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League of Legends Suning accused of buying votes for All-Star 2020 By William Davis League of Legends Team Liquid adds Kold and Spawn to 2021 LCS coaching staff By William Davis News Twitch DMCA crackdown gets m0xyy permabanned By Olivia Richman

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Hoax prompts massive police standoff at Ubisoft Montreal office Olivia Richman A hostage situation seemed to be underway at Ubisoft Montreal, but later reports have shown it to be a likely hoax. Ambulances, large police vehicles heading across police lines towards Ubisoft. @CTVMontreal pic.twitter.com/4k0h6pOGbX — Luca Caruso-Moro (@LucaCarusoMoro) November 13, 2020 On November 13, reports from a number of local and national outlets stated that the Rainbow Six developer’s office in Montreal’s Mile End area was the site of a massive …

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These Mirage HE stack timings will level up your grenades M Alzamora Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s high-explosive grenades can turn the tide in the defender’s favor, so here are the best times and places to toss them to inflict maximum damage on Mirage. While the game’s molotovs and smokes are used often in CSGO’s matchmaking games, HE grenades are much more difficult to use correctly. But while these grenades rarely come with complicated lineups, they require defenders to know much more in-depth concepts. …

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Evil Geniuses lose to hilarious P90 rush in IEM Beijing M Alzamora Rebirth’s IEM Beijing Online match against Evil Geniuses went predictably, but there was one round in particular that stuck out. Nuke is a tough map to crack. It was even harder for Rebirth, who found themselves trailing against Evil Geniuses. But Rebirth pulled out a strat so ridiculous in professional play that it almost had to work. Down 13-1 in the last round of the half, Rebirth took a page …

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Vici Gaming’s Leyan fined 3 months salary for abusing preseason bug William Davis It has not been a good start to the preseason for Vici Gaming jungler Lu “Leyan” Jue after he abused a crucial jungle bug in solo queue.  The Chinese jungler used a game-changing exploit in solo queue on Graves. The bug allows junglers to kill neutral jungle camps in just one shot. This means that both the Baron and Dragons can be killed in the blink of an eye, giving …

Dota 2 KuroKy returns to Team Nigma for EPIC League after injury layoff By Steven Rondina League of Legends Woman threatens lawsuit, saying Riot based Seraphine on her By Olivia Richman News Valorant players calling for harsher abandon punishments By Olivia Richman

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How the jungle has changed in the 2021 preseason patch 10.23 William Davis It wouldn’t be a League of Legends preseason without changes to the jungle.  With the introduction of the 2021 preseason in patch 10.23, the jungle has seen some changes for both the monsters and items. The primary changes have been made to the jungle items, as Riot has aimed to remove the mandatory jungle items while still keeping different Smites in the game.  Riot has also introduced some adjustments to …

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How players can get free skins in Fortnite William Davis With Fortnite being one of the most popular video games on the planet, it’s no wonder that players are always looking for ways to acquire free Fortnite skins. And while it may not seem easy at first, there are actually some simple and reliable ways to go about finding free Fortnite skins. Skins in Fortnite change a player’s in-game appearance. There’s a wide variety of skins available, too. Fortnite players …

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T1 snatches DAMWON Gaming coaches Zefa and Daeny, LS not signed William Davis After weeks of speculation, T1 has announced its coaching staff for the 2021 LCK season and to everyone’s surprise, it doesn’t include Nick “LS” De Cesare. T1 introduced its new coaching staff, starting with General Manager Choi “Polt” Seonghun. The head coach for 2021 will be none other than former DAMWON Gaming head coaches and current world champions Lee “Zefa” Jae-min and Yang “Daeny” Dae-in. Zefa returns to T1 after …

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DAMWON Gaming adds former T1 coach kkOma after Worlds victory William Davis 2020 World Champion DAMWON Gaming has announced Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun as its head coach for the 2021 season. DAMWON is making moves ahead of the 2021 season in the newly franchised LCK, and keeping things exciting even before the start of free agency with the addition of the heavily credentialed coach. No other head coach in the world has a resume like kkOma’s, with the former T1 head coach owning …

Special treatment for SumaiL’s new roster causes controversy Steven Rondina Dota 2 EPIC League surprised fans with the announcement of the new Dota 2 super team Just Error’s involvement. Apparently, the other teams competing in the event were also surprised. According to a number of reports, EPIC Esports Events kept details on the closed qualifier format hidden from teams. This likely stemmed from an effort to keep the announcement of Just Error’s roster a secret, something that undermined the integrity of the …

