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League of Legends DragonX vs. Invictus Gaming: Mid-Season Cup betting analysis By William Davis Dota 2 Alliance completes roster by adding Gambit Esports’ fng By Jared Wynne Dota 2 The TI10 Battle Pass launch is delaying rewards, crashing servers By Steven Rondina

League of Legends

T1 vs. FunPlus Phoenix: Mid-Season Cup betting analysis William Davis LCK’s T1 and LPL’s FunPlus Phoenix are opening the 2020 Mid-Season Cup in a highly anticipated match. Fans around the world wanted these teams to meet in the 2019 World Championship, but fate and G2 Esports, wouldn’t allow it. Now, T1 and FPX are finally playing against each other in the first game of the tournament. Kim “GimGoon” Han-saem, Kim “Khan” Dong-ha Gao “Tian” Tian-Liang Kim “Doinb” Tae-sang Lin “Lwx” …

Counter-Strike

shroud predicts that Mixer will surpass Twitch in the future Olivia Richman When former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro Michael “shroud” Grzesiek left Twitch for Mixer, a lot of big-name streamers questioned his decision.  “Who is going to follow shroud now, huh Mixer? Nobody! Nobody’s following!” Herschel “Dr Disrespect” Beahm ranted soon after shroud left Twitch.  At the time, DrDisrespect claimed that Mixer was just trying to be relevent; something they never would be. But now shroud is arguing that Mixer may not only …

Counter-Strike

FaZe announces 16-year-old Bymas as olof’s stand-in for DreamHack Olivia Richman FaZe Clan is never one to shy away from signing rookies and young talent.  The organization announced today that 16-year-old Aurimas “Bymas” Pipiras will be standing in for Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer Gustafsson on their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster. The young rifler will be playing with the squad in the DreamHack Masters Group Stage.  CSGO insider Jarek Lewis predicted this roster move a few days ago.  This is Bymas’ first opportunity …

Dota 2

Your guide to everything in The International 2020 Battle Pass Steven Rondina It’s a few weeks late, but The International 2020 Battle Pass has arrived. Valve has officially shipped the Dota 2 update, bringing back the popular TI crowdfunding mechanism to the game. This follows prolonged fan outcry that called for an early release of the battle pass, egged on by a steadily rising player count online. The TI10 Battle Pass contains all the standard fixings of other recent installments, but with …

News Forsen says that his ban was wrong, blames Twitch By Olivia Richman News US relaxes athlete travel restrictions, could esports benefit? By Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Pro players run into blatant cheaters during Red Bull Flick showmatch By M Alzamora

Dota 2

Topson back in Europe, likely to return to playing for OG soon Steven Rondina OG has been one of the better teams in Dota 2 in this new online league era, and it’s set to get even better. The two-time The International champions announced that mid laner Topias Miikka “Topson” Taavitsainen has returned to Europe. This likely means that Topson will be returning to active competition for the first time since February.  The news was revealed on Twitter: Look who’s just landed in Europe!#DreamOG …

Dota 2

TI10 Battle Pass release date finally announced by Valve Steven Rondina Update: The International 10 Battle Pass has officially launched. Find out all the details here. Fans finally have an exact date for the long-awaited The International 10 Battle Pass. Valve put out a post on the official Dota 2 Twitter account that simply said “Tomorrow.” While this would normally be a mystery, a piece of media embedded includes a stylized Aegis of the Immortals, the trophy awarded at the end …

League of Legends

Riot finally fixes year-old matchmaking problems in EUW server William Davis Riot Games is addressing the EUW server’s longstanding matchmaking woes, adding to an ever-growing list of issues that need to be remedied to fix the solo queue experience in League of Legends. Riot changed the matchmaking configuration in the EUW server, prioritizing closer MMR over low queue times. As a result, challenger players are now facing longer queues, theoretically with the tradeoff of better matchmaking. After the change, players in …

Counter-Strike

FURIA vs. Chaos EC, DreamHack Masters Spring Betting Analysis M Alzamora In North America’s fragmented Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene, the top dogs might no longer be the most interesting teams to watch. While organizations like Team Liquid and Evil Geniuses struggle to put up wins in today’s online tournaments, two teams in FURIA and Chaos Esports Club are turning heads. There’s no denying that FURIA is the best team Brazil has to offer right now. If they had competed in the …

FaZe Clan’s olofmeister steps away from Counter-Strike, cites burnout M Alzamora News Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer Gustafsson has stepped back from professional Counter-Strike, according to a tweet from FaZe Clan. Olofmeister and FaZe clan announced the news today on Twitter, citing a loss of motivation to continue to compete. The move comes just before CS Summit 6, the second Regional Major tournament through which teams will qualify for the upcoming ESL One Rio Major. FaZe Clan will lose 20% of their earned Regional …

