by Nicholas Armstrong | Jul 27, 2018 | Esports, Esports section
The pieces of the Cloud9 puzzle have finally come together. After a surprise move where Smoothie was traded to Echo Fox for Feng, details are finally emerging about what happened to Cloud9.Cloud9 have been fumbling their way through the Summer Split, and fans have...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jul 27, 2018 | Esports, Esports section
The trade deadline has come and gone, and rosters are locking in for what will be the teams eligible to go to Worlds. Surprisingly, only Echo Fox did any real roster shifts, but they did them with Cloud9, a team that has been heavily criticized this entire split. In...
by Jordan Love | Jul 25, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Echo Fox made a big splash yesterday with few unexpected roster moves. Fenix, Adrian and Altec were all dropped from the roster and Lost was promoted from the Fox Academy team. But the biggest move was the team’s trade for Cloud9’s Smoothie. C9 traded Smoothie to Echo...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jul 25, 2018 | Esports, Esports section
Base Races are some of the most exciting and some of the most unlikely events in all of League of Legends. A base race is almost always a sneaky move from a team that is playing from behind – it is a last ditch effort to make things work out. No one would have...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jul 25, 2018 | Esports, Esports section
This past weekend the NA LCS and the EU LCS both saw the lowest stream numbers of the whole split. This, coupled with streamers reporting record lows in views, has caused many to wonder if League of Legends isn’t dying. Streamers are the biggest voices behind the...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jul 22, 2018 | Esports, Esports section
We have seen many players head to the analysts’ desk in the past to add insight and perspective to builds and plays. This weekend, Meteos sat in at the desk and helped break down a number of comps and tactics that the teams were utilizing. What was a little odd was...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jul 22, 2018 | Esports section
Few would have guessed it based on the Spring Split, but FlyQuest is currently sitting in first place of the NA LCS Summer Split. Well, they are tied for first place, but that still counts. As good as FlyQuest have been playing, though, the biggest thing they have...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jul 18, 2018 | Esports, Esports section
Counter Logic Gaming was struggling to make an impact in the Spring Split. Near the end of it, they started to show that even without Aphromoo, they are a top tier team though. The Summer Split at first looked rough for CLG, but after Week 4, no one could argue with...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jul 6, 2018 | Esports, Esports section
The Meteos saga seems like it is coming to an end. Fans have gone from supporting Meteos, to supporting 100 Thieves, to not knowing what to believe. In a video late Tuesday, Meteos finally spoke after his first tweet about the incident. In the video, he seems much...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jul 4, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Rift Rivals is just days away, and unlike last year, the NA LCS isn’t looking so hot. Historically, the rivalry hasn’t been so much a back and forth as it has been a straight stomp. This was especially true of last year when Phoenix1, who were performing terribly in...
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