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Counter-Strike Reports say MIBR to replace LUCAS1 with Sharks Esports’ Meyern By M Alzamora League of Legends Bilibili reportedly pays $133 million for Worlds Chinese broadcast By Olivia Richman Dota 2 Fnatic cruises to DreamLeague Leipzig Major, drama surrounds TNC By Steven Rondina

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Team Secret coach Heen discusses TNC after Kuku incident, TI9 trip gabhernandez Team Secret’s new coach opened up on his time with TNC Predator. In an interview with Daniel Offen at Position Six Podcast, coach Lee “Heen” Seung Gon discussed the team’s potential and its ill-fated performance at The International 2019.  One of the biggest storylines heading into TI9 was whether Carlo “Kuku” Palad would be able to compete at the event due to his use of racist language against Chinese players …

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Team Liquid, Team Secret qualify for DreamLeague Leipzig Major Steven Rondina Team Liquid and Team Secret shined during the qualifiers to the DreamLeague Leipzig Major. The two organizations earned spots in the event with exceptional all-around performances throughout. They also quell some of the fears about the impact of RNG on the game following the release of the Outlanders Update. Liquid and Secret were both the top performers of their groups. Liquid started off its run in the qualifiers with a …

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T1 to join Overwatch Contenders Korea in 2020, replace Fusion U Nina Forneloza T1 will be joining the Overwatch Contenders Korea in 2020 Formerly known as SK Telecom T1, the recently rebranded T1 announced on Twitter that they have begun to recruit players and coaches to form a team to play in the Overwatch Contenders Korea league in 2020. The legendary esports organization is looking for any interested Grandmasters players with a minimum of 4300 SR to apply for both online and offline …

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Riot Games reportedly pulling back support from OPL region Olivia Richman The Oceanic Pro League is reportedly set to lose a lot of its current support from Riot Games. According to Kotaku Australia, teams and players in the OPL region have been informed that Riot Games will no longer pay professional teams an “operating subsidy” next year. The publication saw the email, which was sent in October.  The email stated that the reason behind the cuts is to “ensure the OPL …

Counter-Strike OG Esports looks set to announce CSGO roster with Aleksib, NBK By M Alzamora News Smash pro ZeRo announces move to Facebook Gaming, fans not happy By Olivia Richman Counter-Strike The complete viewer’s guide for CS Summit 5 By M Alzamora

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Lira, Thal, and Sangyoon join new Korean team Seorabeol Gaming William Davis Popular Korean streamer Lee Sang-ho has decided to start a new League of Legends with top laner Park “Thal” Kwon-hyuk, jungler Nam “Lira” Tae-yoo, and bot laner Gwon “Sangyoon” Sang-yun. Three pro players and one streamer gathered to discuss League of Legends and a new organization was born: Seorabeol Gaming. The team already has recruited three members in former Hanwha Life Esports players Sangyoon and Thal and former Dignitas player …

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KT Rolster Aiming admits to relationship with underage fan Jared Wynne KT Rolster’s bottom laner Kim “Aiming” Ha-ram has issued an apology after it surfaced that he was in an intimate relationship with a fan who was a minor. The information came out after Aiming decided to put an end to the relationship so that he could focus on the upcoming season. Aiming confirmed that instead of having a conversation regarding the decision, he cut off communications completely without an explanation. …

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Contractz leaves Golden Guardians, joins 100 Thieves Academy William Davis 100 Thieves is adding an experienced jungler to 100 Thieves Academy, with the organization recently announced the signing of jungler Juan “Contractz” Arturo García who was transferred from Golden Guardians. The move comes after Golden Guardians confirmed Turkish player Can “Closer” Çelik as part of the starting roster for 2020. Contractz is joining top laner Aaron “FakeGod” Lee, mid laner Max “Soligo” Soong, and bottom lane duo Jacob “Prismal” Feinstein …

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Patch 9.24 is coming with a number of ARAM balance updates Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Riot Games is balancing the ARAM game mode coming patch 9.24. The update will include nerfs and buffs for over 20 champions applicable only to the Howling Abyss. Riot’s principal game designer “Mort” shared on Twitter which changes the developer is looking to push after a detailed consideration to better balance the game mode, although it’s overall in a good place. Mort also added the Presence of Mind rune will …

Evil Geniuses adds Irean as head coach of new LCS team William Davis League of Legends Evil Geniuses has announced the next element of its master plan to fix the LCS, as Heo “Irean” Yeong-cheol has joined the organization as the new head coach. Evil Geniuses is making all the right moves to ensure a successful debut in the LCS in 2020. Irean will be in charge of the roster that so far consists of top laner Colin “Kumo” Zhao, jungler Dennis “Svenskeren” Johnsen, and bottom …

