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New $500,000 Dota 2 league announced by Epicenter organizer Dota 2 New $500,000 Dota 2 league announced by Epicenter organizer By Steven Rondina Jensen reportedly signs $4.2 million, 3-year deal with Team Liquid League of Legends Jensen reportedly signs $4.2 million, 3-year deal with Team Liquid By William Davis Evil Geniuses adding MAD Lions’ Peter Dun, building around Svenskeren League of Legends Evil Geniuses adding MAD Lions’ Peter Dun, building around Svenskeren By William Davis
Valorant players are demanding harsher punishments for trolls News
Valorant players are demanding harsher punishments for trolls Olivia Richman While Valorant’s new map has shined a light on toxic behavior, it seems like no map is safe from the overwhelming amount of trolls in Riot’s tactical first-person shooter.  Valorant players have started openly complaining about constantly running into toxic players. There are a lot of people who just scream into their headset. Some players who continuously berate their team, even after their death, telling them how to play and …
Valorant’s Reaver skin line returns for Vandal, Operator, and knife News
Valorant’s Reaver skin line returns for Vandal, Operator, and knife M Alzamora Riot Games’ artists have put in a ton of work on the re-release of one of Valorant’s beta skin lines, Reaver. The Reaver skin line was originally only available for purchase during the game’s beta period. The ultra-rare line comes complete with chromas that change the color palette of the weapons and unique kill animations that fit right in with Omen. The original skin line was a modeled in a …
Riot teases 2020 Worlds final opening ceremony League of Legends
Riot teases 2020 Worlds final opening ceremony William Davis The 2020 League of Legends World Championship opening ceremony is going to be wild.  The big Worlds final is only a few days away and Riot is slowly starting to tease the matchup as well as the ceremony leading up to the game. This year’s opening ceremony will feature the virtual League of Legends pop group K/DA, assisted by the newest champion Seraphine. Furthermore, the ceremony will have names such …
Valorant patch 1.11 update buffs Killjoy, Skye will now be available to play News
Valorant patch 1.11 update buffs Killjoy, Skye will now be available to play Fariha Bhatti The Valorant 1.11 patch notes are finally out after much anticipation. Skye and Icebox are certainly the highlights of this patch. However, there have been some significant changes to agents as well.  Killjoy receives some major buffs in patch 1.11, making her deadlier for opponents. The German agent’s Alarmbot will become mightier as opponents will only be able to detect it from seven meters instead of nine. The patch further …
New Battlecast and Resistance League of Legends skins revealed League of Legends New Battlecast and Resistance League of Legends skins revealed By William Davis Twitch ban lifted after Alisha12287 blows whistle on cat mill News Twitch ban lifted after Alisha12287 blows whistle on cat mill By Nina Forneloza As Shanghai Dragons release Geguri, OWL has no female players News As Shanghai Dragons release Geguri, OWL has no female players By Olivia Richman
New CSGO update brings many engine changes, new translations Counter-Strike
New CSGO update brings many engine changes, new translations M Alzamora The most recent CSGO update was quite large considering how little it really changed. Translations made up the majority of the update, but there were also a number of changes inside the game’s engine itself. These are difficult to track, with each change directly related to a process inside CSGO. Although this update changed 2,000 lines of code, there’s a catch. Steam Database tracks every change, whether it’s changing a …
Monkey King can turn into Roshan, and 4 Zoomers shows us how Dota 2
Monkey King can turn into Roshan, and 4 Zoomers shows us how Steven Rondina Monkey King’s Mischief ability has fairly limited use from a tactical perspective. It’s something people can have a lot of fun with, though. North American pro team 4 Zoomers took Monkey King shenanigans to a new level in Dota Summit 13 while playing against Team Plasma. After killing Roshan, mid laner Nico “Gunnar” Lopez took the hero into the empty pit and used Mischief. Though people would normally expect him …
Doublelift talks about TSM’s 0-6 performance at Worlds 2020 League of Legends
Doublelift talks about TSM’s 0-6 performance at Worlds 2020 William Davis After coming back from the 2020 League of Legends World Championship, Team SoloMid bot laner Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng has had some time to reflect on his and his team’s poor results.  After TSM got knocked out of the Worlds group stage with a 0-6 record, there has been a lot of time for the players to reflect on the results and what went wrong. After returning to North America, Doublelift …
Jett’s dash glitch persists in Valorant despite Riot’s fix News
Jett’s dash glitch persists in Valorant despite Riot’s fix M Alzamora Several weeks ago, Riot shipped a patch for Valorant was supposed to nerf Jett’s ability to use ropes to gain a huge speed boost. but it seems that it wasn’t enough. Jett’s original bug involved the game’s ascender ropes that allow players to move up and down between different levels of a map. The original bug happened when a Jett player would dash into an ascender and hook on to …
Olofmeister reportedly returns to FaZe for BLAST Premier Fall Fariha Bhatti Counter-Strike Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer is set to return to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive following Nikola “NiKo” Kovači’s imminent departure from Faze. The rifler will lurk the maps for FaZe in Blast Premier Fall Series, according to a report by Cybersport.pl.  olofmeister announced his break from CSGO in May and attributed his temporary departure to a lack of motivation. The CSGO maestro took indefinite time to recuperate and recharge to come back stronger. …
