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League of Legends LoL fans livid over Worlds 2020 finals crowd dissing DAMWON By Olivia Richman News Omen and Sova see the highest pick rate in Valorant First Strike NA Qualifier By Fariha Bhatti League of Legends DAMWON’s Canyon is awarded with the Worlds 2020 finals MVP award By William Davis

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DAMWON Gaming is the 2020 World Champions after beating Suning William Davis After weeks of high-quality games at the 2020 League of Legends World Championship, the 10th winner of the Summoner’s Cup has been crowned. DAMWON Gaming won the trophy after the most intense Worlds final in years. Both teams were neck-to-neck for the most part, but the Korean overlords were too strong in a hard-fought series.  DAMWON GAMING ARE THE 2020 WORLD CHAMPIONS! ???? #Worlds2020 pic.twitter.com/5ugqBGJ0cs — LoL Esports (@lolesports) October …

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Riot Forge reveals first look of Ruined King: A League of Legends story William Davis Riot Games just released the trailer for its new game, Ruined King: A League of Legends Story. League of Legends fans have a new title to look forward to in early 2021. Ruined King is a single-player story-driven turn-based RPG game developed by Airship Syndicate. Ruined King is the first game developed under Riot Forged, a partnership between Riot Games and independent studios. Riot first announced Ruined King in 2019 …

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s1mple banned from Twitch again, says it’s for homophobic slurs Steven Rondina Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev is in trouble with Twitch moderators. Again. The Natus Vincere star has been banned from the streaming platform. Again. This is his fourth time being banned from Twitch. Twitch hasn’t issued a statement on the matter, but s1mple suggested that the ban came from his using homophobic language. Again. He touched on the matter on Twitter shortly after it was announced: It’s funny that I get banned …

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Rogue adding FC Shalke 04’s Odoamne, promoting Trymbi in 2021 William Davis Veteran top laner Andrei “Odoamne” Pasdu seems to be heading to Rogue, while AGO Rogue support Adrian “Trymbi” Trybus will replace Oskar “Vander” Bagdan. According to ESPN, Rogue is close to signing former FC Schalke 04 top laner Odoamne. The team will also give rookie support Trymbi a chance to fill the big shoes of Vander. The Polish veteran is on contract with Rogue through the end of the 2021 …

League of Legends Riot looks to improve champion select and LoL’s end-game lobby By William Davis Apex Legends Apex Legends Season 7 introduces new map Olympus By Olivia Richman Dota 2 Team Secret’s epic win streak broken with ESL One Germany loss By Steven Rondina

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Watch Neymar show his CSGO mastery by outsmarting his opponents M Alzamora Brazil’s passion for both Counter-Strike and football are unmatched, especially when the two cross over thanks to Neymar de Silva Santos, a professional soccer player and avid CSGO fan. The Brazilian football star is well-known for his ability on the pitch, and for the past several years he’s also become a virtual superstar in CSGO, often streaming his matches to thousands of football fans on Twitch. He’s nabbed clip-worthy aces …

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SK Gaming is reportedly looking to pick up Jezu, TynX, and Blue William Davis SK Gaming might look to make a lot of offseason changes going into the 2021 LEC season.  The offseason rumors have made its way to SK, a team that is reportedly looking to pick up three new players for the upcoming season. According to Esportmaniacos, SK is looking to pick up Misfits Premier bot laner Jean “Jezu” Massol, LDLC jungler Kristian “TynX” Hansen, and 1907 Fenerbahce mid laner Ersin “Blue” …

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Gilius renews his contract with FC Schalke 04 for the 2021 LEC season William Davis God Gilius will stay with FC Schalke 04 through the 2021 LEC season.  Eberk “Gilius” Demir has officially re-signed with Schalke 04 for one more year after stepping in as the starting jungler in the 2020 LEC Summer Split and almost completing the miracle run to make it to the 2020 World Championship.   We’re extremely happy to finally let the cat out of the bag: God @GiliusLoLwill remain a Royal …

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Should Perkz leave G2 Esports? Would G2 be the same without him? Nicholas James Nine-time European champion Luka “PerkZ” Perković has had a lot of rumors surroudning him this offseason. Going into the 2021 season, big changes are on the horizon for teams and players alike as roster shuffles are becoming more imminent. But without any confirmation, many of these rumors are nothing more than speculation about one of the best players to play in Europe Rumors are often false guys Anyways how much …

Suning vs DAMWON Gaming 2020 World Championship betting analysis William Davis League of Legends DAMWON Gaming and Suning are meeting in finals of the 2020 World Championship. It will be an epic battle between the giants in the east as the LCK tries to regain to its former glory. DAMWON is the first LCK team to reach the finals at Worlds since 2017. DAMWON is not your regular LCK team, as the team is not afraid of going for unorthodox picks and is one …

