by Nicholas Armstrong | Jun 22, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
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by Nicholas Armstrong | Jun 22, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
This is the big question. Benching three all-star players, especially ones putting out great performances, is baffling. To follow that up with Cloud9’s Week 1 performance against Clutch only makes the move all the more confusing.At pro level, we don’t expect to see...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jun 21, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
It was a 22 minute game. It was 3-22 in kills, and at 20 minutes, one team was down 4k gold. No one would have expected that game would be the Golden Guardians absolutely crushing Team Liquid, especially not the people that put Liquid at the top of the Power...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jun 20, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, News, News Section, Videogames
The first week of the Summer Split has come and gone, and with it has come a realization of just how dramatically the game has changed. Some of this is in team strategy – which is constantly evolving to keep up with patches 8.11–8.13 – but the biggest news is how Riot...
by Jordan Love | Jun 19, 2018 | Esports section, Videogames
The latest League of Legends patch has completely transformed the game. The bot lane ADC role has been dominant for years and players like Doublelift and Uzi have thrived. Meanwhile, some of the best players in the world have been left behind, forced to play more...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jun 19, 2018 | Esports, Esports section
As can be expected from the matches following patch 8.11, this week was particularly bizarre. While some teams stuck to the usual format for lanes and comps, many teams were testing new waters and making big mistakes or big successes. Only one team was brave enough to...
by Charles Rathbone | Jun 18, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
The Shanghai Dragons are the worst team in the history of competition. Not just the worst team in sports or esports, but in the history of professional competition. Their winless performance in the opening season of the Overwatch League is a disgrace. From League of...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jun 15, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Power Rankings in general are iffy. Most of us haven’t been watching scrims between pros. Most of us don’t really know what new strategies are being tried, what old strategies are being retired, and what lessons have been learned from last split. Despite that, every...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jun 15, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
There has to be a good reason behind benching all the biggest stars on your team. Despite the owners and coaches assuring us it was just stellar play out of the Academy team, it seems particularly odd timing. The truth is, Cloud9 is probably using the Academy to grow...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jun 13, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
For fans of Cloud9 (and just about everyone else) Wednesday was a shock. Only three days before C9 is set to face off against Clutch Gaming Saturday and Optic Gaming Sunday, the team has benched all of their star players. It was announced on Twitter and YouTube that...
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