Gamers2 are a team that recently have been on the minds of a large portion of the Counter Strike Community. Boasting a roster consisting of some of the most illustrious veterans to play the game of Counter Strike, they have recently come into the public spotlight due to their improvement in terms of results. …
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Low and behold the lion roared into the NALCS; taking out the reigning NALCS champions in Counter Logic Gaming as well as an out of energy team NRG to debut the organization’s “first” venture in the NALCS. Dominating these matches primarily through the top lane, Apex started the split off with a 2-0 and hopes …
For the first three months of this year the Counter Strike professional scene lived in a state of perpetual fear in regards to their big brothers on Fnatic. Stringing together a series of six LAN wins, starting from Faceit Stage 3 finals and ending at IEM Katowice 2016, Fnatic seemed nigh unbeatable. Boasting the world’s …
Opening On the last day of 2015, our filming crew spent the day filming at QG’s team base. This place should have been called Newbee’s team base, but the house was purchased on the final day of the trading deadline. After the esports giant Newbee purchased the QG team that performed well in the 2015 …
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One of the hottest debates in Smash Wii U is where Lucina and Marth stack up against each other. In this feature, we're going to explore some of the rationale behind professionals preferring Marth, but why Lucina does have a few edges of her own in certain matchups. – – – There's many reasons professional …
The start of a championship dream It was at the end of Season 1 and the beginning of Season 2. It was four years ago, in the city of Hanover, Germany, when an 18 year old Vasilii, donning EHOME’s team uniform, represented China for the first time on the international stage—the IEM 6 World Championship. …
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It's taken a year and half; many roster moves and gradual improvement to stable players have occurred, but here we are at the start of the summer 2016 LCK split and Samsung remains the only undefeated team aside from skt… which will change this Saturday when both titans collide to destroy that undefeated status. …
If you’ve been paying attention to the North American League of Legends scene the past year, then it’s likely you’ve seen Matt Akhavan at one point or another. Starting as a volunteer for LA Renegades, Akhavan worked his way up. As teams shuffled and Team Envy’s League of Legends squad was created, Akhavan became …
This week didn’t feature many surprising upsets or anything of the sort, but did see the return of SKT after their short break post MSI. Other teams have been lacking considering that this is a new meta and they’ve had more time to practice than the reigning champions. Still, it’s time to check out what …
The first week has gone by, and thanks to the new patch, we’ve seen interesting games. Not all the favorites won and those who did weren't all convincing. Today, we look at what to take away from week 1. 1. Ambition gets a Tigers buff. There are some situations that are very complex and …