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Dota 2 Business associates look sharp at Dota 2 Minor, get swiftly eliminated By Nina Forneloza Counter-Strike ATK sprayxD: “Everyone believes we can make it to the Major” By M Alzamora Counter-Strike How CSGO’s M4A4 Griffin almost became the next contraband Howl By M Alzamora

Counter-Strike

Team Envy revealed as 7th founding member of Flashpoint, 3 more remain M Alzamora Team Envy has announced that it is a part of North American franchised Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league Flashpoint. Team Envy joins Cloud9, MiBR, Gen.G, MAD Lions, Dignitas, and c0ntact Gaming as founding members of Flashpoint. As with these teams, Envy is a partial owner of the league and is a part of its revenue-sharing program. The league’s debut season is slated to kick off in May. “We’re excited about the future …

Dota 2

New Cloud9 Dota 2 debuts at The Summit 12, full team lineup revealed Nina Forneloza Team Secret, Cloud9, and Thunder Predator complete the list of participating teams at Dota Summit 12. The tournament organizer announced the news on Twitter, with the full list of teams currently standing as follows: Evil Geniuses Fnatic OG Seed Team Secret Thunder Predator Cloud9 Team Secret is looking to build more momentum ahead of ESL One Los Angeles 2020. Europe’s powerhouse team were crowned champions at DreamLeague Season 13 and followed …

League of Legends

Riot launches client cleanup campaign to fix LoL’s buggy client William Davis Riot Games has launched a six-month campaign to clean up and fix the notoriously dated League of Legends client. Despite being one of the biggest video games in the world, LoL’s actual computer application is a blast from the past in all the worst ways. The client is known for having uncontrollable lag, bugs, and various other issues. After years of complaints Riot is beginning a full campaign to fix …

League of Legends

Valorant lead dev talks agents and maps, system requirements revealed Olivia Richman Valorant lead game designer Trevor “Classick” Romleski answered fan questions about the new title in an AMA session on Discord earlier this week. Fans gathered to ask him about the game’s agents, weapons, gameplay, and everything in between.  Inspired by Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s realistic take on weaponry, Valorant will have a variety of guns, all with different recoil and accuracy. Like CSGO, player movement impacts accuracy, but one weapon, the …

Counter-Strike One key smoke on every map that all CSGO players need to know By M Alzamora League of Legends LoL patch 10.5 targets support items, adds value to turrets By William Davis Dota 2 fy allegedly set to depart PSG.LGD amidst team’s struggles By Nina Forneloza

Counter-Strike

Former CSGO pro facing life in prison for embezzlement crimes Olivia Richman A former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro could be spending the rest of their life in prison.  Brazilian influencer and former pro Shayenne “shAy” Victorio was sentenced to 116 years in prison for embezzlement, according to Column of Leo Dias. The conviction stems from a retail company shAy managed as a partner. From 2013 to 2017, customers didn’t receive the products they purchased, meaning shAy will also have to pay a …

Dota 2

EG, Fnatic, and OG.Seed will all play at Dota Summit 12 Nina Forneloza Evil Geniuses, Fnatic, and OG Seed got their golden tickets to the Loot.Bet Dota Summit 12 event. The tournament will happen between the StarLadder ImbaTV Minor and ESL One Los Angeles 2020. The scheduled event was squeezed in between the two Dota Pro Circuit events. Beyond the Summit announced the first few teams who received a direct invite to the event. EG, Fnatic, and OG Seed will participate in Loot.Bet Dota …

League of Legends

Counter Logic Gaming drops Crown after poor performance Olivia Richman After a difficult start to the LCS Spring Split, Counter Logic Gaming have announced that Lee “Crown” Min-ho is now a free agent.  Counter Logic Gaming spent the first six weeks of the season in last place, with an unfortunate 2-10 record. The poor showing put pressure on the players, who began to underperform even more as they struggled to prove themselves.  One of the biggest disappointments, though, was Crown. Despite …

Counter-Strike

ALEX splits from Vitality ahead of ESL Pro League Season 11 M Alzamora Team Vitality and  Alex “ALEX” McMeekin have officially parted ways. Both the team and the player have issued statements confirming the split. In a post on Twitlonger, ALEX cited the exhaustive travel and intense schedule of competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive as the reason for the split. Team Vitality officially announced the news today on the team’s official Twitter account, confirming yesterday’s rumors that ALEX had left the team. Vitality took the …

ESL issues statement on coronavirus fears over ESL One LA Major Nina Forneloza Dota 2 The show will go on for Dota 2 fans at the ESL One LA Major. Despite coronavirus concerns swirling, ESL assured fans that the tournament is currently slated to continue on as planned. With less than two weeks to prepare and esports events around the world being impacted, North American Dota 2 fans had serious cause for concern. “The ESL One Los Angeles 2020 Major will happen as planned on March 20-22 …

