As the first portion of the North American Overwatch Contenders Season 0 wraps up, let’s take a look at some of the more prominent storylines coming out of both days of the open qualifiers. 380 teams competed in an open bracket format, where only the top eight teams would advance and play for seeding into …
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NEO is without a doubt a Polish legend and 1.6 superstar. Although he hasn’t played to the same star level in CS:GO as he had in 1.6, NEO is still contention for the best Counter-Strike player (regardless of game) ever. Actually, NEO ‘failing’ to play at his 1.6 star level is not a failure in …
This week I had the privilege to speak with Liam “Mangachu” Campbell and discuss his history in gaming, his background in Team Fortress 2, and what he think is on the horizon for Overwatch with the proposed changes on the Player Test Realm (PTR). Afternoon Mangachu, how are you doing today? Hopefully Michigan is treating …
Daigo Umehara, one of the greatest legends to ever touch a video game. While he found his unfortunate demise early on in the top 8 and failed to win ELEAGUE, he's still historically regarded as the greatest player of all time. Daigo talks with us about the increasing amounts of tournaments, what it takes to …
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LI Joe is quite the veteran in the fighting game space. While his heart is in playing the games at a high level, he's established himself as a concrete figure in the community. LI Joe walks us through his focuses within the scene. _____ Interview conducted by Adam Baugh Follow the interviewr on …
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SK: a group of Brazilian players that have innovated the way in which the game is played. They have come all the way from Brazil and had to put up with poor conditions on Luminosity. All of this in order to win and put Brazil’s mark on the Counter-Strike scene, a country that has been …
The Wachowskis famed trilogy, “The Matrix” tells the story of the hacker Neo who had been born in a world built on shrewd facade and vivid lies. He, in turn, is the only one who can possibly lift the veil and show the world that “anything is possible.” In the same sense, the Trojan Horse …
One of the more awkward stories in Korean League of Legends is that of Longzhu Gaming, formerly known as Incredible Miracle. After a 4 year run in the scene the rebrand was well warranted, the organization's time in LoL has been anything but an incredible miracle. The organization has had players such as Reignover, although …
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“One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in awhile you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.” – Nolan Ryan, MLB hall of fame pitcher. That feeling Nolan expresses can be applied to any challenge in life that pushes …
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RadoN’s thousand is a series of articles in which I share my take on an esports topic of my choosing in about a thousand words.This entry attempts to explain the recurrence of same questions across all new esports titles and elaborates on author's usage of tier lists. One of the hottest debate topics among the …