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League of Legends
Explaining the 2020 Summer Split watch rewards, drops, missions
William Davis
The Summer Split has officially started and the LoL watch rewards are back and better than ever before. Fans that watch professional play, no matter the region of the games watched, can opt in for exclusive LoL watch rewards. The watch missions are split into four tiers, and each tier has its own requirements and rewards. Tier one: Watch one game, earn a Hextech key, and a Hextech chest. Tier …
League of Legends
Riot won’t remove Little Legends from ARAM after refund dispute
William Davis
Riot Games is going back on its decision to remove Little Legends from ARAM, game director Andrei “Meddler” van Roon revealed on Twitter. On June 19, Riot shared its plans to remove Little Legends from ARAM with patch 10.15. According to the announcement, Little Legends ruin the visual clarity of the game and not many players were interested in buying these characters specifically for ARAM. On top of that, following …
Dota 2
Team Secret vs. OG BEYOND Epic betting analysis
Nina Forneloza
It’s the final day of the BEYOND Epic group stage, and fans are in for some top-notch Dota 2 action. BEYOND Epic’s European and CIS regional play is on its last day of the group stage. Team Nigma, FlyToMoon, and Team Liquid will kick off the playoff stage in the upper bracket. European powerhouse teams, Team Secret and OG, were both placed in Group A. Surprisingly, Vikin.gg and Team Nigma …
Counter-Strike
From Cologne to EPL Season 11, CSGO tournament schedule is packed
M Alzamora
Starting with the move of ESL Pro League’s season 11 to online play in March and Valve’s rescheduling of ESL One Rio 2020, almost every CSGO event has been shifted. To complicate matters, Valve added three more tournaments to the schedule. Called Regional Major Ranking tournaments, ESL’s Road to Rio, CS Summit 6, and an unannounced third tournament serve as pathways to CSGO’s 2020 Major. Here’s a list of the …
Dota 2
Topson says he nearly retired after winning The International 2019
Steven Rondina
Topias Miikka “Topson” Taavitsainen is back in action, and it seems like he has a lot to say. The OG mid laner sat down for a lengthy interview with CyberSport. He talked in depth on a number of different topics including his personsal life, his career, and what it’s like to play with the new OG lineup. Topson also offered a number of new revelations, including that he strongly considered …
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Valorant devs discuss changes to competitive mode before launch
Olivia Richman
With patch 1.02 arriving on June 27, Valorant developers decided to discuss what players should expect with the return of competitive matchmaking. Valorant was launched earlier in the summer without competitive mode, giving developers time to tweak the ranked play system. This left many competitive players wondering when they’d finally be able to climb the ladder again, since all they were told at the time was that it would be …
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Twitch responds to claims of sexual harassment against streamers
Olivia Richman
Women have been continuously coming forward over the past week with sexual assault allegations against established men in the video game, streaming, and esports industries. On June 19, Twitch partner SayNoToRage was accused of harassment by fellow Twitch partner MindofSnaps. In a blog post, MindofSnaps outlined a few key moments in explicit detail in which SayNoToRage made her uncomfortable. It started with him touching her hair during dinner, which she …
Dota 2
PlusOne banned from BTS Pro Series Season 2 for match fixing
Steven Rondina
Another match fixing scandal has hit Dota 2’s professional scene. Beyond the Summit has announced the ejection of PlusOne from its ongoing BTS Pro Series Season 2: Americas event due to alleged match fixing incidents. Alongside this, the tournament organizer has issued indefinite bans from any BTS-organized tournaments to players Chedrin “Ched” Asinas, Yixaun “xuan” Guo, and Alejandro “Jano” Moreno. “Team PlusOne have been removed from BTS Pro Series due …
GranDGranT cut by Evil Geniuses after sexual harassment claims
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
Grant “GranDGranT” Harris has been at the center of one of Dota 2’s biggest scandals to date. The caster and content creator is no longer working with Evil Geniuses following a weekend of news during which he was accused of harassing a woman at an event. The organization announced the news on Twitter: Effective immediately, Grant “GranDgranT” Harris has been released and is no longer a member of Evil Geniuses. …
EternaLEnVy shows just how crazy Dota 2’s zoo meta has become
Steven Rondina
Dota 2
The current Dota 2 “zoo” meta is absolutely ridiculous. It’s ridiculous enough that Jacky “EternaLEnVy” Mao made a troll build look legitimately overpowered. Playing as Faceless Void in a high-MMR game, he went mid with the hero and rushed a Necromonicon and Medallion of Courage en route to an easy victory. While his picking Faceless Void instead of Void Spirit was unintentional, it provided a great demonstration of how potent …
