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Dota 2 Streaming site caught up in alleged Dota 2 match fixing attempt By Steven Rondina Counter-Strike k0nfig on FURIA: “They’re just another Brazilian team to take down” By M Alzamora News Boston Uprising win longest series in OWL history over Houston Outlaws By Olivia Richman

League of Legends

Riot Turkey mutes chants to ban Zeitnot, no response to Dumbledoge Olivia Richman Riot Turkey is under fire after the League of Legends developer seemingly silenced their fans over the Mustafa “Dumbledoge” Kemal controversy.  Last week, one of Turkey’s most famous League of Legends veterans left SuperMassive after allegedly enduring homophobic insults and verbal abuse at the hands of his teammates and other Turkish pro players. The biggest offender was his former friend and teammate Burkay “Zeitnot” Aşıkuzun.  After Dumbledoge revealed screenshots and first-hand accounts of …

Dota 2

EternaLEnVy suddenly leaves Fighting PandaS alongside Sneyking Steven Rondina Fighting PandaS may have qualified for the StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 3, but that didn’t stop the roster from being suddenly blown up. Carry player Jacky “EternaLEnVy” Mao and offlaner Jingjun “Sneyking” Wu announced their decision to step away from the team. They revealed the news on Twitter in separate posts with EternaLEnVy simply saying “I have left Fighting Pandas” while Sneyking wished the remaining players luck moving …

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Philadelphia Fusion stay perfect in OWL 2020 season by beating NYXL gabhernandez The Battle of the Broads has made its way into esports with the Philadelphia Fusion and New York Excelsior facing off in week 3 of the Overwatch League’s 2020 season. Though the series wasn’t easy, Philadelphia stayed perfect by taking a 3-1 win over New York. The rivals battled it out, but NYXL were put on their back foot early as the Fusion exploded out of the gate to take …

Counter-Strike

Endpoint revives British CSGO with massive upset over forZe M Alzamora Endpoint and forZe weren’t messing around at DreamHack Open Anaheim. The two teams took a showdown on Vertigo to quadruple overtime. Endpoint eventually took the map with a 28-26 victory. In the closest match of the event thus far, the two teams were even in nearly every category. Regulation saw each half split 8-7 and the teams were even through three overtime periods. After Vertigo, forZe clapped back and forced …

Dota 2 Winstrike Team reveals new Dota 2 team for EPICENTER Major qualifiers By Steven Rondina News Activision taking legal action against Reddit after CoD Warzone leak By Steven Rondina News MLG banned from Twitch after hackers take over channel By Steven Rondina

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Dendi eliminated after one of the worst Chronospheres in pro Dota Steven Rondina WePlay! Dota 2 Tug of War: Mad Moon is underway and with competitors such as Team Secret, Nigma, and Gambit Esports, fans have been treated to some high quality Dota 2 action. Unfortunately, there have also been some downright terrible plays. In addition to some fan favorites stumbling their way to an early exit, one of the event’s more compelling squads posted one of the worst misplays seen in a …

League of Legends

Teamfight Tactics: Galaxies units, traits, release date information William Davis Riot Games revealed the theme for Teamfight Tactics Set 3 and it promises to be an out of this world experience. TFT: Galaxies is the title of the highly anticipated third set. Galaxies will put TFT players into the middle of a “League universe-spanning intergalactic war.” Like its predecessor, TFT: Rise of the Elements, TFT: Galaxies will add new champions, traits, skins, and game mechanics. The first change is the …

League of Legends

G2 Esports gets back on track, runs over Excel Esports in LEC Spring William Davis G2 Esports started week five of the 2020 LEC Spring Split with a dominant victory over Excel Esports. G2 is back in the win column after losing two games in week four. The team showed a cleaner game against Excel, which led them to a dominant win. Excel didn’t stand a chance against a G2 that looks to be playing seriously once again. In the picks and bans, G2 went …

League of Legends

Dumbledoge reveals years of verbal abuse and homophobia in TCL Olivia Richman Turkish League of Legends veteran Mustafa “Dumbledoge” Kemal, also known as the “Faker Slayer,” has announced that he’s a free agent.  On Twitter, Dumbledoge stated that he has left SuperMassive after becoming sick of homophobic treatment from some players on the team. He attached a TwitLonger that outlined homophobic abuse and bullying from 2017 to the present.  In 2017, Dumbledoge left SuperMassive shortly after the Mid-Season Invitational. According to the Turkish …

