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Vici Gaming splits with Yang, coach rOtk as Chinese shuffle looms Dota 2 Vici Gaming splits with Yang, coach rOtk as Chinese shuffle looms By Fariha Bhatti Valorant devs are asking players to report cheaters more often News Valorant devs are asking players to report cheaters more often By Olivia Richman HUNDEN suspended from Heroic following tournament exploit, ban Counter-Strike HUNDEN suspended from Heroic following tournament exploit, ban By M Alzamora
Call of Duty League moving from 5v5 to 4v4 for third season News
Call of Duty League moving from 5v5 to 4v4 for third season gabhernandez Call of Duty League has announced that Season 2 will be played in a four-on-four format instead of the five-on-five composition that fans enjoyed in the inaugural season. The change is big and teams will now have to choose which of their five star players won’t start next season. CoD has always been known as a four-on-four game, even before the times of Nadeshot and OpTic Gaming, so a switch …
Valorant patch 1.07 nerfs Killjoy’s Nanoswarm, Viper buffed News
Valorant patch 1.07 nerfs Killjoy’s Nanoswarm, Viper buffed Olivia Richman Valorant players felt that Killjoy’s name was a bit too accurate when she was first released.  The 12th agent was initially disabled in tournaments due to her lack of stability. This was mostly due to pro players’ complaints about her Nanoswarm ability. The molly attack was doing damage too fast, said 100 Thieves coach Spencer “Hiko” Martin. This is especially concerning because players were unable to realize they were in …
How the Doublelift roster swap improved both Liquid and TSM League of Legends
How the Doublelift roster swap improved both Liquid and TSM William Davis Since Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng moved back to Team SoloMid from Team Liquid in April, both teams have improved drastically. But how did that happen? Doublelift has been playing at the top of the LCS for many years and has been an impactful player on both Liquid and TSM, winning a total of seven LCS trophies throughout his career. His original swap to Liquid in 2017 made the team a juggernaut …
Riot Games announces big changes for 2020 World Championship League of Legends
Riot Games announces big changes for 2020 World Championship William Davis It has been confirmed by Riot Games that the teams qualifying to the 2020 World Championship from Vietnam will not be able to participate at the tournament due to travel restrictions, forcing the publisher to make some big changes to the World Championship format.  With this sad news, Riot has released an update on the tournament format which will see some changes. The play-in stage in particular will be hit …
Players are mad, but Valorant devs don’t think Operator is OP News Players are mad, but Valorant devs don’t think Operator is OP By Olivia Richman Everyone’s angry at Valve after Dota Pro Circuit and TI10 delays Dota 2 Everyone’s angry at Valve after Dota Pro Circuit and TI10 delays By Steven Rondina VCS teams removed from LoL Worlds 2020 due to visa issues League of Legends VCS teams removed from LoL Worlds 2020 due to visa issues By Steven Rondina
ESL bans MIBR, Heroic coaches for exploiting bugs in tournaments News
ESL bans MIBR, Heroic coaches for exploiting bugs in tournaments M Alzamora ESL has banned three coaches from playing or participating in ESL and DreamHack events for exploiting a coaching bug that allowed players to gain a tactical advantage in tournament play. The exploit has been possible for months now, with the three bans stemming from the coaches’ actions in a number of ESL tournaments, including ESL’s Road to Rio series. All teams involved have been retroactively disqualified from those tournaments and …
Is Sentinels’ Sinatraa the best pro Valorant player in NA? News
Is Sentinels’ Sinatraa the best pro Valorant player in NA? Olivia Richman After the Sentinels beat Team Envy in the Pop Flash Valorant tournament over the weekend, the side was swiftly anoited the best team in North America, and perhaps in the world. The 3-0 victory showed just how dominant Sentinels are becoming in the early days of Valorant’s esports scene. Watching the match a bit closer, it seemed that Sentinels were so tough to beat in large part because of Jay …
Report says steel is leaving CSGO to join a pro Valorant team Counter-Strike
Report says steel is leaving CSGO to join a pro Valorant team M Alzamora Current Chaos EC in-game leader Joshua “steel” Nissan is set to leave the ranks of professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for new first-person shooter Valorant, according to a report at dbltap. If true, it means that steel will become the one of the last players from iBUYPOWER’s infamous CSGO roster to switch sides in the tactical shooter war between Valve’s CSGO and Riot Games’ upstart Valorant. iBUYPOWER existed in CSGO’s early …
Kold retires from professional play, looking to become a coach League of Legends
Kold retires from professional play, looking to become a coach William Davis Former Splyce and Origen jungler Jonas “Kold” Andersen officially retired from professional League of Legends after being absent for one year.  Kold has been inactive since August 2019, when he stepped down as the starting jungler for Origen. His departure from Origen was announced in November, as the organization explained that Kold stepped down due to health issues. In his most recent announcement, Kold explains that the health issues were …
These are the best Spike planting locations on Haven Olivia Richman News When playing on Haven, if you’re on the attacking team, you need to know the best places to strategically plant the Spike if you want to win. Where you choose to plant the Spike should not only play into your own team’s strengths and strategies but also the defending team’s numbers, agents, and possible location on the map.  The Spike planting location can be the difference between a round being …
