For most of Counter Strike Global Offensive’s history the region of North America has largely been ridiculed by a large portion of the fanbase. Teams from North America would attend tournament after tournament only to produce no results other than an occasional trip into the playoff bracket. The year of 2016 started off on …
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Alfonso "Mithy" Aguirre Rodriguez currently plays support for European LCS team G2 Esports. However, he has been around for some time before playing on G2 Esports. He’s been in the professional circuit for some time now and reached the World Championship three times. His first time was with the team Lemondogs after finishing second in …
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Plundering, pillaging and general buccaneering have taken over Hearthstone with the arrival of Mean Streets of Gadgetzan. The “Pirate Package” – the pair of 1-drops including Patches and Small-Time Buccaneer – has been adopted in the majority of the decks, except the heaviest of controls. As always, there’s more to Hearthstone than meets the eye …
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A Temple to Icarus: Overwatch's Crucible Stories are tales that are told, sometimes purely for entertainments sake. More often than not, they propose a message. An underlying lesson to be uncovered by the reader or listener. Mythology are stories that are so incredible grandiose and flamboyant that they capture you in its hooked net, …
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In a few days, we'll wave 2016 goodbye as we welcome another year of Hearthstone. Today, we look back at the events that shaped this year, the good and the bad, the storylines and the drama; from the mad comebacks at the World Championship to the championships that led to it; from the release of …
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We had 14 teams competing at both events combined and the two winners were the "Americans" of Team EnVyYS and LuxuryWatch Red's Nanohana, backed by 5 players from sister team Blue. Misfits and Rogue's new rosters need more time. When the 'triple trade' was initiated many didn't know what to make of it. Misfits and …
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The club of repeat franchise winners in Hearthstone is small. The game can often be unforgiving so seeing someone conquer the same major two or more times is an event of itself. Before this weekend, only four people had done it. First, it was James "Firebat" Kostesich winning back-to-back Gfinity in 2015. In spring 2016, …
Interview conducted by 'Caymus'. Wrapping up one of the most eventful weekends in competitive Overwatch to date, Misfits tank player Jonathan “Reinforce” Larsson spoke to Caymus on preparing for IEM, the meta, and the future of Overwatch as an esport. ___ Heading into IEM Gyeonggi, the team recently went through roster changes resulting …
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Disassembly: Breaking Down the Tank Meta It is safe to say that tanks are very good and used quiet heavily right now in the current Overwatch meta. However, there has been a small surge of interesting team compositions that could be omens of a possible solution to the tank meta. Since Dreamhack Winter it …
The cornerstones of Gadgetzan The heart of Gadgetzan is the separation of the classes in three factions: The hand-buffing Grimy Goons, the highlanders from the Kabal, and the Golem factory of the Jade Lotus. Each class explored new design spaces such as Paladin’s return to the midrange army style and Priest’s Reno experiments. Or that …
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