Gen.G takes down Sentinels, dominates First Strike NA qualifiers Olivia Richman News Gen.G shocked the Valorant community and defeated Sentinels in a one-sided quarterfinals match.  After the 2-0 sweep, Gen.G is moving to the semifinals. First-seed team Sentinels was knocked out of the tournament. They must next compete in the UMG qualifiers.  Nobody expected Gen.G to take down Sentinels. The eight-seed team took down Serenity and XSET, but fans weren’t as confident in how the team would fair against Jay “sinatraa” Won …

How Suning went from a mediocre LPL team to a Worlds finalist William Davis League of Legends Suning has undergone huge improvements the past year, taking them to the 2020 League of Legends World Championship final despite low expectations.  Going into Worlds 2020, very few people expected something big from Suning. Coming out of the LPL as the third seed is no easy task, but teams such as Top Esports, JD Gaming, and G2 Esports were expected to beat them on any given day.  The young squad …

What is a Twitch Raid and how does it work? Olivia Richman News Twitch continues to be the top streaming platform in the world thanks to its ever-growing list of community-oriented features, and one of the platform’s most prominent features is that of the “raid.” Raiding a channel simply means sending viewers to another channel at the end of a stream. By using the /raid command, a content creator can send their current viewers directly to another stream. Streamers can do this in …

Quickshot and Vedius will cast Worlds 2020 final, Sjokz to host William Davis League of Legends The biggest esports match of the year is approaching and will have some of the best on-air talent available covering it, but it won’t be covered by as many casters as in years past. The 2020 League of Legends World Championship final will be cast by none other than Trevor “Quickshot” Henry and Andy “Vedius” Day. The analyst desk will be hosted by Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere and will include such …

Diretide returns with new Halloween skins and game mode Steven Rondina Dota 2 Dota 2 snuck its Halloween event in just before time ran out. Diretide, one of the original Dota 2 limited-time events, has returned for the first time since 2013. The Halloween game mode has arrived just two days before the holiday, but is robust enough to make up for it. The reveal was made with a trailer that features a good bit of tongue-in-cheek comedy about the history of the …

Nairo denies statutory rape allegations, points to CaptainZach Olivia Richman News Super Smash Bros. player Nairoby “Nairo” Quezada has finally spoken up about grooming and pedophilia charges brought forward against him by Zach “CaptainZach” Lauth.  In July, CaptainZach had come forward with screenshots detailing a sexual encounter with Nairo when he was only 15-years-old and Nairo was 20. At the time, Nairo denied the accusations, even stating that he was being blackmailed by CaptainZach for money.  Now, three months later, Nairo …

What is Fnatic planning for its LEC team this offseason? William Davis League of Legends Offseason rumors are floating around left and right around Fnatic. After finishing top eight in the 2020 League of Legends World Championship, Fnatic’s offseason has now begun. The team took heavy favorites Top Esports to five games. Very few expected Fnatic to put up a fight against the LPL champions, but Fnatic exited the tournament looking stronger than it did entering. Despite the decent performance at Worlds, there are still quite …

Valorant developers roll back patch 1.11 due to technical issues Olivia Richman News Valorant patch 1.11 was a big one. It introduced new agent Skye, added Icebox to the ranked map pool, and brought some new balance changes to existing agents.  But all of these changes have brought big technical problems along with them. Valorant developers took to Twitter to inform players that patch 1.11 was being “rolled back” due to it being a “technical nightmare.” North America, Brazil, and the LATAM server …

mudgolems sweep Team Secret in ESL One Germany playoffs Steven Rondina Dota 2 Team Secret has absorbed an absolutely shocking loss. The world’s best Dota 2 squad has landed in the lower bracket of the ESL One Germany playoffs. While that’s surprising on its own, more surprising is the fact that this loss came from the newly-formed mudgolems team. The kicker is that this came in a relatively convincing 2-0 fashion. The first game was a slow but lopsided win for mudgolems. Despite …

Vitality vs. Complexity BLAST Fall Series betting odds, predictions M Alzamora Counter-Strike Both Vitality and Complexity are coming into their upper-bracket match at BLAST Premier Fall Series with something to prove, but both are also coming in from very different places. While Complexity will enter the series with a brand new player in former 100 Thieves rifler Justin “jks” Savage, Vitality comes in after a crushing loss to Heroic at DreamHack Open Fall. While the markets have Vitality as heavy favorites, fan …

FaZe Clan drops coach YnK shortly after NiKo’s move to G2 Esports M Alzamora Counter-Strike Alongside the announcement of Nikola “NiKo” Kovač’s transfer to G2 Esports, FaZe Clan confirmed the release of head coach Yanko “YNk” Paunović. The two high-profile changes came soon after FaZe announced the return of Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer Gustafsson following a six-month break from professional CSGO. The timing is curious, and may indicate that olof’s break was related to his relationship with the two. Regardless, FaZe is now down a head …

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