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League of Legends This is why G2 may struggle versus DAMWON Gaming at Worlds 2020 By William Davis Dota 2 Arteezy and CCnC become first NA players to join 11K MMR Club By Steven Rondina News Former Overwatch pros aKm, uNKOE announce move to Valorant By Nina Forneloza

Counter-Strike

Has Valve messed up all of the AK-47 skins in CSGO? M Alzamora Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is famous for starting the skin economy popular in many of today’s games, but one CSGO workshop contributor claims that his skin was changed after he submitted it for review and that this change highlights a big problem with AK-47 skins throughout the game. A post on the game’s subreddit showed an image from the Steam Marketplace of the AK | Voltaic and compared it to how …

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Riot announces First Strike NA prize pool, qualifier details Nina Forneloza Valorant’s North American qualifiers details and prize pool have been released, as eight teams will compete for a $100k prize pool. There will be two NA qualifying tournaments which will whittle down the starting total of teams to a final eight. These eight squads will then compete in the NA regional final for the lion’s share of the $100k prize pool.  Competition begins on October 26 and will conclude on …

League of Legends

Cloud9 reportedly promotes Fudge to LCS roster, Licorice out William Davis Cloud9 is making some drastic changes to its LCS roster, according to ESPN.  The League of Legends offseason is slowly starting despite the 2020 World Championship still continuing on. The official transfer period won’t begin until the middle of November, but teams are already starting to make the first moves. According to ESPN, Cloud9 will be promoting Academy top laner Ibrahim “Fudge” Allami to the main roster, while Eric “Licorice” …

Fortnite

72-year-old Twitch streamer OldBuzzardt passes away Olivia Richman It’s a sad day for the Fortnite community.  72-year-old Twitch streamer OldBuzzardt has passed away. With over 80,000 followers, the Fortnite streamer had a loyal audience. He even had his own Creator Code in the popular battle royale. The streamer, who went by Buzz, went live almost every day for about five hours to chat with fans and play Fortnite.  Just went live! https://t.co/Whi7XKX3Xs — Oldbuzzardt (@oldbuzzardt) October 19, 2020 …

News Riot releases Valorant First Strike rules and details By Nina Forneloza News Shroud predicts that Valorant will become the top FPS esport By Olivia Richman League of Legends Pobelter suggests adding a losers bracket at Worlds By William Davis

Counter-Strike

CSGO’s demo viewer’s new update is fantastic addition M Alzamora With all of Counter-Strike: Globals Offensive’s small changes over the past several weeks, the update to the game’s demo viewer went unnoticed by the game’s player base. But after testing using all different types of demo files, the verdict is in. CSOG’s new and improved demo viewer is one of the best quality of life changes Valve has made to the game in years. Before breaking down the technical details …

Counter-Strike

Jkaem to join dennis in Apeks Fariha Bhatti The Norwegian organization Apeks has finalized the transfer of star rifler Joakim “jkaem” Myrbostad’s from 100 Thieves.  Happy to announce that I have signed with @apeksgg ✍️Returning back home to compete for the best Norwegian team, and do everything I can to bring this team up to new heights made this very tempting! Excited for the upcoming months! https://t.co/eDKHTyAgoj — Apeks x jkaem (@jkaem) October 19, 2020 The reports of the …

League of Legends

iG TheShy is unsure if he will play professionally next year William Davis Invictus Gaming top laner and former World Champion Kang “ThyShy” Seung-lok said on a recent stream that he isn’t sure if he will be a professional player next year.  TheShy were asked on stream when he is leaving Korea to prepare for the upcoming 2021 season. To that, the Korean top laner answered that he still isn’t too sure and will have to think about it. This was mainly due …

Dota 2

New Realms Collide event billed as South America’s biggest ever Steven Rondina The South American Dota 2 scene is historically the most under-served, but Valve is looking to address this soon. Peruvian tournament organizer 4D Esports has announced a new event called Realms Collide. The tournament will be held with support from Dota 2 publisher Valve and will boast a $75,000 prize pool. The news was revealed with a unique animated trailer featuring the four elemental spirit characters. “We will be partnering …

100T BrookeAB opens up on stalking experience, streaming break Olivia Richman News 100 Thieves streamer Ashley “BrookeAB” Bond has decided to share details about the stalking experience that made her take a break from streaming.  In July, the popular content creator stepped away from the spotlight after she received troubling threats targeting BrookeAB and her family.  “I’ve always tried to maintain a positive atmosphere in my stream and have never intentionally tried to hurt anybody so I’m not sure what I did …

