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League of Legends Rogue adding FC Shalke 04’s Odoamne, promoting Trymbi in 2021 By William Davis 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 Steven Rondina For the first time since April, Team Secret has been eliminated from a Dota 2 tournament. Dota 2’s top-ranked team has been booted out of ESL One Germany. The team was handed a 2-0 defeat in the lower bracket by Team Liquid. This came after being knocked out of the upper bracket by mudgolems in another sweep. Liquid needed to manufacture a wild comeback in order to take the first …

Counter-Strike

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 …

League of Legends

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” …

League of Legends

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 …

League of Legends Should Perkz leave G2 Esports? Would G2 be the same without him? By Nicholas James League of Legends Suning vs DAMWON Gaming 2020 World Championship betting analysis By William Davis News Gen.G takes down Sentinels, dominates First Strike NA qualifiers By Olivia Richman

League of Legends

How Suning went from a mediocre LPL team to a Worlds finalist William Davis 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 …

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What is a Twitch Raid and how does it work? Olivia Richman 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 …

League of Legends

Quickshot and Vedius will cast Worlds 2020 final, Sjokz to host William Davis 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 …

Dota 2

Diretide returns with new Halloween skins and game mode Steven Rondina 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 …

NiKo goes from FaZe to G2 Esports in “biggest CSGO signing in history” Fariha Bhatti Counter-Strike After much delay, the transfer of FaZe Clan’s Nikola “NiKo” Kovač to G2 Esports has finally materialized. The Bosnian superstar will now enter the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive battlegrounds in G2’s jersey. The rifler aptly announced the move with a new profile pic on Twitter.  Rumors of G2 making a move from FaZe to G2 first started swirling in September and have been circulating since then, but neither G2 nor the …

Here’s how to turn on Riot’s disabled experimental sharpening feature M Alzamora News Valorant’s 1.11 patch came with sweeping changes to the shooter’s economy and class balance. But there’s one change that players will both love and hate. In Patch 1.11, Valorant developer Riot Games disabled a graphical feature called experimental sharpening. The option allowed players the ability to play at very low graphics settings to increase their overall frames-per-second and still retain the ability to tell the difference between an enemy and …

K/DA releases new single MORE featuring Seraphine William Davis League of Legends K/DA is ready with another song from their upcoming EP, leading up to its anticipated performance at the 2020 League of Legends World Championship final. The virtual pop group’s newest song, “MORE,” is featuring the vocal talents Madison Beer, SOYEON, and MIYEON of K-Pop group (G)I-DLE. Furthermore, the song features former K/DA member Jaira Burns, Lexie Liu, and the newest League of Legends champion Seraphine. It has been known that …

Will Xmithie retire after parting ways with Immortals? William Davis League of Legends Jungler Jake “Xmithie” Puchero won’t be returning to Immortals in 2021. Immortals has allegedly decided to move forward without Xmithie on its roster, according to a report by ESPN. It means that Xmithie’s contract would be up for grabs next November 16. According to the report, Immortals is in the process of acquiring head coach Andre “Guilhoto” Pereira who’s still under contract with Astralis. It’s unclear if Xmithie will find …

How to start an esports career in CSGO while studying at university William Davis News Gaming has evolved over the years to provide interested individuals with many opportunities. Esports is chief among them, giving interested gamers the opportunity to compete as a career. Balancing schoolwork with building an esports career can be difficult, and is best accomplished with an established set of guidelines. These steps can help on this path. Register as an esports participant Registering for events and tournaments can help to motivate you …

BLAST introduces new rules that target CSGO coaching exploits Olivia Richman Counter-Strike The BLAST Premier Fall Series tournament organizer is letting Counter-Strike: Global Offensive fans know that it is addressing the coaching bug scandal.  BLAST introduced some changes to its rulebook that will prevent CSGO coaches from using the spectating bug that has seen 37 coaches banned from competitive play. After the Esports Integrity Commission uncovered the prevalent usage of the unfair coaching exploit, many CSGO organizations have opted to keep the …

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