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LoL World Champion FunPlus Phoenix signs Valorant roster
Jared Wynne
Reigning League of Legends world champion FunPlus Phoenix has announced the signing of its first professional Valorant roster. The FPX Valorant roster is composed of players from Sweden’s FABRIKEN and Russia’s Party Parrots. Both squads were held among Europe’s best Valorant teams. The roster was due to compete in the Allied Esports Odyssey tournament under the name Team ZypanGoKill, but a Twitter post from Allied Esports revealed the team would …
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Washington Justice VP speaks on amateur Overwatch scene challenges
Olivia Richman
The Overwatch League and some of its teams aren’t having the best year in 2020. This was the season that should have seen homestand weekends and tournaments held all around the world. This was the season where some teams were supposed to have the right stability and tools to finally prove themselves. But even with much of the league’s logistics having changed, Washington Justice vice president of esports Grant Paranjape …
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These are the best Valorant agents to counter Killjoy
Olivia Richman
Valorant players have been complaining about Killjoy’s power. Developer Riot Games has promised to further tweak the new agent, but how can players best deal with her until then? Riot recently banned the 12th agent from upcoming Valorant tournaments to better ensure competitive integrity. Developers claimed the agent wasn’t quite ready for the big stage, a sentiment shared by the game’s competitive scene due to her overpowered and unavoidable Nanoswarm …
League of Legends
Secretlab reveals slick new League of Legends chairs
William Davis
One of the most popular gaming chair brands has just revealed a new series in collaboration with Riot Games, with new chairs inspired by selected League of Legends champions. The new set of chairs features designs inspired by Akali, Yasuo, and Ahri, making it possible for League of Legends fans to get a unique chair with some of their favorite champions represented thematically. In addition to the three champion-themed chairs, …
League of Legends
New tool shows alleges TF Blade, others share smurf accounts
William Davis
A Reddit user has created a tool that might get some of the top League of Legends streamers in trouble. A redditor showed alleged proof that some streamers, most notably Ashkan “TF Blade” Homayouni, are taking part in account sharing, an activity banned by League of Legends publisher Riot Games. The tool identifies overlaps between accounts, pointing out whenever two accounts under the same owner are being played at the …
Counter-Strike
BLAST announces end of partnership with NEOM after criticism
Steven Rondina
After weeks of silence and sustained pushback from fans and professional talent alike, BLAST owner RFRSH Entertainment has announced the end of its partnership with NEOM. The news was announced in an internal meeting with the tournament organizer, which was obtained by HLTV. No further details on the call were reported, but this follows a number of esports teams and casters criticizing the partnership on social media. The BLAST x …
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shroud streams Valorant to 500K viewers in Twitch return
M Alzamora
Michael “shroud” Grzesiek’s return to Twitch made history for the streamer as he passed 500,000 concurrent viewers within minutes of turning on his camera. Viewers poured into the Twitch channel by the thousands. While the chat was quickly placed in followers-only mode, donations and gifted subscriptions poured in for almost 45 minutes before shroud even appeared on camera. But as the man himself appeared back on the streaming platform after …
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Decay joins Washington Justice ahead of Overwatch League playoffs
gabhernandez
A week after Gui-un “Decay” Jang’s release from the Dallas Fuel, the Washington Justice has announced his signing for the remainder of the season. Fan reaction to the news has been almost entirely positive. Decay was one of the bright spots for the Fuel during his time with the team and was often able to clutch fights and was known for his deep hero pool. We’re excited to welcome @DecayOW …
You might already have these three expensive CSGO skins
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Flashy patterns in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive skins are nothing new, but some common skins can be worth much more if players are lucky enough to find one with the right pattern. Most CSGO players know about the different patterns on the Slaughter knives or what it means to have a full fade bayonet, but there are a few rare patterns on common weapon skins to turn a skin normally worth …
URF vs. Nexus Blitz: Which game mode is better?
