The NGE Winter Premiere has reached a staccatoed climax. Leaving only the cream to rise to the top, we have seen some of the most interesting, creative, and innovative Overwatch to date. Multitudes of teams have made clear that the community should believe the hype. Others fell to the bite of the winter frost. Casualties …
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Will the Flash Wolves’ regional dominance continue with Doublered? The Flash Wolves were the dominant LMS team last season, after they swept both the Spring and Summer splits, and represented the region at both MSI and the World Championship. However, their one weak link always seemed to be in the AD carry position, through Hsiung …
Rising from average fandom on the TeamLiquid.net forums, Sue ‘Smix’ Lee has become one of the most prominent faces in the StarCraft 2 and Counter Strike: Global Offensive scenes. Starting as a translator at IPL 3 in 2011, Smix has transitioned to fill the role of host at an enormous number of events for both …
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ESL hasn't put on a Hearthstone event of their own for a long time, their last one being the rather small IEM Katowice, held in the Polish esports capital with just eight players in attendance. Their $150,000 Trinity Series is the company’s glorious return to card-slinging competition. The ETS team league can be easily described …
This year’s top 100 Melee It On Me Ranking is best defined through the rising talent shaking up the Melee establishment. Several players made their debut into the list with spectacular growth and results. Rishi “SmashG0D” Malhotra is one of those rising players. The Marth main from the Maryland-Virginia region was ranked 62nd this year …
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That's a Wrap: NGE Premiere Phase 1 The Winter Premier finished its first phase of round robin play this past. Eight of the best teams in North America competed in a grueling 2 week online round robin style groups. Few placings were predicted with ease, while others exceeded all expectation. Some notable placings …
Starting January 18, the ESL Trinity Series (ETS) marks the return of a long-lost form of competition in the west: The team league format. Team competitions were largely abandoned – or shrunk down to a not impactful scale – with the conclusion of the Archon Team League in 2015. While in China the Hearthstone Team …
In every sport there exist a multitude of teams which possess all the required characteristics required in order to win at the highest level of the game, yet for some inexplicable reason those teams fail to find themselves emerging as champions. For Counter Strike that team historically has been Astralis, a team that undoubtedly …
2016 has come to an end. Overwatch is on the brink of a huge year for 2017. As we close in on Overwatch’s first birthday, and the upcoming Overwatch League, there is a topic I feel is still sorely discussed. Previously in an article, we talked about the completely undervaluing and the seeming lack of …
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In the last 4 months of 2016, Lunatic-Hai accumulated three second place and one top 8 finishes at offline events. With those, the squad stands out in most eyes as the clear choice for the receiver of the title 'best Korean Overwatch team of 2016'. In addition, half of the young men also finished first in …
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