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Astralis vs. Complexity: IEM Global Challenge betting analysis
William Davis
Astralis and Complexity kick off the last big Counter-Strike event of 2020 at IEM Global Challenge 2020. Eight of the best teams in the world will fight for a $500,000 prize pool to round off a very different year. The tournament will consist of two groups of four teams, with Astralis and Complexity facing off in group A together with Vitality and BIG. The groups seem stacked, which means that …
League of Legends
DAMWON Gaming’s Flame announces retirement from pro LoL
William Davis
Another legend has announced his retirement before the 2021 season. This time it’s former FlyQuest and DAMWON Gaming top laner Lee “Flame” Ho-jong, who hangs his mouse and keyboard after eight years as a professional player. It was announced by Flame himself on his personal stream recently, where he said that he wouldn’t be playing professionally in 2021. Long time no see. Miss u guys!I will make an important announcement …
Counter-Strike
CSGO fans have to check out this visually stunning fan film
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive might be made in Source, but one fan film shows what CSGO might look like in 20 years. Created by Youtuber dysn, a CSGO fan film has users stunned with its depiction of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Set to the pulsing undertones of The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,” with some added touches by sax players JK Sax, the five-minute video takes place in an alternate universe and follows a …
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Ninja posts strong debut in Valorant esports at JBL Quantum Cup
Steven Rondina
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is mostly known as a streamer but he has more than his share of esports bona fides. Ninja has enjoyed success in esports competitions in Halo, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and Fortnite. Now he seems ready to make a potentially serious run in Valorant. Ninja has been streaming the game quite a bit but has also been competing in tournaments. While his presence has largely been viewed as a …
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Overwatch Winter Wonderland 2020 event launch date revealed
Olivia Richman
Spend the holidays with your favorite Overwatch heroes. Not a lot has been revealed about the Winter Wonderland event by Blizzard so far. The only information Overwatch fans have seen is a teaser trailer released by Overwatch’s European Twitter account. Luckily, one of the things confirmed in the reveal is the event’s release date. The festive event will be active until January 5, meaning four weeks of snowball fights and …
League of Legends
sOAZ rumored to coach French LDLC OL for the 2021 season
William Davis
One of the biggest veterans in League of Legends is rumored to return to Europe in 2021, but not as a player. 26-year-old top laner Paul “sOAZ” Boyer is rumored to be coaching the French LFL team LDLC OL in the upcoming season after the team won the European Masters Spring event in the 2020 season. If the rumors are true, this will be the first time that sOAZ is …
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Cloud9 Blue drops shinobi from roster after First Strike flop
Fariha Bhatti
Cloud9 Blue will be dropping its in-game-leader Josh “shinobi” Abastado after a disappointing performance in Valorant First Strike North America. The North American organization bid farewell to its Valorant captain in a video montage featuring some of his better moments with the team. The player has confirmed that he is now seeking new opportunities. It’s a terrible day for rain… ????Today we part ways with the one who has led #C9BLUE …
Dota 2
This Dota 2 pro just played 152 games in only 8 days
Steven Rondina
Professional Dota 2 players spend much more time in the game than the average casual. Some take this to an extreme. Then there’s what Igor “iLTW” Filatov has been doing. According to WePlay!, the former Virtus.pro carry has played 152 games of Dota 2 in the span of just eight days. That averages out to 19 games of Dota 2 per day during that stretch, which means he’s been playing …
Riot teases new upcoming Valorant agent with mysterious image
Olivia Richman
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Riot has officially teased the 14th agent for popular tactical shooter Valorant. Riot uploaded three new wallpapers to the Valorant media page that showed the silhouette of an unknown agent. Even though Valorant developers didn’t officially announce the new wallpapers, a Valorant lore account on Twitter saw the wallpapers and informed the Valorant community earlier today. ❗️AGENT 14 Full Silhouette❗️#VALORANT https://t.co/sT4NETpEs5 pic.twitter.com/cLDdXSPITQ — VALORANT Lore // Art // Cynprel (@valorant_lore) …
Swain and Pantheon among the best picks for LoL patch 10.25
William Davis
League of Legends
Tanks have been stealing all of the headlines so far in the 2021 preseason, but with LoL patch 10.25, that’s finally changing. Riot has gone through many attempts at this point to knock the tanks off the throne of solo queue, and it finally seems to be working. With patch 10.25, new champions are starting to see great win rates while several tanks are dropping. The game is still full …
