by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 16, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
OpTic Gaming has not had a huge amount of success their first year in the LCS, but Summer Split has shown more growth out of the squad than anyone could have imagined. This is especially true of when they took down Echo Fox, the current third place team, with a...
by Jordan Love | Aug 15, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
The NA LCS playoffs are just over a week away and Riot recently announced a major change. For the summer playoffs, team’s will be allowed to have seven players on their roster. That means two subs and a lot more opportunity for counter matchups. The team most likely...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 15, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, News, News Section
Season 8 has been a mixed bag. For fans, the season has been hugely enjoyable, showing off mages in the bot lane and Heimerdinger/Fiddlesticks metas that were as hilarious as they were powerful. Rift Rivals also helped to show how slow NA has been to adapt to the...
by Jordan Love | Aug 14, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
There’s still one week left of the EU LCS before playoffs start, but already all of the spots are locked in. Fnatic, Schalke, Misfits, G2, Vitality and Splyce are all moving on to playoffs. Roccat, Unicorns of Love, Giants and G2 are all going home after this week....
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 14, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
For a team that started off the split at 1-6, Cloud9 have been doing remarkable work to climb the ladder. But more important than their climb is how they have been doing it. Earlier in the split, Cloud9 was focusing heavily on jungle strategy. Both the Academy team...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 14, 2018 | Esports, News Section, Videogames
A few days ago, Bethesda contacted a gamer named Ryan Hupp – or, more correctly, Bethesda’s legal firm contacted Hupp. Hupp had recently put The Evil Within 2 for sale the Amazon Marketplace. Since the game was unopened and unplayed – essentially new – he listed it as...
by Jordan Love | Aug 13, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
In case you missed it, the TSM vs 100T game on Sunday was a real nailbiter. It was a back and forth contest between two high-powered teams, one fighting for first place and the other fighting to stay alive. Chances are though, you probably didn’t miss it. The TSM vs...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 13, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Four teams have now secured their success or failure to make it into playoffs. At the top of the standing, first place Team Liquid and second place 100 Thieves are definitely in playoffs (there was little doubt), and will likely have a repeat showdown from last split....
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 13, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Rekkles may be the most famous player in all of the EU LCS, but until last weekend, it had been some time since fans had seen him. Except for a few small periods, he has been a part of Fnatic for six years, and he was one of the biggest personalities at Worlds 2017,...
by Jordan Love | Aug 10, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Coming into week eight, the EU LCS playoff race was neck and neck. With the week’s first five games behind us, the playoff picture is finally coming into focus. To start off the day, Splyce took down Roccat after a topsy-turvy draft. The game featured the latest...
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