The first time 17-year old rookie Joshua “Dardoch” Hartnett stepped onto the NA LCS stage in Santa Monica it became clear a star had taken its place in the proverbial sky. Dardoch had just became eligible to play, exhibited star power in a utility role and was a native player in a region slowly being …
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May 24, 2017 marks Overwatch’s official first birthday. For this one year anniversary, let's flip back the rolodex and curate some of the most exciting games and series throughout the year and list them so that new players and community members have something to fondly look back on. The two themes this list is …
“Supremacy” — noun : the state or condition of being superior to all others in authority, power, or status. Few words would better define SK Telecom T1 mid laner Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok. The 21 year old South Korean is already a three time world champion and by many accounts is the undisputed greatest League of …
Kim “Fleta” Byung-Seon, of team Flash Lux, is stuck. Stuck on a team that is better suited for southern blues rather than poppy upbeat tunes. Browbeaten and caught in the mud, OGN’s APEX Season 3 loops the same old song for this quintessential “Red Lantern” team. This theme of “Red Lantern” refers to a …
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We all know what happened this past week, and at this point the dust has settled and the average fan’s feelings — although crushed — has rebounded into normal daily life. Although we can wonder all we want about that last draft against Flash Wolves and whether it would have mattered, let’s review what happened …
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Last week, Esports Heaven had the opportunity to talk to Kevin Walker, who is a caster and an analyst, part of the English broadcast crew for the Overwatch Pacific Championship. Better known within the Overwatch community as AVRL, he has experience as commentator in six different esports titles, having been in the casting business since …
From the PC Bangs to the OGN Studios, RunAway — against the odds — triumphantly marched from the relegation tournament and headed towards the Grand Final of APEX Season 2 at Korea University’s prestigious Tiger Dome. While they narrowly missed capturing the first place finish, they now look towards APEX Season 3 as their time …
Nautilus is a very hard and very tough champion, especially in current meta. He is the best teamfight initiator, he is the king of AoE with almost all his skills possessing the ability of crowd control. Starting from Root, Hook, Slow, Stun, and also Knock-up was owned by Nautilus. Although he is currently nerf, Nautilus …
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Nautilus is a very hard and very tough champion, especially in current meta. He is the best teamfight initiator, he is the king of AoE with almost all his skills possessing the ability of crowd control. Starting from Root, Hook, Slow, Stun, and also Knock-up was owned by Nautilus. Although he is currently nerf, Nautilus …
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“Meet the Koreans” is a series of articles dedicated to introducing and popularizing Korean Overwatch and its storylines among Western fans. This entry focuses on Afreeca Freecs Blue’s Recry. In a world in which everyone has at their fingertips access to more information than the largest library can hold physically and computing power that's thousands …