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Dota 2
Dota 2 fans furious over ESL One Los Angeles regional slots
Steven Rondina
The regional slot allocation for the ESL One Los Angeles Major has been revealed and Dota 2 fans are displeased with it. Each Dota 2 major cycle sees slots for the event distributed differently based on regional strength. While there will always be some debate regarding how to best handle this, fans are almost unanimously frustrated with how things are set up for the ESL One Los Angeles Major and …
League of Legends
After 2 weeks, LCS Monday Night League is a viewership flop
Olivia Richman
The League of Legends Championship Series’ Monday Night League concept appears to be a flop. The LCS introduced a new schedule for the 2020 LCS Spring Split, with each week of the LCS now taking place across Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Adding that extra day was meant to attract new audiences, but it seems to be having the opposite effect. Despite featuring some pretty big matches, including Team Liquid vs. Team …
Dota 2
The latest Dota 2 update brought bugs that ruin games and more
Steven Rondina
The most recent Dota 2 update has left the game in a bad spot for many different players. A small patch arrived on February 3, bringing various small tweaks to things like localization and cosmetic slots. Those changes had a much greater effect on Dota 2 than just that however, as a slew of bugs have popped up as a result. Dota 2 players have reported a wide-ranging number of …
Dota 2
Coronavirus hits Dota 2 with delays to ESL One Major qualifiers
Steven Rondina
Dota 2 isn’t immune to the effects of the coronavirus. Just a few days out from the ESL One Los Angeles Major qualifiers, Valve has rescheduled the proceedings for the Chinese region. While the open qualifiers will kick off on February 7 for the other five regions, China’s schedule was pushed back five days to February 12. The announcement was made through Huomao TV in a notice on social media …
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Half-Life: Alyx is poised to bring big new content to CSGO
M Alzamora
The world collectively lost their minds when Valve announced the new installment in its Half-Life franchise in November 2019. The game is exclusive to VR, and Valve has announced that for anyone who purchases its Index VR headset or hardware before Half-Life: Alyx’s release in March will receive exclusive content. Index owners get Alyx for free, but Valve has listed more bonus content that will come with the game for …
Fortnite
Call of Duty’s Nuketown recreated in Fortnite Creative Mode
Olivia Richman
Even if you don’t play Call of Duty, you’ve probably heard of Nuketown. Now the classic map has been expertly recreated in Fortnite. Built by creative designer “JESGRAN,” the CoD-inspired map is available in Fortnite’s Creative mode if you plug in the codes. Those codes can be found on JESGRAN’s tweet, in which he calls the map a “throwback.” The tweet also announces that it’s not just a perfect recreation …
Counter-Strike
Real Madrid star Gareth Bale forms new esports organization
Nina Forneloza
Real Madrid star and International soccer icon Gareth Bale has launched a new esports organization called Ellevens Esports in partnership with 38 Entertainment Group. 38 Entertainment Group is an esports management company co-founded by entrepreneur Jonathan Kark and former professional soccer player Larry Cohen. The name Ellevens is a reference to Bale’s number 11 jersey. Bale made the announcement on Twitter. This new organization is aiming to unearth new and …
League of Legends
Team Liquid updates fans on Broxah’s visa issues as team wallows
Syed Mujtaba Naqvi
Co-CEO of Team Liquid Steve “LiQuiD112” Arhancet shared new details about Mads “Broxah” Brock-Pedersen’s visa process. During the Hotline League, a Twitch podcast hosted by Travis Gafford and Mark Zimmerman, Arhancet said he has big news to share regarding the organization’s League of Legends team. As he couldn’t join the voice chat himself, he dropped the news about Broxah’s visa in the Twitch chat, letting fans know where things stand …
TSM styles on CLG, adds another victory in 2020 LCS Spring Split
William Davis
League of Legends
Team SoloMid closed week two of the 2020 LCS Spring Split with a convincing victory over Counter Logic Gaming. TSM and CLG have one of the most iconic rivalries in League of Legends. Over the years, the two teams have consistently found themselves face-to-face on Summoner’s Rift. At this point in 2020, the rivals are at a low point and looking to rebound back at the expense of the other. …
G2 Caps shares why his team is happy with their role swap in LEC
Syed Mujtaba Naqvi
League of Legends
Ramus “Caps” Winther shared with his fans more details about the G2 Esports role switch between him and Luka “Perkz” Perković. G2 may have not started the 2020 LEC Spring Split performing as good as fans expected, but is still with no doubt the best team in the region. Even though some fans weren’t confident in Perkz and Caps switching their roles, mostly since Caps had never competed in a …
FaZe Clan receives huge $22.7 million investment loan
Olivia Richman
Counter-Strike
