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League of Legends LCS tickets for sale, fans unhappy with Spring Pass pricing By William Davis Dota 2 Gambit Esports beats Fighting Pandas, goes to WePlay! Minor playoff By Steven Rondina Fortnite New Fortnite game mode Liferun will debut at PAX South with DrLupo By Olivia Richman

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KT Rolster restricts trainee applications to players younger than 20 Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Korean League of Legends team KT Rolster has opened applications for new trainees and they are looking for young talent. Exclusively looking for young talent, mind you. KT put out a call for trainees between the ages of 16 and 20. That hard ceiling at just 20 years of age stunned and angered the community on multiple fronts. Many pro players are trying to break the stigma of older age bringing …

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Report points to Smooya bringing AWP to Chaos Esports Club M Alzamora Owen “Smooya” Butterfield is set to join Chaos Esports Club in the place of Gage “Infinite” Green. After Chaos EC benched Infinite on January 3, the roster found itself in need of a fifth ahead of the 2020 IEM Katowice Closed Qualifiers and the WINNERS League Season 3 playoffs. A report from RushB media says the organization is set to sign the British AWPer, but a close look says the …

League of Legends

Aphelios breaks record in Korea as the most-banned LoL champion William Davis Aphelios has broken the record as the most-banned champion in Korean solo queue, with a 223% ban rate. Aphelios, The Weapon of the Faithful, was introduced with Patch 9.24, the final update of 2019. The champion promised to be different from any other champion prior and it lived up to those expectations. While Aphelios’ kit is different from the rest in the game, it was also too powerful. Because of …

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Evil Geniuses adds Lebanese player Korean Kid to complete Academy team William Davis Evil Geniuses Academy has completed its starting roster with the addition of Lebanese mid laner Ahmad “Korean kid” Charif. Evil Geniuses Academy went all the way to the Middle East to find a new mid laner. Korean Kid recently took part in Nexus Arabia 2019, the first League of Legends event of its kind in Saudi Arabia. The mid laner was part of EGZ eSports, which won one of the tournaments …

League of Legends TFT Patch 10.1 adds new Lunar trait and items, nerfs Nocturne By William Davis Counter-Strike CSGO pro settings and sensitivity for s1mple, ZywOo, dev1ce, more By M Alzamora League of Legends League of Legends 2020 teaser shows new Volibear, Clash, more By Syed Mujtaba Naqvi

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Jeff Kaplan teases Baptiste nerf in Overwatch, leading to outrage Olivia Richman One Reddit user’s prayers were answered when Jeff Kaplan responded to their pleas for a Baptiste nerf.  When they put forward the idea that Baptiste’s Immortality Field cooldown should start after it’s destroyed, the Overwatch lead designer responded. Blizzard’s popular executive said they have been “trying out some changes” to make Baptiste’s Immortality Field “less oppressive.”  It’s not clear what changes will come to the new support hero, but Baptiste’s …

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Nigma upset by Fighting PandaS at WePlay! Bukovel Minor Steven Rondina Nigma underwhelmed in its live event debut. The team led by Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi played its first game in an offline setting since its split from Team Liquid in 2019 at the WePlay! Bukovel Minor. Despite being heavy favorites to win the event, they sustained an upset loss at the hands of Fighting PandaS to open their run at the tournament. Nigma went with a somewhat strange draft in …

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League of Legends 2020 cinematic “Warriors” is now live Syed Mujtaba Naqvi The 2020 League of Legends cinematic, titled Warriors, is live. Riot Games has been working hard to make players excited about the new tenth season of League of Legends. And it’s on a great track to do so, going from the 2020 season teaser where upcoming updates were announced to the high quality animation of the new cinematic. Imagine Dragons’ Warriors, a song that was written for the 2014 World …

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Team Liquid announces Pobelter as temporary jungler for LCS William Davis Team Liquid has announced Eugene “Pobelter” Park as its temporary starting jungler for the 2020 LCS Spring season. Desperate times demand desperate measures and Team Liquid could not be more desperate. After announcing that Danish jungler Mads “Broxah” Brock-Pedersen was still in the process of getting his visa approved, Team Liquid had to find a replacement. The organization shared that Team Liquid Academy jungler Shern “Shernfire” Cherng Tai was also …

Gen.G starts boot camp in China, will train with Royal Never Give Up William Davis League of Legends The 2020 LCK Spring Split is getting closer and teams are looking to get into peak form for the competition. While some organizations are hitting the beach and doing bonding exercises, Gen.G has decided to pack its bags and boot camp in Shanghai, China. Gen.G revealed on Twitter that the organization was setting up camp in China as part of its offseason preparation. The team also shared that they will …