CSGO players prefer FACEIT, not just due to high tickrate servers Fariha Bhatti Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has a vast player base that keeps on expanding. 2020 saw the player count peak at 1 million, but not all of them prefer to play the game entirely on Valve’s terms.  Third-party platform Faceit, has become the primary home of professional players. With 15 million registered users, Faceit has become a significant part of Counter-Strike and more players are moving to third-party providers by the day. …

230 players still have perfect Pick’Ems after the Worlds 2020 quarterfinals William Davis League of Legends A total of 230 players are still in contention of getting a perfect Pick’Em for the 2020 World Championship going into the semifinals.  This year’s Pick’Em competition is different from previous years because a physical prize is on the line for people who score the maximum amount of points. The prize includes not only a rare in-game summoner icon but also an Alienware Aurora battle station. The limit of Alienware …

Valorant has a new Twitch Prime gunbuddy coming out October 19 M Alzamora News Riot Games didn’t invent the gunbuddy, but it takes the cake for the best weapon charm with the first-person shooter’s “Pay Respects” Twitch Prime weapon charm. Valorant’s new gunbuddy drops October 19 as the second of three Twitch Prime drops for the popular game. Now called Prime Gaming, the platform normally keeps its viewers in the dark about when an exclusive drop will wind up in their notifications. But a …

Worlds 2020 Pick’Em semifinals predictions William Davis League of Legends The 2020 World Championship is coming to an end. Only four teams remain in the race for the Summoner’s Cup. It’s time for Worlds Pick’Em one more time, as viewers get to pick their favorites to win in semifinals. This year, players get to pick the teams advancing to finals and then get to choose the World Champion. Each stage of pick’em grants different points. Predicting the winner of the …

G2 Esports beats Gen.G, keeps European hopes alive at Worlds 2020 William Davis League of Legends G2 Esports is the only western team in the 2020 League of Legends World Championship semifinals after taking down Gen.G. G2 had to fight against Gen.G for the last spot in the Worlds semifinals. Gen.G topped its group after solid performances, while G2 had to go through a tiebreaker for first place in their group. G2 fell short against Suning but still ended up getting a playoffs draw with good …

Gamsu retires from Overwatch, plans return to League of Legends Nina Forneloza League of Legends Yeong-Jin “Gamsu” Noh, who most recently played for the Dallas Fuel in the Overwatch League, is returning to League of Legends. Before his days in the OWL, Gamsu was a top laner for Fnatic in LoL. He last played competitive LoL in 2016 with Fnatic and found some success with the team, most notably finishing second place in IEM Katowice behind SK Telecom T1. Prior to OWL’s first season, Gamsu …

Tyler1 officially signs with T1 as a content creator, streamer Olivia Richman News Streamer Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp was just signed to T1 as a content creator. In a video announcing the signing, Tyler1 had to choose between a blue and red door. The red door offered an “uncertain” and “chaotic” journey. But the option also offered Tyler1 “eternal greatness.” “Come on T! Make the right choice! Don’t make the easy choice! Get over here! Let’s move it!” Tyler1’s conscience exclaimed from atop the …

Five big trendsetting games to know William Davis News The gaming industry is one of the biggest financial sectors in the world but that doesn’t mean there is any room for complacency from games developers. The global gaming market is set to generate over $159 billion in revenue this year. According to Newzoo senior market analyst, Thom Wijman, this is a 9.3% year-over-year growth. And it will only grow more as the years go on, reaching a projected $200 …

Valorant players create new game mode with new Icebox zipline Olivia Richman News Valorant players are having a lot of fun on Icebox’s ziplines.  While the new map’s layout has been causing some frustration for Valorant players that prefer to use abilities over rifles, others have been taking advantage of Icebox’s new features, mainly the horizontal ziplines. This is where they’ve invented a fun, new game mode.  Players gather at the zipline running through A Site. When a round begins, as signaled by …

Latest changes by Valve point to a big new CSGO update M Alzamora Counter-Strike Valve’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive development team is putting in work, and it’s starting to show. Updates to CSGO over the past several days can’t confirm that another major operation is coming, but they paint a picture of a dedicated team working hard on something. It’s not just CSGO’s programmers either. In the past three weeks, Valve has made huge changes to how users’ game clients talk to each other. The …

Seraphine can build longer range than turrets with her autos William Davis League of Legends It’s rarely seen that a champion can out-range turrets in League of Legends, but Seraphine is not a typical champion.  The game’s newest champion Seraphine is available on the Public Beta Environment (PBE) for testing and players have already figured out how to build an incredible auto-attack range through her Stage Presence (P).  Seraphine’s passive allows her to fire an empowered basic attack that deals additional damage and has increased …

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