Riot releases trailer for new champion Samira, shows abilities William Davis News Riot Games recently released the first official trailer for the newest League of Legends champion, Samira.  Samira, the Desert Rose, will be a new attack damage carry but is very different from what we usually associate with that type of champion. Samira can deal damage from range, but also right up in the enemy’s face by using either her guns or sword.  Samira is a gifted, ruthless marksman who charges …
FlyQuest takes spot in 2020 LCS Summer Split Final by beating Liquid William Davis League of Legends FlyQuest has locked up a spot in the 2020 LCS Summer Split Final after taking down Team Liquid 3-2 in a hard-fought series. The best-of-five series started out with a 45-minute marathon of a game, where both teams played for late-game win conditions. FlyQuest took the lead early on, but Liquid managed to crawl its way back in the mid game. As the game went on, FlyQuest’s team composition started …
Heroic surprises Vitality, wins ESL One Cologne 2020 with 3-0 sweep M Alzamora Counter-Strike Team Heroic swept Team Vitality 3-0 in ESL One Cologne’s European grand finals. Heroic won three in a row to take first place in one of Counter-Strike’s most storied events, making quick work of their French opponents. The Danish team walked away from the grand finals with a 16-7 win on Mirage before second map Inferno nearly went the distance, but ultimately ended with another Heroic win to the tune …
These are the best pistol round pro players in all of CSGO M Alzamora Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s pistols are powerful weapons in the right hands. With each CSGO match starting with a pistol round, teams with proficient pistol players start at a distinct advantage. The list of the top five pistol players includes some of CSGO’s best, a testament to how much of an impact skills with the pistol make. What’s even more interesting is that while Astralis leads teams in overall pistol round …
Call of Duty cheating is out of control, Activision fighting back Olivia Richman News Earlier this week, Call of Duty streamer Mr. Golds was caught using a cheating program during a live stream.  While streaming on Twitch, Mr. Golds told his nearly 2,000 viewers that he was “good at the game” because of his “recoil control.” This skill ended up being a hacking software, which viewers noticed on his desktop.  Streamer gets caught with cheat menu LIVE on streamEveryone report his stream plsproof: https://t.co/8LVEjcP05ktwitch: …
Riot combating AFKs in LoL with LP mitigation, earlier surrender William Davis League of Legends Riot Games’ changes to the League of Legends behavioral system seem to be working.  The publisher discussed some of the planned changes to the behavioral system set for September and also presented a few things it wants to add to the game before the season ends. This includes an earlier surrender system and LP mitigation.  Just a light update this month on our behavioral changes and what’s coming next.https://t.co/Q95m1Gt6As — …
Evil Geniuses outlasts Team Liquid, wins ESL One Cologne 2020 M Alzamora Counter-Strike North America’s ESL One Cologne grand final went all five maps but Evil Geniuses took first place at the expense of Team Liquid. The series went back and forth, with EG needing all five maps before it could secure victory with a 16-12 win on Dust 2. The matchup went back and forth with each team taking their own map picks, starting with an overtime win by EG on Nuke …
Everything you need to know about China’s top seed, Top Esports Jared Wynne League of Legends Top Esports was the first LPL team to qualify for the 2020 World Championships after winning the 2020 LPL Summer Split Playoffs. Professional League of Legends fans know that the LPL is the strongest region in the world today, but they might not be as familiar with Top Esports as they are with the more popular teams such as Invictus Gaming, LGD Gaming, or Funplus Phoenix. Top Esports has dominated …
G2 vs Fnatic in LEC playoffs peaks at almost 900,000 viewers William Davis League of Legends The upper bracket final LEC playoffs match between G2 Esports and Fnatic ended in a five-game nailbiter that drew almost 900,000 concurrent viewers at its peak.  According to Echarts, the series the all-time LEC & EU LCS viewership record, which shows how popular the league has become among League of Legends fans. The peak viewership reached 898,643 unique viewers. The average viewers throughout the 2020 LEC Summer Split sat at …
Virtus.pro beats Evil Geniuses to make Omega League playoffs Steven Rondina Dota 2 Virtus.pro sneaked into the Omega League Europe Immortal division playoffs with a critical win over Evil Geniuses. The Russian squad had an even record heading into its final match of the round robin group stage, and needed to defeat North America’s best in order to earn a guaranteed spot in the playoffs. They did so with a hard-fought 2-1 series victory. The series kicked off with a brutal throw by …
These are the best Spike planting locations on Split Olivia Richman News Planting the Spike in Valorant requires a deceptive amount of thought.  As the attacking team, where you place the Spike can be the difference between victory and defeat. It’s important to place the Spike in a location that not only takes into account your team’s strengths, weapons, and numbers, but the opposing team’s position, agents, and potential for a retake.  Available since the first day of Valorant’s closed beta, Split …

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