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Dragon Gate Team barred from LMS after match fixing allegations League of Legends Dragon Gate Team barred from LMS after match fixing allegations By Steven Rondina PUBG earned a staggering $1 billion in revenue in 2018 News PUBG earned a staggering $1 billion in revenue in 2018 By Olivia Richman Fortnite team subjected to 100-hour work weeks, “culture of fear” Fortnite Fortnite team subjected to 100-hour work weeks, “culture of fear” By Steven Rondina
CoreJJ is the key for Team Liquid and NA at MSI 2019 League of Legends
CoreJJ is the key for Team Liquid and NA at MSI 2019 William Davis The memory of the 2018 Mid-Season Invitational is still fresh in the minds of Team Liquid players and fans. The preceding spring split resulted in the first domestic title for the organization and the first appearance on an international stage at a Riot event. But even after a split full of domestic accomplishment, reality hit Team Liquid hard. Underwhelming was the best word to describe TL’s performance at MSI last …
Dogman finally gets the bowl cut he has always promised News
Dogman finally gets the bowl cut he has always promised Olivia Richman Playing in the Overwatch League can come with a steep price: A player might have to rock a bowl cut.  Especially if they make the grave mistake of tweeting about it two years ago. While Atlanta Reign’s Dusttin “Dogman” Bowerman was playing in an early iteration of the Overwatch Contenders competition, he promised his followers that he would “rock a bowl cut” if he made it into the Overwatch League. …
Beyond the Summit returns to Counter-Strike in May with CS_Summit 4 Counter-Strike
Beyond the Summit returns to Counter-Strike in May with CS_Summit 4 Steven Rondina Beyond the Summit is returning to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The tournament organizer has announced its next event, CS_Summit 4. The tournament will bring six top CS:GO squads into the Summit House for a unique broadcast that focuses heavily on player involvement. Speaking on Twitter, Beyond the Summit revealed that CS_Summit 4 will include Team Liquid, ENCE Esports, NRG Esports, Renegades, Team Vitality, and Ghost Gaming. The event will feature a …
Astralis remains the top ranked CS:GO team in the world for one year News
Astralis remains the top ranked CS:GO team in the world for one year Olivia Richman Astralis has been ranked number one for an entire year by one of the game’s most respected rankings. The Danish Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team has a staggering 1,000 points on HLTV’s ranking system. The next closest organization is Team Liquid with 591 points. HLTV ranks CS:GO teams based on their performances at events throughout the year while factoring in the relevance of each tournament played. Astralis has won 15 titles in …
Dendi, Xepher part ways with Tigers in latest roster shakeup News Dendi, Xepher part ways with Tigers in latest roster shakeup By Steven Rondina OpenAI bots defeat thousands of human teams in OpenAI Arena News OpenAI bots defeat thousands of human teams in OpenAI Arena By gabhernandez New video game regulations in China to ban gore and gambling Counter-Strike New video game regulations in China to ban gore and gambling By Olivia Richman
Fortnite volcano may finally erupt, but nobody knows when Fortnite
Fortnite volcano may finally erupt, but nobody knows when Olivia Richman Fortnite’s volcano might finally be ready to erupt.  Players recently noticed that the volcano on the battle royale’s northeast island has started smoking. This is the second time the volcano has shown such signs of activity. And this time it seemed to have started after the first rune made its way to Loot Lake and plugged into the metal hatch.  This was a rune that first appeared over a plate …
Top Smash Bros player Hungrybox hit with crab after tournament win News
Top Smash Bros player Hungrybox hit with crab after tournament win Steven Rondina The Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament at Pound 2019 went as planned for a while, but then it got weird. The expected part was Juan “Hungrybox” DeBiedma adding to his legacy as possibly the greatest Smash player of all time by carving his way through the losers bracket and taking first place with a win over Joseph “Mango” Marquez. The weird part came immediately after, when the Team Liquid ace …
Invictus Gaming defeat JD Gaming, capture first domestic title League of Legends
Invictus Gaming defeat JD Gaming, capture first domestic title William Davis Invictus Gaming is the 2019 LPL Spring Split champion, as the current world champion took down JD Gaming in a quick series. IG achieved its first domestic title in a convincing series against JDG. Since its founding in 2011, IG has struggled to find ultimate success in the LPL. In 2018, the organization signed young bot laner prodigy Yu “JackeyLove” Wen-Bo and the team’s look changed completely. The team came …
Febby picks up ESL One Mumbai MVP award despite finals loss Dota 2
Febby picks up ESL One Mumbai MVP award despite finals loss gabhernandez Fans were in for a big surprise with the Most Valuable Player prize was awarded at ESL One Mumbai, as the player was not from winning team Keen Gaming. Kim “Febby” Yong-min drove home a brand-new Mercedez-Benz car for being named ESL One Mumbai MVP.  The automobile is worth €50,000. Febby temporarily replaced Ryan “Bimbo” Jay Qui in the Mineski lineup due to visa issues. The team dominated the upper …
Cloud9 League team assembles for beautiful K/DA cosplay Olivia Richman League of Legends Cloud9’s League of Legends roster in gender-bending cosplay may not be what the community asked for, but it’s exactly what we need. Zachary “Sneaky” Scuderi, Eric “Licorice” Ritchie, Dennis “Svenskeren” Johnsen, and Tristan “Zeyzal” Stidam all posed for some K/DA-themed photos, after Sneaky’s cosplaying girlfriend styled their hair, makeup, and outfits. Yasin “Nisqy” Dincer wasn’t present for the photoshoot. It was rumored that his strict parents wouldn’t approve of it. …
