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League of Legends

LS will no longer cast LCK, talks about almost coaching Faker William Davis The newly signed T1 content creator and LCK caster Nick “LS” Cesare has returned to streaming after a few weeks away from social media.  On his return stream, LS talked about what has been going on behind the scenes with him and T1 over the past weeks and how he was actually accepted as a coach for the team by Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok himself.  According to LS, he was originally …

Counter-Strike

This ridiculous Overpass boost could change your next game M Alzamora Overpass has a long history of crazy boosts, and players are still finding new ones nearly eight years after its release. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s Overpass has seen more boosts than players care to count, and it isn’t slowing down anytime soon. It’s only been six months since players found an overpowered three-man stack in CT spawn, but Triumph pulled out all the stops just to get a free shot at …

League of Legends

Former Worlds champ Crown retires after Bjergsen, Doublelift William Davis Former Samsung Galaxy mid laner Lee “Crown” Min-ho has announced that he will retire from professional League of Legends.  After more than five years as a professional player, Crown will step back from pro play after a year in the Korean challenger league. Crown made a name for himself in 2017 whe won the 2017 World Championship together with Samsung Galaxy. Crown will be another big name to retire in …

Counter-Strike

Valve has removed Fnatic KRIMZ’s VAC ban, Esportal blamed Fariha Bhatti Counter Strike: Global Offensive professional Freddy “KRIMZ” Johansson has confirmed that he’s once again free to play CSGO after a short VAC ban was rendered by Valve. Fnatic’s ace rifler was mysteriously banned a few days ago, with many speculating that ban was due to third-party platform Esportal.  Im free mfs ???????? — Freddy Johansson (@Krimz) December 1, 2020 Fnatic’s Krimz was handed a ban during an apparent Esportal ban …

League of Legends How much money is Perkz making at Cloud9 in the LCS? By William Davis Dota 2 Dota 2 star RAMZES666 is now a Nike-sponsored athlete By Steven Rondina News Yvonnie defends Pokimane after her latest fight with Fedmyster By Olivia Richman

Dota 2

Is support Invoker viable? Dota 2 pros seem to think so Steven Rondina You know how ranked games will often have a “hard support” Pudge that decides he needs to actually play core after 10 minutes? Well, what if that happened in a pro game? Top-tier Dota 2 doesn’t actually see that kind of unilateral audible get called, but it has increasingly seen teams recast traditional carry heroes into support roles. The benefits to this are numerous, in particular how it offers greater …

League of Legends

Nexus Blitz might return to LoL for potential Christmas event William Davis Nexus Blitz might be back on the League of Legends live servers during December.  The popular game mode is currently enabled on the Public Beta Environment (PBE), which does indicate that Nexus Blitz will likely return to the live servers throughout December. Nexus Blitz is known as one of the most popular featured game modes and it looks like Riot will bring it back for a potential Christmas event. The …

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Valorant agent Killjoy disabled until the turret bug is fixed Fariha Bhatti A recent bug in Killjoy’s kit added to the long list of Valorant glitches in which the German agent could plant her turret under the map in Haven. After months of complaints from players, Riot developers have disabled the agent until the exploit is fixed.  The bug could make or break the game. Entering B or C site of Haven became impossible with Killjoy’s turret waiting to be activated as …

League of Legends

Afreeca Freecs adds Bang and Lehends, completes LCK 2021 roster William Davis Afreeca Freecs has completed its roster with the addition of two-time World Champion Bae “Bang” Jun-sik and former Griffin support Son “Lehends” Si-woo. Afreeca Freecs is ready for the opening season of the franchised LCK. The team finalized its lineup with a new duo in the bottom lane. This signing marks the return of Bang to the LCK after two years in the LCS. Lehends joins after parting ways with …

Using bitcoin in online esports gambling William Davis News Over the past decade the esports and cryptocurrency industries have both exploded, and they’ve come together in the realm of online betting. Because of its competitive nature, betting on esports is a very hot trend right now. Dota 2, League of Legends, and Counter Strike: Global Offensive are some of the most popular esports in the world, and all of them have a large betting market.  Almost everything has been …

Greekgodx banned from Twitch, and fans don’t know why Olivia Richman News Nudity? DMCA? Fans are scrambling to figure out why streamer Dimitri “Greekgodx” Antonatos has been banned from Twitch. This is the Team SoloMid content creator’s second ban from Twitch this year. It most likely isn’t permanent, but so far neither Greekgodx nor Twitch have stated how long the suspension is for, or why he received the ban to begin with. No matter the reason, one viewer discovered that Greekgodx’s banned …

