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Fnatic is going to Worlds 2020, but what happened to Rogue? William Davis Fnatic took down first-seed Rogue convincingly in the 2020 LEC Summer Split playoffs upper bracket.  The summer split has been rough for Fnatic, struggling to find consistency in its most important matches. Fnatic finally woke up when it really mattered, as they met Rogue in the upper bracket. Not only did Fnatic win, they also did it in a convincing 3-0 fashion, something that even Fnatic fans did not expect.  …

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How to find out if you’ve played with popular Valorant streamers Olivia Richman A new website is answering a burning question a lot of Valorant players have. Did they ever play against a famous streamer?  The website, called VOD Search, lets players find out if they have ever been on someone’s live stream. Valorant players can find out if they’ve directly interacted with streamers while they were broadcasting matches by searching their in-game name. One of the site’s developers also noted that the …

Counter-Strike

mousesports bench woxic despite promising ESL One Cologne start M Alzamora mousesports didn’t last long in ESL One Cologne 2020, but its sudden benching of AWPer Özgür “woxic” Eker is cause for concern. After dropping out of ESL One Cologne 2020 without a win, woxic took to Twitter and confirmed reports that the organization had benched him. While there has been no official word from the mousesports organization, woxic told fans that more details will be released in the near future. …

Counter-Strike

Stewie2k is in control of Team Liquid, and that’s a good thing M Alzamora Jake “Stewie2k” Yip recently revealed a newfound confidence along with an explanation for the addition of new coach Jason “moses” O’Toole, and there’s more to that explanation than meets the eye. While some fans might think being a top Counter-Strike: Global Offensive star is a life of luxury, Stewie’s recent comments show that it sometimes means making difficult decisions and living with their consequences. Speaking during an ESL One Cologne …

Dota 2 Aster parts ways with Fade and Sccc, adds ex-Royal Never Give Up stars By Fariha Bhatti Dota 2 Omega League Asia division sees surprise victory for 496 Gaming By Steven Rondina Fortnite Fortnite Season 4 trailer confirms new Marvel Comics crossover By Olivia Richman

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Changing regions may wipe Valorant accounts, including skins Olivia Richman The Valorant community is not happy after it became clear that changing regions may completely wipe a player’s account.  A frustrated player took to social media to describe their situation after they lost their rank, paid skins, and everything else on their Valorant account after moving from Australia to Belgium.  A member of Riot Games support had been helping them change their region during the move. The email stated that …

Counter-Strike

Natus Vincere vs. Complexity ESL One Cologne Betting Analysis M Alzamora ESL One Cologne continues on August 23 with what should be a great matchup between Natus Vincere and Complexity in the upper bracket semifinals. Both teams are going into this best-of-three for a spot in the upper bracket finals looking strong. Na`Vi is coming off a solid win against a resurgent mousesports team that looked great until it ran into MAD Lions in the tournament’s lower bracket. Even though it …

League of Legends

Why is LCK the fastest region in LoL while the LCS is slowest? William Davis The LCK is the fastest region out of all four major regions in average game duration in the 2020 Summer Split.  The overall game time from all regions has been faster in season 10 when compared to previous years. This is due to the meta being faster, and the fact that Riot has added turret platings, elemental drakes, and other things that make teams snowball the game more easily after …

Counter-Strike

Coldzera eliminates MIBR from ESL One Cologne with huge clutch M Alzamora FaZe’s Marcelo “coldzera” David didn’t hesitate for a second against his former team.  In ESL One Cologne’s lower bracket, FaZe Clan and MIBR faced off in what would’ve been a must-watch CSGO match at one point. Unfortunately, due to MIBR’s recent public struggles and FaZe’s recent roster changes, neither team has looked very good. That changed at the very end of the match as coldzera knocked out his former teammates …

New visual effects for Malzahar, Nocturne, Victor in patch 10.18 William Davis League of Legends Riot is looking to update the visual effects on Malzahar, Nocturne, Viktor, and the Ignite summoner spell in patch 10.18. In a recent post on social media by visual effects lead artist Beardilocks, it was announced that the visual effects team is looking to update a few more of the oldest champions in the game.  The goal is to improve the overall gameplay clarity and VFX of the selected champions …

K/DA to premiere new song The Baddest, release date announced Steven Rondina League of Legends K/DA is making a comeback. League of Legends’ virtual K-pop girl group is set for a return in the very near future. After an extended silence over the future of the brand, Riot Games surprised fans by launching an official Twitter account for K/DA. The initial tweet gave fans that still have POP/STARS on their go-to playlist a treat with the announcement of a second single, which will be released …

smooya leaks failed North deal on ESL Cologne stream M Alzamora Counter-Strike Owen “smooya” Butterfield announced to viewers that he was set to join North’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster prior to a regional matchup between Ninjas in Pyjamas and his former team BIG Clan at ESL One Cologne. While BIG would go on to lose a close best-of-three against a young NiP side, smooya revealed that he’s still entertaining offers from some of CSGO’s top teams. When ESL hosts Hugo “Hugo” Byron, …

