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League of Legends
How will Team Liquid do in the 2020 World Championship main event?
William Davis
Team Liquid has secured a direct seed to the 2020 World Championship main event. Team Liquid qualified to Worlds’ main event by securing first place in Play-Ins. On a surprising turn of events, Liquid dropped a game against the winless INTZ. That result forced Liquid into a tiebreaker against Legacy Esports where the North American representative outclassed the opponent. Heading to Worlds, there were many questions about Liquid and how …
League of Legends
MAD Lions flopping in Worlds 2020 due to lack of leadership
William Davis
MAD Lions finished the play-in group stage with a 1-3 record and now has its hopes of qualifying for the 2020 League of Legends World Championship main event hanging on best-of-five eliminators. That’s assuming the team doesn’t get outright eliminated. MAD Lions has been struggling to find its momentum during the play-in stage. But why is it that a talented LEC team hasn’t been able to keep up against opponents …
Dota 2
EternaLEnVy says SumaiL is still the best Dota 2 player in NA
Steven Rondina
What’s Jacky “EternaLEnVy” Mao’s favorite food? What’s the meaning behind his nickname? Which does he love more between Dota 2 and anime? And who does he think are the best Dota 2 players in the world? These questions and many others were answered when the popular player sat down for a silly interview with Kim “Febby” Yong-min. Some of the queries were hearty fun while others were decidedly NSFW, but …
League of Legends
Kai’Sa’s childhood revealed in the latest K/DA comic
Olivia Richman
Ever since K/DA released their new hit single “THE BADDEST” last month, fans have been curious about the all-female singing sensations. Now the League of Legends community has the opportunity to get some insight into member Kai’Sa in the newest issue of a comic series called “K/DA: Harmonies.” Explore Kai’Sa’s world in the newest chapter of K/DA: Harmonies, the official K/DA comic!Read Episode 4: Kai’Sa now: https://t.co/ikQ4Y1Bpyc#KDA #KDAHARMONIES #COMIC #KAISA …
News
What does AFK mean? Popular gaming terms explained
Olivia Richman
When players are trying to communicate via chat, it’s often quite easy to come up with quick terms and acronyms that are easy to type out and understood by everyone all over the world. It’s a practice that dates back to the early days of the internet, but it can get a little bit confusing when there’s so much lingo to keep track of in the insular framework of gaming. …
Dota 2
Dota Plus hasn’t been updated for one full year, is it dead?
Steven Rondina
Valve is willing to take users’ money when it comes to Dota Plus, but the company isn’t especially keen on giving back. September 26, 2020 marks the one year anniversary of the last Dota Plus content update. This has many crying foul when it comes to Valve’s handling of the subscription service, and further strengthens Dota 2 fans’ skepticism regarding Valve’s commitment to the MOBA. The Dota Plus Autumn Update …
News
Overwatch League introduces the 2020 Role Stars
Olivia Richman
Blizzard has announced the 2020 Overwatch League Role Stars. The Role Stars is the OWL’s “ultimate roster of the year.” They described it as a “standout team” that represents the “cream of the crop.” The team was developed by head coaches, general managers, broadcast talent, and OWL media casting votes for eligible players in each role. According to Overwatch League’s official press release, players had to meet a 40% maps-played …
Dota 2
NiP vs. Vikin.gg BTS Pro Series playoffs betting odds, analysis
Steven Rondina
Though it’s been overshadowed by the OGA Dota PIT League Season 3, BTS Pro Series’ Europe and CIS tournament has also delivered the goods for fans. The group stage has wrapped up and the playoffs are set to kick off this weekend. The second upper bracket match sees Vikin.gg and Ninjas in Pyjamas face off. This is a relatively fresh matchup despite both teams being very active of late, and …
Dignitas restructures CSGO division, with new IGL, head coach
Fariha Bhatti
Counter-Strike
Dignitas has announced some shuffles in its’ Counter Strike: Global Offensive roster with Halvor “vENdetta” Gulestøl assuming the role of the head coach and Adam “Friberg” Friberg taking over the position of in-game leader. Dignitas has undergone a series of changes yet again following the news of Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund and Richard “Xizt” Landström’s benching. The two CSGO veterans were benched following a series of poor performances in online tournaments. …
Steam adds new community rewards with Steam Points expansion
M Alzamora
News
Valve has expanded users’ options inside its Steam Points reward store. Earlier this week Steam announced that it would expand the number of items available for purchase using Steam Points, the currency gained by spending money on games, DLC, and in-game items for games on its platform. The largest expansion was to the selection of Community Awards, a system that allows users to give awards to posts, guides, and screenshots …
Stats show that every Valorant map favors the defense
