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Sinatraa says San Francisco Shock will face NYXL in Stage 3 finals News Sinatraa says San Francisco Shock will face NYXL in Stage 3 finals By Olivia Richman FaZe Clan posts PR manager job listing after multiple disasters Fortnite FaZe Clan posts PR manager job listing after multiple disasters By William Davis Vici Gaming eliminate Team Liquid, win Epicenter Dota 2 Major Dota 2 Vici Gaming eliminate Team Liquid, win Epicenter Dota 2 Major By Steven Rondina
Dota 7.22d update brings buffs to Ogre Magi and Underlord Dota 2
Dota 7.22d update brings buffs to Ogre Magi and Underlord Steven Rondina Valve has wasted no time dropping the latest Dota 2 update. Just minutes after Vici Gaming defeated Team Liquid to win the Epicenter Major, the 7.22d patch launched to shake up the game. The update includes a number of changes to the most powerful heroes from the event, but also delivers some much needed buffs to struggling heroes. For the most part, the top tier heroes were hit with nerfs …
Vancouver Titans SeoMinSoo talks Stage 3 playoffs and 2-2-2 lock News
Vancouver Titans SeoMinSoo talks Stage 3 playoffs and 2-2-2 lock Olivia Richman The Vancouver Titans defeated the Los Angeles Gladiators 4-0, securing a spot in the Stage 3 playoffs.  The Canadian Overwatch League team finished up Stage 3 with an impressive 5-1 record. Their only loss this stage was to the Los Angeles Valiant last week. But since that match, the Titans have pushed themselves even harder.  WIN.gg spoke with Titans DPS expert Min-soo “SeoMinSoo” Seo about the team’s easy victory over …
LEC crushes LCS in Rift Rivals despite strong showing from Team Liquid League of Legends
LEC crushes LCS in Rift Rivals despite strong showing from Team Liquid William Davis G2 Esports, Origen, and Fnatic are returning to the LEC as champions. Europe has won Rift Rivals 2019. The LEC representatives dominated the LCS teams and made a case for themselves as the top contenders for the 2019 World Championship. The three-day event was not fun to watch for North American fans. Throughout the group stage, the LEC destroyed the best teams from across the Atlantic and had firm control …
Origen Kold has some advice for NA teams after Rift Rivals League of Legends
Origen Kold has some advice for NA teams after Rift Rivals Olivia Richman Europe was crowned the Rift Rivals champions for the second year in a row. The grand finals saw Team Liquid defeat G2 Esports, but it wasn’t enough to hold back the LEC. Still, the performance made Origen realize that North America may have more to offer than the team previously thought.  WIN.gg spoke with Origen’s jungler Jonas “Kold” Andersen about the LEC victory and his advice to North American teams after …
Mongraal and Mitr0 get a $20,000 victory royale at Friday Fortnite Fortnite Mongraal and Mitr0 get a $20,000 victory royale at Friday Fortnite By Olivia Richman Apex Legends Season 2 update brings new legend, weapons, changes Apex Legends Apex Legends Season 2 update brings new legend, weapons, changes By Jared Wynne Twitch introduces subscriber-only streams amidst controversy News Twitch introduces subscriber-only streams amidst controversy By Jared Wynne
Team Liquid gets revenge on G2 Esports for MSI Finals at Rift Rivals 2019 League of Legends
Team Liquid gets revenge on G2 Esports for MSI Finals at Rift Rivals 2019 William Davis Team Liquid is helping to undo some of the reputational damage inflicted to the LCS at Rift Rivals 2019. Day two of the event started with an interesting rematch of the Mid-Season Invitational grand finals, with Team Liquid looking to take revenge upon G2 Esports. The matchup would have been compelling all on its own, but it had extra stakes in the form of Liquid trying dig the LCS out …
Mikyx and G2 Esports stun TSM with unorthodox lineup at Rift Rivals League of Legends
Mikyx and G2 Esports stun TSM with unorthodox lineup at Rift Rivals William Davis He might be a support player, but Mihael “Mikyx” Mehle carried G2 Esports to a massive victory over Team SoloMid. The Mid-Season Invitational champions once again showed their incredible versatility and victimized one of the LCS’s best in the process. After fielding a seemingly standard draft, G2 left TSM stunned after the picks and bans as they played their champions in surprising positions. Jungler Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski finally got a …
Toronto Defiant sign Mangachu and Logix, become a mixed roster News
Toronto Defiant sign Mangachu and Logix, become a mixed roster Olivia Richman The Toronto Defiant will be sporting a mixed roster come Stage 4 of the Overwatch League.  The 18th-place team announced the signing of Liam “Mangachu” Campbell, with the veteran joining as the new flex DPS. “Joining the Overwatch League has kind of been a dream of mine for a very long time. I think representing one of my local cities, Toronto…Everything is perfect for me,” Mangachu said. Since Overwatch’s competitive scene began …
xQc gains more views by sleeping for nine hours on live stream News
xQc gains more views by sleeping for nine hours on live stream Olivia Richman Twitch personality Felix “xQc” Lengyel recently made headlines, and it wasn’t for being a troll or raging at Fortnite.  No, the former Overwatch League pro was in the news for sleeping.  xQc spent nine hours during a 35-hour stream fast asleep. While he slept, xQc had YouTube videos autoplaying for his viewers. And yes, there were viewers. In fact, his average viewers during his time sleeping on stream was about …
G2 Esports Mikyx discusses loss to Team Liquid, Bard, and pizza Olivia Richman League of Legends G2 Esports had a fun day at Rift Rivals: NA vs EU.  First, the European team faced Team Liquid and lost. But they lost in style. G2 had drafted a never before seen composition, including an assassin in the bottom lane. According to head coach Fabian “Grabbz” Lohmann, they did it out of boredom after dominating the previous day.   He still noted that the team most likely had less than …
