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G2 Esports vs. FURIA: BLAST Premier Finals betting analysis
William Davis
A battle between two underdogs at the BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Finals takes place when G2 Esports and FURIA meet in their opening match. Both teams are at the tournament to prove that they can perform among the absolute best in the world at a consistent level. FURIA has been performing well in North America and continued that momentum in the European tournament, but is still waiting to win a …
Counter-Strike
Every Ancient skin from CSGO’s new Operation Broken Fang
M Alzamora
Valve borrowed heavily from previous skin cases for Operation Broken Fang’s new collections, and we’ve got them all here in high-resolution. Spend a little bit of time looking through Broken Fang’s Case collections and players might start to notice a theme. A carbon-fiber skin here or an Aztec look-alike there, and players might think that Valve simply edited older skin textures to apply them to different weapons. In some instances, …
League of Legends
Dignitas completes its LCS 2021 roster with new bot laner Neo
William Davis
Dignitas finalized its 2021 roster with the addition of bot laner Toàn “Neo” Trần, previously known as Asta. Dignitas promoted Neo from its Academy team and has completed its LCS roster for the upcoming season. With Neo in the roster, Dignitas becomes the only team competing in the LCS in 2021 without an import on its line-up. The organization is betting on homegrown talent for the upcoming season. Dignitas signed …
League of Legends
Suning head coach Chashao steps down from LPL team
Olivia Richman
Head coach Shih “Chashao” Yi-Hao has stepped down from his position at Suning. The Chinese League of Legends team announced the news earlier today, stating that they “regret” to announce his departure. Chashao was with the team for 571 days, experiencing both the lows and highs of the team’s journey. “Thank you for your contribution and efforts to Suning,” Suning stated on Twitter. “Wishing that your next stop brings you …
Counter-Strike
ESIC will not penalize CSGO cheating after long investigation
M Alzamora
The Esports Integrity Commission, funded by a conglomeration of well-know tournament organizers including ESL and BLAST, has decided to not take any official action against teams, players, and coaches implicated in this past summer’s stream sniping incidents. The response from the ESIC took months to be released, and did little but reiterate the already established rules that stream sniping isn’t allowed. In other words, so many teams were suspected or …
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Valorant pro receives death threats for teabagging at event
Steven Rondina
Controversy has erupted around Valorant’s North American First Strike event. Michael “dapr” Gulino of Sentinels says he was slammed with harsh criticism for fans due to his teabagging of Joshua “steel” Nissan. dapr states that this was harsh enough that he received death threats for the move: got a death threat cus i tbagged in a video game poggers — dapr ✨???? (@daprcs) December 6, 2020 dapr’s teammate Shahzeeb “ShahZaM” …
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Astralis vs. Na’Vi: BLAST Premier Finals betting analysis
William Davis
One of the last and biggest tournaments of the year is about to kick off with the BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Finals. Not only will the best teams in the world fight for a total prize pool of $425,000, but the tournament will also start off with a banger of a match between Astralis and Natus Vincere on the first day. The two squads have been considered two of the …
League of Legends
Lost completes the TSM 2021 roster as the new bot laner
William Davis
Team SoloMid has found its successor to Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng in former Academy bot laner Lawrence “Lost” Hui. Lost will be promoted to the TSM LCS squad for the 2021 season after a great year with the TSM Academy team. Lost will have to fill the big shoes of Doublelift, who recently retired. He will attempt this alongside 2020 World Championship finalist Hu “SwordArt” Shuo-Chieh who signed a record-breaking contract …
Nintendo kills Splatoon esports stream for #FreeMelee support
Steven Rondina
News
Nintendo is reducing its coverage of Splatoon esports for some highly questionable reasons. Administrators announced that Nintendo was canceling the stream for the Splatoon 2 North America Open due to an “unexpected execution challenge” on the event’s Discord channel. Many are calling foul at this, as it follows a number of competitors changing their team names to voice their solidarity with the Super Smash Bros. Melee pro players recently impacted …
Suning huanfeng drops from LPL All-Stars over cheating scandal
William Davis
League of Legends
The upcoming 2020 All-Stars event will be without Suning bot laner Tang “huanfeng” Huan-Feng, who was originally set to represent the LPL, after a cheating scandal involving the young star player has gone viral on the Chinese forum Weibo. The scandal recently resulted in an official statement from Suning on the same platform, saying that huanfeng will be absent from the upcoming All-Star weekend. Suning said in the post that …
