Gigabyte Marines' two-week run at the Mid-Season Invitational can be encompassed by one word: commitment. Their incessant playstyle of skirmishing around the jungle pressure Levi creates gives the team an overall goal and clearly defined win condition. This causes a domino effect where GAM commits to this defined style on all levels — in their …
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Quake is primarily a 1v1, duel-based, game. Dueling games have been dying out, however, as esports has become more streamlined. Games like League of Legends and Overwatch are the new ways to have fun in the current climate. As Quake is a hardcore esports game with a loyal and hardcore fanbase, Bethesda and id Software …
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With Team Envyus and Rogue traveling to fight on the frontlines in Seoul, South Korea, we are left with an open throne — a metaphorical “scabbard” with no figurative “sword”. A sword with no sheath is as potent as a well of ink with no lid. Within this same sense, what good is it to …
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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 focuses on Afreeca Freecs Blue's ArHaN. Jeong "ArHaN" Weon Hyeop is the focal point and — at least going by the resources he gets — the primary star …
Many things have been missed from the beginning of the game League of Legends even today. Surely for those of you who have not played since the first, you do not know what features are there. In terms of gameplay to existing splash art/ skins. Of the few things that are most interesting are very …
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I recently got the chance to drill one of Overwatch’s newest casters, Seth “Achilios” King, on his past, present, and future within Overwatch and OGN’s APEX League. Good evening Achilios, thanks for carving out some time to talk with me! How’s election day been for you so far? It's been under the radar, …
Envision a forest for a moment. To simply reduce it down to a clan of trees tightly packed together with other floral entities peppered about, is to ignore its symbolic nature of life and birth. A forest is not only an ecosystem that houses a multitude of different species of wildlife but a home for …
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This week, Esports Heaven had the chance to speak with Kalle “Zave” Nilsson of the Swedish educational project team — Team Valfard. We talk about his involvement in the new project Team Valfard and why he hates jump pads. Afternoon, Zave! How is this fine Thursday treating you? Any plans for today? Hey! …
In my latest article, I discussed the economic issues that CS:GO is subject to. In this article, the focus is on another issue that currently occupies CS:GO, and that is the problem with utility. CS:GO’s changes to utility from past games are not entirely bad, and some changes just make the game unique and new …
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Blizzard has recently announced they have three new maps on the docket and it got me thinking of what heroes may be around the corner in terms of viability. With the meta settling into a triple DPS battleground favoring high mobility and target selection, let’s look to the future of Overwatch and attempt to predict …
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