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League of Legends These highlights show how to play new LoL champion Lillia By William Davis News Did PlussyKnight fake his passing? Communities raise questions By Olivia Richman League of Legends LEC brings on NEOM as new partner, talent lash out against move By William Davis

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Valorant reveals 12th agent Killjoy, confirms release date Olivia Richman Equipped with a bunch of adorable and deadly robots, Killjoy has been officially revealed by Valorant developers.  Riot Games had accidentally leaked Killjoy a few days ago, giving fans insight into the 12th agent’s abilities. It was clear that she would be a defensive agent with abilities focused on deployable machines.  One bot attacks enemies, dealing damage and lowering their defenses to damage from enemy agents. She also has Nanostorm, …

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nitr0 likely out of Team Liquid, replaced by Triumph’s Grim Steven Rondina After five and a half years, Nicholas “nitr0” Cannella is looking to no longer be a part of Team Liquid’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster. Following reports by dbltap’s Jarek Lewis, Team Liquid president Steve Arhancet took to Twitter to address the matter. While he didn’t explicitly discuss the report or its implications, he functionally confirmed the roster move. “Yes, we will be making changes to the roster…Our commitment to winning …

Counter-Strike

Marking the 10th anniversary of CS star Cyx’s tragic passing Jared Wynne The passing of Antonio “cyx” Daniloski marked a turning point in the professional esports industry. Although the German Counter-Strike scene lost one of its most talented and promising players, it also reminded us of the mortality of the star players fans cheer for. Never has there been such a tragic loss that sent shockwaves throughout the esports world as did the loss of cyx. Professional players, devoted fans, and even …

Counter-Strike

What is the rank distribution in CSGO in 2020? M Alzamora Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s rank distribution is set in stone, and that means it may be harder for some players to rank up. In 2015, Valve recognized there was an issue in the way that players were ranked in CSGO. Their data showed that there were many more players populating the higher ranks than there were the lower ones. In response, Valve instituted one of the most controversial changes to CSGO’s …

Dota 2 Where will SumaiL end up after leaving the OG roster? By Steven Rondina League of Legends Fiora, Jax, Yasuo are about to get big buffs in patch 10.16 By William Davis News New Valorant agent Killjoy has abilities leaked by Riot By Olivia Richman

League of Legends

The rise and powering up of Karthus in Season 10 Jared Wynne Karthus has become one of the premier mid, jungle, and bot lane picks in patch 10.14. Thanks to the steady jungle experience buffs and the reversion of some ill-advised nerfs to the champion, this hyper-scaling mage has risen from the ashes. Karthus was one of the hardest hit champions after the preseason 10 jungle experience nerfs. By reducing jungle experience and decreasing neutral monster spawn timers, Riot effectively nerfed the …

Dota 2

Fnatic adds Raven from Geek Fam, drops 23savage in surprise move Jared Wynne Fnatic has once again shaken up the southeast Asian Dota 2 scene by signing Marc Polo Luis “Raven” Fausto. Only a couple of hours after it was announced that Raven will be leaving Geek Fam, Fnatic announced that the Filipino star will be replacing Nuengnara “23savage” Teeramahanon in their starting lineup. “In our pursuit to build a Southeast Asian super team and continue dominating the region, I welcome for the …

League of Legends

These are the worst champion picks in LoL patch 10.15 William Davis A lot is changing in the current meta after patch 10.15, especially with the addition of the game’s newest champion, Lillia.  While the recent patch included many buffs, we also saw Riot give some heavy nerfs to some of solo queue’s hard hitters. We will be taking a look at some champions to avoid in solo queue. All statistics provided in the article are taken from Platinum elo games and …

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Are higher tick rates affecting CSGO weapon accuracy? M Alzamora A post on social media has shown what most players who have played on both 64-tick and 128-tick servers have likely already felt. Tick rates can affect weapon accuracy in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. There is a difference between how quickly CSGO’s weapons reset their accuracy values between the two types of servers. This can cause some weapons, especially the M4A4, to be more accurate during burst fire. .@3kliksphilip A video …

Falling off the map on Vertigo creates the wildest rounds in CSGO M Alzamora Counter-Strike Sometimes all it takes is a little luck to win a seemingly impossible round. In a recent ESEA match between Kinship Ghost and GGPR Esports, GGPR member lowrider managed to pull an impressive one versus two clutch using a creative hiding spot. After planting on the A bombsite, lowrider took out Kinship Ghost’s Bezerker before disaster struck. While strafing back into cover, lowrider managed to fall off of Vertigo, plummeting …

CSGO player Sparkles spends $15,000 to get skin of his dreams Olivia Richman Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Global Offensive YouTuber Sparkles is known for doing a lot of questionable things just to entertain his followers.  This time, Sparkles decided to spend $15,000 to get his hands on the skin of his dreams. That skin is the StatTrak AK47 Fire Serpent in Factory New condition.  “I will be attempting the skin I have dreamed about since I first started playing this game and have tried to get …

