by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 6, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Aphromoo’s departure from CLG was the end of an era. It was the final nail in the coffin of the NA LCS before the enfranchising of the series. But just as the old era has ended, 100 Thieves, the team created by the Cleveland Cavaliers, has announced that they will be...
by Jordan Love | Dec 4, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, News, News Section, Videogames
The Supreme Court looks as if they will soon be handing over the legality of sports betting to the individual states. This would, in effect, make sports betting legal nationwide for any state whose voters approve it. Leading the charge for those states is New Jersey,...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 4, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
The first NA LCS Scouting Grounds of the new season are over, and if any team was at full attention for the event, it was Cloud9. While every team drew to see who would get first pick, they also had the opportunity to sell their spot, giving up a chance at new talent...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 4, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Announced in August of 2017, League of Legends Scouting Grounds serves several purposes. The most obvious reason, though, is that it is a replacement. After announcing enfranchisement of the NA LCS, the Challenger series, and all the great players in it, were made...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 1, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
After a local event in Las Vegas, several pro and semi-pro Smash players went out for food. Among them, Super Smash players Kswz, TsugiTechnicals, Turtle, SoCalGohan, Slither2Hunter and event organizer JK gathered. After a small dispute, JK allegedly tried to hit the...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 29, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
We all knew that it would be a wild transition into the new season, but there were certain expectations. Everyone expected Bjergsen to stay with TSM, Sneaky and Jensen to stay with C9, and Aphromoo to stay with CLG. But with Zaqueri "Aphromoo" Black announcing his...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 28, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
A long time ago, ESPN though that esports were a joke, refusing to even air them. Now, ESPN has dedicated huge resources to being the name for esports, but it doesn’t change the fact that they were kind of right. Esports will never be like normal sports, and this is...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 22, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Everyone knew that the 2018 year was going to be the rebirth of professional League of Legends. Franchising was going to bring in tons of new teams along with massively more money and options for players. But before any of that can begin, all the player’s contracts go...
by Jordan Love | Nov 20, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, News, News Section, Videogames
This weekend marked the first-ever PUBG stadium event and it saw some of the biggest names in esports fall by the wayside. In a field that contained Ninjas in Pyjamas, Evil Geniuses, Luminosity Gaming, Team Liquid, C9, TSM and FaZe Clan, it was aAa_pubg that came out...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 10, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
For many fans, SK Telecom’s loss to Samsung Galaxy feels like the end of an era. Faker’s despair after the match, Samsung’s sweep of the finals, and even Longzhu’s sweep of the Korean finals before Worlds all seemed to be showing the fall of legends. But most of that...
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