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Dota 2 Fogged, BSJ denied entry to Europe to cast 2021 DPC leagues By Steven Rondina League of Legends Perkz debuts on Cloud9 with loss to Evil Geniuses in LCS Lock In By William Davis Dota 2 Valve just disqualified self-reporting players from NA DPC League By Steven Rondina

League of Legends

TSM’s new roster disappoints in its 2021 LCS Lock In debut William Davis Team SoloMid had a disappointing debut in the 2021 LCS Lock-In tournament and fans are already asking for changes. Despite its stacked roster, TSM had one of its worst games to date. TSM got completely run over by 100 Thieves in the opening match of the LCS Lock-In, and it all started at level one. The difference between both squads became evident early. TSM jungler Mingyi “Spica” Lu opted for …

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FunPlus Phoenix vs. EDward Gaming: 2021 LPL betting analysis William Davis FunPlus Phoenix and EDward Gaming will each look to add another victory to their standings in the 2021 LPL Spring Split. FPX and EDG are playing in the featured match of week two in the LPL. Both teams started the season with victories and will try to keep their winning streaks going. The stories of these teams are similar, but in an odd way. At one point, EDG was the …

League of Legends

The LCS co-streaming program is back for the 2021 season William Davis Co-streaming of all LCS and Academy broadcasts will return for the 2021 season.  Just like last year, Riot will be allowing all LCS and Academy teams, as well as members of the NA League Partner Program and Oceanic League Partner Program to co-stream the official broadcast. Last year, the LCS generated a lot of new viewers through the co-streams and Riot is looking to continue that success in the 2021 …

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DWG overcomes Gamayusi pentakill, beats T1 in LCK 2021 opener William Davis Defending world champions DWG KIA started out the 2021 LCK season with a clutch win against T1. After beating T1 over three games, DWG KIA continued its impressive winning streak. DWG KIA lost its last game in the 2020 World Championship group stage where JD Gaming snatched a win in a best-of-one. Losing isn’t something DWG KIA is used to, especially in a best-of-three series. This was proven once again …

Counter-Strike Here’s how bots can help you practice strats in CSGO By Fariha Bhatti Dota 2 N0tail shows off $2 million 17-bedroom mansion in BBC interview By Steven Rondina News Blizzard brings big new features with Battle.net 2.0 update By Olivia Richman

Fortnite

Here’s how Fortnite Crew members can receive their free emote Olivia Richman Epic Games introduced the Fortnite Crew in December, and new members are having issues.  Fortnite Crew launched in December with a lot of bugs, including many of its new members seeing an abundance of error messages and delays. To make up for these mistakes, Epic is now offering a free emote exclusively for Fortnite Crew members. Players must have a subscription to the program to get this “Members Only” emote.  …

Counter-Strike

Jamppi might switch to Valorant after Valve refuses ban removal Fariha Bhatti Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s young prodigy Elias “Jamppi” Olkkonen may quit his job at ENCE, as reports say the player is considering a move to Valorant.  Jamppi has suffered a massive setback in his career due to a losing legal battle with Valve. The developer refused to allow Jamppi to enter any CSGO Majors due to a VAC ban in 2015. After a few lawsuits and missed opportunities, the player may …

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FURIA tags Honda to replace junior at BLAST Premier event M Alzamora The newest member of FURIA’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster, Peytyn “Junior” Johnson, won’t play in the team’s upcoming BLAST Global Finals matches due to passport issues, according to an Instagram story from one of the organization’s investors. FURIA had originally announced that it had signed Triumph Gaming’s rising AWPer a day before it was forced to announce another promotion after CSGO’s infamous visa issues struck again. With Junior unable to …

League of Legends

Riot gives first look at new rework changes to Rammus ultimate William Davis It’s now confirmed that Riot will be looking to give Rammus a small rework in League of Legends on the PC, as well as on Wild Rift for mobile.  2021 won’t only give fans new champions to play in League of Legends, but also improve some of the existingchampions that have been in the game for many years. One of them will be Rammus, who will see some changes to …

Boltz headlines new MIBR roster as TACO, fer cut ties M Alzamora Counter-Strike In a surprise announcement, MIBR revealed that it had signed Gustavo “⁠yel⁠” Knittel, Ricardo “⁠boltz⁠” Prass, Marcelo “⁠chelo⁠” Cespedes, Bruno “⁠shz⁠” Martinelli, and Daniel “⁠danoco⁠” Morgado to its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster. The former Boom Esports players had been released to seek other opportunities on January 15, before appearing on Twitter just an hour later clad in MIBR’s patented black jerseys. Boom’s former fifth, João “felps” Vasconcellos, won’t join his teammates …

