by Nicholas Armstrong | Oct 19, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Nearly everyone predicted a clean sweep of 3-0 in Longzhu’s favor. Samsung Galaxy had struggled all group stage, finding wins and losses almost without prediction or reason while Longzhu handily defeated every opponent they faced. However, in the short time from group...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Oct 18, 2017 | Esports section, Videogames
For NA LCS fans, Cloud9 has always been a solid contender in North America. They have been with the league since season three, and some of their seasons have been stellar – especially their premier in 2013, when they arrived and took the win in the summer finals. But...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Oct 18, 2017 | Esports section, Videogames, weekly
The last time these two teams played each other was in August, and SSG lost 0-2. It was only made worse by the fact that SSG were using a comp that had previously won against LZ. In June, when the teams met before that, SSG had managed to eke out a victory using...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Oct 17, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
GROUP A To absolutely no one’s surprise, SKT comes out as the first seed in Group A. With a fierce competition going on among the others, SKT had a relatively easy time securing this spot, but one piece of history was made. First the first time EVER, SKT has dropped a...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Oct 16, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
It’s hard to comprehend what happened to deny Dignitas a place in the League of Legends franchise, but that was the news that came late last week out of ESPN’s Jacob Wolf. With only ten slots for the 2018 year, it was obvious there would be heavy competition from the...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Oct 12, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
The improbable has happened. Many things had to go right for Fnatic to achieve the greatest comeback in Worlds’ history. It was a day of insane pressure, grueling fights, and undying spirit, and though Longzhu were the ones stepping away with a clean 6-0, Fnatic were...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Oct 12, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Every year, there are established metas that go into the Worlds tournaments. All the biggest teams from TSM to SKT bring the champions and compositions that make the most sense with their regions, but something else happens as well. As the tournament pushes on, a...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Oct 12, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
group a SKT were the winners of Group A, though it may be their weakest lead in some time. The week started off great for SKT in a match against C9 that was embarrassingly one-sided and seemed to reaffirm the team’s dominance. However, it was SKT’s drafting and...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Oct 11, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
It used to be that video games were blamed for everything from low grades to mental illness, but most of that has fallen by the wayside as unrelated and unfounded. However, with recent trends in loot boxes and microtransactions, video games have now found themselves...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Oct 10, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
A short time ago we covered the most notorious troll in League of Legends history, Elave. Elave became infamous in Korean professional play for doing everything in his power to keep his rank low so he could continue to rack up wins on his favored champion, Master Yi,...
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