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Dota 2 Former VP.Prodigy team becomes the official Virtus.pro roster By Steven Rondina News Overwatch star Ryujehong banned on Twitch, fans suspect DMCA By Olivia Richman Counter-Strike Xyp9x lands in top 10 players with return, NiKo climbs higher By Steven Rondina

Counter-Strike

Vitality jumps in CSGO team rankings, Furia tops Americas Steven Rondina Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is entering a busy season over the next month, and a lot has changed over the last two weeks. DreamHack Open Fall 2020 and BLAST Premier: Fall both wrapped up and resulted in some big changes to the rankings. Though there weren’t many enormous jumps, there were still some interesting changes that came about. Here is how things stand ahead of IEM Beijing and Flashpoint Season 2: …

Dota 2

Team Liquid rockets up Dota 2 rankings after ESL One Germany Steven Rondina ESL One Germany left fans stunned on multiple fronts. Team Secret’s first-place streak was broken after six months of untouchable dominance, Team Liquid’s roster looked elite for the first time in years, and mudgolems continues to exceed expectations.  That, alongside a return to action in China, has made for an interesting two-week stretch in Dota 2. Here are the updated rankings: Unsurprisingly, the biggest in the rankings was the biggest …

Counter-Strike

G2 Esports tops BLAST group as new addition NiKo dominates William Davis G2 Esports newest addition Nikola “NiKo” Kovač proved that he is the signing of the year in BLAST Premier Fall Series 2020.  G2 is already starting to deliver after adding former FaZe leader NiKo, which has clearly brought a boost to the team’s individual level. NiKo was previously acting as the in-game leader on FaZe for a while, making it hard for him to perform at the individual level that …

League of Legends

Sjokz looks for CSGO work, contract with Riot “up for the year” Olivia Richman LEC host Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere’s contract with Riot Games has ended.  Sjokz tweeted that her contract with Riot Games as a host is “up for the year.” Due to the year’s unusual travel concerns, Sjokz added that her plans for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive “fell through” this year as well.  With both of her gigs up in the air, Sjokz said that she is looking for more CSGO event work going …

League of Legends LCS removes spring split, changes academy, adds 2021 tournaments By Steven Rondina Dota 2 Puppey, YapzOr fall as Team Liquid rises in Dota 2 player rankings By Steven Rondina News How to keep your accounts secure in most competitive games By William Davis

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G2 Arctic vs Team Queso: Iberian Cup 2020 betting analysis William Davis The best teams in the world are on a break after the 2020 World Championship, but there are still ongoing leagues and competitions all around Europe.  Iberian Cup 2020 is heading into its final stages, where teams from Spain are fighting for the cup before the winter break hits. With only eight teams left in the tournament, all remaining teams are heading into the quarterfinals. One of the most exciting …

Dota 2

VP.Prodigy finalizes new team with Gambit’s gpk, Na’Vi’s illias Steven Rondina Virtus.pro’s secondary roster, VP.Prodigy, has completed its roster for the new season. The CIS squad has added mid laner Danil “gpk” Skutin and hard support player Illias “illias” Ganeev. The duo steps in to replace Rostislav “fn” Lozovoi and Albert “eine” Garaev, who departed the team in November. With gpk and illias, the VP.Prodigy roster stands as follows: Egor “epileptick1d” Grigorenko Danil “gpk” Skutin Dmitry “DM” Dorokhin Vitalie “Save-” Melnic …

League of Legends

League of Legends player rankings are dominated by DAMWON Gaming William Davis The individual skill level at the 2020 World Championship was insanely high, but the 10 best players have still been crowned for the first WIN.gg LoL player rankings.  It’s hard to measure skill between League of Legends players, but the WIN.gg algorithm works to find the aboslute best players in the world. Luckily, most of the best players in the world were gathered at Worlds, competing against each other in …

League of Legends

League of Legends team rankings show DAMWON, LPL on top William Davis The 2020 League of Legends season is coming to an end after an incredible 2020 World Championship. On that occasion, it’s time to present the first WIN.gg LoL rankings for the 10 best teams in the world.  The rankings are based on a lot of factors through our proprietary algorithmic method that helps to identify who the best teams in the world currently are. The recent World Championship has made …

This handicapped Valorant player uses a crazy custom setup Olivia Richman News Reddit is often where the Valorant community goes to complain. But recently, one player decided to share a positive story about how they can still play the tactical first-person shooter despite having a disability.  Reddit user “YHJ_JYG_Kryptlock” stated that they have mild cerebral palsy in their left arm and leg. This limits their hand movement, making it nearly impossible to play with a mouse and keyboard on PC.  The passionate …

