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Dota 2 Gorgc splits from OG after 7 months over Omega League conflict By Jared Wynne News Valorant developers reveal the truth behind agent designs By Olivia Richman News Valorant patch 1.06 is bringing a big nerf to shotguns By Olivia Richman

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Cloud9 signs second, all-Korean Valorant roster of ex-OWL, PUBG pros Jared Wynne Cloud9 will start competing in Valorant, with a surprise twist. The organization has announced the signing of an all-Korean roster that will compete at the regional level. “With VALORANT esports seeing continued growth, we wanted to increase and broaden our involvement in the scene. Cloud9 has been invested in the Korean esports scene for quite some time, and we saw another opportunity to further support Korean esports in VALORANT. We …

League of Legends

Is TSM replacing Treatz with Biofrost for Golden Guardians set? William Davis After Team SoloMid dropped to the lower bracket in the 2020 LCS Summer Split playoffs, the team has seemingly been evaluating their bottom lane once again. TSM recently announced on Twitter that Erik “Treatz” Wessén will be the starting support for the academy team when they face Evil Geniuses Academy in the summer split semifinals.  Vincent “Biofrost” Wang will be scrimming with the LCS roster in the meantime. According to …

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Esports, iGaming, and online casinos all see massive growth across shared industries Jared Wynne Over the past decades, and especially in the past few years, there has been a significant growth of user engagement in online casino games and esports. This has led to certain innovations in the industries, skyrocketing revenues for operators, and overall greater development potential for digital gambling. Now, esports and iGaming industries are two thriving branches of the global casino network as more players are going digital. The online casino …

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G2 Esports vs. MAD Lions: 2020 LEC playoffs betting analysis William Davis G2 Esports and MAD Lions will clash in the winner’s bracket round 1 at the 2020 LEC Summer Split playoffs on Saturday, in an important match to decide qualification directly to the semifinals.  MAD Lions performed well throughout most of the  split, finishing in second place right behind Rogue. MAD Lions has shown that they can beat any given LEC team on the right day.  G2 on the other hand …

League of Legends PapaSmithy and 100 Thieves respond to criticism for playoff loss By Nicholas James Fortnite Despite money flex, Ninja can’t keep up in Fall Guys bidding war By Olivia Richman News shroud has become the most-viewed streamer on Twitch after return By Olivia Richman

Counter-Strike

Counter-Strike 1.6 just got its first update in a year M Alzamora Counter-Strike 1.6 received an update on August 19, almost a year after Valve last updated the original CS. Valve has pushed an update to CS 1.6 that includes several fixes. Most crucial are some security fixes that deal with how the 1.6 client handles communications to and from the game’s servers. Developers have also addressed an issue with CS 1.6 demos loading incorrectly, which resulted in crashes in certain instances.  …

Dota 2

T1 replaces Forev with ex-TNC off laner Sam_H for ESL One Thailand Steven Rondina Korean organization T1 has announced the signing of Filipino offlaner Samson Enojosa “Sam_H” Hidalgo. [T1 @DOTA2 Roster Update]Please welcome Sam_H to our DOTA2 Squad![T1 DOTA2 로스터 안내]T1 DOTA2 팀에 Samson “Sam_H” Solomon Enojosa Hidalgo 선수가 합류하게 되었습니다. 내일부터 펼쳐지는 ESL 대회에 많은 관심과 응원 부탁드립니다!#T1WIN #T1Fighting pic.twitter.com/nVOOZxPziN — T1 (@T1) August 19, 2020 Sam_H will replace former captain Lee “Forev” Sang-don, who parted ways with the organization in July. Sam_H …

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ALEX reportedly targeted to lead FunPlus Phoenix CSGO roster M Alzamora Reports indicate that Alex “ALEX” McMeekin is at the top of the list to lead FunPlus Phoenix’s CSGO roster. After a rough entrance into Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s competitive scene, FPX is reportedly looking at former Vitality in-game leader ALEX to lead its return to CSGO, according to a report from DBLTab. FPX was at the center of a controversy during FLASHPOINT 1 when it attempted to acquire Danish CSGO team …

League of Legends

Fnatic shut out of top two 2020 LEC Summer Split All-Pro teams William Davis The 2020 LEC Summer Split All-Pro teams have been revealed, with players from many different teams occupying the top slots.  The first all-pro team includes players from four different teams, as only MAD Lions has two representatives. The players are Barney “Alphari” Morris, Zhiqiang “Shadow” Zhao, Rasmus “Caps” Winther, Patrik “Patrik” Jírů, and Norman “Kaiser” Kaiser. All five players have been remarkable throughout the split and the most important pieces …

Top Esports responds to fan threats of laxatives in players’ food William Davis League of Legends A pretty bizarre case of fan harassment was started when some Chinese League of Legends fans threatened on social media to put laxatives in Top Esports’ takeout food.  The threats saw the Top Esports organization react with an official statement on the matter, saying that the organization takes these types of threats very seriously. The fans who made the original threat had posted a picture of a takeout receipt on …

