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Fortnite Benjyfishy exposes DreamHack Winter cheaters, leads to DQ By Olivia Richman News Element Mystic to join the LCK in the upcoming 2020 season By Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Counter-Strike Liquid beat Fnatic at ECS Final, set finals date with Astralis By M Alzamora

League of Legends

LoL All-Star Event 2019 participants, schedule announced Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Riot Games has shared some details on the 2019 League of Legends All-Star Event, including the schedule and full list of participants. Additionally, the developer has also prepared an official song for the event. Just like previous years, All-Star 2019 will feature a one-on-one tournament and a variety of show matches. Teamfight Tactics will also be with a charity tournament being organized for the tournament. Riot is bringing over 60 …

League of Legends

Former SKT support Wolf retires, discusses mental health issues Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Veteran League of Legends support player Lee “Wolf” Jae-wa has announced his retirement from competitive play after eight years in the scene. Wolf confirmed his retirement on Twitter soon after Inven Global published an exclusive interview. He shared he has been struggling with mental illnesses and doesn’t feel like he can continue to be a pro player. In the interview, Wolf shared that he’s been suffering from a number of …

League of Legends

Everything you need to know about the Diana rework in LoL Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Diana is receiving visual and gameplay reworks in an upcoming League of Legends patch. She’s the next on the list of champions whose ability sets need to be freshened up to be a more viable pick in the larger champion pool. Since her release during Season 2, Diana hasn’t received many changes. She’s played as a combination of an assassin and an AP bruiser. But with the rework Riot Games …

Dota 2

Team Secret, Nigma advance in DreamLeague Season 13 qualifiers Steven Rondina After a stunning upset in the Chinese open qualifiers for the DreamLeague Season 13 major, things went according to plan in Europe. Team Secret and Nigma have navigated their way through the open qualifiers. While this shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, it comes a day after The International 2019 third-place team PSG.LGD found its own journey to the major come to a swift end. Team Secret had a …

News Fissure was fined for leaking confidential OWL information By Olivia Richman Counter-Strike Fnatic shows off Hello Kitty crossover jerseys at ECS Finals By M Alzamora League of Legends Faker appointed as Shanghai-Seoul Esports Ambassador By Syed Mujtaba Naqvi

League of Legends

Splyce rebrand to MAD Lions, introduce new roster for LEC Spring Olivia Richman There’s a new team coming to the LEC in 2020.  Splyce has officially rebranded to MAD Lions, making the announcement earlier today. This comes with a brand new logo and an entirely new roster. Despite making it through the LEC gauntlet and qualifying for Worlds, Splyce’s squad disbanded. The organization is now coming back with a roster full of rookies.  Mid laner Marek “Humanoid” Brazda will be joined by 18-year-old jungler …

League of Legends

Doublelift praises TL Broxah, plans to attend All-Stars as guest William Davis Team Liquid’s bot laner Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng is warming up to the idea of having Mads “Broxah” Brock-Pederse as a teammate. The player recently posted a vlog on his personal YouTube channel where he praised Broxah’s maturity, competitive spirit, and mechanical skills. “I’m really excited to play with this guy. He is so mature for 22, I will tell you I’m still a little bit dumb, but this guy is …

Dota 2

T1 comes up short in DreamLeague Season 13 Open qualifiers Steven Rondina T1 looked a lot better in the DreamLeague Season 13 open qualifiers than it had in prior events. But it still wasn’t good enough to make it to the major. The Dota 2 division of the fabled esports organization debuted its new roster in a bid to qualify for the second major of the 2019-2020 Dota Pro Circuit season. Though it was a marked improvement from the team’s disastrous first …

Dota 2

OG is not competing at DreamLeague Season 13 Dota 2 major gabhernandez The back-to-back Dota 2 International Champions will remain on hiatus. Earlier this week, OG announced its plans to launch a separate sister team, OG Seed. The reveal was initially teased in  a short video featuring captain Johan “N0tail” Sundstein and coach Titouan “Sockshka” Merloz.  The short skit brought laughs to fans when Sockshka slammed a stack of paper with an “Ana + IO = Aegis” drawing. When OG Seed was …

PSG.LGD wipe out in DreamLeague Season 13 open qualifiers gabhernandez Dota 2 The Dota 2 world was stunned on Thursday as Chinese juggernaut PSG.LGD was swiftly eliminated from the open qualifiers of the DreamLeague Season 13 major by For the Dream sister team FTD.Apollo.  The huge upset happened in a best-of-one game and completely kills off the organization’s chances of competing in the second major of the season.  The game began with FTD.Apollo opting for a tri lane bottom to babysit its …

