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Dota 2
Kaci Aitchison joins Valve in full-time role, looks forward to TI10
Nina Forneloza
Kaci Aitchison, who has been an interviewer and host for Dota 2’s The International, for the past seven years, announced she’s been hired full-time by Valve. Aitchison revealed the news on her Twitter account. “After seven years of working events for one of my favorite companies, this month I officially joined Valve full-time!” Aitchison said. “Maybe that favorite company will work out next time. Just kidding, it’s this one. Lots …
Counter-Strike
Cache designers hope for a less T-sided map with new open design
Syed Mujtaba Naqvi
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive map Cache has been updated to allow for more creative plays, while at the same time not getting changed too much from the map players learned to love over the years. Lots of details, time, and effort went into the redesign process. Cache level designers Sal “Volcano” Garozzo and Shawn “FMPONE” Snelling worked on the redesign of Cache for about one year. The two worked on new …
League of Legends
Are Asian teams dominating practice ahead of LoL Worlds main event?
William Davis
The 2019 League of Legends World Championship main event is right around the corner and the teams are getting ready to represent their regions. Asian teams in particular are shining ahead of the event. According to G2 Esports’ jungler Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski, the Asian teams are stronger than they anticipated. Team Liquid’s bottom laner Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng echoed his sentiment, saying that those teams are in another level. The play-in stage …
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Blizzard demands Dallas Fuel coach delete Hong Kong tweet
Olivia Richman
Blizzard demanded Dallas Fuel assistant coach Justin “Jayne” Conroy delete a tweet in which he supported Hong Kong’s protest. The now-deleted tweet noted that Blizzard had the right to enforce its rules, although he didn’t agree with the video game developer’s level of censorship “and severity of consequences.” Ironically, Jayne was told he must remove the very tweet that called Blizzard out on their censorship. It’s this continued censorship that …
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YouTube star Alissa Violet’s recent giveaway could be a scam
Olivia Richman
Three lucky fans thought they won Louis Vuitton bags from YouTube star Allisa Violet, but it may have actually been a scam all along. Alissa Violet, an influencer and FaZe Clan owner Ricky Bank’s ex-girlfriend, recently promoted a giveaway for Louis Vuitton handbags. She shared a post to her 8.8 million Instagram followers on August 25 that oulined how her fans could win one of the availale designer bags. Her …
League of Legends
Riot Games could be teasing new champion Senna on PBE
Syed Mujtaba Naqvi
An update to League of Legends Public Beta Environment (PBE) added a visual feature to the map that players believe to be a teaser for Senna, Lucian’s wife previously trapped in Thresh’s lantern. It’s been almost four months since Riot Games released Qiyana, the lastest champion introduced to League. Players are expecting a new champion soon, and Riot might just be teasing one here. YouTube user “Eldimarix” shared video footage …
Fortnite
Epic Games CEO promises his company won’t censor activists
Nina Forneloza
Epic Games is taking a stand against censorship from China. Epic Games Founder and CEO Tim Sweeney has announced that Fortnite developer Epic Games won’t ban players for political speech. This follows a week during which multiple controversies have arisen in the sporting and gaming spaces related to ongoing protest in Hong Kong. Daryl Morey, general manager of the Houston Rockets NBA franchise, recently tweeted his support for the protests …
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Top 5 teams at the 2019 League of Legends World Championship
William Davis
The 2019 League of Legends World Championship brings together the best teams in the world for the biggest event of the year. 24 teams fought their way to the event, but only one will become the 2019 World champion. Every team at the event has its own strengths and weaknesses. This is the first Worlds for many of the competitors, and they will be looking to make every game count. …
CSGO update blocks new players from ranked, overhauls Vertigo
Steven Rondina
Counter-Strike
The newest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update has arrived, bringing changes to matchmaking, another significant overhaul to Vertigo, and a number of other small tweaks. As part of a new “onboarding experiment,” CSGO newcomers will be forced to spend their first few games playing in casual and deathmatch modes until they hit Private Rank 2. This will prevent first-time players from immediately diving into ranked matchmaking. No details were given on …
TFT patch 9.20 nerfs Assassin-Wild combo, buffs Gunslingers
Syed Mujtaba Naqvi
League of Legends
League of Legends patch 9.20 has introduced a few important updates to Teamfight Tactics. Riot Games is continuing to make changes to TFT with balance tweaks and stabilization improvements. The patch slightly lowered the crit chance of Assassins’ three-unit bonus trait to 5% and Wild’s attack speed per stack to 10%. These nerfs come as an answer to the Assasin-Wild compositions that have lately dominating the meta. A slight buff …