Is Cloud9 tilting after LCS summer playoffs loss to FlyQuest? William Davis League of Legends It did not go as planned for Cloud9 when the team met FlyQuest in the upper bracket of the 2020 LCS Summer Split playoffs.  C9 went into the match as the heavy favorite, but the pressure seemingly got to them right from the start. C9 has been used to dominating the LCS for all of 2020, but recent weeks have shown that other teams are now more able to compete.  …

Valve responds to Jamppi’s request to lift VAC ban temporarily Olivia Richman Counter-Strike The ongoing drama between pro Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player Elias “Jamppi” Olkkonen and Valve is still going. But this time, Valve has spoken out against Jamppi directly. Jamppi filed a lawsuit against the Counter-Strike developers in March when Valve barred him from all Valve-sponsored tournaments due to a VAC ban. The 19-year-old was seeking €268,092 in compensation for “missed earnings.” He also demanded that his VAC ban be lifted, claiming …

Dota 2 streamer Attacker has officially joined Team Nigma Jared Wynne Dota 2 Team Nigma has announced the signing of Mohammed “Attacker” Almheiri as the team’s first official streaming personality. Although the signing might come as a surprise considering the recent streaming controversy involving Gorgc and OG, it looks as though Nigma have different things in mind with Attacker. The team has been promoting Dota 2 in the MENA region, most notably through the Rising Stars tournament that boasted a $10,000 prize pool. …

Twitch streamer TimTheTatman finally won a game in Fall Guys Olivia Richman Fortnite Streamer Timothy John “TimTheTatman” Betar has finally won a single game of Fall Guys. And yes, that’s big news.  Even Fall Guys recognized the momentous achievement, calling it one of the “biggest gaming moments of our lifetimes” on Twitter.  WE JUST WITNESSED ONE OF THE BIGGEST GAMING MOMENTS OF OUR LIFETIMESFOR YEARS TO COME, PEOPLE WILL BE ASKING EACH OTHER:”Where were you when @timthetatman got the dub?!?” pic.twitter.com/zVrENcdcpS — Fall Guys …

MIBR’s European region switch isn’t working as team implodes M Alzamora Counter-Strike MIBR’s switch to the European region for ESL One Cologne hasn’t gone exactly to plan. When news came through that Brazilian Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team MIBR planned to switch to the European region to compete in ESL One Cologne, many fans were confused. MIBR had been struggling in North America, most recently at CS Summit 6, losing to both FURIA and Team Liquid in miserable fashion. While Europe’s Regional ESL …

MATUMBAMAN schools NiP with mid Lycan in Omega League Steven Rondina Dota 2 The ending of the “Zoo Meta” seemingly meant the end of Lycan’s relevance in professional Dota 2, but Lasse Aukusti “MATUMBAMAN” Urpalainen must not have read those patch notes. In Team Secret’s second match of the Omega League Europe Immortal Division, the star player ran wild on Ninjas in Pyjamas using the split pushing specialist.  Though Michał “Nisha” Jankowski has been getting most of Secret’s reps in the mid lane, …

DAMWON Gaming could be the biggest threat to LPL teams at Worlds William Davis League of Legends DAMWON Gaming has been dominating the 2020 LCK Summer Split and is currently sitting in first place with the league’s best overall record. But will they have enough to challenge the top LPL teams at the upcoming world championship? DAMWON started out the summer split well, but with a few teams still ahead of them in the standings. Going into week 5, DAMWON found its momentum and suddenly no team …

Fans are already upset with new Pudge arcana in TI10 Battle Pass Steven Rondina Dota 2 The fourth premium skin of The International 10 Battle Pass has arrived. The Toy Butcher hero persona for Pudge has been added to Dota 2. The skin joins previously released arcanas for Queen of Pain and Wraith King. It also comes following the launch of the controversial Anti-Mage hero persona. As with other hero persona skins, the Toy Butcher reimagines Pudge’s character while keeping his in-game skills and abilities the …

DIGNITAS jumps into Valorant with team led by Fortnite star psalm Jared Wynne News DIGNITAS is the latest esports organizations to form a professional VALORANT roster and it’s a colorful one, to say the least.  DIGNITAS has announced the acquisition of four of the five players that played under the name Homeless. The roster is a motley crew of players from a number of different esports titles.  This place is nice. Let’s take it. Welcome our new @PlayVALORANT team!???? @psalm ???? @dephh_csgo ???? @POISEDcsgo …

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