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News Big changes are coming to Valorant’s in-game ping system By Olivia Richman League of Legends Fans are angry with Faker benching, T1 issues new statement By Steven Rondina Counter-Strike 3 burning questions heading into ESL One Cologne 2020 By M Alzamora

League of Legends

Yone win rates are terrible at release, so what’s the problem? William Davis The release of new champion Yone was one of the most anticipated in a long time, but his solo queue win rates are looking very dire early on. Yone was released to a lot of hype around the League of Legends community, and few could wait to play the highly mechanical assassin. Yone has a kit that invites a lot of skirmishing, very similar to his half-brother Yasuo. But while …

Counter-Strike

Team Liquid adds caster moses as new CSGO head coach, adreN out Steven Rondina Team Liquid has made a big change to its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team. The organization has added a new head coach in Jason “moses” O’Toole, who will be replacing Eric “adreN” Hoag. The news was revealed by Liquid on the organization’s official Twitter account: Our journey towards reclaiming first place begins today. Welcome, @MosesGG pic.twitter.com/PwBGkSJo1S — Team Liquid (@TeamLiquid) August 9, 2020 moses is best known to current fans of …

League of Legends

Team Liquid cements first-place finish in 2020 LCS Summer Split Steven Rondina In one of the most impressive turnarounds of the year’s League of Legends competitive season, Team Liquid has mathematically secured a first-place finish in the 2020 LCS Summer Split. Liquid bested Immortals on Saturday, advancing the team’s record to 14-3 in the summer split. With just one game left in the season, second-place teams Cloud9 and Team SoloMid are unable to catch up at 12-5. This assures Liquid first place …

Counter-Strike

78-year-old CSGO player becomes champion with Silver Snipers Olivia Richman “I’m 78 and I’ll kick your ass at Counter-Strike!” PC Gamer’s Totally Game series recently featured 78-year-old CSGO champion Abbe “DieHardBirdie” Drakborg, who won the CSGO Senior League tournament at DreamHack last year with his squad, Silver Snipers. The youngest member was 64 years old at the time.  DieHardBirdie said that winning DreamHack was his favorite moment of his career because it allowed his team to showcase their skills to …

News Brigitte, Orisa hit with huge nerfs in Overwatch experimental patch By Olivia Richman League of Legends How Treatz surpassed Biofrost and made TSM a better team By William Davis League of Legends Manchester City star Sergio Agüero just started playing LoL By William Davis

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Fusion’s Alarm: “I feel confident we will win this tournament” gabhernandez Heralded by Fusion coach Christopher “ChrisTFer” Graham as one of Overwatch’s most naturally gifted players, Kim “Alarm” Kyung-bo is a fierce competitor every time he steps up to the Overwatch League stage. Fans hoped that Alarm would be brought up to the Fusion roster for the third season of the OWL, and they were not disappointed when he not only got brought up, but made the starting roster. Support mains …

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Carpe, Alarm headline list of 2020 Overwatch League MVP candidates gabhernandez The battle for the title of Overwatch League MVP kicked off today with the League releasing the list of nominees.  10 candidates were chosen for the MVP award. The winner will take home a trophy, a patch on their jersey, and a $100,000 cash reward. Although it hasn’t been explicitly stated, MVP recipients for the past two seasons have also had a special skin added into the game in their …

League of Legends

Cloud9 signs IWillDominate after TL departure despite LPP ban William Davis Cloud9 has announced the signing of former professional player Christian “IWillDominate” Rivera as their newest streamer and content creator, despite his recent ban from the League Partnership Program.  IWillDominate will be joining Cloud9 as a content creator, joining popular figures such as fellow retired pro Zachary “Sneaky” Scuderi and former coach and analyst Christopher “MonteCristo” Mykles, who are also making content for the organization. We are excited to announce our …

Counter-Strike

Astralis’ gla1ve is out for ESL One Cologne M Alzamora Astralis fans probably won’t see Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander or Andreas “xyp9x” Højsleth in ESL One Cologne’s Regional standoff. Astralis’ gla1ve won’t compete for the team at the upcoming ESL One Cologne tournament, according to a tweet from the player’s official Twitter account. ESL currently has the player listed as a substitute for Denmark’s premier Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team along with fellow player xyp9x, according to a report from Danish sports …

How will the esports market develop in the future? Jared Wynne News The mainstream rise of esports may seem a wild idea to those without an intimate knowledge of the industry. But experts predict the professional video gaming sector could rival the most significant traditional sports leagues in future commercial opportunities. Even Steve Bornstein, a former CEO of ESPN and NFL Network, backs this view. He currently sits in the esports camp, chairing Blizzard’s esports division, but the evidence is hard to …

