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Counter-Strike IEM Global Challenge set to be 1st CSGO live event since IEM Katowice By M Alzamora League of Legends LPL introduces salary cap, and it might be bad for pro players By Steven Rondina League of Legends Riot’s tease gives us a clue about the 2020 Victorious skin By William Davis

Counter-Strike

NiKo is refusing to take blame for FaZe clan roster shuffles Fariha Bhatti Nikola “NiKo” Kovač has recently been under siege for the changes in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster. The veteran has finally responded to critics in a series of tweets. It hasn’t been long since NiKo last ranted on twitter about the community’s hate towards him and his team. The deteriorating condition of the team continues to draw criticism from fans and NiKo somehow always finds himself in hot water.   “I can’t …

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Looking at some of the best and biggest esports tournaments Jared Wynne The online casino industry is one of the biggest gaming industries in the world. Whether it’s live poker, table games or slots such as the popular Ariana slots, the online casino industry is continuously growing. As more people become aware of online tournaments, they can often find themselves absorbed in the highly competitive world of esports.  By 2018, there were 25.7 million esports viewers in the United States alone. It’s …

League of Legends

US government probes Riot, Epic Games over Tencent ownership Steven Rondina When United States president Donald Trump made moves to shut down WeChat and TikTok from operating in the USA, it led to questions whether it would have killed League of Legends, Fortnite, and a number of other games with financial ties to China. Those concerns were briefly alleviated, but now it appears that the story isn’t yet over.  According to a report by Bloomberg, the Committee on Foreign Investment in …

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Explaining Valorant weapon spray patterns and if they’re random M Alzamora The spray patterns on Valorant’s weapons might seem random, but its weapons are actually easier to control than in many other popular first-person shooters. Any player that has spent time in competitive tactical shooters has dealt with mastering recoil control. And even though Valorant’s spray patterns are nearly identical to those in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, both games have built-in randomness to where exactly a player’s bullets end up. When firing …

Dota 2 The numbers say that these are the 10 top-ranked teams in Dota 2 By Steven Rondina News WIN.gg rankings are here, this is how they work By Steven Rondina News 2020 Overwatch League MVP Award goes to Shanghai Dragons’ Fleta By gabhernandez

League of Legends

Can FlyQuest’s Santorin match up with junglers at Worlds 2020? William Davis The jungle position will be packed at the 2020 World Championship, with world-class junglers attending from every region. While he proved a big part of his team’s success domestically, how will FlyQuest jungler Lucas “Santorin” Larsen do against this sort competition?  The Danish jungler will have to face great opponents right from the group stage, with Top Esports Hung “Karsa” Hao-Hsuan and DragonX Hong “Pyosik” Chang-hyeon placed in the same …

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Predicting the highest priority champion bans going into Worlds William Davis The 2020 World Championship patch is live with adjustments to champions both strong and weak. Some of those champions receiving buffs might end up as high-priority bans at the tournament.  It’s not unusual to see a couple of champions make the ban list in almost every game at Worlds. Last year, Pantheon was the most feared champion that no team wanted to face. This made him a permanent ban. Xayah …

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Riot to remove divisional promotion series, high ELO duo queue William Davis Ranked queues will see some significant changes in the upcoming preseason, such as the removal of duo queue in high ranks and inter-division promotion games.  Huge info here for all of our ranked and matchmaking plans this preseason:-Division promo removal-Rank Informed Matchmaking-Rank Seeding-Duo removal in Master+-Chromas for victorious above goldhttps://t.co/GsdjWwDug2 — Mark Yetter (@MarkYetter) September 17, 2020 In the most recent Riot Games dev post, competitive gameplay manager Cody “Codebear” …

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shroud x Logitech G collection surprises fans, site crashes Olivia Richman Former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro Michael “shroud” Grzesiek announced a new partnership on Twitch.  The popular streamer has partnered with Logitech G and has a new line of gaming accessories being launched. The line of products is called the shroud X Logitech G collection, which are black and blue to match shroud’s new logo. shroud noted that he actually redesigned his logo because the old one “didn’t look good on …

The new 2020 Worlds song, Take Over, has been released William Davis League of Legends Riot Games has just released the 2020 World Championship song Take Over, featuring Jeremy McKinnon, Max Schneider, and Henry Lau. The three artists are established names in the music industry with some big hits to their credit. Jeremy McKinnon is known as the lead vocalist of American rock band A Day to Remember. Max Schneider, better known as MAX, is an American multi-platinum recording artist. The third artist is Henry …

Immortal Treasure 3 arrives in TI10 Battle Pass, date extended Steven Rondina Dota 2 At long last, the Immortal Treasure 3 has arrived in The International 10 Battle Pass. The long-awaited loot crate is the last major component of the TI10 Battle Pass with the 2020 Trove Carafe likely cancelled. Fans have been clamoring for the item for weeks, with Valve slow to deliver due to struggles with its development output. The Immortal Treasure 3 includes common treasures for Lich, Oracle, Clockwerk, Pugna, Treant …

