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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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 …
Continue reading “How ten bans will shape competitive League of Legends”
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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After a month-long tease campaign, Mean Streets of Gadgetzan has been released to the Hearthstone world. The 132 new cards couldn’t have come sooner, with ladder and tournament metagame suffering from ostensible staleness up to the point where two of the classes in Paladin and Priest are not even considered viable, two more in Hunter …
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Entry Fragger, Pointman, Front-Line, Shot Caller. The titles of some of the most overlooked role players in competitive gaming. Boiled down, all of the players that fall under these titles are leaders. Pulling the trigger, they are the start of any play. Engaging in Overwatch is the biggest proponent of a world class team. …
Predictions, not Convictions: Patches are not Solely Responsible South Korea’s APEX Overwatch League had its semi-finals recently, where the last western team remaining Team Envyus went toe to toe with hometown heroes, KongDoo Uncia. The APEX league has been rife with upsets. A wave of controversy washed over the scene during the quarter finals. …
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Over the last three months. the Counter Strike community has bore witness to a shift within the hierarchy of North American players. Star players who have struggled to perform at the international level have fallen down the ranks as younger talent have come to supplant them. The most notable names to have flourished ever …
Its that time of the year again, the Eleague playoffs have crept up on the Counter Strike community. The playoff bracket for the second season of Eleague looks to be a doozy as some of the best teams in the world find themselves facing off in a single elimination bracket. With such exciting matches …
It's an interesting time to be a professional StarCraft 2 player in Korea. Last month, KeSPA announced the end of ProLeague, the staple Korean team league that had been running for over a decade. In tandem, four of Korea’s biggest teams announced the closure of their StarCraft 2 divisions. SKT, Samsung Galaxy, KT Rolster, and …
Hearthstone is an esport like no other. Even with the official launch in 2014 and with tournaments growing bigger and richer and with the game ensconcing itself in the top five most watched on Twitch, the question whether or not Hearthstone will be one of the top esports persisted. It was a valid concern, and …
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