s1mple racks up 58 kills in FPL game against all-star opponents Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev is pretty darn good at Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The Natus Vincere star has long been wowing fans and frustrating opponents with his huge playmaking abilities. While his baseline has always been high, sometimes he manages to outdo even his own expectations. That happened recently in a FACEIT Pro League game in which he racked up an obscene 58 kills. The full stats on the FACEIT match page …
Ad Finem returns to Dota 2 by reuniting former Boston Major roster Steven Rondina Dota 2 A fan favorite Dota 2 team has made a surprise return to the game. Ahead of The International 2019 qualifiers, Greek esports organization Ad Finem has returned to Dota 2 and reunited much of its original roster. The news was announced on Twitter. Ad Finem was one of the breakout stars of Dota 2 in 2016. Long a middling team that competed mostly in smaller European tournaments, the squad shocked …
Fnatic drop MP, promote Jabz and Dubu prior to The International gabhernandez Dota 2 After its early exit from the Epicenter Major, Fnatic has announced huge roster changes for the upcoming International 2019 event. Fnatic had a roster shakeup just a few weeks before the big event. It may seem that it’s too late for the team to make such changes, but it’s a risk Fnatic is willing to take. Noa “MP” Pyo departs from the team leaving the carry position vacant. Meanwhile, support …
OverFighter becomes most popular mode in Overwatch workshop Olivia Richman News Overwatch fans have seen their favorite heroes play card games, race through maps, and even compete in a Smash Bros styled brawl. Now there’s a new popular workshop game mode called OverFighter.  Similar to Tekken or Pokken Tournament, OverFighter is a fighting game set on a three-dimensional arena. The one-on-one battles are a best-of-three that have select fighters duking it out like an old-school arcade game. Players can even do …
SK Telecom T1 scrape past KT Rolster in rivalry low point William Davis League of Legends SK Telecom T1 has again gotten the better of KT Rolster. The telecom war is one of the longest running rivalries in esports. On week four of the current LCK split, SKT and KT clashed in an extremely important match for the two teams. Consistently negative results this season have been deeply affecting both SKT and KT, and it showed throughout this latest series. In game one, SKT started its …
Chiefs signed under ICON Esports, works towards Oceanic growth Jared Wynne League of Legends The Chiefs are hitting the big time. The Oceanic esports scene is recognized as being among the fastest-growing and most dedicated in the world. Within that scene, Chiefs is considered a household name. The Chiefs Esports Club, competing up until now under “Chiefs,” was founded in 2014 and has since been a staple across nearly every esport title in Australia. Their teams are four times Oceanic Pro League Champions in …
Cloud9 gets crushed by G2 Esports to start Rift Rivals 2019 William Davis News G2 Esports started Rift Rivals 2019 with a win. The Mid-Season Invitational champions continue to dominate the international stage, kicking off the event with a convincing victory over Cloud9. The win kicked off what was a strong day one for the LEC side. Prior to the event, the G2 players hinted that they would utilize unorthodox picks and strategies. They delivered on their promise and showed the flexibility of the …
Reigning OWL MVP JJoNaK gets special Zenyatta skin in his honor William Davis News New York Excelsior support Bang “JJoNak” Seong-hyun has received a legendary Overwatch skin. Overwatch is rewarding the inaugural Overwatch League season’s MVP with a skin for his signature hero, Zenyatta. Arnold Tsang, assistant art director for Overwatch, and Marisa Palumbo, senior producer for Overwatch Esports, were in charge of working on the project with JJoNak. The team took into consideration JJoNak’s fashion sense, personal preferences, and his love for octopus. …
Kold and Patrik talk lane swaps, win over TSM, the rise of the LEC Olivia Richman League of Legends European League of Legends teams have come to Los Angeles to prove that they’re the region to beat. The first day of Rift Rivals: NA vs EU was quite one-sided by the time Origen easily defeated Team SoloMid. But Origen didn’t want to win doing the same old thing. They took Rift Rivals as an opportunity to try out some brand new strategies, and they seemed to pay off immediately. …
Maikelele looks for money on social media, gets NASA and Elon Musk Jared Wynne Counter-Strike Ex-Ninjas in Pyjamas star Mikail “Maikelele” Bill asked his followers on Twitter to help him find a new sponsorship in order for his team, NoChance, to afford flights and have a bootcamp.  NoChance will be competing in the European Minor for qualification to the StarLadder Major 2019 on July 17. Maikelele is famed as a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive professional for his prior tenures with NiP, Kinguin, G2 Esports, and FaZe Clan, …
Pro CSGO player gets zero kills in a game as Virtus.pro flames out Jared Wynne Counter-Strike A pro Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player recently played a match that couldn’t have gone much worse. On June 26, Virtus.pro played a professional match against Nemiga Gaming in the LOOT.BET Smack My Beach Cup tournament. In the match, Polish player Michał “snatchie” Rudzki managed to finish the first map with zero kills and eighteen deaths.  Belarusian side Nemiga managed to take the best-of-three match by winning both Mirage and Dust2, …

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