by Nicholas Armstrong | Feb 12, 2019 | Esports, Esports section, News, News Section, Videogames
Riot has stepped in before when certain strategies seem to be getting a little out of control and breaking the game. These strategies aren’t always broken, and are often very flawed, but Riot’s aims seem more triggered at preventing players from gravitating away from...
by Jordan Love | Feb 11, 2019 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Week three of the LCS has past and we’re starting to see some separation in the league. Team Liquid have proven that they deserve their spot at the top, Golden Guardians have finally come alive and TSM are floundering. Still, there are plenty of questions to be asked...
by Elizabeth Freeman | Feb 6, 2019 | Esports, Esports section, News Section, Videogames
Being an esports professional could soon become a lot easier in one of the world’s largest markets. According to the China Employment Training Technical Instruction Center, esports athletes and event managers may soon become official recognized professions in China....
by Jordan Love | Feb 4, 2019 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Six teams currently sit at 2-2- after the second week of action in the LCS. TSM, Cloud9, CLG, Echo Fox, Clutch and Optic all share the number three seed in the league. Despite their even records, not all these teams are playing at the same caliber. Optic is probably...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 31, 2019 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Jatt has officially announced that he is retiring from esports coverage and moving onto the Riot design team. The announcement came during the most recent episode of The Dive and served somewhat as an endcap to the episode. Many fans were shocked and saddened...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 29, 2019 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
At least one pro player thinks so. TSM Myth has recently called out Epic Games for mismanagement and poor handling of tournaments. He has gone so far as to give a call-to-action to all pro Fortnite players, urging them to demand unionization for all future...
by Jordan Love | Jan 29, 2019 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Riot made a pledge last year to announce the locations of major esports events sooner. They followed through with that pledge yesterday by announcing the location of this year’s MSI. The 2019 Mid-Season Invitational will take place in Vietnam and Chinese Taipei. While...
by Steven Lunn | Jan 25, 2019 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
The 2019 LCS season is upon us and a few predictions seem obvious. Team Liquid are going to win both splits, 100 Thieves are going to be competing for a top spot, and Bjergsen is going to transition into a lumberjack. But there are also a bunch of question marks...
by Charles Rathbone | Jan 24, 2019 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Week one of the LEC has passed and no one was more disappointing than Fnatic. Their first two games without Caps looked lackluster and disjointed, and both losses came at the hands of new teams (or at least teams who weren’t in the league last year). Things only get...
by Jordan Love | Jan 23, 2019 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
The LEC has its headquarters in Berlin and Riot has had a generally small presence in the UK in the past. But that’s about to change with the UK League Championship. Riot revealed today the official regional League of Legends competition for the UK, the UKLC....
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