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Apex Legends Apex Legends Halloween event details leaked, includes skins, LTM By Olivia Richman League of Legends Damwon Gaming destroys Flamengo, stays undefeated at LoL Worlds 2019 By William Davis League of Legends Damwon Gaming dominates Royal Youth in LoL Worlds 2019 play-in stage By William Davis

Counter-Strike

America passes Sweden in total prize money won in CSGO Steven Rondina North American Counter-Strike hit a serious milestone following ESL One New York. According to Esports Earnings, the total winnings of American players in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has eclipsed that of Sweden. This places the United States second overall in CSGO earnings, behind only Denmark. As of this writing, the United States sits at $9,249,654, while Sweden trails by a narrow margin at $9,171,578. While there may be some jockeying for …

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Twitch streamer Dellor banned for breaking keyboard with head Olivia Richman Popular streamer Matt “Dellor” Vaughn is banned indefinitely from Twitch once again. The controversial streamer received a ban mere minutes after he broke a keyboard over his head. While extreme, this is actually something Dellor has done many times over. The streamer is known for his over-the-top raging while playing Overwatch, Fortnite, and Apex Legends, which sometimes includes breaking his keyboard with a hammer or with his own body. “I’m banned …

League of Legends

Play-In stage shows first glimpse into World Championship meta William Davis Day one of the 2019 League of Legends World Championship is over and it showed a glimpse into the meta for the main event. League of Legends received three different updates since the end of the regular season in the various regions. Patch 9.19 was chosen as the World Championship patch. The changes in previous patches were not big enough to completely modify the meta, but certainly had an impact …

Counter-Strike

s1mple, ZywOo, Twistzz, dev1ce among Esports Awards finalists Syed Mujtaba Naqvi The Esports Awards have announced finalists across all categories and opened the public vote. Finalists for the esports PC player of the year and esports PC rookie of the year awards feature mostly League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players, with more of the rookies playing Fortnite. Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken (CSGO) Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz (CSGO) Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (CSGO) Luka “Perkz” Perković (League) Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng (League) Rasmus …

League of Legends k1ng pulls first baron steal of Worlds 2019 vs Clutch Gaming By William Davis League of Legends New Mac OS update may end League of Legends client installations By Nina Forneloza Apex Legends Halloween event apparently coming to Apex Legends soon By William Davis

Counter-Strike

EG crashes out of DreamHack Masters Malmo days after ESL NY win Nina Forneloza Evil Geniuses, the Counter-strike: Global Offensive champions at ESL One New York, have been dumped out of Dreamhack Masters Malmo mere days after lifting that trophy. On September 30, Evil Geniuses stood on the stage as victors holding the ESL New York trophy aloft. This marked a year since a team not named Astralis or Team Liquid had been victorious at a Masters level event. Evil Geniuses had announced themselves …

League of Legends

Splyce destroys Isurus Gaming, stays undefeated in LoL Worlds 2019 William Davis Splyce secured first place with a victory over Isurus Gaming in the 2019 League of Legends World Championship play-in stage. Splyce is determined to make it to the main event and the LEC representative used that motivation to dominate Isurus from the LLA for its second victory of day one. So far, Splyce is undefeated and will look to end the group stage without dropping a game.   Isurus Gaming opened …

League of Legends

Clutch Gaming bounces back over MAMMOTH at LoL Worlds 2019 William Davis Clutch Gaming finished day one of the 2019 League of Legends World Championship play-in with a victory over MAMMOTH. Clutch bounced back after losing the first game of the day against Unicorns of Love. In its second game, Clutch showed a new look that allowed them to take a key victory over MAMMOTH from the OPL.   Against Unicorns of Love, Clutch played an aggressive style that was easy to …

Dota 2

Team Liquid returns to Dota 2 by signing ex Alliance roster Steven Rondina Team Liquid is back in the Dota 2 business. According to a series of tweets by the players, Liquid has acquired the former roster of Alliance. Aydin “iNSaNiA” Sarkohi and Max “qojqva” Bröcker tweeted that they were happy to announce the signing, which was then confirmed by Liquid with a series of retweets. “Extremely excited to finally be able to announce that we’re part of Team Liquid,” iNSaNiA said on …

Fortnite patch v10.40.1 brings Out of Time, Flint-Knock Pistol Olivia Richman Fortnite Although many in the Fortnite community have been impatiently waiting for Season X to end, the most recent patch notes revealed that the unpopular season will be extended by a further week.  “We may be almost out of time, but we’re not out just yet,” announced Epic.  According to Patch v10.40.1, Season X will now end on October 13 to give their new challenge some time in the spotlight.    …

Unicorns of Love upsets Clutch Gaming to start LoL Worlds 2019 William Davis League of Legends Unicorns of Love opened the 2019 League of Legends World Championship with a major upset over Clutch Gaming. The play-in stage kicked off on October 2 with an opening match between Unicorns of Love from the LCL and Clutch Gaming from the LCS. Clutch came into the match as the favorite but Unicorns of Love had another thing in mind.   In picks and bans, Unicorns of Love surprised with …

