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League of Legends
Worlds 2020 substitute Uniboy joins LGD Gaming in the LPL
William Davis
LGD Gaming has found its new mid laner for the 2021 LPL season and it’s none other than Chen “Uniboy” Chang-Chu, who impressed fans at the 2020 World Championship. According to ahq eSports Club, the young mid lane talent has transferred to LGD in the LPL after a mutual agreement was made between the two organizations and Uniboy himself. Uniboy joins the team after an impressive performance at the 2020 …
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Twitch clears up misunderstanding on banned terms after backlash
Fariha Bhatti
Twitch’s updated harassment policy that banned the usage of words like virgin, incel, and simp was met with heavy criticism. The live-streaming platform has finally stepped forward to clarify this misunderstanding regarding the new policy. Twitch has managed to stay in the spotlight throughout 2020 for recurring drama among streamers. However, this time the platform was directly subjected to criticism due to its new policy regarding the use of certain …
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Twitch bans use of simp, incel, virgin, and other insults
Olivia Richman
Simp has been used so much over the past few months that it no longer has a clear meaning. Now, it may not be allowed on Twitch to begin with. Twitch has noticed the uptick in the streaming community’s use of the word, which technically means a man who acts overly nice to a woman in hopes of getting sexual attention for their efforts. Recently, the word has also started …
Counter-Strike
CSGO adds 2021 Service Medal, Valorant-style team buy feature
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s latest patch revealed some of Broken Fang’s upcoming missions and gave players a reason to save their bonus XP tokens when it added CSGO’s 2021 Service Medal. Players are about to get a whole host of new maps for CSGO’s new Retake mode and had the future of Operation Broken Fang outlined. But the most important part of the patch was what everyone who plays CSGO doesn’t …
League of Legends
KT Rolster star Smeb latest LoL pro to announce retirement
William Davis
Another member of the original ROX Tigers lineup has called it quits as a professional gamer. This time, it’s top laner Song “Smeb” Kyung-ho. Smeb ended his career after seven years. He started with Incredible Miracle 2 in 2013 and slowly climbed his way up through the ranks in Korea, before ending up on HUYA Tigers. The team would later be rebranded as ROX Tigers. Smeb ended his career after …
Dota 2
Hidden Dota 2 files show new DPC features coming in 2021
Steven Rondina
Dota 2 fans have a lot of new toys to play with, but hidden files show that there’s also quite a bit left to come. The Mistwood Update gave fans a whole lot to be excited about between new Dota 2 hero Hoodwink and the massive 7.28 update. Those weren’t the only things added to the client, though. The Mistwood Update laid the foundation for a major expansion of Dota …
Dota 2
Dota 2 patch 7.28 adds Blink Dagger upgrades, Aghanim Shard item
Steven Rondina
The stale Dota 2 meta that has been in place since August has been freshened up quite a bit. The Mistwood Update has arrived and with it comes Dota 2 version 7.28. As expected, the update comes with a long list of changes to heroes and items but those aren’t necessarily the biggest talking points in the game right now. Starting from the top, new hero Hoodwink was added to …
Dota 2
New Dota 2 hero Hoodwink added in Mistwood Update
Steven Rondina
Dota 2 fans have been squirrely about getting new content and Valve seems to have noticed. The newest Dota 2 hero has arrived as part of the Mistwood Update, with Hoodwink joining the fray. The ranged hero has a variety of unique spells that are similar to those seen with other Dota 2 heroes but has a focus on using trees that makes her kit a bit more unique. “Hoodwink’s …
Cyberpunk 2077 has Easter egg based on Overwatch’s Widowmaker
Olivia Richman
News
Since Cyberpunk’s controversial release, players have continuously found Easter eggs hidden throughout Night City. As part of that, players believe they have found a reference to Overwatch hero Widowmaker. After interacting with Panam Palmer in the “Ghost Town” mission, players learn they have to kill a character called Nash. Once he’s taken care of, V is given his weapon. The tech precision rifle is called “Widow Maker.” That would catch …
Team Liquid vs NaVi IEM Global Challenge betting analysis
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
The IEM Global Challenge is already in full swing, but its matchup between Team Liquid and Natus Vincere in the tournament for first place in group B is going to be a shootout for teams bettors alike. Group B’s winner’s match between Na`Vi and Team Liquid is about as uncertain of a game as punters could ask for. At eight teams, there isn’t much wiggle room at IEM for teams …
Worlds winner Nuguri officially joins LPL’s FunPlus Phoenix
William Davis
League of Legends
