This week I was graciously able to pick the brain of everyone’s favorite Reinhardt player; Jonathan "Reinforce" Larsson. We take a look at the past, why Paladin tier-2 is always the play, the present and future for Reinforce, the current state of the game and cryptic clues on how the Misfits role-swap is shaking out. …
Every progamer's dream is to one day hoist a championship trophy and hears their name’s echoed throughout the halls of time. Every pro gamer's worst nightmare is falling inches short of greatness. The pro's and con's act as a sharp juxtaposition; to come so close to your goals, only to fall flat. History has shown …
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When Snake’s roster was announced for the LPL 2017 Spring Split, there was a high anticipation felt from the writer: they had managed to acquire both former Najin and NRG ADC ohq, and IG’s youth veteran mid and toplaner, Zzitai. Surely 2017 would be Snake’s year, I thought. Even despite the seeming lack of a …
American expatriate Wolf Schroder has been living in Korea for the past six years. From the simple beginnings of a self-funded and self-ran weekly StarCraft tournament, the Open Wolf Cup, Wolf built his esports resume into something that was attractive enough to land him a gig with GOMtv casting GSL StarCraft. From there, Wolf has …
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics”. This quote, popularized by Mark Twain (albeit of unknown origin), is something to keep in mind whenever statistical analysis is consumed. While numbers can often point us in the right direction when properly used, they can just as easily mislead us into unreasonable …
Continue reading “Debunking False Narratives: A deep expedition into Echo Fox"e;s early game”
One of the most valuable things you can bring as a professional in any field is consistency. You don’t have to be the best, nor do you have to win on the biggest stage. You just have to show up. A brief quote from esports legend Sean “Day9” Plott sums this up nicely: “I’m not …
Continue reading “Silent Immortality: The Curious Case of Cop”
If you’re a fan of North America and a fan of League of Legends, you’ve heard the meme before — “LOL, NA Talent.” The argument has been pushed for years now that NA is lacking in good homegrown players. But players like eUnited’s Eric “Licorice” Ritchie are making a strong case against that thought. In …
Erberk “Gilius” Demir is following a long tradition of European Junglers who have left the EU LCS for North America. Surprisingly, however, is that he followed his Schalke teammate Hampus “Fox” Myhre to the NA Challenger Series and joined eUnited. Humble to a fault, Gilius and I chat about why he made the move to …
Part 1 _________ Phoenix1 P1 had a much different start to this split than they did last year. The first half the split, they have regularly been considered one of the top tier teams in the league. The same problem with constant roster issues did not affect them for the majority of this split; …
Continue reading “NA LCS: Unpredictable Trajectory (Part Two)”
With every season and split of the North American League Championship Series, we anticipate, speculate and expect. The seasons rarely pan out exactly as one believes that they will, even the most lauded analysts find themselves surprised by one team or another. There are the NA giants: Cloud9, Team SoloMid and Counter Logic Gaming. No matter how the …
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