German synagogue shooting was streamed on Twitch
Olivia Richman
News
There has been another synagogue shooting and this time, it was livestreamed on Twitch. The 35-minute long shot on October 9 follows the shooter as he kills two people outside of a synagogue in the eastern German city, Halle. Several others were injured. “We are shocked and saddened by the tragedy that took place in Germany today, and our deepest condolences go out to all those affected,” a representatitve from …
Bodybuilder Knut banned from Twitch for transphobic stream
Olivia Richman
News
Bodybuilder Knut Spildrejorde has been growing his popularity as a Twitch streamer recently. But his growth was cut short when the Norwegian streamer had his channel banned on October 8. Many in the streaming community are demanding that Knut be permanently banned from Twitch after his most recent stunt. In his latest live stream, Knut strolled into a room full of other streamers with two transgender sex workers tailing after …
Apex Legends fans solve Crypto’s secret message before Season 3
Olivia Richman
Apex Legends
Apex Legends fans have been analyzing Crypto’s hints and hacks even before the legend was confirmed for Season 3. That feverish need to find out more about the secretive legend hasn’t died down now that he’s in the game. A few tricky Reddit users solved a very cryptic ARG taking place right on the Apex Legends subreddit. On the header of the game’s subreddit, popular Apex data miner FrozenFroh pointed …
Blitzchung invited to Hearthstone rival’s tournament after ban
Nina Forneloza
News
Hearthstone GrandMaster Ng “blitzchung” Wai Chung voiced his support for the protesters that have been demonstrating in Hong Kong throughout 2019. Now, others within the trading card game community are voicing their support for him. Gods Unchained, a digital trading card game, is backing blitzchung by offering him a spot in a tournament it is planning. “Blizzard just banned blitzchung and stripped his Hearthstone winnings because they care about money …
US Army now features an Army Esports team in CSGO, LoL, and more
Nina Forneloza
News
It’s not unusual to see a branch of the U.S. military advertise during sporting events. Most Americans have probably seen a commercial or two for the military branches if they spend any time watching television. But people may be surprised to hear that a group of soldiers are serving their country while also competing in esports competitions through the Army Esports team. The Army Esports team is on Twitter at …
Details on the next CSGO Major will be IEM Season XIV
Olivia Richman
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive fans are already looking forward to the next big event. While the competitive CSGO scene luckily has a lot of tournaments throughout each month of the year, the next big CSGO event that already has people talking is the Intel Extreme Masters Season XIV final in February of 2020. That is the next CSGO Major, which means it’s a premier tournament that holds a lot of weight. …
Ninja hasn’t helped Mixer gain ground on Twitch, even after 2 months
Syed Mujtaba Naqvi
Fortnite
Microsoft made a big splash when it got Fortnite star Tyler “Ninja” Blevins to leave Twitch and exclusively stream on Mixer, but Ninja’s move hasn’t really helped Mixer gain viewership. Ninja’s exclusive deal with Mixer has been in place since August, and he has had a strong start streaming on the platform. Despite that, according to a report by Streamlabs, hours watched on Mixer have fallen for over 10% since the end …
Notorious Dota 2 smurf banned while streaming, Valve responds
gabhernandez
Dota 2
Valve has banned the account of popular Russian streamer and known smurf qsnake. Qsnake has a large following on his Twitch Channel with 166,706 followers and more than 21 million views accrued through streams primarily composed of his gameplay on several smurf accounts. He peaked at over 8,000 MMR a few years back and is currently an Immortal player. That following and those legitimate in-game skills didn’t stop him from …
LoL World Championship 2019 single “Phoenix” finally released
Olivia Richman
League of Legends
With almost 500,000 views in just a few hours, it’s safe to say that fans have been excited for the launch of the 2019 League of Legends World Championship’s single and music video. “Phoenix,” performed by Cailin Russo and Crissy Costanza, is all about facing your own worst enemy: Yourself. It’s an interesting take on Worlds, when most songs in the past were about fighting other opponents in a struggle for …
LoL Worlds 2019 group stage Pick’em predictions
William Davis
League of Legends
The 2019 League of Legends World Championship main event is right around the corner. With the play-in stage now complete, the 16 teams that will compete under League’s brightest spotlight have been decided. The groups have been seeded and fans can get a feeling for what sort of odds their favorites are facing. As with past years, Riot Games is encouraging fans to keep up with the action with the …
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