Team Liquid was the most viewed esports organization of 2019 Olivia Richman League of Legends Team Liquid was the most viewed organization of 2019. Analytical service Esports Charts recently revealed statistics on esports team and organization viewership for the previous year, and Team Liquid was far in the lead of its competitors. The Los Angeles-based team had 124.4 million hours watched. This is most likely due to the successful team having teams and players in 14 different esports titles. Some of their most-viewed teams included …

ppd talks how coronavirus could ruin DPC, The International 2020 gabhernandez Dota 2 Peter “ppd” Dager dropped some real talk about the state of the Dota Pro Circuit on his Last Word podcast, and what he discussed should worry every Dota 2 fan. The former TI winner, alongside professional player Mason “mason” Venne and caster Grant “GranDGranT” Harris, touched on a wide range of hot topics within the Dota 2 community. The hottest the trio dove into is the effect of the coronavirus …

Flashpoint open qualifiers closed to teams outside select regions M Alzamora Counter-Strike Flashpoint may have championed offering a chance to everyone, but recent tests and two sources inside a South China team say that the qualifiers were not quite as open as they were purported to be. According to tests performed by WIN.gg, Flashpoint’s qualifiers were never open to teams outside the regions of North America, Europe, and South America. In addition, tournament rules stated that participating teams must have at least …

Every weapon and item unvaulted in Fortnite Chapter 2 Olivia Richman Fortnite After much anticipation and many delays, Fortnite’s Season 2 Chapter 2 has finally arrived.  The new chapter has come with a secret spy theme, introducing fans to two factions: Ghost and Shadow. If you’ve ever wanted to see Peely in a James Bond suit, now is your chance. “Top Secret” also introduces new characters and skins to the battle royale, including a super jacked calico cat and a dorky walking …

TF Blade reaches Masters rank on Korean servers Olivia Richman League of Legends “I WAS HERE!” That was the chant typed by fans around the world as Team Liquid streamer Ashkan “TF Blade” Homayouni reached Masters on Korea’s League of Legends servers.  Once TF Blade reached this mighty accomplishment, fans begged him to “say something,” waiting impatiently for him to make a statement about reaching one of his toughest goals to date. TF Blade finally popped on to the screen and began talking, but …

LPL to return for 2020 Spring Split, will be played online William Davis League of Legends The LPL is partially coming back on February 26. In January, the LPL officials decided to postpone the 2020 LPL Spring season due to the coronavirus outbreak. At the time, most players were at their respective home towns celebrating the Chinese New Year and couldn’t return to the team’s facilities. A month later, the LPL is partially returning to the action. The LPL announced that on February 26, the league …

Fans worried Riot’s new LoL anti-cheat will let company spy on them Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends With Riot Games set to rapidly expand its gaming catalog, the company is creating its own anti-cheat program. The League of Legends publisher is looking to push a new kernel driver to ensure fairness across its titles, the developer announced earlier this month. The implementation of this driver to the games will drastically help in detecting cheats, but some players are worried about the level of access Riot will have …

Athletics brand Puma talks about its new performance gaming socks Steven Rondina News When something is presented as “for gamers” it typically doesn’t pique the interest of people with a souped up PC or limited edition Nintendo Switch. Years of forced pandering and inauthentic products made “for gamers” has left aficionados cynical to any newcomers. Despite that, the global rise of esports has seen this market become too large and too lucrative to ignore. This presents non-endemic sponsors with the challenge of wooing …

ESL Pro League Season 11 headed to Denver after ownership change M Alzamora Counter-Strike Denver will host the ESL Pro League Season 11 Finals later this year, according to an official press release from the company. The news comes just a day after Astralis and 12 other teams revealed that they were now part owners of the long-running league.  More information on that ground-breaking shift can be found here. Starting on March 16, season 11 of the EPL will showcase 24 teams in a …

Captain Flowers to miss LCS broadcast after suspension from Riot Olivia Richman League of Legends League of Legends fans won’t see Clayton “Captain Flowers” Raines on the LCS broadcast this weekend.  Riot is punishing the popular caster for over-sleeping and missing call time for this week’s episode of “This or That.”  “Today I streamed til way too early in the morning and didn’t wake up for my call time for This or That. This week’s episode doesn’t include me (clearly) and I won’t be on …

Winstrike Team drops Dota 2 team after LA Major qualifier flop Steven Rondina Dota 2 Winstrike Team isn’t satisfied with the results its Dota 2 team has been posting and is making big changes as a result. The organization announced the release of every member of its Dota 2 roster. This includes all five players,= as well as coach Arsenij “ArsZeeqq” Usov and manager Marie Gunina. “I do want to apologize to those people who were supporting our Dota 2 roster. There is only one …

Counter-Strike’s Shattered Web walkthrough for Week 14 M Alzamora Counter-Strike Week 14 of Shattered Web sees a few general missions, but Demolition is the weekly rotation for the first time this season, and the week’s Guardian mission offers an actual challenge. Almost exactly as they were data mined to be last week, here are the week 14 challenges for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s Operation Shattered Week as the operation draws to a close. You Only Live Twice: Get 8 round wins …

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