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News Overwatch pros consider strike over OWL 2020 travel obligations By Olivia Richman News OWL fans can earn exclusive in-game sprays by attending games By Olivia Richman League of Legends Australian color caster EGym joins the LCK English broadcast By William Davis

League of Legends

Team Liquid encourages fans to donate blood with special merch Syed Mujtaba Naqvi In partnership with Blood Centers of America, Team Liquid is calling on its fanbase to donate blood. Liquid shared the invitation on its official website and across social media channels earlier this summer, promoting the importance of donating blood with the “Heal for Real” campaign. Now, with Liquid’s teams starting their runs in the 2020 season, the organization is sending fans a reminder and calling for action. With esports fandom …

Dota 2

Febby coaching debut at DreamLeague Season 13 off to shaky start gabhernandez Kim “Febby” Yong-min has kicked off his career as a coach at the DreamLeague Season 13 major. The player recently reunited with his former MVP Phoenix teammate Park “March” Tae-won on TNC Predator. Febby will look to help the southeast Asian squad maintain its spot at the top of the Dota 2 scene. After their huge win at the MDL Chengdu Major, TNC Predator finds itself atop the Dota Pro …

League of Legends

Quick build guide for Sett, from his best runes to his best items Syed Mujtaba Naqvi The latest juggernaut recently went live in League of Legends, instantly becoming one of the favorite top lane picks for many players. Players have been experimenting with different runes and builds on the new champion, but his aggressive play style quickly made it clear which path Sett needs to go. What players were looking for is to build a champion that can burst any enemy while also being able to …

Dota 2

Na’Vi vs. Alliance, EG vs. Nigma set for DreamLeague Season 13 Steven Rondina The group stage at the DreamLeague Season 13 major is now complete and with that, the brackets have been set for the playoffs. The opening eight matchups for the event have been revealed and fans have some exciting matchups to look forward to in the early goings of the tournament. Old rivalries are set to have new life breathed into them while regional matchups can be found up and down …

Apex Legends Apex Legends fans locked out of accounts for reaching level 500 By Olivia Richman League of Legends Here are the 2020 League of Legends watch missions and rewards By Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Dota 2 How to play core Riki like a pro in your Dota 2 games By Steven Rondina

League of Legends

Syndra, Lux, and Sett banned for start of 2020 LEC Spring Split Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Riot Games had decided to disable Sett, Lux, and Syndra from the LEC until further notice. Riot’s league operations lead for Europe esports, Maximilian Peter Schmidt, shared the news on Twitter, stating that the three champions will not be allowed in the first competitive week of the 2020 LEC Spring Split and possibly beyond.  Lux and Syndra are being disabled due to bugs that can significantly change the outcome of a game, while Riot …

Counter-Strike

DreamHack Open Anaheim qualifiers includes Gen.G, Complexity M Alzamora DreamHack has revealed the opening matchups for the 2020 DreamHack Open Anaheim closed qualifiers. With only three total spots up for grabs, 16 teams will go head-to-head for the chance to compete in California. North, MiBR, ENCE, and FURIA Esports received direct invitations to the event. Another team, Endpoint, earned the chance to compete through an ESL-run regional tournament. Team Heroic to win the DreamHack Open Anaheim European qualifiers. Heroic will kick off …

Counter-Strike

Singularity shorthanded for DreamHack Open Anaheim qualifiers M Alzamora Team Singularity announced the release of Will “dazzLe” Loafman and Jordan “Zellsis” Montemurro. This leaves the team shorthanded ahead of its DreamHack Open Anaheim closed qualifier match against Riot Squad. The team made the announcement on Twitter. An official blog post covered the subject in more detail, attributing the release of the players to “dynamics.” “We have not been able to grind the results we would have liked to accomplish, …

Counter-Strike

Mythic Reborn adds DAVEY, confirms polen before DreamHack Anaheim M Alzamora Mythic Reborn has added David “DAVEY” Stafford to its official ESEA roster, and confirmed current player Adam “polen” Polen for Season 33 of the Mountain Dew League. The announcement was made on the team’s official Twitter account. Polen returns for another year on the Mythic squad, while DAVEY steps in to replace Samuel “SileNt” Portillo. The fan-favorite stream team is headed by Eric “fl0m” Flom and made waves with the …

Valve making big changes to CSGO majors with circuit qualifiers Nina Forneloza Counter-Strike According to a report from HLTV, Valve is planning big changes to the qualification system for official Counter-Strike: Global Offensive majors. This will end the previous format, where 14 teams received an invitation based on their performance in the last major while 10 more qualified through regional minors. The new approach will involve a point system where teams can work their way into the major through strong performances in multiple …

