rivalries continued in the IEM Global Challenge grand finals, where Team Liquid took on Astralis in 2020’s first LAN competition since February. It was the 10th grand finals matchup between two teams who had jockeyed for the top spot in the world between 2018 and 2019. World events kept the two teams separate for most of 2020, but Liquid surprised Europe early on at …
Counter-Strike
Report says MIBR’s FalleN may be up to replace Twistzz for TL
Steven Rondina
Russell “Twistzz” Van Dulken is done with Team Liquid, and that has a lot of folks asking some big questions. Where will Twistzz end up? Will Twistzz take anyone with him? And who will take Twistzz’ spot on Team Liquid? The latter question might actually have an answer, as Rush B Media is reporting Team Liquid is looking to replace Twistzz with MIBR’s Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo. WIN.gg has not verified …
Twistzz announces departure from Team Liquid after IEM loss
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Team Liquid rifler Russel “Twistzz” van Dulken announced that he has played his last game with Liquid after the team’s loss to Astralis at the IEM Global Challenge. In an interview after Team Liquid’s loss to Astralis at 2020’s last Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament, twistzz shared that the grand final was his final game with Liquid. As the interview ended, Twistzz asked for another moment to make an announcement to …
This is why Killjoy’s pick rate is higher than other agents
Fariha Bhatti
News
When the best agents in Valorant are discussed, Killjoy is often disregarded. However, stats show that the genius of Germany is an underdog that is slowly making her way to the top. Revealed in August, Killjoy is still relatively new to the game. The agent didn’t enjoy the hype that it deserved as Riot showered the game with significant updates that took away the spotlight from Valorant’s tech-savvy sentinel. Valorant’s …
The best junglers to finish your season’s solo queue climb
William Davis
League of Legends
Jungle mains have had a blast in the jungle during recent patches, and there are still a lot of strong junglers to climb with before the year ends. Since the 2021 preseason hit the live servers, junglers have been sitting at the best win rates in the game and gotten a lot of attention from Riot. It started out with a lot of strong tank junglers, but after recent nerfs …
Valorant ranked matchmaking changes have smurfs throwing games
M Alzamora
News
Highly skilled players creating new accounts to play against lower-ranked players isn’t a new thing, but Valorant’s recent change to how players gain access to competitive matches has had a bad side effect. Valorant’s latest changes shook up the way new accounts qualify for the game’s competitive mode and were obviously meant to combat smurfing, expecting smurfs wouldn’t want to invest a load of time into the game just to …
TACO speaks out about MIBR, leaving Team Liquid, and more
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Brazilian CSGO player Epitácio “TACO” de Melo opened up about his experiences over the last two years of Competitive CSGO on Brazilian YouTube show and podcast Cortes do Flow earlier this week. While the show covered all of TACO’s CSGO career, the interview’s most interesting points came after TACO was asked about his stint with North American organization Team Liquid and his subsequent release and transfer to MIBR. The talk …
ZywOo adds another AWP clutch to his list of incredible plays
Fariha Bhatti
Counter-Strike
Vitality’s Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut is known for his incredible AWP plays, but his recent clutch against Astralis in the IEM Global Challenge 2020 may have been one of his best plays yet. Team Vitality failed to outclass Astralis in the final match of group stage but ZywOo’s extraordinary performance throughout the game turned heads. ZywOo seemed in a great shape from the outset. His excellent KD on Nuke and Dust …
This is how to play CoD Mobile on PC
Steven Rondina
News
Playing mobile games on PC is often something of a gray area both legally and ethically. That isn’t the case with Call of Duty Mobile, though. More often than not, there are a long list of things someone must do in order to play a mobile game on PC, but Call of Duty Mobile has an official PC port. Jumping into the action is quick and easy, and doesn’t involve …
New Dota 2 hero Hoodwink nerfed immediately after release
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
Dota 2 fans aren’t especially big on Hoodwink, and apparently neither is Valve. Less than a day after her release, the newly released hero received a significant nerf. The news was generally welcomed by fans, as it preempts what has become a tradition in Dota 2 of having new heroes be wildly overpowered. Hoodwink’s base agility was reduced by four, which chops down both her attack speed and damage at …
Valorant devs admit rough patches, announce public test server
Olivia Richman
News
Valorant has become one of the most popular first-person shooters in the world and one of the most-watched esports in just six months. But during that time, Riot developers have received a lot of negative feedback about their updates and patch stability. This was addressed in the most recent dev diaries video, where senior producer Arnar Gylfason explained why some patches have been buggy and how the development team plans to …
Twitch rule backfires, simp is now used more than ever before
Olivia Richman
News
Twitch doubled down on problematic language earlier this week, and the streaming community wasn’t having it. As part of the streaming platform’s updated harassment policy, the use of “simp,” “virgin,” and “incel” were declared ban-worthy offenses when used as an insult. Twitch COO Sarah Clemens explained that the phrases were being banned since Twitch prohibits “derogatory statements” aimed at another person’s sexual preferences and the negative use of “sexually-focused terms.” …
Astronomical prices for out of this world players
William Davis
News
As esports grow, so do the pockets of those who exist within the industry. While esports might not have reached the same salary level of traditional sports athletes, it’s not far off. And player contracts are only getting more and more lucrative. When it comes to signing top talent, esports organizations are willing to pay top dollar. In no other esport than League of Legends would fans find evidence for …
Dota 2 fans complain about Hoodwink and Windranger similarities
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
New content has arrived in Dota 2, so naturally, fans are mad about it. The Mistwood update arrived in Dota 2 on Thursday, bringing a major balance update and some intriguing hidden files related to Dota 2 esports. It also brought new Dota 2 hero Hoodwink, and it’s that squirrel archer that has fans grumbling. The new hero brought multiple criticisms from fans. First, many contend that the hero doesn’t …
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