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News Valorant players call on Riot to fix broken vision cones By Olivia Richman League of Legends 2020 World Championship icons and emotes are live on the PBE By William Davis League of Legends T1 loses to Gen.G in LCK gauntlet, will miss LoL Worlds 2020 By William Davis

League of Legends

Riot reveals Mythic items and new item shop for next LoL season William Davis Riot recently revealed more information about the upcoming item overhaul for the 2021 preseason. The new update will include Mythic items and a number of new normal items as well.  One month ago, Riot shared a first look into its preseason plans. They revealed a complete item overhaul that will add more diversity into different roles. In this most recent announcement, Riot shared information about Mythic items, which will be …

Counter-Strike

ESL cancels Rio Major, reveals IEM Global Challenge plans M Alzamora Valve and ESL have announced that the ESL One Rio Major has officially been cancelled. The event was previously scheduled for November 2020. The announcement comes after months of speculation that ESL Rio would not take place due to the ongoing global situation which has caused extreme travel restrictions to and from Brazil and other countries around the world. ESL finished its announcement by stating that, as of now, there …

Counter-Strike

missharvey calls out Valve for not supporting competitive CSGO Olivia Richman Counter-Strike: Global Offensive veteran Stephanie “missharvey” Harvey was not afraid of calling out Valve in a recent column where she discussed the game’s competitive scene.  In a column for Dexerto, missharvey said she was worried for CSGO’s future due to the first-person shooter’s lack of fresh material. For that, she blames the game’s developers, Valve, who she feel don’t properly “cherish” their players or “strive to make the scene better.” …

League of Legends

Riot wants to kill ADC Senna in last patch before Worlds 2020 William Davis The preview for the 2020 World Championship patch has arrived and it includes some interesting buffs and nerfs that might have an effect on the Worlds meta.  As per usual, lead gameplay designer for League of Legends Mark “Scuffy” Yetter has provided a list of detailed buffs and nerfs.  10.19 Preview with full changes:-We got some more 10.18 data and Talon and Nunu are actually not as strong as they …

Dota 2 TI10 prize pool hits $36 million, pads record for largest esports prize pool ever By Steven Rondina News dafran reemerges after social media disappearance as farmer By gabhernandez Counter-Strike CSPPA still has FalleN and MIBR ranked in top 10 despite slump By M Alzamora

League of Legends

Caps calls G2 the greatest EU roster ever, but is it really? William Davis After G2 Esports won its fourth consecutive LEC trophy, Danish mid laner Rasmus “Caps” Winther spoke very highly about his team, calling it the best European roster ever.  In an interview with Skysports, Caps said that he thinks it’s fair to call G2 the greatest European rosters after both domestic and international success in recent years.  “I think it’s fair to say we’re the greatest EU roster – we obviously …

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TSM Subroza disses Viper, says no buffs can help her see play Olivia Richman There was a trend going around in the Valorant community in which players suggested outrageous agent improvements. It was all fun and games until TSM’s Yassine “Subroza” Taoufik made the Twitter trend a little too real.  make killjoy turret shoot sova recon darts — TSM drone (@Dronecsgo) September 6, 2020 In a reply to a teammate’s Killjoy buff, Subroza tweeted that Viper’s ultimate, Viper’s Pit, should utilize the entire map. …

League of Legends

DAMWON Nuguri diagnosed with collapsed lung heading into Worlds William Davis DAMWON Gaming top laner Jang “Nuguri” Ha-gwon was diagnosed with a collapsed lung following the team’s win against DragonX in the 2020 LCK Summer Split final. The LCK summer champions didn’t get to celebrate their victory for long before top laner Nuguri reported that he was feeling short of breath and had chest pains. He was quickly checked into a hospital and diagnosed with pneumothorax, a collapsed lung. He underwent …

League of Legends

These are the best champions for LoL’s One for All game mode William Davis Temporary game mode One for All is live now as part of the PsyOps 2020 event, and we have assembled the best champions to use in conquering Summoner’s Rift. One for All will be available through October 5. One for All is one of the oldest game modes in League of Legends, as it was first released in 2013. The mechanics of this mode are simple. Players go through a …

Stewie2K rants on CSGO match fixing as investigations continue Olivia Richman Counter-Strike Team Liquid Counter-Strike: Global Offensive veteran Jake “Stewie2K” Yip has been quite vocal about match fixing taking place in the Mountain Dew League.  The Mountain Dew League was once known as the top competition for tier-two CSGO teams looking to get their names on the map. But recently, the MDL has been in the spotlight for something very different than its promising talent. On September 3, the Esports Integrity Commission …