Splyce starts LoL Worlds 2019 with convincing victory over DFM William Davis League of Legends Splyce destroyed DetonatioN FocusMe in their first match at the 2019 League of Legends World Championship. Splyce is off to a good start at Worlds 2019, as the LEC representative took down DetonatioN FocusMe in a fast game. DFM innovated with Nocturne in the mid lane while Splyce kept it simple with a standard composition.   Andrei “Xerxe” Dragomir started the game with a gank in the bottom lane and …

LoL World Championship play-in schedule with Clutch, Splyce, more William Davis League of Legends We are hours away from the 2019 League of Legends World Championship getting underway, and if you’re wondering when the games officially begin, we’ve got you covered. This year the tournament starts in Berlin, Germany, where the teams have been boot camping for the past month. The play-ins and group stage will be played in Berlin starting on October 2. Each region is sending its bests teams to take part in …

EG and Liquid absorb early losses at DreamHack Masters Malmo Nina Forneloza Counter-Strike Evil Geniuses caused quite a stir last week in announcing their return to both League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. They then set the esports world aflame when the newly branded CSGO team defeated Astralis 3-1 at ESL One New York, but that hasn’t helped them to avoid an early stumble in Malmo, Sweden. Evil Geniuses originally started in CS in the early 2000s and eventually shut down their …

nexa and huNter join G2 Esports after breakthrough with CR4ZY Syed Mujtaba Naqvi Counter-Strike G2 Esports has signed Serbian Counter-Strike: Global Offensive duo Nemanja “nexa” Isaković and Nemanja “huNter-” Kovač as the team goes global. After 3 years of being a French-only team, G2 has decided to open its roster towards international waters. The organization is doing so by signing nexa and huNter, both of whom will be transferred from CR4ZY. nexa will serve as G2’s new in-game leader, while huNter is taking on …

WINNERS League Season 3 approaches as top teams set to collide Steven Rondina Counter-Strike The talent pool in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is deeper than ever before, but rising stars don’t always get their opportunity to shine. One of the core goals of WINNERS League is fixing that by giving developing hopefuls a clear path to the top of the competitive scene. WINNERS League has three divisions for talent at each stage of their careers. Rookies and players looking to work from the ground up …

Esports Awards caster finalists include PapaSmithy and MonteCristo Syed Mujtaba Naqvi League of Legends The finalists for The Esports Awards’ caster of the year award have been announced with the public vote going live. This years’ finalists include casters of League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Call of Duty, Overwatch, and more.  The twelve casters that made the list are: Matthew “Sadokist” Trivett, Indiana “Froskurinn” Juniper, Christopher “PapaSmithy” Smith, Christopher “MonteCristo” Mykles, Henry “HenryG” Greer, Clint “Maven” Evans, Clayton “CaptainFlowers” Raines, Matt “Mr X” …

OpTic Gaming upset Team Liquid at DreamHack Masters Malmo Olivia Richman Counter-Strike OpTic Gaming came to DreamHack Masters Malmo to prove themselves.  In their first match against Team Liquid, the underdog team dominated the competition. The one-sided match concluded with OpTic Gaming victorious, 16-9.  This came as a shock to the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community. Team Liquid had just come off of a third-place finish at ESL New York, a big event where OpTic trailed behind in fifth place. Team Liquid is …

Sir Sadim’s Stunners beat OG, Alliance, and Na’Vi to win Midas Mode gabhernandez Dota 2 Sir Sadim’s Stunners came out on top of a competitive field comprised entirely of The International-winning teams in Midas Mode 2.0. The unique and amusing tournament featured a European division that reunited the championship-winning lineups of Alliance and Natus Vincere circa 2013 and 2011, respectively. It also included OG, fresh off their victory at The International 2019. Surprisingly, these legendary teams proved to be no match for Sir Sadim’s Stunners, …

xQc reveals why he was kicked out of a TwitchCon party Olivia Richman News Twitch streamer Felix “xQc” Lengyel’s bad behavior got him kicked out of a TwitchCon party over the weekend.  After a three-day weekend of meet and greets and conferences at TwitchCon, xQc decided to unwind at some afterparties with Chance “Sodapoppin” Morris. But things quickly got out of hand when the two decided to cause a scene at a more formal gathering.   The former Overwatch League star recapped the experience with …

Nuguri games hint at Klepto meta for 2019 World Championship Nina Forneloza League of Legends DAMWON Gaming top laner Jang “Nuguri” Ha Kwon is preparing for the 2019 League of Legends World Championship that will begin on October 2 with group stage matches. This is the ninth World Championship tournament and DAMWON Gaming’s first trip to the biggest League of Legends tournament of the season. DAMWON qualified for the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) in the 2019 LCK Spring Promotion Tournament and finished fifth …

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