FaZe Clan has entered into a convertible loan facility worth $22.7 million. A convertible loan is a short-term debt that converts into equity. In FaZe Clan’s case, it’s at a pre-money equity valuation of $220 million. Usually, a convertible loan is converted during the next investment round. A Canadian investment bank, Canaccord Genuity, acted as the exclusive financial advisor for the immense loan. The unnamed lender was also given a …
LCS MVP CoreJJ just extended his contract with Team Liquid
William Davis
League of Legends
Team Liquid’s support Jo “CoreJJ” Yong-in has extended his contract with the team through 2022. Team Liquid has locked down its star support for two more years. The organization extended CoreJJ’s contract early, an interesting choice considering the team’s tendency to make big roster changes every year. CoreJJ, that first joined the team ahead of the 2019 season, is the only player whose contract was extended this early. The decision …
Sinatraa says Blizzard won’t tell him about his own MVP skin
Olivia Richman
News
Blizzard is apparently not telling Jay “Sinatraa” Won any more information about his in-game Overwatch skin. On last night’s stream, the Overwatch League MVP revealed that he had no idea when his skin was coming out thanks to leaking details in September of 2019 when it was first announced. “When’s my skin coming out? I don’t know. Dude, they literally told me nothing now because I leaked that one thing …
Powerful Jhin ability bugged out of the game, says IKeepItTaco
William Davis
League of Legends
Riot Games may have accidentally nerfed Jhin after introducing a fix to a bug on the champion’s E, Captive Audience. Once the fix went live, a very powerful mechanic that has remained active since Jhin’s release was unexpectedly disabled. The ability involves the champion’s Q, Dancing Grenade, and cleverly executing minions in order to maximize the damage output. Dancing Grenade’s damage per bounce increases by 35% per kill upwards to …
SmithZz announces retirement as CSGO’s old guard fades away
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
Edouard “SmithZz” Dubourdeaux announced his retirement from professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive today in a post on his official Twitter account, but his withdrawal feels more authentic than others. In a Twitlonger titled “New beginnings,” the French player revealed that he has stepped back from competitive play and will take on a career in streaming as his next challenge. SmithZz’s career features an expansive list of teams and tournament wins, including a …
The best smokes and flashes after new Dust 2 skybox changes
M Alzamora
Counter-Strike
In a surprise update, Valve opened up Dust 2’s B site to new executes by letting players throw utility into the bombsite from upper tunnels. After years of community requests, the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive developer has finally made it possible for the T side to execute onto B just like they would most any other site in the game. While Valve has made a Dust 2 B site execute possible, …
Jankos unwisely brags about ducking fine for forgetting equipment
Olivia Richman
News
G2 Esports’ Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski bragged about escaping a fine from the LEC on Twitter. For Jankos, his team’s victory over Origen yesterday wasn’t his only success of the weekend. Jankos also avoided a fine after making the small mistake of forgetting his mousepad for the game. “Well, yesterday I forgot my stage mousepad and instead of admitting it and getting fined by my team, I didn’t tell anyone and …
Legendary ADC Bang is the latest to complain about NA solo queue
William Davis
League of Legends
Evil Geniuses’ bottom laner Bae “Bang” Jun-sik is not happy with the current state of North America’s solo queue environment. According to Bang, NA solo queue is simple “not valuable”, the player wrote on his Twitter. He added that he is going to keep playing anyway. In a second tweet, responding to a fan, Bang said that high elo players in North America play like Platinum players in South Korea. …
Jankos interrupts LEC interview to warn Riot on Sejuani buffs
Syed Mujtaba Naqvi
League of Legends
G2 Esports’ League of Legends player Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski sent a message to Riot Games to not go through with buffs to Sejuani. The jungler has just helped G2 advance to a 4-0 winning streak in the 2020 LEC Spring Split after a dominant win against Origen. After a game with Lee Sin, Jankos sat down for a post-game interview. While Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere was asking him questions related to …
Riot selling LoL Valentine’s Day merch featuring Rakan and Xayah
Syed Mujtaba Naqvi
League of Legends
Valentine’s Day is approaching quickly and Riot Games has something special for couples that play League of Legends. The publisher is rolling out a special 2020 Valentine’s Collection that fans can give to that special someone, or keep for themselves if they just happen to be a collector. Fittingly, most of the items in the collection are based on League of Legends’ top power couple, Xayah and Rakan. Four new items were …
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