Bjergsen leaves TSM’s roster, heads into coaching with strong legacy William Davis League of Legends Newly retired mid laner Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg ends his career with some impressive LCS stats. Not only has the former Team SoloMid captain been a leading figure of North American League of Legends for years, but he also has a resume that very few around the world can match.  Shortly after the announcement of Bjergsen retiring as a player, Lolesports released some interesting stats for his LCS career. Most fans already …
Astralis reportedly eyeing Jeskla, promisq, and Zanzarah for LEC William Davis League of Legends With Astralis set to phase out the Origen brand in the coming weeks, the organization is set to make some big changes to its LEC roster ahead of the 2021 season.  According to Esportmaniacos, Astralis is looking to pick up mousesports’ Jesper “Jeskla” Strömberg and Hampus “promisq” Abrahamsson, while AGO ROGUE jungler Nikolay “Zanzarah” Akatov will get his LEC debut and replace Andrei “Xerxe” Dragomir.  The new bot lane would replace …
Plasma handed DQ loss after outburst in Dota Summit 13 Steven Rondina News Dota Summit 13’s group stage for the Americas region is facing an unfortunate change of plans. North American squad Plasma1337x has been handed a disqualification loss for its upcoming match against beastcoast. This stems from a series of seemingly racially charged posts on the team’s Twitter account. Dota is a global game full of players from diverse backgrounds. We do not tolerate such conduct, especially in direct relation to our …
Cloud9 signs all-woman Valorant team, its third Valorant roster Olivia Richman News Cloud9 has just signed an all-female Valorant team.  While the organization already has two existing Valorant roster, Cloud9 has picked up MAJKL, an all-female Valorant team that won Spectator Gaming’s all-woman Valorant tournament. The team will now compete under the name Cloud9 White. Their other Valorant team will be rebranded to “Cloud9 Blue.”  Who run the World?We are excited to announce alongside @ATT our newest @PlayVALORANT roster who’s ready to take …
Team Liquid is reportedly close to signing Alphari William Davis League of Legends After a lot of speculation about the popular top laner Barney “Alphari” Morris, it seems that he might be going to Team Liquid.  According to ESPN, the European pro is close to signing a multi-year deal with Team Liquid. The LCS team has been known for importing amazing players and Alphari might be the next in line. If the deal goes through, Alphari will replace former world champion Jung “Impact” …
Cloud9 drops current CSGO roster for breach of contract Olivia Richman Counter-Strike Cloud9 has terminated the contracts of four members of its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster due to multiple breaches of contract.  Johnny “JT” Theodosiou, Ian “Motm” Hardy, Aran “Sonic” Groesbeek, and coach Tiaan “T.c” Coertzen are all free agents after violating some rules the organization set in place due to the ongoing global health crisis.   Dust2.us and Rush B Media reported earlier this weekend that these CSGO players breached their contracts multiple …
Only 12 perfect Pick’Ems remain after the Worlds 2020 semifinals William Davis League of Legends Only 12 participants remain in contention for a perfect Pick’Em going into the 2020 League of Legends World Championship final.  It’s been an incredible 2020 World Championship event so far, with many great storylines. The two best teams remain at the tournament with DAMWON Gaming and Suning competing for the Summoner’s Cup. This means that the final round of Pick’Ems is left, and only 12 people have the chance to …
Worlds 2020 Pick’Em final prediction William Davis League of Legends After weeks of world-class League of Legends, it’s time for the big 2020 League of Legends World Championship final, where a live crowd will be attending at the Pudong Soccer Stadium in Shanghai.  The two teams competing are LCK’s dominant DAMWON Gaming and the LPL third seed Suning, who has surprised everyone throughout the tournament. The Worlds final also means the last step in this year’s Pick’Em where fans from …
Suning continues its surprising Worlds 2020 run, takes down TOP Esports William Davis League of Legends Suning did it again. The LPL underdog defeated TOP Esports and is advancing to finals in the 2020 World Championship. Suning pulled off yet another major upset and is advancing to face DAMWON Gaming in finals. Underestimated by everyone, Suning keeps proving that it’s a worthy opponent as the team has taken down yet another LPL team. This is the first victory Suning gets over TES since 2019. Suning keeps …
Who are the biggest LCK free agents ahead of franchising? William Davis League of Legends The 2020 World Championship is not over yet, but offseason rumors are already flying around. On November 16 the free agency period starts in Korea, but it won’t be like previous years, because it’s the first year for the LCK as a franchised league. Early in the year, the LCK announced its plans to transition into a franchised model in 2021. The selection process is over and the league will …
G2 Esports vs. DAMWON Gaming peaks at over 2.7 million viewers William Davis League of Legends The 2020 League of Legends World Championship semifinals turned into the most-watched match of the year.  The semifinal between DAMWON Gaming and G2 Esports had the highest peak viewership at this year’s Worlds event, despite not even going to all five games. The match had been hyped up on social media all week. It all culminated with a peak viewership of 2,713,380 according to Echarts. This is almost 300,000 viewers …

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