Top CSGO team says Valve reached out to pros to help with skins M Alzamora Counter-Strike Valve is working with at least one top-tier team to address the visibility of Shattered Web models, a source revealed today. With the release of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s Shattered Web operation, the developer brought customizable player skins into the first-person shooter. It was immediately clear that some of these new Agents models blended into CSGO’s maps, making them hard to see and giving a competitive advantage to those that bought …

Custa holds charity stream to help with Australian wildfires gabhernandez News Australia is on fire and a former Overwatch League player is holding a charity stream to help out his home country. Former Los Angeles Valiant player and soon-to-be Overwatch League caster Scott “Custa” Kennedy held a charity stream to benefit the New South Wales Rural Fire Service. The NSW RFS is the lead agency that combats fires in NSW. The majority of the fires are affecting areas along the southern …

Excel Esports changes CEO, CCO ahead of LEC 2020 Spring Split Olivia Richman League of Legends Excel Esports has made some big changes ahead of the LEC Spring Split.  Fnatic’s former CEO, Wouter Sleijffers, is now bringing his expertise to Excel Esports, taking the CEO spot from co-founder Kieran Holmes-Darby. Holmes-Darby will be moving to the chief gaming officer position. Sleijffers led Fnatic from 2015 to 2019, which saw the team rebrand itself as an international lifestyle organization.  Sleijffers called Excel Esports the “most beloved brand …

This is how Dark Harvest impacts the keystones Omnistone grants Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Project: Omnistone is the rune League of Legends players like to look down upon. And that may not be because the rune is underperforming, but rather because it’s difficult to understand. When a player goes into the game with Omnistone equipped, they basically decide to let the game pick which keystone is the best depending on the situation they’re in. Omnistone grants use of different keystones, giving higher priority to …

Ninja frustrated with Fortnite bugs, begs Epic Games for fixes Olivia Richman Fortnite Fortnite superstar Tyler “Ninja” Blevins may be against bad-mouthing popular battle royale Fortnie on social media, but that hasn’t stopped the streamer from raging over the game recently during live broadcasts.  Ninja was playing with Timothy “TimTheTatman” Betar when he started noticing some major bugs in the early game. While talking about TimTheTatman getting a tattoo on his “nut sack,” Ninja started looting. But soon the discussion changed from Tim’s …

Riot announces 2020 LCS Spring schedule, new league format Syed Mujtaba Naqvi News Riot Games has shared the format and schedule of the upcoming 2020 LCS season. The format adds Mondays as gamedays, another week to the playoffs, a new format, and more. The regular season of competitive League of Legends is a bit over two weeks away, and fans of the North American league now have all the details they need for the 2020 LoL Championship Series Spring. The new format introduced …

MonteCristo riles esports fans with opinion on traditional sports gabhernandez News Christopher “MonteCristo” Mykles concluded in an article written by the Washington Post that esports fans generally don’t watch traditional sports, and many esports fans are voicing their disagreement. The Post centered the article around why MonteCristo wasn’t returning to the OWL in 2020, but has angered OWL fans by saying that in his experience, esports viewers did not watch traditional sports and would not understand traditional sports ideas or concepts.  …

DickStacy leaves Renegades shortly after joining M Alzamora Counter-Strike After only a month on Renegades, one of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s infamous bad boys is looking for a new job. Oliver “DickStacy” Tierney has left or been released by the Renegades organization, according to a Tweet from the team’s official Twitter account and an official press post on the team’s blog. WIN.gg reported yesterday that ex-Order member Jordan “Hatz” Bajic had joined the Renegades ESEA roster and paid his league …

Your primer for everything about the WePlay! Bukovel Minor Steven Rondina Dota 2 The WePlay! Bukovel Minor is almost here, and fans have a lot to look forward to at the event. Eight formidable Dota 2 teams will face off looking to win the top prize of $72,000, 140 Dota Pro Circuit points, and a spot in the upcoming DreamLeague Leipzig Major. Among that lot are several top esports organizations as well as a handful of newcomers that are looking to make their …

Olleh announced as final member of Dignitas Academy team Olivia Richman League of Legends Veteran support player Kim “Olleh” Joo-sung has joined Dignitas Academy, rounding out the impressive roster ahead of the 2020 NA Academy season.  “Assembled Exodia. Welcome our new support, Olleh, to DIG 2020!” the organization tweeted out just a few hours ago.  Olleh is a fan-favorite support player who was most well known for his time playing with Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng on Team Liquid from November 2017 to November 2018. Olleh …

Los Angeles Valiant fans frustrated over new look for OWL 2020 season Olivia Richman News Los Angeles Valiant is going into the 2020 season with a brand new look.  Overwatch League Season 3 is all about regional representation, with every team getting the chance to host games in their home city. This is an opportunity for franchises to rep their cities, build up a loyal following in the area, and cultivate a fandom in the same way traditional sports teams have.  To help with that …

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