Team Impulse's COO Alex Gu announced in a report to GameSpot that both the brand and the League of Legends Championship Series team are for sale. Despite a strong Summer Split for the team, Alex Gu has been considering selling the team up to a full month ago. The official decision effective immediately to sell …
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Although StarCraft II never matched the size of its predecessor in Korea the game has still managed to enjoy a reasonably healthy following within the tiny Asian nation. Proleague, the Global StarCraft II League, and the SpoTV StarLeague have served as the highest levels of SCII competition. The integrity of all of these tournaments have …
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Teams come and go in eSports, that is one of the basic facts, but some line-ups are more important or storied than others and today we saw the end of possibly the most storied in DOTA2 history. Natus Vincere, stars of the hugely influential documentary The Invitational and champions at Valve’s inaugural 2011 version of …
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Gambit Gaming have announced today that Konstantinos "FORG1VEN" Tzortziou will be moved from his starting ADC position on their League of Legends team to the substitute spot, effective immediately. The player, widely regarded as the best AD carry in European LoL, was suspended yesterday by Riot for ‘toxic behaviour’, but this move is something of …
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After an inadequate international experience relative to their domestic power, LGD will have the chance to prove themselves on another international stage. After a vote between varying teams from the LPL for a Chinese team, LPL Summer 2015 champion LGD Gaming will be participating. Although LGD only found victories after reassessing their game plan and …
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SKT on the bottom half of the bracket but an overall stronger top half of the bracket with MSI finalists EDG and SKT form the bracket for the Season 5 World Championship. On the tophalf of the bracket, a Korean team is guaranteed to get eliminated as KT Rolster vs. KOO Tigers presents a KR …
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Flash Wolves have defeated KOO Tigers to shockingly take first place in Group A, with both teams advancing. Flash Wolves and KOO Tigers are win, Counter Logic Gaming and paiN are out. Despite struggling against paiN Gaming by dropping a game to them last week and nearly losing an hour long game to them this …
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The expansion of eSports into the mainstream has been one of the defining features of 2015 so far, with companies like ESPN moving into what is obviously a growing sector, and today the world’s richest broadcasting network joined the party. Although BBC3 isn’t the biggest outlet the British Broadcasting Corporation have, the news that they …
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Zero takes yet another set that he had almost not shown up for, defeating Liquid Nairo in the grand finals. Coming from a monstrous run through Loser's Bracket following a shock Saturday loss to Seagull Joe, TSM Zero met Team Liquid's Nairo in the grand finals. To everyone's surprise, Nairo used the first set as …
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In what was one a closer series where EDG edged out slightly, SKT makes short work of EDG, putting on a display that made it look easy. Outwitted and outplayed, SKT T1 triumph over the other favorite to win the tournament, Edward Gaming. With their defeat, future teams will surely take a look at first-picking …