These are the big changes coming to the LoL item shop
William Davis
League of Legends
Riot Games is planning on big changes for League of Legends in the offseason, and those changes start with the in-game item shop. Players will get to see a new item shop once the offseason rolls around November. According to an update by Riot, this change will address issues including multiple items having similar purposes, a lack of game-to-game variance in item builds, and the entire interface needing improvement. In …
This Vertigo grenade combo makes taking A so much easier
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Vertigo’s A bombsite is notoriously one of the hardest to execute on in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, but a new smoke, Molotov, and flashbang combination makes taking it much easier. Vertigo has favored the attacking side even with Valve’s latest updates to the map making it slightly easier to defend. But with most of the changes coming through in the form of the map’s middle area and B site, Vertigo’s A …
C9 Jack calls out LCS for bad Player of the Week awards
William Davis
League of Legends
Cloud9 owner Jack Etienne is not happy with the Player of the Week awards in the 2020 LCS Summer Split. At the end of the weekend’s LCS broadcast, FlyQuest jungler Lucas “Santorin” Larsen received the Player of the Week award. FlyQuest finished the weekend with two victories and is now tied in second place with Evil Geniuses, Counter Logic Gaming, and Team Liquid. In week one, the award went to …
Evil Geniuses beats MIBR for BLAST Premier NA title
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Evil Geniuses defeated MIBR in two maps and took the North American BLAST Premier Spring title. While they had to fend off a resurgent MIBR to do it, the win marks the team’s first tournament win since StarSeries iLeague Season 8 in October 2019. Both maps were hotly contested, with Dust 2 ending 16-14 in Evil Geniuses favor while Inferno actually went to overtime after MIBR managed to tie the …
Mixer shutting down soon, shroud and Ninja can stream on Twitch
Steven Rondina
Fortnite
Microsoft-owned streaming platform Mixer is officially done. The Verge interviewed Microsoft gaming head Phil Spencer, who stated that the platform will be folded on July 22. The company is now looking to pin its hopes on a partnership with Facebook Gaming, which injected new life into its own efforts in the realm of video game content. The news was then confirmed on Twitter by Mixer. Mixer Partners, streamers, and community …
Invictus Gaming becomes first LoL team to score 10,000 kills
William Davis
League of Legends
Invictus Gaming is the first team ever to reach 10,000 kills in official matches, with over 20% of those kills coming from one player. In 2018, Invictus Gaming became the first LPL team to win a World Championship title. This year, IG became the first team to ever get 10,000 kills. Mid laner Song “Rookie” Eui-jin is responsible for over 2,000 of those kills. Rookie is the second player to …
Evil Geniuses vs. beastcoast BTS Pro Series Americas betting analysis
Nina Forneloza
Dota 2
An intriguing matchup featuring top Dota 2 teams from the Americas region is inbound for Dota 2 fans. BTS Pro Series: Americas is halfway done. Teams from North America and South America are vying for their share of the $50,000 prize pool. Evil Geniuses currently tops the standings with a 5-2 score in the group stage. Business associates is half a game behind at 5-1, with 4 Zoomers in third …
Complexity Gaming stuns Vitality, wins BLAST Premier Spring
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
After spending nearly the entire year stuck in Europe, Complexity Gaming defeated Europe’s Team Vitality 2-1 after losing the first map by 14 rounds. Complexity blew away Vitality today in one of the most exciting comebacks CSGO has seen in some time, but it didn’t seem like the grand finals of BLAST Premier Spring was going to be a lengthy one at first. Vitality quickly took control on Vertigo’s T …
Team Liquid coach Jatt has “a love-hate relationship with pressure”
Olivia Richman
League of Legends
After all of the drama and the many losses last season, Team Liquid finished in a miserable ninth place after multiple consecutive LCS titles. When Team Liquid announced former League of Legends commentator Joshua “Jatt” Leesman would be their new head coach, many fans wondered if he’d have the right skills to bring the flailing team back to their former glory. After a loss to Evil Geniuses in Week 2, Team …
HenryG’s ex accuses him of verbal, mental, and sexual abuse
Olivia Richman
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive caster and analyst Henry “HenryG” Greer has been accused of abusing and raping his ex-girlfriend. Kelly Jean posted a lengthy TwitLonger outlining the abuse she endured while dating HenryG, explaining that she is hoping it will help vulnerable women avoid dating someone with a history of abuse. My ex Henry “HenryG” Greer, was verbally, emotionally & mentally abusive and had sex with me when I did not …
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