Avengers: Endgame to receive Fortnite crossover treatment Steven Rondina Fortnite The Fortnite event to celebrate the upcoming Avengers: Endgame film might be bigger than anyone was expecting. Weeks after data miners unearthed files that hinted something related to the movie was coming, Fortnite teased that its latest Avengers crossover event wouldn’t just revolve around the film’s antagonist. Epic Games released an image on the official Fortnite Twitter of one of the game’s characters holding Captain America’s iconic shield. The tweet …
Top streamers having trouble qualifying for Fortnite World Cup Olivia Richman Fortnite Fortnite streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins may have over 14 million followers on Twitch, but he has failed to qualify for the World Cup for the second time this week, along with many other big names in the Fortnite streaming community.  In this weekend’s Fortnite World Cup Duos Open Qualifier, Turner “Tfue” Tenney and Dennis “Cloak” Lepore finished in 84th place on the North America East servers. Out of all the …
Furia fall short of hometown victory as Avangar win DreamHack Rio Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Furia was set up for a storybook moment in front of a raucous home crowd at DreamHack Open Rio de Janeiro, but it couldn’t quite get the ending right. The Brazilian squad faced off with Avangar in the grand finals of the tournament and came just shy of taking the top prize, falling 2-1. Furia opened with a surprise Vertigo map pick and converted that into devastating 16-2 win to …
OP Gaming Rangers win PUBG Global Summit in dramatic fashion Steven Rondina News OP Gaming Rangers are the winners of the FACEIT PUBG Global Summit. The South Korean squad sealed up first place with a dramatic chicken dinner on the final map of the grand finals. The win averted what was shaping up to be an epic collapse for the team and allowed the teary-eyed squad to hoist the 70-pound trophy at the end of the event. OP Gaming Rangers entered the last …
EternalEnVy under fire for Team Team release of two players Steven Rondina Dota 2 Team Team has made some surprise roster moves and Jacky “EternalEnVy” Mao is taking some serious heat for it. A day after the North American squad washed out of ESL One Mumbai, Team Team mid laner Nico “Gunnar” Lopez and support player Jason “Newsham” Newsham both posted ominous “LFT” messages on Twitter. Gunnar added “we were kicked” shortly after. This sparked a deluge of criticism towards the team’s newly added …
Keen Gaming win ESL One Mumbai amidst player and team dramas Steven Rondina Dota 2 ESL One Mumbai had a lot of strange things going on in the background, but everything under the spotlight went exactly as expected. Keen Gaming took first place at the tournament, scoring its first live event victory in organization history. It is also the first trophy in the pro Dota 2 careers of Keen players Song “dark”‘ Runxi and Zhai “一” Jingkai. The squad won the top spot with a …
Sleepy transferred from San Francisco Shock to Washington Justice Steven Rondina News Nikola “sleepy” Andrews is no longer a member of the San Francisco Shock. The team announced on its Twitter account that it is parting ways with the support player, with Sleepy being transferred to the Washington Justice. “It’s always tough saying goodbye to a family member, but ultimately we know that Sleepy deserves a spot on the Overwatch League stage,” the team said on Twitter. “Thank you for everything you …
Former ROX Tigers carry PraY retires from League of Legends Steven Rondina News After three LCK trophies and three top-four finishes in World Championships, Kim “PraY” Jong-in is calling it a career. The AD carry player announced his retirement from competitive League of Legends on a live stream on AfreecaTV. The move comes after six months as a free agent. “I have no confidence that I can do well [in professional play]”, PraY said on the stream, per Korizon.net. “But, outright saying I’m …
Valve boss Gabe Newell becomes unwitting underwear model in China William Davis Counter-Strike Hundreds of Redditors were left reeling after coming across a photo of an underwear model wearing the face of Valve president Gabe Newell. The photo came from a post by a Reddit user on the r/pcmasterrace subreddit. It showcases a package of underwear with Newell’s doppelganger appearing on the front of the parcel under the brand name Long Dian. At first glance it’s hard to explain how this came to …
Atlanta Reign shock fans with first regular season defeat of NYXL William Davis News The Atlanta Reign may have given the previously winless Los Angeles Valiant their first win of Overwatch League Season 2, but they’ve also notched a much more prestigious accomplishment. Atlanta Reign became the first team to hand the New York Excelsior a regular season loss in Season 2. NYXL’s only prior loss in 2019 came to Seoul Dynasty in the Stage 1 playoff quarterfinal round. The massive victory for the …
Astralis parent company responds to BLAST Pro Series controversy Steven Rondina Counter-Strike Fans have been grumbling about Astralis’ schedule in recent weeks. A number of huge tournaments have come and gone without the world’s best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team participating. Astralis hasn’t been slacking, though. The team has just been focusing all its efforts into BLAST Pro Series events. That fact coupled with the BLAST Pro Series and Astralis both being owned by RFRSH Entertainment has had some fans crying foul, something …

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