Shroud predicts Valorant won’t be ready for June launch date Olivia Richman News Most Valorant players rejoiced when Riot finally announced that the game would be officially launched on June 2. Riot has already hinted at a new legend and even a new map. They are also going to add some new servers for a better online experience. The end of VALORANT Closed Beta is upon us! Now’s the time to rally your troops for one last weekend of game time before launch. …

Ninja calls follower “brainwashed” after he’s accused of toxicity Olivia Richman Fortnite Even thought Tyler “Ninja” Blevins left Twitch for Mixer, his friendship with streamers from his former home are still strong as ever.  While they may not play Fortnite together as much as they used to, Ninja is still close with fellow popular streamers, DrLupo, TimTheTatman and CouRageJD. The four famous content creators often play a variety of games together, sharing jokes and laughs along the way.  When a Mixer viewer …

Team Liquid gives an inside look at s1mple’s time with CSGO squad M Alzamora Counter-Strike Team Liquid’s new video show “Tilts” recently took on the topic of what happens when a player leaves a team, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive manager Steve “jokasteve” Perino and Team Liquid co-owner Steve Arhancet took the opportunity to talk about one of CSGO’s best players and his time with the organization. Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev spent nearly five months on Team Liquid at the beginning of 2016, helping the team become …

VP adds yek1ndar to CSGO roster amid slump, buster is out M Alzamora Counter-Strike Virtus.pro has made a change to its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster following almost a year of underperformances from a former AVANGAR team that once made the finals of the StarLadder Berlin Major. The team has moved Timur “buster” Tulepov to the bench, saying that the rifler will return to the active roster soon.  In his place, VP has brought in rifler Dmitry “yek1ndar” Lemeshchuk from PRO100 to fill in for …

Na’Vi changes Dota 2 roster ahead of ESL One Birmingham online Steven Rondina Dota 2 Natus Vincere is pinning its hopes on a former Vega Squadron captain. But not the one they’ve been playing with for the last few months. The organization announced the signing of Vitaliy “so bad” Oshmankevich to a trial contract with the team. He replaces Semion “CemaTheSlayer” Krivulya after just two months on Na’Vi’s roster. Though CemaTheSlayer has performed well, logistical difficulties and an inability to properly boot camp were pointed …

Aster vs. Sparking Arrow Gaming DPL-CDA Pro League betting analysis Nina Forneloza Dota 2 The DPL-CDA Professional League has given fans some great Dota 2 competition to watch, but the tournament is in its final week of competition. Although EHOME has secured the top spot, four teams remain on the battlefield to fight for seeding. The matchup between Team Aster and Sparking Arrow Gaming will mark the last series of the tournament. Who will claim the last victory?              …

Team Secret goes on crazy winning streak after loss to Alliance Nina Forneloza Dota 2 Team Secret is back to its winning ways. The team now records a 14-0 recent record after a dominating run at OGA Dota Pit 2020 Online Europe and CIS. Team Secret has secured the grand finals spot at OGA Dota Pit 2020. But before that, the team claimed the championship title in the huge charity event Gamers Without Borders. In OGA Dota Pit, fans expected Team Secret to top its …

OG, SumaiL just took a big loss to Team Secret in OGA Dota PIT league Steven Rondina Dota 2 OG is still alive in the OGA Dota PIT Online league, but the team is not in good shape.  OG took an utter drubbing at the hands of Team Secret in the upper bracket finals, leading to a 2-0 series loss.  The first game was incredibly bad for OG.  In the first 10 minutes, Sebastian “Ceb” Debs died four times as Dark Seer. That was offset to some degree as …

ropz’s deagle clutch shows the true power of CSGO’s best pistol M Alzamora Counter-Strike Durning mousesports showdown with Complexity Gaming at DreamHack Masters Spring, mouz found themselves down a whole map and facing an 8-3 lead from Complexity on Dust 2. In the 12th round however, Robin “ropz” Kool was tired of being bullied. Armed with armor and a Desert Eagle, ropz turned what was an eco round from mousesports into a win against four members of Complexity. And he did it as the …

Chess GMs upset with streamers like xQc playing their game on Twitch Olivia Richman News Hikaru Nakamura is a five-time United States chess champion and world-ranked chess player who has recently become quite popular on Twitch.  Earlier this month, Hikaru shared that he was the top English language stream on May 17. On a platform like Twitch, where the most popular games are action-oriented multiplayer titles such as Fortnite, Valorant, and League of Legends, topping the charts while playing chess is quite the feat.  But …

NICKMERCS explains his recent break from streaming on Twitch Olivia Richman Fortnite Twitch streamer Nick “NICKMERCS” Kolcheff has long been one of the most popular streamers on the platform.  To many people’s surprise, a report earlier this year showed that NICKMERCS wasn’t just a famous face on Twitch, but also one of the most successful when it comes to earnings. According to a study by Little Loans, the FaZe Clan Fortnite streamer was making even more than Turner “Tfue” Tenney and Herschel …

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