xQc salty about Game Awards, says streamers don’t love each other
Olivia Richman
News
The Game Awards featured a segment on streaming and esports meant to support the growing industry. But content creator Felix “xQc” Lengyel just wasn’t having it. While many took the Game Awards as a chance to celebrate the video game community, xQc decided to use the award show as a way to call out how fake streamers have been on social media. Content Creator of the Year went to Rachell …
Afreeca Freecs reveals a smooth new logo as part of rebrand
Olivia Richman
League of Legends
Afreeca Freecs is shaking things up ahead of the 2021 season. The Korean esports organization revealed a new logo earlier this week. The tweet announcing the rebrand showed their old logo, a cartoony “F” with the org name in front of it, basically exploding. In its place, a new logo had appeared. The new logo showcases the team’s initials, A and F. The stylized letters are sleek and streamlined, playing …
CSGO coach claims new bug lets you see opposing team’s pings
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
PACT coach Vincent ”vinS” Jozefiak tweeted that he could see his team’s opponent’s pings during a live match against Alternate aTTax. With Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s new operation came a huge update to the ability for players to communicate information in competitive games. CSGO’s ping system had previously been limited to Danger Zone, but Operation Broken Fang introduced it to other modes and expanded on it, adding 50 customizable commands that …
Vitality vs. BIG: BLAST Premier Finals betting analysis
William Davis
News
Two giants from 2020 in Vitality and BIG are fighting for a direct spot in the final at the BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Finals. After winning the first two matches at BLAST, both Vitality and BIG are now ready to fight for a spot directly in the final. The loser will drop down to the lower bracket for another chance to win the trophy. Going directly to the final means …
Zac, Sett, Gangplank among worst champions in LoL patch 10.25
William Davis
League of Legends
The third patch of the 2021 preseason is live with 10.25 and Riot has once again made a lot of changes to both champions and items. Even though Riot is getting closer to a balanced state heading into 2021, there are still a lot of champions that are either too strong or too weak. Some of the weakest champions in solo queue are still sitting below a 45% win rate, …
JD Gaming signs former Suning coach Chashao for 2021 LPL season
Olivia Richman
League of Legends
JD Gaming has announced the addition of head coach Shih “Chashao” Yi-Hao. Fans of the professional League of Legends scene have called the change a “buff” for JD Gaming. Chashao is a very talented coach who is best known for leading underdogs Suning to Worlds 2020. Before becoming Suning’s head coach in 2013, Chashao coached Flash Wolves. “Our order of Chashao has arrived! We look forward to the breakthroughs he …
Alinity receives apology from The Mob after harassment
Olivia Richman
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More members of content team The Mob have decided to apologize to streamer Natalia “Alinity” Mogollon for harassing her earlier in the year. After The Mob’s Froste decided to discuss his disdain of toxic communities on Twitter, Alinity couldn’t help but point out his hypocrisy. She shared screenshots of 100 Thieves’ The Mob members repeatedly attacking her over animal abuse allegations on her birthday. Alinity tweeted that it was hard …
Master Chief enters Fortnite alongside The Walking Dead skins
Steven Rondina
Fortnite
Fortnite’s stable of special skins is expanding rapidly and in a surprising direction. Epic Games has long done amazing work, but it’s expanding its stable further by adding both video game icons and pop culture personalities. During The Game Awards 2020, Epic announced two surprising new additions to Fortnite and one not-so-surprising one. Defender of humanity and destroyer of alien ringworlds, the Master Chief arrives as the next Hunter to …
Female streamers angry as site embeds Twitch streams without permission
Nina Forneloza
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The Twitch community has just discovered Bunnyhop.tv and they don’t like it. Bunnyhop.tv is a website that embeds Twitch streams by content creators the site deems attractive. The front page prompts viewers to “sign in to follow your favorite girls.” When female streamers found out about Bunnyhop.tv they were deeply upset about the website’s practices. This is disgusting. A discord team I’m a part of notified me that there is …
Riot reveals Battle Queens 2020 LoL event, including Nexus Blitz
William Davis
League of Legends
Nexus Blitz returns in the Battle Queens 2020 event, where players can earn a lot of rewards to round out the year. With the introduction of patch 10.25, Riot has released the new Battle Queen skin line. The new skins include cosmetics for Janna, Katarina, Qiyana, Diana, and the newest champion Rell. The patch will not only include the new skins and Rell but will also have the Battle Queens …
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