Amidst a push for financial transparency within the League of Legends community, Team Ember has released salary information for their League squad- as they look to compete in the North American Challenger Series (NACS.) Jonathon Pan, the cofounder of the team, made the information known in a release via Medium. “In every other sport, we …
Team Ever, an "underdog" Korean team, has taken the final gold medal for Intel Extreme Masters of the year, defeating Qiao Gu Reapers in the grand finals. After several months of chaos, order is restored in the world of League of Legends esports — North America exits the tournament first, Europe makes the semi-finals, Korea …
The three-time NBA champion whos played for Celtics and Lakers has now invested into League of Legends eSports in a big way. Photo – Hollywood reporter Having played thirteen seasons between the two teams, Fox looks to take that competitive experience and channel it into his ownership of North American LCS team Gravity, now rebranded …
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In terms of eSports, there are few names that mean more historically than StarCraft. Despite the games longevity, many fans feared the worse when World Championship Series of Starcraft 2 was not announced alongside similar Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm tournament circuits. Yet fears were allayed today when Blizzard announced the 2016 World Championship …
Speculation has ended and Fnatic have confirmed their final roster to be used for the 2016 season. Photo – FNATIC Perhaps the largest change for the team comes from the jungle position, where Lee "Spirit" Dayun will be taking over for Reignover. Spirit was the former jungler for 2014's Samsung Galaxy Blue line-up, continuing his career in …
Long-term leader of Fnatic and European veteran of League of Legends Yellowstar has been confirmed to be the new support for Team Solomid. In a new HTC video reveal, the veil has been lifted. Yellowstar will join two of his teammates in attempts of North American conquest. However, Yellowstar will be joining fellow Europeans Bjergsen …
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Again I'd like to reiterate that this article represents my own personal viewpoint, if you came here for a big construction of facts with glossy images scattered throughout then cut your losses and leave. This article is nothing more than my own viewpoint with, hopefully, some interesting reasoning to back it up. I touched briefly …
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Having been a staple identity within the team since its M5 and Empire days, Diamondprox parts ways with Gambit Gaming, announcing that hell be on a new team. The veteran player and innovator will not be retiring, but be under a different tag in the upcoming season. While on Gambit, , Danil “Diamondprox” Reshetnikov managed to defeat …
The train doesn't stop in the off-season as more changes are underway. One LPL team loses a major Korean-imported star while the other retains theirs. Image – Esportspedia Dade, who has failed to perform up to the standards of his incredible play back in his home country playing OGN, is no longer with Masters 3. …
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KT Rolster is one of the few organizations to have already solidified their starting line-up for the upcoming season. Image – Fomos Nagne and Piccaboo are out while Fly and Ignar are in. The three veterans of the team will now include two promising "rookies". Nagne, while fairly decent throughout the split, suffered from problems …
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