TSM adds Huni to its starting roster for the 2021 LCS William Davis League of Legends Team SoloMid has officially welcomed Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon as its starting top laner for the LCS in 2021. The TSM roster is finally shaping up. The organization has closed a deal with Evil Geniuses and acquired Huni, who will be replacing outgoing top laner Sergen “Broken Blade” Çelik. “I’m super excited just being on the starting roster. It’ll be a really good opportunity for me, the roster seems really good. …

FURIA vs. North: DreamHack Winter betting analysis William Davis News The last month of 2020 kicks off with some great Counter-Strike at DreamHack Masters Winter, where FURIA will meet North in the opening match.  DreamHack Masters Winter will include 16 teams, including participants from the Americas region. The tournament has a good mix of the best teams in the world and upcoming teams who are looking to prove themselves against the best. DreamHack Winter has a prize pool of $150,000, …

Are Europeans paying too much for RP in League of Legends? William Davis League of Legends It’s currently more expensive for European players to buy Riot Points (RP) compared to the North American LoL players, and this has some users complaining to developer Riot Games. After a recent post about RP prices on social media, fans are slowly starting to realize that the RP prizes on the European servers are exceptionally high compared to the North American server. Because of differences in currencies, EU players are …

Ninjas in Pyjamas pulls out of Dota 2 again, releases roster Steven Rondina Dota 2 NInjas in Pyjamas is leaving Dota 2. Again. The esports organization announced that it is dropping its Dota 2 team and reevaluating its presence in the game. This is the third time where NiP has decided to pull out of Dota 2 throughout its history. “This year has taken a massive toll on what was already an unstable ecosystem. With the indefinite postponement of the DPC and The International, we …

Pokimane finally responds to growing Fedmyster drama Olivia Richman News Scorned former Offline TV streamer Federic “Fedmyster” Gaitan recently accused Imane “Pokimane” Anys of being manipulative and of spreading falsehoods in her videos regarding her and Fedmyster’s complicated relationship in the house.  Fedmyster later claimed that the screenshot-filled document made in response to Pokimane’s June video about the situation was actually leaked against his will. Fedmyster stated that the large document filled with private conversations between him and Pokimane was …

Valorant’s original character art shows the game’s origins M Alzamora News Players are very familiar with Valorant’s unqiue characters by now, but they might hardly recognize them from how differnet they used to look. Game development is a trial and error process, and Riot Games’ Valorant wasn’t any different. While it borrowed heavily from the shooters that came before it, the game shines largely through its characters. These characters are the game’s main stars. And they went through many different changes …

Monstercat addresses Twitch affiliate controversy Olivia Richman News Canadian record label Monstercat recently addressed some confusion surrounding their “Monstercat Gold” program, which appeared to allow subscribers to “fast-track Affiliate status” on Twitch.  To become an Affiliate on Twitch, content creators have to earn the distinction by having at least 50 followers, at least seven unique broadcast days in their last 30 days, and an average of three concurrent viewers or more over the span of a month. The …

xQc is taking on Hungrybox’s Super Smash Bros. challenge Olivia Richman News Twitch streamer Felix “xQc” Lengyel is about to pick up yet another new video game in answering a challenge from a top pro player. xQc casually picked up Super Smash Bros. during a November 27 stream. Seeing this occurrence, Super Smash Bros. pro Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma challenged xQc to some matches in Nintendo’s popular fighting game, which xQc immediately accepted.  But the usually cocky xQc couldn’t help but acknowledge Hungrybox’s …

Explaining all the old names behind Dota 2’s heroes and more Steven Rondina Dota 2 Dota 2 has a very long history at this point, and that history is even longer if one looks back to the original Defense of the Ancients. Within that history there has been a number of different lead designers and two different publishers. That has seen a number of different people leave their fingerprints on Dota 2, and a number of different influences have colored those fingerprints. This is most …

TSM promotes Swordd to Academy roster, adds Babip William Davis League of Legends Team SoloMid has begun building its Academy roster for 2021 and has started out by adding two interesting players.  The young mid laner Rico “Swordd” Chen will be promoted to the Academy roster, after playing on TSM’s talent program. Swordd has been known as a very big individual talent and will now get to play on a bigger stage in the new 2021 Academy format. Joining him is the Australian …

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