Picasso: Maps are your Canvas Pablo Picasso is the most influential artist of the 20th century. Demonstrating a plethora of talent at a young age, Picasso was a trailblazer of modern at a young age. Creating a style all his own, he amassed fortune and success. Co-inventor of the revolutionary art movement “Cubism”, he …
Olivia ‘Olimoley’ Wong is a pillar of the StarCraft 2 esports scene. Starting with TeSPA in 2012, Olivia worked her way into crucial, but less glamorous roles than we traditionally hear about in esports. Rather than becoming a caster or working in front of a camera, Olimoley assumed roles such as webmaster for TeSPA, and …
Denmark is home to one of the most unique scenes in Counter-Strike. Going back to CS 1.6, their best team was mTw, widely regarded as the smartest team in the world. But in Global Offensive for the longest time, until recently, the best Danish teams have always been shaped with skills in mind, rather than …
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Overnight, Pavel "Pavel" Beltukov of Team Millenium became the highest winning player in Hearthstone, emerging as the new world champion on November 6. Having walked one of the toughest roads to the coveted title, Pavel knows what it's like to come within hand's reach of your dream and lose it; to stare a sweeping defeat …
Super Bash Bros : Recry and Arhan A lackluster performance should not take away from a player’s potential. Placing first in a competition means that you played better than your opposition, on that day. From day to day, variables change. Losing 4 – 0 to any team can, and should sting, but do not …
The first big Korean tournament is finally over. It had pitted 4 top tier Western teams and 12 of Korea’s best against each other . After two months of games, the “American” team EnVyUS emerged as the winner. The squad walked away ? 100,000,000 (~$85,000) richer, while the rest of the competitors split the same amount …
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The week of the 28th of November through the 5th of December could be the most earth shattering week in the history of esports. The disorienting flash of roster swaps and upsets, esports entered a bizarro-world this past week. Let us take a walk through the lethargic past few days, starting with Eleague Season 2 …
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Falco is going through a rough patch. Despite Falco’s high placement in the tier list, his tournament performance has weakened these past two years. In the absence of Kevin “PPMD” Nanney and his preference for Marth lately, there are only two players carrying the burden of the bird: Joseph “Mang0” Marquez and Weston “Westballz” Dennis. …
Cheese is Gouda After reading an article on an unconventional way to tackle the beast that is League of Legends, I wanted to discuss a very controversial topic: “cheesing”. When you hear the term “cheese” tossed around in a general discussion of esports, it is met with pursed lips and a sour taste creeping …
Perhaps the most important change ever to be made to competitive League of Legends, the ten ban system has had plenty of reactions from the community. Be it by a twitter tide of opinions, or by reading one of the articles already written on the topic, you most likely are already familiar with this very …
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