Goldenglue might be only North American mid laner in the LCS Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Golden Guardians’ new mid laner Greyson “Goldenglue” Gilmer might be the only North American-born mid laner competing in the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series. With most teams slowly finalizing their rosters for the upcoming season, mid laners getting signed to the North American league are coming from Europe, South Korea, and even Australia. Some teams, including Evil Geniuses and Dignitas, still haven’t announced their mid laners, so it’s possible …

s1mple banned from Twitch for homophobic language, again Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev has been banned from Twitch again. The Natus Vincere star is being forced to take a break from streaming on Twitch due to his use of homophobic slurs. It is unknown how long the ban is for, but his previous ban for the same infraction was for one week. As is protocol on Twitch, s1mple’s channel has been removed, which makes it impossible to clip the moment …

Winstrike Team reveals new logo and promising new Dota 2 roster Olivia Richman Dota 2 Winstrike Team announced a new logo and a new Dota 2 roster earlier today.  The Russian Dota 2 team’s reveal was met with overwhelming support. Standing for exploration and bravery, the team embraced a rocket as their new logo. Their roster reveal video showcased old footage of Russian space travel between images of the new squad with fresh merch, which made for quite the entrance.  “We fly to win! Launch …

Astralis almost devoured by Sharks Esports on ECS S8 Day One M Alzamora Counter-Strike Astralis almost dropped their opening match against Sharks Esports at the ECS Season 8 Finals, with the Brazillian team taking the fight to Astralis better than anyone had thought possible. Despite taking the first pistol round, the number one team in the world gave up seven rounds on the favored side of Nuke to a team barely anyone had heard of just a year ago. Casters and fans alike were …

Dota 2 patch 7.23a shakes up Outlanders Update gabhernandez Dota 2 A day after its release, The Outlanders Update received another set of significant buffs and nerfs. In 7.23a, Valve has heavily shaken up the Neutral Item drop system. Neutrals now only drop three items per tier. The odds were also rescaled to 10% to 5% to 2.5%, to 9% to 6% to 3%.  Item drops will also have no end period and higher tier items will always roll first after …

Gabbi honored for MDL Chengdu Major performance with MVP award gabhernandez Dota 2 Kim “Gabbi” Villafuerte won the Most Valuable Player award at the MDL Chengdu Major for his role in helping TNC Predator take first place. The MDL Chengdu Major was a blast, especially for Dota fans in Southeast Asia who got to see a local team bring home a major title for the first time ever. Alongside this, Gabbi was crowned not just an MDL Chengdu Major champion but also the …

Astralis and Team Liquid the big favorites at ECS Season 8 Finals M Alzamora Counter-Strike The ECS Season 8 Finals brings some early holiday cheer to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive fans this weekend. The event features four of the top teams in the world and four competent challengers competing for a $500,000 grand prize in Arlington, Texas. The event starts on November 28 and runs through December 1, making the eight-team competition perfect Counter-Strike for a holiday weekend in the States. It’s also a great preview for both …

Doublelift talks Pobelter, calls him a top-three LCS mid laner William Davis League of Legends Team Liquid bot laner Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng had some words of support for his former teammate Eugene “Pobelter” Park, who recently revealed he won’t be playing in the LCS in 2020. On November 25, Pobelter announced that for the first time since Season 4 he wouldn’t be playing in the LCS. The mid laner was recently cut from FlyQuest, where he played for one year after being kicked off of …

Riot reveals Dawnbringer and Nightbringer skins, upcoming event Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends Riot Games has developed new skins to add to the Dawnbringer and Nightbringer theme. Champions receiving new skins are Karma, Nidalee, Lee Sin, Vladimir, and Soraka. New Sugar Rush skins for Braum, Evelyn, and Ziggs, and Hextech Swain are coming as well. The skins come along a new Night and Dawn event that will go live with patch 9.24 and bring Poro King back to ARAM and the Howling Abyss. …

Mousesports to play at EPICENTER Moscow after Fnatic drops out M Alzamora Counter-Strike In an odd mirror of last year’s EPICENTER, a top team has withdrawn from the tournament at the last minute. Fnatic’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive squad announced this morning that the team will not attend EPICENTER Moscow 2019 in a tweet from their official Twitter account.  “Sadly, we today announce that we won’t be attending @epicentergg 2019 this December. We hope you understand why we’ve reevaluated the remainder of our 2019 …

Team Secret, Nigma not invited to DreamLeague Major qualifiers Steven Rondina Dota 2 The initial entrants into the DreamLeague Leipzig Major regional qualifiers have been revealed and there are a few surprising additions and omissions therein. All six regions have had their competitors confirmed. All six regions will see 10 teams competing, with eight slots determined by Dota Pro Circuit qualifying points and two slots being awarded to open qualifiers. While this approach makes sense on some levels, this forces the elite teams …

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