North send Valde to unnamed team, clues point to new OG CSGO team M Alzamora Counter-Strike North has announced the transfer of Valdemar “valde” Bjørn Vangså today in an official blog post thanking the long-time member of the team. On December 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team North announced that they had transferred valde to a “yet unnamed team.” Both valde and North have stayed quiet on the transfer, but all signs point to OG Esports as the player’s likely destination.  The transfer occurred just before North will …

Dota 2 update 7.23b brings even more changes to Outlanders Update gabhernandez Dota 2 More significant changes have arrived for The Outlanders Update. Dota 2 version 7.23b has arrived and it largely targets items, both old and new. The introduction of Neutral Items has seen teams shift their focus to the jungle in hopes of getting quickly kitted and that game-changing mechanic has already been hit with two significant shake ups within a week of release. In 7.23b, Neutral Items now start to drop …

ESL Pro League S10 Finals will feature CSGO’s best teams M Alzamora Counter-Strike Everything is in place for the ESL Pro League Season 10 Finals to be an absolute showdown. ESL Pro League’s Season 10 Finals start December 3, and there’s more Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to unpack here then fans have seen in a while. The ECS S8 finals were a great primer, but the ESL Pro League Finals are literally double the size. Sixteen teams will duke it out in Odense over …

GBM says he is owed money by Galatasary for unpaid salary Olivia Richman League of Legends Turkish Championship League team Galatasaray is being accused of not paying player salaries again.  Mid laner Lee “GBM” Chang-seok revealed yesterday that Galatasaray has not only refused to pay him for the past three months, but haven’t been responding to his requests for payment. According to GBM, his former organization had told him he’d be paid the first week of October, but the date was continuously pushed back.  When December …

Stewie2K is first NA CSGO player to reach $1 million in prizes Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Jacky “Stewie2K” Yip has joined Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s illustrious millionaires club. Courtesy of his team’s performance in the ECS Season 8 Finals, the Team Liquid player jumped over the $1 million mark for career earnings in tournaments. He is the first North American player to achieve this and the only player from outside the current lineup of Astralis to do so. Though the number doesn’t accurately represent how much Stewie2K …

LoL is the most watched game on Twitch of 2019, Fortnite second Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends League of Legends is the most-watched Twitch game of the year, taking the spot from last year’s top game Fortnite, and pushing it down to second place. With the 2019 World Championship, the game broke its own viewership records, making it the most-watched League event in the game’s history. Not only does League have the highest total viewership through 2019, it also has the highest average viewership and the highest …

Tyler1 Championship Series is back with a $50,000 prize Olivia Richman League of Legends The third annual Tyler1 Championship Series is coming soon.  Popular streamer Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp often makes headlines for his wild behavior and antics. But now the controversial League of Legends personality is garnering attention for his upcoming Championship Series. It’s bigger than ever this year, with a $50,000 prize up for grabs for first place.  The tournament begins on December 14 at 8 am PST. This will be when the …

Alissa Violet dishes on FaZe Banks cheating, shows receipts Olivia Richman News FaZe Clan executive Richard “Banks” Bengtson’s social life has often made headlines in the esports community for his crazy antics and his dramatic relationship with Instagram model Alissa Violet.  Recently, Violet has taken to Twitter to reveal details of their relationship that were once private to the public, and fans’ reactions are mixed. The couple had split up for undisclosed reasons in July. Many speculated what had led to their …

GiantWaffle breaks Twitch record for most hours streamed in a month Olivia Richman News After streaming for 19 hours per day every day for the entire month of November, Twitch streamer Andrew “GiantWaffle” Bodine has broken the record for most hours streamed in a single month.  GiantWaffle ended November with almost 573 hours of streaming time, breaking Jackson “JayBigs” Bigsby’s previous record. JayBigs ended August with 569 hours streamed. During his month-long effort, GiantWaffle boasted 3 million hours watched and gained 10,000 subscribers.  When …

As FACEIT bans Agents in pug games, Valve could intervene M Alzamora News According to a tweet from FACEIT partnerships manager Cem Mollaoğlu, the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive server provider has disabled Operation Shattered Web agents from their servers entirely. FACEIT joins ESEA in banning the in-game Agent models from all of its servers, including solo queue and pickup games. The decision follows FACEIT’s November 21 announcement that they would prohibit the use of the new models in the ECS Season 8 Finals that Astralis …

We determine who is really the best CSGO player in the world M Alzamora Counter-Strike “Who is the best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player in the world?” Fans ask the question in forums and among friends every year. In today’s CSGO landscape, many would immediately answer with Natus Vincere’s Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, but it turns out that the true answer might be a little more complicated. The problem lies in that fans only remember the flashy plays, like s1mple’s famous flying no-scope double kill during MLG …

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