TSM named the most valuable esports organization in the world
Steven Rondina
League of Legends
Business magazine Forbes has released a list of the 10 most valuable esports organizations in the world. Sitting atop the list is the popular Team SoloMid, more frequently referred to as TSM. Forbes talked with a number of stakeholders in the esports industry including organizations, investors, and analysts. The end result is a list of the top-10 most valuable esports companies and an estimated value for each. These are Forbes’ …
FaZe Clan’s Babybay talks “troll” Breach pick in First Strike
Nina Forneloza
News
The final weekend for Valorant’s First Strike tournament is coming to a close, and for Andrej “babybay” Francisty, the tournament is over after FaZe Clan’s tough loss to the Sentinels. The matchup was promising in the beginning, with FaZe creeping up on the Sentinel’s lead halfway through the first map, but babybay’s performance was lacking, and his kill ratio was suffering. In the second map, babybay pulled an unexpected pick …
Asmongold discovers the new meaning behind OTK stream team
Olivia Richman
News
Popular World of Warcraft streamer Zack “Asmongold” formed a WoW content creator team with four of his friends and fellow Twitch streamers in October. And that team may have just taken on a new meaning. The World of Warcraft crew was named OTK, short for One True King. It includes Asmongold, Matthew “Mizfit” Rinaudo, Esfand, Tipsout, and esports host Rich Campbell. The content creators have worked on projects together in …
Here’s how to use and customize CSGO’s new ping system
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s new ping system shipped with Operation Broken Fang and it might be the most customizable ping menu in gaming today. Valve has created a total of 50 different options for players to map to CSGO’s three new ping menus. By default, the menus can be brought up by holding the user’s ping key and scrolled through using the scrollwheel. Expanded ping systems have become standard in today’s …
Heretic’s NiesoW on First Strike: “I don’t care who we play against”
Olivia Richman
News
Underdog team Heretics has been shaking up Valorant’s First Strike EU main event over the past few days. Yesterday, the Valorant community was shocked to see Heretics come out on top after a close back and forth against Team Liquid. Today, Heretics came back and defeated top team G2 Esports. But Dustyn “niesoW” Durnas doesn’t see it as that surprising. While G2 and Team Liquid are well-known organizations, the Valorant …
Valorant pros left unpaid by Pulse Series event organizers
Olivia Richman
News
It’s been three months and Valorant teams and talent still haven’t received payment for participating in the Pulse Series event in September. Commentator Dustin “dusT” Mouret was the first to come forward about the concerning situation. dusT claimed that Pulse Esports Arena owes him and other talent “a good chunk of change.” Originally reported by Dot Esports, dusT stated that the payment was due around October 22, but he’s yet …
CSGO Rio Major reportedly delayed again, until late 2021
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Valve has reportedly postponed the next Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major until at least November 2021. According to an email obtained by HTLV, Valve has scrapped plans for a CSGO major until the second half of 2021. While plans had been in place to hold the first CSGO Major in over a year in early 2020, the email details the developer’s plans to delay the next major tournament by at least …
How to activate hard mode in Broken Fang’s co-op Autumn Harvest
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
In each one of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s cooperative Strike Missions, players can enable a hard mode modifier for the mission. Broken Fang keeps that tradition alive. One of the best parts of CSGO’s operations is the cooperative strike mode that allow players a break from the game’s competitive origins and pit a team of two players against bots in a special mission. Players are scored based on how long it …
Fortnite World Cup cancelled through 2021, FNCS return announced
Steven Rondina
Fortnite
Unfortunately, Fortnite esports in 2021 will look largely similar to Fortnite esports in 2020. Epic Games outlined its plans for the game’s competitive scene next year and alas, those plans do not include in-person events. Notably, it will also feature the standardization of trio play after long bouncing between singles, duos, trios, and squads. We’re making some changes to competitive play in 2021. We touch on FNCS, in-person events, and …
8-year-old Fortnite player signs sponsorship deal with Team 33
Olivia Richman
Fortnite
The esports community was blown away by the recent signing of an eight-year-old Fortnite content creator. A newly formed esports organization called Team 33 signed eight-year-old Joseph Deen to their Fortnite squad for a $33,000 signing bonus. The young gamer was also given a $5,000 gaming setup. A press release from the organization states that Team 33 has been working with Deen since he was six. Co-founder Tyler Gallagher explained that …
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