These are the highest paid and richest players in all of esports Steven Rondina News Fans have long fawned over the big contracts of traditional sports stars, as players such as LeBron James and Cristiano Ronaldo rake in tens of millions of dollars. Esports hasn’t hit that level quite yet, but lots of esports stars have made more money before age 30 than others will earn in their entire life. Who are the richest esports stars, and how much money have they made? And how …

Riot wants 7 competitive maps in Valorant, and it’s speeding up Olivia Richman News Riot is planning to increase the competitive map pool for Valorant in the near future.  Valorant director Joe Ziegler sat down with G2’s Oscar “mixwell” Cañellas Colocho to talk about increasing the competitive map pool and better balancing the game’s agents. The interview gave a lot of insight into the future of competitive Valorant, which has already been growing increasingly popular throughout Europe and North America.  Icebox was just released, …

ahq Esports rumored to replace Rogue Warriors in LPL for 2021 William Davis League of Legends Big changes in the LPL might be coming for the 2021 season, as ahq eSports Club is reportedly going to buy the spot held by Rogue Warriors.  According to Fomos reporter Kenzi, ahq has purchased the Rogue Warrior seed in the LPL and is expected to participate in the 2021 LPL Spring Split. This comes after ahq has been participating in the newly formed PCS league, but missed out on …

Vitality is reportedly picking up AGO Rogue’s Szygenda for 2021 William Davis League of Legends It seems that Vitality might have found its new top laner for the 2021 LEC season.  According to ESPN’s Jacob Wolf, Vitality is looking to sign AGO ROGUE top laner Mathias “Szygenda” Jensen after an incredible year for the young Danish talent. Szygenda will be replacing Lucas “Cabochard” Simon-Meslet, who announced that he is exploring options for the next season back in September. Cabochard has been a part of Vitality …

Diretide increases Dota 2 player count for first time in months Steven Rondina Dota 2 Valve has rolled out some big changes to Dota 2’s player experience, and the early outlook is positive. On October 31, Dota 2 hit a concurrent player count of 723,280. While that’s not an astronomical number, it represents the highest player count seen in the game since June. Alongside this is an uptick in the average player count, the first gain in that category since April. This is an important …

Riot brings back Valorant patch 1.11 and Skye after new fixes Olivia Richman News Valorant’s most recent patch is back, which means new agent Skye is also in the game once again.  Riot developers were forced to roll back patch 1.11 after it was launched on October 30 due to a number of game-breaking bugs. Some of these issues included Viper and Brimstone’s smoke abilities being clear and hollow inside, as well as Reyna and Omen’s blinds not working effectively. Valorant developers called 1.11 …

Riot is looking to move Seraphine from support to mid lane William Davis League of Legends Seraphine has only been in the game for a few days and Riot is already looking to adjust her role in the upcoming patch.  Patch 10.23 won’t only be a big preseason patch, it will also have some changes to Seraphine’s role in the game. According to lead gameplay designer Mark “Scuffy” Yetter, Seraphine has been skewed towards the support position more than was intended. Therefore, Riot will be making …

G2 NiKo puts up a big performance for his new team vs Astralis M Alzamora Counter-Strike G2’s Nikola “NiKo” Kovač put up a mighty effort today in G2’s match against Astralis on Dust 2, breaking a 2.0 rating over the course of the map. One of the world’s best players was everywhere on the classic map, putting up a monstrous 2.08 rating and an average damage per round of 135.1. He simply couldn’t be stopped, and plays like these showed why he’s one of the world’s …

Tyler1 speaks out about Pokimane’s $5 donation cap on Twitch Olivia Richman League of Legends T1 streamer Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp had a response to another streamer. And for once, it was to voice his agreement instead of cause drama.  Imane “Pokimane” Anys recently limited her Twitch donations to a $5 maximum. While she didn’t say exactly why, Pokimane has been criticized in the past for accepting donations from male viewers who send large amounts of money despite potentially having financial problems. This has led some …

Is Valorant killing CSGO? It’s a fight between Riot and Valve M Alzamora Counter-Strike Many pro players and some teams have recently spoken to the possibility that Riot Games’ new tactical first-person shooter Valorant could soon overtake Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in popularity. But how is that happening, and is there anything that CSGO developer Valve can do about it? In terms of professional talent, Valorant has seemingly taken the most from CSGO teams. The game has sometimes struggled to develop its new talent, with …

Watch Astralis’ dev1ce get killed by a smoke grenade versus MIBR M Alzamora Counter-Strike An unlucky grenade toss led to Astralis’ Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz’s shocking demise on Vertigo. BLAST Premier’s matchup between Astralis and MIBR didn’t go exactly as planned for the Danish team at first. MIBR, with a completely fresh roster and seemingly little hope of even taking a map off Astralis, surprised everyone by taking the series to the full three maps. Although Astralis eventually took the match on the decider Inferno, …

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