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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 By William Davis Dogman finally gets the bowl cut he has always promised News Dogman finally gets the bowl cut he has always promised By Olivia Richman 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 By Steven Rondina
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 Steven Rondina The most beloved player in Dota 2 has once again been left without a team. Speaking on the team’s Facebook page, Southeast Asia’s Tigers announced that it is parting ways with Danil “Dendi” Ishutin and support player Kenny “Xepher” Deo. “Today we bid farewell to two of our dearest players, who we have gone through so much together with,” the team said in the announcement. “Both players have shown great camaraderie and …
OpenAI bots defeat thousands of human teams in OpenAI Arena News
OpenAI bots defeat thousands of human teams in OpenAI Arena gabhernandez OpenAI Five has stepped up its game and defeated 7,215 human teams in public matches. Earlier this month, OpenAI hosted a final live event for OpenAI Five in the San Francisco bay area. The show’s highlight was a series between the bots and the reigning The International champions at OG. OpenAI Five stomped the current Aegis holders despite OG’s attempt to exploit the bots’ weaknesses. OpenAI then took it up …
New video game regulations in China to ban gore and gambling Counter-Strike
New video game regulations in China to ban gore and gambling Olivia Richman China is implementing strict policies on the types of video games they’ll be allowing their 1.4 billion citizens to play from now on. Blood and gore are officially banned. In the past, games have skirted by this regulation by simply changing the color of blood. But this will no longer be good enough. The country is also banning games that include China’s imperial history and gambling games like Mahjong and …
Fortnite volcano may finally erupt, but nobody knows when Fortnite Fortnite volcano may finally erupt, but nobody knows when By Olivia Richman Top Smash Bros player Hungrybox hit with crab after tournament win News Top Smash Bros player Hungrybox hit with crab after tournament win By Steven Rondina Invictus Gaming defeat JD Gaming, capture first domestic title League of Legends Invictus Gaming defeat JD Gaming, capture first domestic title By William Davis
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 League of Legends
Cloud9 League team assembles for beautiful K/DA cosplay Olivia Richman 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 Fortnite
Avengers: Endgame to receive Fortnite crossover treatment Steven Rondina 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 Fortnite
Top streamers having trouble qualifying for Fortnite World Cup Olivia Richman 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 …
KT Rolster avoid relegation with clean win over Jin Air William Davis League of Legends KT Rolster secured its place in the LCK Summer Split after taking down Jin Air Green Wings in the second round of the LCK promotion tournament. KT is the first team to go from split champion to the relegations tournament the very next split. The team’s situation is not surprising, as during the offseason the team failed to secure an experienced bot laner. Instead, KT settled for rookie Jeon “Zenit” …
Chengdu Hunter player speaks inappropriately to underaged streamer Olivia Richman News Chengdu Hunters player Zhang “YangXiaoLong” Zhihao was fined one month’s salary for making inappropriate comments to an underaged streamer.  “Aspen” is a popular Overwatch streamer who is currently partnered with Cloud9. During a recent match that was streamed on 17-year-old Aspen’s channel, YangXiaoLong told Aspen that fellow Chengdu Hunters player Ding “Ameng” Menghan said Aspen was his second wife.  Aspen groaned in response to the comment. She wrote “LUL” in the channel’s …
TNC Predators defeat local hope Signify at ESL One Mumbai Steven Rondina Dota 2 Signify did its best to represent Indian Dota 2, but wasn’t quite able to find victory against one of the world’s top veteran teams. Following the withdrawal of several teams from ESL One Mumbai, Indian squad Signify had the chance to compete in front of a live crowd as hometown favorites. Instead of forging their way to the finals and winning over the world with an electrifying victory, the little-known …

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