A comprehensive guide to CSGO’s Fire and Ice skin patterns M Alzamora Counter-Strike CSGO’s knives are prized by casual players and collectors alike, but the ultra-rare Fire and Ice patterns on Marble Fade knives are particularly popular. Part of what makes the Fire and Ice combination so rare is that it can only appear on four types of knives: the Karambit, Bayonet, Flip Knife, and the Gut Knife. Since neither of the Flip Gut knives are very popular, this means that any Karambit …

Epic Games reveals new Fortnite bug fixes in update v13.40 Olivia Richman Fortnite Epic is using their latest update, v13.40, to address a lot of bugs that have been bothering Fortnite players.  Fortnite developers outlined the upcoming changes in their public Trello board of “community issues.” There are four battle royale-related bugs that are marked as “fixed in future game update” on the board.  One such bug is that a few challenges may not appear to count if a player is in duos …

Fnatic’s 23savage hits 11,000 MMR, joins Abed in 11K MMR Club Steven Rondina Dota 2 The 10K MMR Cclub has long been the pinnacle of success in the Dota 2 public matchmaking scene, but the “11K MMR club” may soon render it obsolete.  Fnatic core player Nuengnara “23savage” Teeramahanon has become just the second player to reach 11,000 MMR. He follows Evil Geniuses mid laner Abed “Abed” Azel L. Yusop in the illustrious grouping, hitting 11,020 MMR. He revealed the achievement on Twitter. 11,020 pic.twitter.com/0M2hQo6NRN …

New Oni Valorant skins improve the Phantom, Sakura Bundle teased Nina Forneloza News Riot has revealed two quality skin bundles. The Oni skin upgraded the look of the Phantom. After the success of the Elderflame bundle, players were treated to another new set of skins. The Oni Bundle features new skins for the Guardian, Phantom, Bucky, and knife. The Oni Phantom cosmetic is the second evolving skin in Valorant. The Phantom is one of the game’s go-to primary weapons. Although there is an …

Team Liquid’s Broxah on C9: “A team can only be dominant for so long” Olivia Richman League of Legends Team Liquid has finally taken down Cloud9.  After winning a match against Cloud9, the once-struggling team has taken the top spot in the 2020 LCS Summer Split. Win.gg spoke with Mads “Broxah” Brock-Pedersen after the victory to find out how it feels to go from underdogs to top contenders in just a few weeks.  WIN.gg: How does it feel to finally beat C9? Broxah: It feels pretty good to be …

Here are odds of getting the TI10 Collector’s Cache Mirana skin Nina Forneloza News There are a few days left to buy The International 10 Collector’s Cache and get the ultra rare Mirana set. The question is, what are the odds of getting Mirana’s Spirit of the Sacred Grove? Unlike previous treasures, Valve has released definitive odds for the TI10 Collector’s Cache, giving a definite idea of how many they need to purchase to get the top prize. Players have approximately a 3% chance …

Walkthrough for CSGO’s classic Inferno B T-side execute M Alzamora Counter-Strike Inferno’s B bombsite is hard to take for an inexperienced attacking team, but executing onto the site is the attacking side’s key to victory. While taking banana control is as simple as waiting out the defender’s early grenades, things get a little more complicated once the attackers get to car. For some reason, most teams panic once they get there, unsure of what to do next. In most games, especially …

Damwon Gaming’s Canyon is first jungler to get pentakill in LCK Olivia Richman League of Legends Damwon Gaming’s Geon-bu “Canyon” Kim became the first jungler to get a pentakill in the LCK this weekend.  “It was kind of out of the blue when I got that pentakill,” Canyon expressed in a post-game interview.  In the first game of the series against Sandbox Gaming, Canyon completely dominated with Nidalee. By the end of the game, he had an 11/1/3 score. With support from his team, he secured …

Pokimane reveals how much it costs to be a top Twitch streamer Olivia Richman News Imane “Pokimane” Anys is the most popular female streamer on Twitch. The variety streamer has about 8,300 subscribers, which means she earns a minimum of $20,750 per month, or $250,000 a year, from her Twitch subscriptions alone. She also earns ad revenue and donations for her live broadcasts, and has a broadcast deal with Twitch that is likely worth seven figures per year. In fact, Pokimane had an average 11,000 …

These are the best CSGO commands for practicing smokes, nades M Alzamora Counter-Strike How a player uses their utility is often what separates good players from great ones. Thankfully, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has several console commands that help players practice their smoke throws in offline servers. Some of these commands have been in the game since its original release in 2012, but several new commands were added in September 2019. These commands are simple to use, especially if players bind them to keys …

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