Over a year’s worth of a wait and Overwatch League finally has its dates set. The preseason will start with exhibition matches on December 6th – December 9th and the Regular Season begins with the start of the new year on January 10th. That being said, there are three things that stand out to me …
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Coming off their win at the 2017 Gamescom PUBG Invitational, the team from Luminosity Gaming has to be the favorites going into this weekend’s tournament at IEM Oakland. In a game like PUBG, where so many random factors influence the outcome, picking a favorite seems like somewhat of a daunting task. This is where the …
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The Overwatch World Cup had a vast ocean of amazing storylines, one of which was the underdog story of team Canada. Two game five wins over incredibly tough opponents netted them a grand final appearance against team South Korea, the tournament favorites. One of the anchors that helped team Canada succeed came from Joe "Joemeister" …
(Filmed on the Thursday before BlizzCon and before Team France’s Overwatch World Cup games.) With their passionate community, the French Overwatch scene is quickly becoming a serious contender in the overall Overwatch landscape. And with the Overwatch League quickly approaching, players, coaches and analysts alike, all stand at attention ready for their call-up to …
Erik "DoA" Lonnquist has casted in esports for the last 10+ years. He’s has been in games like Starcraft 2, League of Legends, and now finds his home within Overwatch. The self-appointed ‘Doctor House’ of cell phone tech support, left his job years ago to pursue a passionate hobby in esports shoutcasting which landed him …
The discussion on what an MVP is can be somewhat challenging. Is the MVP necessarily the carry of the game? Can an MVP be on the second placed team or on a team that went out earlier in the tournament? Is the MVP award to be a sort of contest between the highest scoring players …
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In the two years since its inauguration in 2015, Splyce has rocketed into the forefront of the esports industry. With rosters in League Of Legends, Call Of Duty, Rocket League, Counter-Strike, StarCraft 2, Halo, Fighting Games, World Of Warcraft and Paladins, Splyce is undoubtably one of the most far reaching—and now influential—teams working in esports …
Whether it is creating music, streaming Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds, or pitching for the Minnesota Twins, Trevor May has seriously shown his excitement for entrepreneurial success. He has partnered with and is closely working with many business partners, one of which is a statistics website, Winston’s Lab. May is attempting to create a large platform that could …
The ever charming Brennon “Bren” Hook took some time out to speak with me at BlizzCon 2017. We spoke early on Friday before most of the Overwatch World Cup was been played out. Bren and I chatted about his future in casting and what his thoughts are coming into the World Cup. * * * …
Throughout the bracket stage at Worlds 2017, there was a sense that Faker had to be at his absolute best just to reach the final. One might call it a desperation; just from watching SKT play, you would be hard-pressed to find a player trying harder to win. This was never more apparent than …