William Davis
League of Legends
League of Legends has a variety of temporary game modes that rotate in and out through the year. Some modes go along with a specific event, such as Odyssey: Extraction. This game mode came out in 2018 with the release of the Odyssey skin line. Other modes, such as URF, consistently return. Riot Games released Nexus Blitz in 2018 and brought it back with patch 10.15 and the Spirit Blossom …
Shroud returns to Twitch streaming after Mixer’s demise
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Michael “shroud” Grzesiek is coming home to the streaming platform that kickstarted his career as an entertainer, according to a post from the streamer’s official Twitter account. After leaving fans in the dark for nearly a month following the closure of Mixer, Shroud announced his return to Twitch alongside the sort of well-produced video that his fans have come to know him for. I’m coming homehttps://t.co/0nsby7MTHi pic.twitter.com/6qO2E4m4jy — Michael Grzesiek …
Team Liquid launches Liquid+ program to reward fans
Olivia Richman
News
Team Liquid just announced a fan program it’s calling Liquid+. Currently in open beta, Liquid+ is a platform that celebrates the 20-year-old organization’s fans by rewarding them for interacting with the organization and its teams and players on social media. By leaving comments on Discord, watching Twitch streams, and retweeting tweets, Liquid+ participants will earn points that can be redeemed for in-app currency, event tickets, Team Liquid swag, and “tailored …
nitr0 reportedly weighs switch to Valorant after leaving Liquid
M Alzamora
News
Reports indicate that esports organizations competing in Valorant are reaching out to the man who captained Team Liquid to the world’s top ranking in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. After Nicholas “nitr0” Cannella’s surprise exit from Team Liquid’s CSGO roster, it seems as though Valorant teams are eager to get the CSGO veteran to switch games. Reports from ESPN state that several high-profile organizations have reached out to nitr0 to inquire if …
Fortnite player hacks into FNCS finals, criticizes anti-cheat
Olivia Richman
Fortnite
A Fortnite player using an aimbot hack qualified for the Fortnite Championship Series Chapter 2 Season 3 finals. The North American player, nicknamed Kona, claimed they made their cheating as obvious as possible to prove just how bad Fortnite’s anti-cheat is. They even streamed themselves using the aimbot on Twitch during the tournament. When asked about using the hacks, Kona stated during their stream that they were “sacrificing the account” …
Virtus.pro gears up for Omega League with new coach ArtStyle
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
With business about to pick up in the Dota 2 pro scene, Virtus.pro is making some moves to try and be in peak form. The organization has announced the addition of a new coach in Ivan “Artstyle” Antonov. The news was revealed across Virtus.pro’s social channels. THIS IS NOT A DRILLARTSTYLE IS BACK ???? https://t.co/hUXTgGT57M pic.twitter.com/njnCGRTwbn — Virtus.pro (@virtuspro) August 9, 2020 Artstyle is a veteran of the Dota 2 …
gAuLeS apologizes to Chaos and leaf, not everyone believes him
Steven Rondina
News
Several weeks after the fact, Alexandre “gAuLeS” Borba is finally apologizing to Chaos Esports Club. The Brazilian caster took to Reddit to state that he was wrong in leveling accusations of cheating against the North American squad. His apology follows increased pressure to apologize from tournament organizers. He also apologized during a live stream. “It was not my intention to inspire anger or actions that affected another person negatively. I …
Is CoreJJ or Bjergsen more deserving of LCS Summer Split MVP?
William Davis
League of Legends
The 2020 LCS Summer Split is going into its playoffs stage, but which player has been the most valuable throughout the split thus far? The summer split has been hectic with a lot of surprises and many great plays being made, but two players have been extraordinarily important to their respective teams. Those two players are star mid laner Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg from Team SoloMid and former world champion Jo …
Stats show that Cloud9’s CSGO team is now in decline
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
North America’s favorite team hasn’t performed well over the past six months. Since their signing in January of 2020, Cloud9 has gone from an impressive underdog side to a team in a slump, according to statistics gathered over the past six months. Its roster started off 2020 strong, steamrolling competition on its way to an IEM Katowice appearance, but has struggled since then. This is evidenced by both player and …
This devastating pop flash on Mirage will help you take mid
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
BIG’s Johannes “tabseN” Wodarz is a player of many talents, but his new mid flash for Mirage might prove to be his greatest contribution to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players. Map control, especially on Mirage, should be step one in planning out any attacking strategy. The difficulty in taking Mirage’s mid area stems from the fact that defenders can peek top mid from three separate angles. While sending a T underpass …
How Schalke 04 made a miracle run to the LEC summer playoffs
William Davis
League of Legends
It didn’t look good for FC Schalke 04 after the first five weeks of the 2020 LEC Summer Split, but the team has miraculously turned things around and qualified for the upcoming playoffs. The question being asked now is simple: How did they do it? The state of Schalke was already bad coming into the summer split after a poor performance in the spring. Schalke started the split as expected …
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