by Nicholas Armstrong | Mar 14, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, weekly
It has been two years since CLG has won an NA LCS split. While they routinely finish close to the front of the pack, they have a tendency to throw away leads and to get too hyped for their own progress. This leads to sloppy, aggressive League of Legends plays that...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Mar 13, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, weekly
Week 8 was not a good week for the two top dogs in the standings. Echo Fox, now tied for first place, were absolutely thrashed by Clutch Gaming and CLG. Cloud9 didn’t fare much better with a 1-1 weekend that cast doubt about the solid footing of the team. The big news...
by Jordan Love | Mar 12, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
The Overwatch League's Dallas Fuel have officially released Félix "xQc" Lengyel. This comes on the heels of disciplinary action taken both by OWL and Fuel. Earlier this year, xQc was suspended by OWL for four games and fined $2,000. Then his team took things a step...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Mar 8, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames, weekly
We are into Week 8 of League of Legends, and despite some impressive runs, we can safely count out FlyQuest, OpTic Gaming, and Golden Guardians from qualifying for the quarterfinals. That said, CLG could still make a miracle run, and any of the remaining six teams...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Mar 7, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames, weekly
Maybe it’s some twisted part of their strategy, but CLG love to be the underdog. League of Legends is a game that makes it hard to come back from a deficit, but CLG manage to do routinely. This weekend, they not only came back from a huge deficit – Cloud9 was up 9k...
by Jordan Love | Mar 6, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
The Shanghai Dragons and their coach, Chen Congshan, are officially parting ways. The team made the announcement on their Twitter page and added that assistant coach Sun Jun Young would be taking his place on an at least temporary basis. The news comes on the heels of...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Mar 5, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames, weekly
Being in last place doesn’t mean being the least skilled, and CLG and Golden Guardians proved that this weekend. In a remarkable show of skill, the two teams ranked the lowest beat the team teams ranked the highest – and it wasn’t even that hard for them. While Cloud9...
by Jordan Love | Mar 2, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Mike Morhaime, president and a co-founder of Blizzard, has high hopes for the future of esports and the Overwatch League. In a recent interview with Polygon, Morhaime outlined several aspirations he had for his company's marquee title. Chief among them was...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Mar 1, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames, weekly
Last week in League of Legends NA LCS, we saw Cloud9 and Echo Fox both take unexpected losses. This week, both teams should do much better considering the standing of their opponents. That’s why we are looking at the teams in the middle of the pack instead. After...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Feb 28, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Things have been fairly slow this split, especially in the kills department. TSM’s average games currently sit at over an hour long, and it is now common to expect zero kills by 10-15 minutes. This makes for some pretty boring League of Legends games. But FlyQuest and...
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