Why do scrim results keep leaking at Worlds 2020? William Davis League of Legends Teams at the 2020 World Championship have started to scrim each other to prepare for the tournament, but several leaked results have been floating around on social media. Worlds scrim results have been all over social media over the past week. Fans, as well as other teams, have been able to see the exact result of some scrims, which are usually kept private between participating teams.  Some of the teams …

New Tracer’s Comic Challenge event arrives in Overwatch gabhernandez News A surprise event was announced today for Overwatch called Tracer’s Comic Challenge, which includes comic-themed sprays and a Tracer skin. The flagship character has received her own comic-themed skin that was released alongside a new comic for the character named “Tracer: London Calling.” The event runs from September 15 to 28 and includes two ways to earn some comic-themed loot. The first is through in-game challenges where players must win …

PSG Talon will play with substitutes during the Worlds play-in stage William Davis League of Legends PCS second-seed PSG Talon recently announced that it will have to play with substitute players in the 2020 World Championship play-in stage due to “travel restrictions and visa requirements”.  In an official statement, PSG Talon announced that jungler Kim “River” Dong-woo and mid laner Park “Tank” Dan-won won’t be able to participate in the play-in stage because they will still be under quarantine in Shanghai. To replace the two Koreans, …

Fnatic splits with iceiceice, drops eyyou after just one week Steven Rondina Dota 2 The massive roster shuffle that’s sweeping China’s Dota 2 secene has seemingly reached the shores of the Southeast Asia region. Fnatic has announced a major change to its Dota 2 roster, splitting from Daryl Koh “iceiceice” Pei Xiang after two years due to the expiration of his contract. With that change, Fnatic is also dropping newly added captain Nico “eyyou” Barcelon after just one week. As part of our Dota …

Who is Sabine in Valorant? A new agent, or something else? Olivia Richman News For a while now, Valorant players have kept hearing the name “Sabine” while playing the game. But who is she? Is it a code name? A new agent? Who is Sabine, and why do we keep hearing her name?  As far as the evidence goes, Sabine is not a new agent. For a while, many players speculated that Sabine was the leaked name of a new agent, sneakily mentioned by …

Raze gets big nerf in Valorant 1.08 while Guardian is upgraded Olivia Richman News Pub stomper Raze has proven to be pretty strong in competitive mode as well. In patch 1.08, Valorant developers are taking away some of her firepower.  The big focus of Raze’s nerf is on her Blast Pack. Its initial damage was reduced to 15 with a 0.2 meter inner radius. Once the satchel lands, it arms after 0.5 seconds with an increased max damage up to 50. The satchel no …

New Chinese all-star team formed by PUBG org Four Angry Men Fariha Bhatti Dota 2 After months of speculation, Chinese organization Four Angry Men has finally revealed its star-studded Dota 2 roster. The organization best known for its PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds team has been at the center of rumors since announcing its plans to expand into Dota 2 in early June. The roster includes former Vici Gaming players Zhang “Eurus” Chengjun and Zhou “Yang” Haiyang, former PSG.LGD captain Xu “fy” Linsen and mid laner Lu “Somnus” …

Team Empire reveals new roster for BTS Pro Series Season 3 Fariha Bhatti Dota 2 Team Empire has officially pulled the plug on its “promote the academy roster” experiment. The organization announced a new roster that would see it part ways with offlaner and captain Alexey “Mastery” Vinchevskiy and support Dzhama “jAMES” Abdurashitov, while former carry Alexey “Smiling Knight” Sviridov has been temporarily benched. Support players Sergey “Ecnart” Slobodyanyk and mid laner Alexander “lightless” Potapenko are the only remaining members of the previous roster. lightless …

Dignitas bench GeT_RiGhT, Xizt after disastrous CSGO return M Alzamora Counter-Strike DIGNITAS has announced the benching of Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund and Richard “Xizt” Landström from its active Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster. The removal of the two veteran players from the DIGNITAS lineup comes nine months after the organization reformed the famed Ninjas in Pyjamas roster that dominated in CSGO’s early esports history. But after months of trying to rekindle the NiP magic, Dignitas is calling it quits. The news was revealed …

PSG.LGD signs EHOME roster, EHOME rebuilds around Sccc Steven Rondina Dota 2 Chinese Dota 2 is undergoing an enormous roster shuffle and two more teams are starting with a clean slate as a result.  EHOME and PSG.LGD have completed a blockbuster trade that will see both teams boasting all-new lineups in the 2020-2021 Dota Pro Circuit season. The change will see the bulk of EHOME’s roster making up the new core of PSG.LGD. In exchange, EHOME is acquiring the services of PSG.LGD’s …

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