Riot reveals key details on TFT: Galaxies’ new gameplay, Pass+ William Davis League of Legends The release of Teamfight Tactics: Galaxies is fast approaching and Riot Games has shared new information about the set. TFT: Galaxies is the next update for the autobattler. The new, space-themed set will include new traits and characters. On top of that, Riot is improving the rewards, gameplay, and even the Little Legends system. The developers took everything they learned from the first two sets, to improve TFT: Galaxies. According …

Doublelift benched from LCS by Team Liquid due to motivation William Davis League of Legends Team Liquid’s Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng is benched due to motivation problems, the bottom laner confirmed the situation through Twitter. Liquid has decided to bench Doublelift for the foreseeable future. Co-CEO Steve Arhancet said on Twitter that the team is evaluating the situation week to week, but for now Edward “Tactical” Ra is the starter. Liquid signed Richard “Rikara” Oh as the new bottom laner for Team Liquid Academy, so Tactical …

Flashpoint Global LAN schedule detailed as competition starts M Alzamora Counter-Strike Flashpoint’s Global LAN qualifiers start today and run through Wednesday, March 5. The winning teams from across the European, North American, and South American regions will compete in two groups to decide who will represent their region at Flashpoint. Eight teams are participating in Flashpoint’s Global LAN qualifiers named the Pinnacle Open, started this morning. With the results in, fans now know the matchups for each group’s elimation and deicder …

These are the 10 best legendary skins in Overwatch Olivia Richman News There’s nothing that keeps people playing Overwatch despite the cries of “it’s a dead game” quite like loot boxes. But most people only open loot boxes for one thing: The legendary skins. Of course, some skins are only available for a limited time or during certain events each year. That only makes them all the more exciting when players find them.  So here is our list of the top 10 …

Shattered Web’s final mission week returns to Kasbah for finale M Alzamora Counter-Strike Shattered Web is slowly coming to an end, and with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s final week of its latest operation, players have some classic challenges to complete. In addition, Valve has included a second cooperative strike with today’s patch that takes players back to the Kasbah to destroy Kreigeld and his virus in “Quarantined, Isolated, Eliminated.” This week’s missions are a mix of the classics, taking queues from previous CSGO Operations. …

League of Legends says final farewell to its community boards Olivia Richman League of Legends League of Legends players have just a few more days to use the game’s official boards before they close on March 9.  The boards are a platform where League of Legends players and fans could voice their opinions on various elements of the game, similar to a Reddit forum. The boards were also used by Riot to share updates and game changes with players. But after a decade of service, …

Treasure of the Fallen Cinder arrives in latest Dota 2 update Nina Forneloza Dota 2 Valve has kept Dota 2 fans on their toes of late with regular updates to Dota 2. The latest example of this was a major shift to the MMR system, but packaged alongside of it was a new set of cosmetic items. Treasure of the Fallen Cinder dropped yesterday, featuring new item sets for Clockwerk, Meepo, Elder Titan, Shadow Shaman, Oracle, Pangolier, Outworld Devourer, Viper, Beastmaster, Phoenix, and Wraith King.  …

Fighting PandaS signed by CR4ZY ahead of next Dota 2 minor Steven Rondina Dota 2 The Fighting PandaS have finally found themselves a sponsor. Croatian esports organization CR4ZY has announced its acquisition of the Fighting PandaS roster. The organization revealed the news in a post on its official website. “We are very excited to share that CR4ZY will be competing in Dota 2 esports going into the future, after picking up a team known as Fighting PandaS…The team acquisition also means that for the first …

OG, TNC Predator receive invitations to ESL One Birmingham 2020 Nina Forneloza Dota 2 OG and TNC Predator are among the first invitees to ESL One Birmingham 2020. ESL has started announcing the participants for the upcoming event. The tournament boasts a prize pool of $300,000. Although it is not a Dota Pro Circuit event, the ESL One event series still attracts many of the best teams in the world. Part of this is the ESL One Most Valuable Player Award, which gives top performers …

EternaLEnVy rejoins former teammates on new Cloud9 Dota 2 team Steven Rondina Dota 2 Cloud9’s Southeast Asian Dota 2 lineup was short-lived, but fans of the brand should be very excited about the new roster. The organization has confirmed the long-rumored signing of former Fighting PandaS players Jacky “EternaLEnVy” Mao and Jingjun “Sneyking” Wu, while also revealing the acquisition of former Team Secret and Ninjas in Pyjamas player Marcus “Ace” Hoelgaard. The news was broken on the team’s official website, with the new roster …

LCK Spring Split indefinitely delayed after spike in coronavirus cases William Davis League of Legends The 2020 LCK Spring Split will be indefinitely postponed starting March 6. The LCK is the latest victim of the coronavirus. The delay includes all LCK matches, Challengers Korea matches, as well as the additional content created for the Korean broadcast. The decision was made after a spike in the number of coronavirus cases in South Korea. Riot Games took preemptive measures at the start of the season. All LCK …

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