CSGO devs claim to have fixed a new report botting exploit M Alzamora Counter-Strike CSGO developer John McDonald tweeted out that the game’s development team had fixed CSGO’s report botting issues highlighted in a recent video. A recent video by CSGO YouTuber Sparkles highlighted the ability to manipulate CSGO’s Overwatch mechanic to not only cause innocent players to receive bans, but to also protect their own accounts from being banned by the service. Just several days after the video’s release, CSGO developers have said …

Team Liquid wins the LCS Coaching Staff of the Split award William Davis League of Legends The LCS has announced that Team Liquid are the winners of the Coaching Staff of the Split award, with over almost double the number of points had by second-place finisher Cloud9.  Congratulations to @TL_Jatt, @TL_Dodo, @liquidcain, @CroissantLoL, and the entire staff at @TeamLiquidLoL on winning the 2020 #LCS Summer Coaching Staff of the Split Award! #TLWIN Learn more at: https://t.co/v3wk5c8mwX pic.twitter.com/JkJL8yp8Xt — LCS (@LCSOfficial) August 18, 2020 Liquid has fought …

Cloud9 officially signs vice to complete pro Valorant team Jared Wynne News Cloud9 has announced the signing of Daniel “vice” Kim as the fifth and final player for the organization’s new Valorant roster.“I’m super excited to join C9 Valorant. I competed in CS:GO professionally for about four years,” vice said. “I’m switching to Valorant mainly because after four years of competing in professional CS:GO I grew a little stale of it and I wanted to start a new chapter and I thought …

EU Masters gets underway as all participants are confirmed Tokoni Uti League of Legends League of Legends’ European tournament in the style of the Champions League has kicked off as all participants have been locked in. European Masters brings together the top teams from each of the semi-professional European Regional Leagues, giving players a platform to prove that they are the region’s best outside of the LEC and deserve a shot on the game’s biggest stages. Since the tournament’s inception in 2018, 13 EUM …

CSGO wall hack bug still present in game after latest patch Olivia Richman Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players were disappointed to find out that yesterday’s patch still hadn’t fixed a potentially game-breaking wall hack bug.  For the past week, CSGO players have been exploiting a wall hack discovered by YouTuber “Sparkles” on August 12. Similar to a previous wall hack bug, players can boot up the game without activating the first-person shooter’s vpk files. CSGO players can create their own custom vpk files to …

These CSGO players just broke the gun range world record M Alzamora Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s gun range world record has been broken, twice. Two players beat the record time on CSGO’s training range within hours of one another, posting their times on the game’s subreddit. CSGO’s gun range serves as a training level for new players to get accustomed to the game’s novel recoil and movement systems. The first player to break the record clocked in at an even 20 seconds while …

Valorant players complain about grind in weekly missions Olivia Richman News Valorant’s Act II brought to players a new battle pass, meaning more cosmetics, skins, sprays, and player card artwork to unlock.  One way to unlock these new additions to Riot’s original first-person shooter is through daily and weekly missions. These appear on the left side of the game’s main screen, with daily missions resetting each day. Each of the missions gives players a certain amount of experience points based on …

Yone is set to receive his first real nerf in patch 10.17 William Davis League of Legends Yone and other champions are set to receive nerfs in upcoming patch 10.17, according to Riot Games lead gameplay designer Mark “Scuffy” Yetter.  The next patch will be a small one but will be affecting some of the best solo queue champions in the game at the moment. A few champions can also look forward to much-needed buffs, in this case mostly for marksmen who have fallen out of the …

Riot Games partners up with Universal for new LoL Worlds songs William Davis League of Legends Riot Games will be teaming up with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) for the upcoming 2020 League of Legends World Championship, as six brand new songs will be made for the event.  The partnership includes an esports-themed music camp, which 14 famous Universal Music Group artists attended to create six new songs for the World Championship back in July. The artists include such names as Matzka, Gong, Chiyo Monna, and …

Dota 2 pro arrested, beaten by police during Belarus protests Steven Rondina Dota 2 Belarus has been dealing with mass protests over the results of the country’s disputed presidential election, and these protests have led to thousands of arrests, including the detaining of a notable Dota 2 pro. Dota 2 pro player Oleg “LastHero” Demidovich, off laner for B8, opened up on his experience including his arrest, incarceration, and eventual release, through the team’s official podcast. “They just zip tied our hands and threw …

Doublelift says LCS playoff double elimination saved his career William Davis League of Legends A recent loss to Golden Guardians has Team SoloMid bot laner Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng reflecting on his performance and receiving another shot in the 2020 LCS Summer Split playoffs.  TSM players and fans were feeling down after a devastating 0-3 loss to Golden Guardians in the first round of the summer split playoffs. TSM followed up the series with a convincing 3-0 victory against Dignitas, but the team was still …

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