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Na`Vi’s CSGO struggles go way beyond Perfecto’s illness
M Alzamora
Natus Vincere may have made it to ESL Pro League’s Season 12 Finals, but Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s IEM New York is a different story. A stereotype that Na`Vi is inconsistent has existed for years, but it’s one that keeps coming back to bite them. While the trend has been around for the organization’s entire time in CSGO, stats show that since 2018, Natus Vincere can’t put together two great tournament …
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Twitch deletes hundreds of clips and videos due to DMCA claims
Steven Rondina
Twitch is taking aggressive action when it comes to streamers and clips. Not when it comes to dealing with toxicity or making Twitch a safer platform to stream on, but when it comes to potential copyright violations. Twitch is cracking down on streamers in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The streaming platform sent out emails to hundreds of streamers stating that they were in violation of the DMCA …
League of Legends
Out of Cloud9, which LCS team might grab Licorice in 2021?
William Davis
Top laner Eric “Licorice” Ritchie confirmed through Twitter that he won’t be coming back to the Cloud9 starting roster in 2021, so he’s looking for a new team. Licorice joined Cloud9 in November 2017 as the replacement for Jung “Impact” Eon-yeong. Up until that point, Licorice had little professional experience and not many people knew of him. In his debut, Licorice took the LCS by storm and quickly became one …
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Valorant stutter hotfix is coming later this week
Olivia Richman
When Riot Games developers released a hotfix to address several growing concerns, it only caused other problems in Valorant. The small update fixed some audio issues on Icebox but left the game with micro-stuttering and lag issues for many player. The stuttering spikes, which can last a few seconds, seem to happen when players were getting eliminated. Players immediately noticed that it was affecting matchmaking. “Well, that hotfix didn’t catch …
Dota 2
Arteezy and CCnC become first NA players to join 11K MMR Club
Steven Rondina
Artour “Arteezy” Babaev is the latest member of the 11K MMR Club. The Evil Geniuses carry player became the seventh Dota 2 player to reach 11,000 MMR. He is the first North American player to reach the mark, and the third member of Evil Geniuses to join the club. Ez quinn not getting 11k before me pic.twitter.com/Ly56bUW8rc — Artour Babaev (@Arteezy) October 18, 2020 Arteezy announced the achievement on his …
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Former Overwatch pros aKm, uNKOE announce move to Valorant
Nina Forneloza
After the Dallas Fuel announced an almost complete purge of its Overwatch League roster, Dylan “aKm” Bignet followed by declaring his intent to transition to Valorant, a move that came shortly after Benjamin “uNKOE” Chevasson announced the same. uNKOE’s decision to switch to Valorant seems to be due to more ominous reasons alluded to in his tweet announcing his departure from OWL. “I’m not ready yet for a Twitlonger, will …
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 …
Cloud9 reportedly promotes Fudge to LCS roster, Licorice out
William Davis
League of Legends
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” …
72-year-old Twitch streamer OldBuzzardt passes away
Olivia Richman
Fortnite
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 …
Riot releases Valorant First Strike rules and details
Nina Forneloza
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Riot Games has revealed the rules and new information about its first global esports event, First Strike. This is the first event that is being held by Riot Games in conjunction with many third party organizers for the regional events. This tournament will serve as a first-look for many teams, including teams from regions that aren’t heavily represented like the Middle East and Brazil. The First Strike: NA Qualifiers are …
Shroud predicts that Valorant will become the top FPS esport
Olivia Richman
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“Valorant’s just gonna hit, and it’s gonna hit hard.” Former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro turned Valorant streamer Michael “shroud” Grzesiek believes that Riot’s tactical shooter will become the bigger esport, especially once live tournaments return and teams from North America and Europe can compete together. “It has the perfect recipe right now,” shroud said. “If Valorant nails the timing of coming to LAN and tournaments are popping off, it’s going …
Pobelter suggests adding a losers bracket at Worlds
William Davis
League of Legends
Fans and experts are longing for a Worlds format change. With the 2020 League of Legends World Championship going into its last stages, CLG mid laner Eugene “Pobelter” Park has voiced his opinion about the lack of a losers bracket at the tournament. I think introducing loser’s bracket next year would be really cool for worlds, think it led to a lot of great moments / games in LCS and …
CSGO’s demo viewer’s new update is fantastic addition
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
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 …
Jkaem to join dennis in Apeks
Fariha Bhatti
Counter-Strike
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 …
iG TheShy is unsure if he will play professionally next year
William Davis
League of Legends
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 …
New Realms Collide event billed as South America’s biggest ever
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
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
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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 …
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