Cloud9 set to add G2 Esports’ Perkz for 2021 LCS season William Davis League of Legends G2 Esports bot laner Luca “Perkz” Perković seems to have a new home for the 2021 season. Perkz will likely be joining Cloud9 for the 2021 LCS season as the team’s new mid laner. Cloud9 has come to terms on a deal with both G2 and Perkz that would bring in the Croatian superstar, according to ESPN’s Jacob Wolf. Even though the deal can’t be finalized until November 16 when …

This is why T1 fans are so upset about a potential LS signing William Davis League of Legends On November 2, T1 support Lee “Effort” Sang-ho allegedly leaked by accident the signing of Nick “LS” De Cesare as the team’s new head coach. What started as an innocent mistake has turned into a gruesome case of harassment by hordes of T1 fans. For most western fans, this is coming out of nowhere, but LS and the Korean fans have some difficult history. It all started in 2019 when LS …

xQc explains why he stopped using some offensive language Olivia Richman News Popular Twitch streamer Félix “xQc” Lengyel is known for his trolling and controversial opinions. But he recently opened up about his decision to take some offensive words out of his vocabulary.  During a game of Among Us, xQc told his viewers that he was no longer going to use the word “retard” as an insult, as it has long been seen as a slur towards individuals with developmental and intellectual …

Courts rule for Valve over Jamppi as legal battle continues M Alzamora News Elias “Jamppi” Olkkonen’s saga against Valve continues, with a Finnish Court essentially throwing out the case and ordering the ENCE player to pay Valve’s share of 44,650 euro in court fees, according to a report from Finnish news organization IS. The ENCE rifler had originally sued a company called Valve GmbH back in February, claiming that a VAC ban on an account that had once been owned by the player …

Team Liquid drops coach Cain ahead of LCS free agency start date William Davis League of Legends Team Liquid has parted ways with coach Jang “Cain” Nu-ri, the organization announced on Twitter. Cain won’t be part of Team Liquid in 2021, the head coach is parting ways with the organization. Cain joined Team Liquid in 2017 and is leaving after three years and four LCS titles. Cain, alongside assistant coach Kang “Dodo” Jun-hyeok, were key to the organizations’ success in 2018 and 2019. With Cain as a …

The best ways to use the marksman Mythic items on LoL patch 10.23 William Davis League of Legends It’s time to take a look at some of the new Mythic items.  The big preseason patch has hit the League of Legends live servers, which means that players will have to get used to all the new items and build paths that come with it.  As the new Mythic items have entered the game, there are a lot of new and big items that players will have to get …

Fnatic reportedly adding YamatoCannon for LEC 2021 season William Davis League of Legends After parting ways with SANDBOX Gaming, Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi seems to be heading to Fnatic as the team’s new head coach for the 2021 LEC season.  According to ESPN’s Jacob Wolf, YamatoCannon will be Fnatic’s new head coach in 2021 and will replace Alfonso “Mithy” Rodríguez. who has been with the team since December 2019. Mithy’s future is reportedly undecided but it seems possible that he could end up as …

Learn the best Valorant agent for you according to CSGO styles Fariha Bhatti News Aim makes or breaks the game in most first-person shooters. However, to truly master a game, it’s important to understand all of its attributes. Crosshair placement in Valorant may help veteran Counter Strike: Global Offensive players to win a few rounds, but agent abilities can still be an alien concept for them.  Valorant has a vast number of CSGO migrants. Ex-CSGO players who have moved to Riot’s shooter are finding …

TNC fines Gabbi following sexist outburst during pub game Steven Rondina Dota 2 TNC Predator has a bad history when it comes to its players’ conduct outside of official competitions, and the organization is looking to head off any potential controversy in its latest incident. TNC announced that carry player Kim “Gabbi” Villafuerte has been fined by the team due to inappropriate conduct during a pub game towards a female teammate. This comes after social media posts accusing him of sexist behavior went …

Can JD Gaming stay on top of China during the 2021 LPL season? William Davis League of Legends JD Gaming had the best year in the organization’s history in 2020, but can the team stay on top of China and the LPL next year when some of its best players become free agents? After winning the 2020 LPL Spring Split, making the final in the summer, and qualifying for the 2020 World Championship, JDG had an impressive year that they can be proud of. Going into 2021, the …

smooya apologizes on Twitter for his past toxic behavior Olivia Richman Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro Owen “smooya” Butterfield took to Twitter to apologize for his past behavior. “Made too many mistakes in my career outside of the game which has heavily messed with my career in the game,” smooya tweeted. He then apologized to those who “wanted the best” for him. Made too many mistakes in my career outside of the game which have heavily messed with my career in the …

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