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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 …
League of Legends
G2 Esports Mikyx discusses loss to Team Liquid, Bard, and pizza
Olivia Richman
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 …
Counter-Strike
s1mple racks up 58 kills in FPL game against all-star opponents
Steven Rondina
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 …
Dota 2
Ad Finem returns to Dota 2 by reuniting former Boston Major roster
Steven Rondina
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 …
League of Legends
Chiefs signed under ICON Esports, works towards Oceanic growth
Jared Wynne
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 …
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Cloud9 gets crushed by G2 Esports to start Rift Rivals 2019
William Davis
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 …
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Reigning OWL MVP JJoNaK gets special Zenyatta skin in his honor
William Davis
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. …
League of Legends
Kold and Patrik talk lane swaps, win over TSM, the rise of the LEC
Olivia Richman
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, …
Team Liquid team up with Marvel, reveal exclusive Avengers jerseys
Olivia Richman
League of Legends
Team Liquid has just announced a brand new strategic partnership with Marvel Entertainment. The partnership was revealed at Rift Rivals: NA vs EU today. Team Liquid’s League of Legends team walked on the stage with custom designed Captain America competitive jerseys. While the one-of-a-kind jerseys were an immediate showstopper, that’s not all the partnership has in store. Over the next few months, Team Liquid will partner with Marvel to drop …
LUCAS1 to MiBR, felps to Luminosity in Brazilian CSGO player swap
Jared Wynne
Counter-Strike
Brazilian rostermania is underway as MIBR has traded João “felps” Vasconcellos for Luminosity Gaming’s Lucas “LUCAS1” Teles. The star riflers will be swapped with immediate effect and on a temporary basis. Rifler felps will be joining Luminosity Gaming after his brief return to the MIBR organization in January. Since then, MIBR has failed to rekindle the flame the team once had when it played under the Luminosity and SK Gaming …
Fissure seemingly confirms 2-2-2 role lock coming to Overwatch League
gabhernandez
News
Chan-hyung “Fissure” Baek, formerly of the Seoul Dynasty, has seemingly confirmed rumors that a 2/2/2 role lock is coming to Overwatch League. On his stream, Fissure said, “I’m retired now so I’ll say it. Next stage, four, 2-2-2 lock is confirmed.” The Seoul Dynasty recently revealed that they had mutually agreed to let Fissure out of his contract. The former main tank then took the opportunity during one of his …
Battle pass weekend sale brings levels and immortal treasures
gabhernandez
Dota 2
Valve has released the long awaited Battle Level and Treasure Bundle. After a few weeks without new battle pass content, players began to grow impatient in waiting for Valve to release something new. The game developer recently released the Dark Willow announcer pack along with expected release dates for Immortal Treasure II and the Wrath of Morokai special event. However, battle pass owners were surprised to receive more good news …
Rap Rivals has NA and EU face off before Rift Rivals tournament
Olivia Richman
League of Legends
Although Rift Rivals doesn’t start until tomorrow, NA and EU are already duking it out in the form of an old school rap battle. The two regions were represented by hard hitting commentators who had some flow to dish out, along with some epic burns. For those of you still recovering from H1ghsky1’s Turner “Tfue” Tenney diss (click at your own risk), this may be just the medicine you need …
Riot Games partners with Nielsen to provide advanced sponsorship data
Fariha Bhatti
League of Legends
Consumer insights platform Nielsen has announced a new partnership with developer Riot Games that will see the company track sponsorship valuations and return on investment across multiple League of Legends competitions. Nielsen will be measuring brand exposure for sponsors across both the LCS and LEC throughout 2019 and 2020, as well as at international events such as the annual World Championship, the Mid-Season Invitational, and the All-Star event. Select Asian …
Fissure announces surprise retirement from professional Overwatch
gabhernandez
News
Chan-hyung “Fissure” Baek is retiring from Overwatch, the Seoul Dynasty has revealed. Fissure’s surprise retirement comes in the middle of Stage 3 and shortly after a written statement about taking a break to figure out how to move forward in his Overwatch career. His options were to take a break and come back in Stage 4, or retire from the game altogether. His statement mentioned burnout and losing his passion …
Copenhagen Flames victorious as WINNERS League Season 2 concludes
Jared Wynne
Counter-Strike
Copenhagen Flames has won WINNERS League Season 2’s European league, besting Nemiga Gaming in the grand final. The theme of the finals series was Nemiga’s inability to carry forward its momentum after getting off to hot starts. The first map of Inferno saw Nemiga Gaming open up an early 6-1 lead on the map’s T side. Copenhagen Flames’ defense snapped back to attention in the eighth round and remained resilient …
OG, TNC, Keen gaming qualify for TI, one more spot still up for grabs
Fariha Bhatti
Dota 2
As the Epicenter Major heads to its closing stages, the final direct invitations to The International 9 are being decided as teams are knocked out of contentention. OG, TNC, and Keen Gaming have all secured direct invitations to The International in the past few days of play, with the final direct invite still in play. TNC was the first team to claim one of the four spots at TI that …
ana carries OG past Team Secret, upsetting top Dota Pro Circuit team
gabhernandez
Dota 2
The top seed of the Dota Pro Circuit rankings has been eliminated by the reigning TI8 Champions. Team Secret’s dominance during the group stage did not translate to a good run in the playoffs. After Team Secret was bumped off from the upper bracket by Virtus.pro, the team suffered another disappointing series in the lower bracket. In an elimination series, Team Secret fought for its tournament life against TI8 champions …
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