M Alzamora
News
A breakdown of Valorant’s kill-to-death ratios and side win rates show that the game’s defensive players kill more often and win more rounds than attackers, often by large margins. Players have thought that Valorant’s attacking side is the game’s more difficult side to play, and now map statistics show that there is a lot of truth behind that feeling. Statistics sites all show that on each of Valorant’s four maps, …
Team Liquid defeats Legacy Esports, continues Worlds 2020 dominance
William Davis
League of Legends
The second day of play-ins at the 2020 League of Legends World Championship ended with a dominant win from Team Liquid over Legacy Esports. 2-0 for @TeamLiquidLoL! #Worlds2020 pic.twitter.com/uk9nAtoCsW — LoL Esports (@lolesports) September 26, 2020 Both teams had a perfect start to the play-ins, with one win each going into this match. Liquid played a fairly clean match against MAD Lions, where they managed to take them down with …
LGD Gaming gets upset by Rainbow7 in 2020 World Championship
William Davis
League of Legends
LGD Gaming finished day two of the 2020 World Championship with no wins after a surprising loss against Rainbow7. LGD fans are having 2015 flashbacks after the team was defeated by LLA’s Rainbow7. LGD, one of the favorites to advance from Play-Ins, is having a difficult time finding its footing in the tournament. So far, the team has accumulated two defeats and is looking like the weakest team in Group …
Worlds set new viewership record in the first day of play-ins
William Davis
League of Legends
It didn’t take more than one day of the 2020 League of Legends World Championship play-in stage until the viewership record of a Worlds play-in game was beaten by Team Liquid and MAD Lions. Team Liquid vs. MAD Lions peaked at 1,155,657 viewers according to Echarts and is therefore the most-watched play-in game up to now. The start of this year’s Worlds was heavily anticipated by fans who were all …
Want to get into online gaming? Find the right game for you
William Davis
News
Unless you have been living under a rock, then you are probably aware of the massive popularity surrounding online gaming. Having started as a slightly obscure hobby for people who were generally branded as nerds, online gaming has now become a hugely successful business and sport that has attracted a lot of attention. If you have been considering getting into it, it’s just a matter of finding the right game …
MAD Lions Shad0w on jungle Evelynn and his goals at Worlds
Jared Wynne
League of Legends
MAD Lions had a mixed first day at the 2020 World Championship. The team found victory versus Brazil’s INTZ of the CBLOL, but the win wasn’t as clean as some had expected. This would prove a grim omen for later in the day, as MAD Lions fell to Team Liquid in closing out the first day of competition. The team is still very much in the running to advance …
New CSGO version of Tuscan appears one year after rumors
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Its been almost an entire year since WIN.gg’s last report on rumors of a de_tuscan remake, but it seems as though the map’s original designer have completed an early draft of a Counter-Strike classic. Created in 2007 by Colin “Brute” Volrath, de_tuscan is one of the Counter-Strike series’ most famous maps, especially to older players that remember its time in the spotlight. Tuscan has always been characterized by close corners …
Complexity adds Nordavind’s NaToSaphiX on loan after oBo leaving
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
After the unexpected departure of Owen “oBo” Schlatter, Complexity has added Nordavind rifler Niels-Christian “NaToSaphiX” Sillassen on a short-term loan. Nordavind announced the news on the organization’s official Twitter account, saying that it had completed a deal with the North American organization for NaToSaphiX effective immediately. The move comes just days after oBo suddenly left both Europe and his place on Complexity with little notice, leaving the organization to field …
LoL Worlds 2020 gives esports bettors some interesting new options
William Davis
News
September is an exciting time for esports fans, as it welcomes the 10th annual League of Legends World Championship competition. Teams of elite players from across the globe are gathering in Shanghai to play for big prize money and even greater prestige as of September 25, 2020. This gives interested fans and bettors a great many chances for betting on high-stakes games in the coming weeks. But that action isn’t …
Call of Duty League is looking set to return with upcoming release of Black Ops Cold War
William Davis
News
Activision’s Call of Duty League is set to return with the upcoming release of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and, while information is still sparse, there’s quite a bit to note ahead of this comeback. There’s no official start date set for the second season’s inaugural event just yet, but fans could take the following into consideration. The competition kicked off on January 24 last year. It’s also …
WIN.gg gathers news and guides from around the world covering every point of the modern gaming industry in all of its many forms.