Here’s how much money the Epic Games Store made in 2019 William Davis Fortnite The Epic Games Store has seen massive growth over the course of the year. Despite a rocky start full of security issues and pushback from gamers, the Epic Games Store attracted an estimated 108 million store customers. That figure comes from Epic Games in a blog post, with the publisher also flaunting how gamers spent approximately $680 million on the Epic Games Store during the year. $251 million of this …

Former Fnatic and TSM player YellOwStaR comes out of retirement William Davis League of Legends Former Team SoloMid support Bora “YellOwStaR” Kim is back on the rift as a player for LDLC OL. YellOwStaR retired from professional play back in 2016, and at the time the former player joined Paris Saint-Germain as a manager. In 2017, YellOwStaR signed with LDLC as head coach role that he occupied until his transition to the support role earlier this week. YellOwStaR, who is a French resident, has played …

Overwatch League reveals new jerseys for 2020 season in hilarious way gabhernandez News Fans in the North American region were getting ready for bed when a number of Overwatch League team accounts threw them into a tizzy with one single word. Coo. The Guangzhou Charge started it off when their profile picture changed to the silhouette of a bird, which was followed by a tweet that simply read “coo.” Before anyone could react, numerous other teams joined in by changing their avatars to …

Swole Patrol, Riot Squad reach WINNERS League Season 3 NA semifinals M Alzamora Counter-Strike In the first matchups of the North American WINNERS League quarterfinals, Riot Squad defeated Mythic and Swole Patrol stomped Station 7 to advance to the Season 3 semifinals. WINNERS League lets up and coming teams make their mark and gain international recognition that may help them break out onto the national stage. In the North American division’s quarterfinal matchups, all four teams managed to post attention-grabbing plays. Both Swole Patrol …

Griffin adds Ucal to its mid lane for 2020 LCK Spring Split William Davis League of Legends Griffin has announced former Afreeca Freecs mid laner Son “Ucal” Woo-hyeon as the new member of its 2020 roster. After months of controversy and scandal, Griffin is ready to start 2020 with a clean slate. The organization underwent some serious changes that includes new players. Ucal is the most recent addition to the lineup, and the mid laner will share playing time with Shin “Rather” Hyeong-seop and Yoo “Naehyun” Nae-hyun. …

Riot dev shares upcoming nerfs for Akali with less escape Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Riot Games is preparing some new changes to Akali. The League of Legends champion is possibly getting nerfed again, even though her win rate hasn’t been in a good place lately. Lead gameplay designer for League Mark “Scruffy” Yetter shared that the developer is preparing Akali changes to go up for testing with patch 10.3 on the public beta environment server. This doesn’t necessarily mean the changes will be going live in …

FACEIT scraps ECS and partners with B Site, reports say M Alzamora Counter-Strike Reports say that FACEIT will no longer put on its ECS tournament series and will instead partner with B Site. FACEIT will no longer run its tournament circuit ECS, and will instead throw its hat in the ring with the North American league codenamed B site, according to a report from DBLTAP. FACEIT’s ECS was the main competitor to ESL’s ESL Pro League, now part of the ESL’s larger tournament …

The best T side strats and grenades for Shortdust in CSGO Wingman M Alzamora Counter-Strike Shortdust is one of the most popular maps in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and it’s an easy map to win with the right strategies and grenades. The miniature version of CSGO’s Dust restricts players to a central site, but much of the action takes place around the outside of the map. The site itself has four entrances, and each side has two that favor their starting spawns.  Winning Wingman matches on …

2020 LCK Spring Split schedule announced, features T1 and more Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends With the LCK returning early next month, the Korean Esports Association has announced the full schedule for the upcoming split. The 2020 LCK Spring Split will begin on February 5, with 10 teams starting a new journey towards playoff qualification. The tournament is set as a double round-robin group stage, and five teams that end the split highest in the standings will get an opportunity to grab a spot at …

Fnatic releases Xizt as Ninjas in Pyjamas reunion rumors loom M Alzamora Counter-Strike Fnatic has announced the departure of Richard “xizt” Landström. The news was revealed on the organization’s Twitter account. This continues to add credibility to rumors of a reunion of the 2014 Ninjas in Pyjamas Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster under the Dignitas umbrella. Dignitas has been linked to a plan to acquire most of the players from the legendary lineup, including Adam “friberg” Friberg, Christopher “GeT_RiGhT’ Alesund, Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg, and xizt  Fnatic originally benched xizt alongside Simon …

Here are the Prestige skins coming to LoL in early 2020 Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Riot Games has announced new Prestige skins coming to League of Legends in the first half of 2020. Some of the new skins will be coming to the 2020 Prestige shop, while others will come along with thematic events, such as Mecha Kingdoms event that introduced the Prestige edition of Mecha Kingdoms Garen. Three new skins will be available through Prestige point crafting, and two in addition to Garen are …

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