TSM goes deeper on streaming, signs Twitch streamer Pokelawls Olivia Richman News TSM is building up its content creation team with one of the most popular personalities on Twitch.  The esports organization announced that Pokelawls is joining as a streamer. On Twitter, TSM called the new signing a “dub,” most likely atrributable to Pokelawls ever-growing popularity as a streamer. He has over 678,000 followers on Twitch, where he streams Overwatch as well as Just Chatting, VR, and IRL categories. On YouTube, he …

Which teams are qualified for the 2020 LoL World Championship? William Davis League of Legends The 2020 World Championship is right around the corner and all teams save for one have been decided. But who will be fighting for the Summoner’s Cup this year? Once again, teams from all around the world will compete to determine the best League of Legends team in the world. Originally, 24 teams were set to compete, but unfortunately Vietman’s VCS teams won’t be able to attend due to travel …

HenryG takes on GM role for Cloud9 CSGO team, done casting M Alzamora Counter-Strike Cloud9 has brought on Henry “HenryG” Greer as its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive general manager while also adding former 100 Thieves coach Aleksandar “Kassad” Trifunovic as the team’s new head coach. Cloud9 announced the signings of HenryG and Kassad on September 7, setting off the North American team’s rebuild that was reported just the day before. The move comes mere days after HenryG announced his retirement as a CSGO commentator following …

This is why Shen jungle works, as proven by TSM and G2 William Davis League of Legends Shen is known as a strong top laner with great early game dueling power and global presence, but the ninja is starting to see play in the jungle as well. But what makes Shen a strong jungler? Shen was picked up by Team SoloMid jungler Mingyi “Spica” Lu in the 2020 LCS Summer Split lower bracket final against Team Liquid. The pick came as a surprise to fans as well …

Team SoloMid wins the 2020 LCS Summer Split by defeating FlyQuest William Davis League of Legends Team SoloMid is the 2020 LCS Summer Split champion after an intense five-game series against FlyQuest. TSM lived up to expectations and earned its first LCS title since 2017. Now, TSM is heading to the 2020 League of Legends World Championship as the LCS’s first seed and it’s guaranteed to avoid Top Esports, DAMWON Gaming, and G2 Esports in the first round. WE ARE THE BEST TEAM IN NORTH AMERICA …

Cloud9 looks for new CSGO roster, plans to drop current team Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Cloud9 is once again going to hit the reset button on its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive division. The organization posted a video to YouTube on Sunday featuring members of its current roster stating that Cloud9 plans to pivot towards a different roster in the future. Though it was explicitly stated that Cloud9 plans to stay in CSGO, the current roster is likely to be transferred to another organization or dissolved entirely. …

LEC hits 1 million peak viewership for G2 vs. Fnatic finals match William Davis League of Legends The LEC hit another milestone by reaching over 1 million peak viewers during the 2020 LEC Summer Finals match between G2 Esports and Fnatic. This broke the record for most-watched LEC match.  It was only a matter of time before the LEC would hit the 1 million viewer milestone. An earlier playoff match between G2 and Fnatic saw viewership peak at almost 900,000 unique viewers. The finals showdown between them …

Team Secret runs through OG, wins Omega League EU Immortal division Steven Rondina Dota 2 Team Secret has won the Omega League Europe Immortal division, an event that will likely go down as the largest Dota 2 tournament of 2020. Entering Omega League as the consensus best team in the world, Secret lived up to that billing with an almost flawless run through the event that saw them drop just two maps along the way. Secret locked up the $200,000 top prize with a 3-0 …

mousesports suspends coach Rejin over cheating with coaching bug Olivia Richman Counter-Strike mousesports coach Allan “Rejin” Petersen has been suspended for using a coaching bug while working for previous organizations.  The organization tweeted that Rejin had admitted to “knowing and using” the bug while with Tricked. While they couldn’t find proof that Rejin used the coaching bug while on mousesports, they still decided to suspend him until the investigation has concluded.  “None of our players nor staff were aware of the past …

G2 Esports crushes Fnatic to win 2020 LEC Summer Finals William Davis League of Legends G2 Esports is the 2020 LEC Summer Split champion after a 3-0 victory against Fnatic. This is the fourth LEC trophy in a row for G2, further solidifying the team as the kings of Europe. The clean sweep was almost a shot-for-shot remake of the spring finals, and leaves Fnatic not really looking like a real rival to G2.  THE #LEC SUMMER 2020 CHAMPIONS: @G2esports! ???? pic.twitter.com/Shifs0ngjn — LEC (@LEC) …

G2’s Caps wins 2020 LEC Summer MVP Award after making LEC Finals William Davis League of Legends G2 Esports mid laner Rasmus “Caps” Winther has been awarded the 2020 LEC Summer Split MVP Award after an outstanding performance during the entire split.  The Danish mid laner achieved MVP status after two splits where teammate Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski took the award. This is the third time Caps has won most valuable player of the split, the other two came in LEC Spring 2019 and LEC Summer 2018. With …

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