ESL One Cologne 2020 schedule, opening matches revealed M Alzamora Counter-Strike ESL has revealed the groups and opening matchups for the upcoming ESL One Cologne 2020. Groups are now live for all four of ESL One Cologne’s regions, as well the early round matchups for each of the tournament’s group stages. Cologne’s European division is split into two groups of eight teams, with each group playing four matches on opening day on August 18. This will come alongside North America’s two …

Does Surefour deserve more recognition in the Overwatch League? Olivia Richman News Lane “Surefour” Roberts might be one of the most underrated Overwatch League players of all time.  Before the Overwatch League started, many within the Overwatch community speculated that the popular streamer and competitive player would be picked up by a team in the league. He had already made a name for himself as a strong DPS player. He was the first player to reach an 80 skill rating in competitive …

Riot Games wants ADC item builds more diverse this preseason William Davis League of Legends Riot Games recently presented their preseason 2021 item overhaul in which marksmen will be given more build diversity.  The 2020 season is going into its late stages and Riot is slowly starting to tease its plans for the upcoming preseason. The first major preseason report is about items, that will get a big overhaul. Very big new blog about this preseason’s item overhaul:-Healing reduction and grievous wounds-CDR is changing into …

Riot is completely changing items for LoL preseason 2021 William Davis League of Legends Riot Games has just announced its plans for the big preseason 2021 item overhaul, in which items for all roles will be adjusted.  Items in League of Legends have seen updates most every year, but this preseason seems to include the biggest item update in the history of the game. Riot is looking to target most roles in the game with this update, including reworks to specific in-game stats and …

Team Liquid signs fish123 and ScreaM to enter Valorant esports Olivia Richman News Team Liquid has finally entered the competitive Valorant scene. And they have entered in style.  The rumors are true: Team Liquid has signed four members of the European Valorant team fish123 and former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom to create a very promising Valorant squad.  “We are proud to announce that Team Liquid will be entering Valorant!” Team Liquid announced on their official Discord. “We hope you’re just …

Tfue reveals the reason why he hasn’t been streaming Fortnite Olivia Richman Fortnite Turner “Tfue” Tenney’s fans have noticed that the popular streamer has been playing a lot of Call of Duty: Warzone, and not much Fortnite. With over 8.85 million followers, Tfue has become quite famous on Twitch for his Fortnite streams. So a lot of his fans have been wondering why he’s decided to start playing a first-person shooter title instead of the popular third-person battle royale, especially when it was …

CSGO releases new Fracture weapons case, updates new maps M Alzamora Counter-Strike CSGO has released its second weapons case of 2020, the Fracture case. The case is the first case released since the Prisma 2 case in early March. The new case features 17 different finishes, including a rare appearance by both the CT M4A4 and the T AK-47 in the same case. In addition to the two main rifles, the case also contains skins for both the Glock and the P2000. …

FaZe Clan reportedly adding Kjaerbye for ESL One Cologne 2020 M Alzamora Counter-Strike Update August 11: FaZe Clan has officially announced Kjærbye’s signing. Markus “Kjaerbye” Kjærbye is set to join FaZe Clan. According to a report by Polish news site cybersport.pl, the Dane will be joining FaZe as a replacement for Aurimas “Bymas” Pipiras. The former North and Astralis rifler left North earlier this year in the middle of ESL’s Road to Rio, citing health issues and forcing the roster to use its …

Envy involved in major CSGO roster shakeup, LEGIJA returns Jared Wynne Counter-Strike Team Envy has announced some drastic changes to its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster. The team has parted ways with Ryan “ryann” Welsh and Kaleb “moose” Jayne, with former coach Nikola “LEGIJA” Ninić now transitioning into the starting roster as a player. Taking over LEGIJA’s coaching duties will be Polish veteran Jakub “kuben” Gurczyński. LEGIJA himself is a veteran of the CSGO scene with a distinguished career dating back to 2012. …

MAD Lions adds Polish veteran innocent ahead of DreamHack Summer Jared Wynne Counter-Strike MAD Lions has completed its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster with Polish rifler Paweł “innocent” Mocek. innocent replaces Lucas “Bubzkji” Andersen, who departed for Astralis last week. “Thrilled to have the opportunity to join a team like MAD Lions. If you know me, you know I will work my ass off to make it work, as I did last year in order to be here. Hopefully I can use this chance …

Ex-Virtus.pro star pashaBiceps joins Team Liquid Stream Team Jared Wynne Counter-Strike Team Liquid has announced the signing of Counter-Strike legend Jarosław “pashaBiceps” Jarząbkowski to its Liquid Stream Team.  In its announcement on Twitter, the organization included a mock-up WhatsApp chat mockup between their current roster, where they said PashaBiceps would be joining as a ‘streamer and certified Liquid supporter’. “Ok boys. Papito is coming! I’m joining Team Liquid and becoming their new friend, which will support them for better or worse. …

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