As the 2021 LCS Lock In begins, these are the favorites to win William Davis League of Legends The first LCS Lock In tournament is right around the corner, but which teams are the most likely to win? For the first time ever, the LCS will be playing a warm-up tournament before starting off the season for real. This is done through the LCS Lock In, where the winner won’t only start out the season with confidence but also go home with $150,000. The tournament seems to be …

Yoru players can break into defenders’ spawn with this lineup Fariha Bhatti News With the launch of Valorant Episode 2 comes a brand new duelist in the form of Yoru, who can sneakily teleport inside Ascent Defender’s spawn from far away.  Valorant’s shadow agent Omen has totally been upstaged by Yoru’s much similar (but better) toolkit. Earlier, Omen alone carried the power to slither around the map, making incredible plays. Yoru enters with the Gatecrash ability that is much deadlier.  All of Yoru’s …

Valorant pro subroza shows how best to use Yoru’s flash Fariha Bhatti News Valorant Episode 2 adds Yoru as the 14th agent on the decorated duelist roster. Riot’s shooter now has plenty of flashers, but Yoru’s Blindside can be especially tricky to combat for his enemies when it’s used correctly.  While the game was not necessarily in need of another flasher, Yoru’s pop flash may have an edge to it. Winning a duel against Yoru can be tough when he can vanish out …

Valve just removed 23 unreleased Dota 2 heroes from game files Steven Rondina Dota 2 Valve is cleaning up Dota 2, and for many, that’s actually kind of disappointing. The publisher is pruning out some unused files that are included when installing Dota 2. Among those files are numerous incomplete heroes that have been the subject of fan theories and predictions over recent months. The change was unearthed by DOTA Datamining and posted to Reddit. The changes removed files relating to 23 unreleased heroes. 19 …

Broxah’s visa delayed, unlikely to join CLG until February William Davis League of Legends CLG’s jungler Mads “Broxah” Brock-Pedersen will likely be delayed until February in joining up with his new team for the 2021 LCS season.  It was recently confirmed that the Danish jungler couldn’t make it to North America in time for the LCS Lock In tournament due to visa problems. According to Broxah, it’s likely that he won’t be arriving before February, which means that he won’t only miss the Lock …

The best champions to climb ranked solo queue in LoL Season 11 William Davis League of Legends League of Legends Season 11 has finally arrived, and players from all over the world are starting to climb up the solo queue ladder once again. But which champions are currently best to use in starting the climb?  With patch 11.1 introduced, Riot has opened up for the ranked ladder once again. Some of the best and most dedicated players are already starting to reach Challenger rank in each region, …

How to set up the best VPN for gaming on Xbox or PlayStation William Davis News Gaming has evolved over the years, and video games have now come to represent the cutting edge of human ingenuity. This has been accompanied by undeniably powerful gaming consoles and machines, with PlayStation and Xbox ruling the market. These consoles now allow users to do much more than just gaming.  One of the current trends among console owners has been the use of VPNs. You can set up a VPN …

T1 vs. DWG Kia: 2021 LCK Spring Split betting analysis William Davis News Current world champion DWG Kia will make its debut in the 2021 LCK Spring Split against T1 on January 15. T1 started the season on a high note with a win over Hanwha Life Esports. T1 achieve this victory using a roster made up largely of rookies, a decision that took fans by surprise. Despite how young and inexperienced these players might be, they put on a show for an …

ZywOo picks dev1ce over s1mple as best CSGO player of the year Fariha Bhatti Counter-Strike Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut has given his verdict for the best player of 2020. ZywOo, who’s a fan-favourite for the number one spot himself, has revealed that his top pick is Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz.  ZywOo has introduced a new player to the race between him and Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev for the best player of the year. In an interview with 1pv.fr, Vitality’s AWPer admitted that the number one spot belongs to …

DrDisrespect challenges H3CZ to a $10,000 basketball bet Olivia Richman News Popular streaming personality Herschel “Dr Disrespect” Beahm IV is more than just a streamer. At 6’8″, Dr Disrespect is also a talented basketball player with a 37″ vertical jump.  At least, that’s what Dr Disrespect claims. Not many have seen the Two-Time outside of his gaming chair while he streams. But it looks like Dr Disrespect is ready to prove his claims in an over-the-top basketball bet against OpTic Gaming’s …

Omen teleport quietly nerfed in Valorant’s patch 2.0 M Alzamora News While Valorant’s Patch 2.0 brought changes to Omen that were designed to tone down his power, there was another change to the agent that Riot left out of the patch notes. Riot Games made a significant change to the hitbox of Omen’s teleport ability, Shrouded Step. The ability now requires players move further out from cover than they did before the Valorant 2.0 patch. Now, it looks like Shrouded Step’s …

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