It’s finally official that former DAMWON Gaming top laner Jang “Nuguri” Ha-gwon will be playing for FunPlus Phoenix in 2021. From one world championship team to another, Nuguri will be playing in the LPL for the first time in 2021, where he will play regularly against some of the best top laners in the world. The newly-crowned world champion joins the team after three years with DAMWON, where he along …
JD Gaming set to pick up Mystic and Xiye for 2021 LPL season
William Davis
League of Legends
The old Team WE duo of bot laner Jin “Mystic” Seong-jun and mid laner Su “Xiye” Han-Wei will play for JD Gaming in the 2021 LPL season. After one season apart, the legendary Team WE duo is reunited and will be fighting together on JD Gaming in the upcoming season. JD Gaming managed to prove itself as one of the best teams in the world in 2020 and is now …
When will Forsen return to Twitch? We now know the answer
Olivia Richman
News
Sebastian “Forsen” Fors’ fans were upset to hear that the variety streamer was banned indefinitely from Twitch in late November. During a live broadcast, Forsen opened a GIF sent by a fan, unaware of the content. It ended up containing a horse penis. That split second of explicit content was enough for Forsen to be suspended from the platform. “I’m currently banned for the horse gif,” Forsen tweeted. “The ban is …
Valorant developers reveal that new Agent 14 will be a duelist
Olivia Richman
News
As Valorant players continued to hunt for clues about Agent 14, character product lead John Goscicki gave some official clues in today’s official “State of the Agents” blog post. And it seems like people’s suspicions about the agent’s potential identity and abilities might be right. The blog stated that the game is “fairly stable” so it’s time to put some “deeper thought” into some agents and classes. Valorant developers kept …
Fortnite copying Among Us with new The Spy Within LTM
Steven Rondina
Fortnite
Epic Games has faced legal action for Fortnite being derivative of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds in the past, but that isn’t stopping the company from taking pages out of other popular games’ playbooks. A new Fortnite limited-time game mode has been announced named The Spy Within. The creator-made mode serves as Fortnite’s answer to Among Us, with two spies trying to deceive and assassinate their way to victory while the rest of …
This is why Riot wants to buff Grievous Wounds in patch 1.11
William Davis
League of Legends
Riot Games is looking to make some significant changes to all Grievous Wounds items in the game for LoL patch 11.1. The first patch of 2021 won’t just include changes to champions, but also a lot of changes to items as well. For this patch, one of the biggest changes being made is to Grievous Wounds, which will get a great boost in duration to fight off the scarier healers …
Gambit and Virtus.pro rocket up the latest CSGO rankings
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Both Gambit and Virtus.pro have made major strides to end 2020. While the top half of WIN.gg’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s rankings have remained relatively stable over the past several weeks, the second half of our top ten has seen major changes as the holidays approach. Two teams in particular stick out as having improved the most since the last time our algorithm dug into each team’s statistacal performances. Both Gambit …
Magisk, gla1ve plummet as a new face arrives in CSGO rankings
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
While two Astralis players have enjoyed their time in the spotlight, Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander and Emil “Magisk” Reif took a hit this week in the CSGO player rankings while mousesports rifler David “frozen” Čerňanský moved nearly seven spots and broke out into the top 10. It looks like the honeymoon period is over for Astralis. The team is still one of the most powerful in the world, but gla1ve’s return …
N0tail jumps into top 5, new top player in Dota 2 player rankings
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
EPIC League resulted in one of the biggest shifts in the player rankings to date. Virtus.pro’s strong performance in the event was a crowning achievement for the organization and established the team as the best in the CIS region once again. Meanwhile, Team Secret posted its worst performance of 2020, going 10-10 in the group stage and suffering an early elimination from the playoffs. That was a big event on …
PSG.LGD, Elephant hunt for Secret’s top spot in Dota 2 rankings
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
Some big changes have hit the Dota 2 rankings, and things are looking set to change even more soon. After months of a rigid hierarchy defined by Team Secret, Quincy Crew, and Fnatic dominating their respective regions, the top 10 has been blown wide open. Even Team Secret, after months as the undisputed best team in Dota 2, is now just a sliver ahead of the pack. Here’s where things …
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