by Nicholas Armstrong | Jun 22, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
This is the big question. Benching three all-star players, especially ones putting out great performances, is baffling. To follow that up with Cloud9’s Week 1 performance against Clutch only makes the move all the more confusing.At pro level, we don’t expect to see...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jun 21, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
It was a 22 minute game. It was 3-22 in kills, and at 20 minutes, one team was down 4k gold. No one would have expected that game would be the Golden Guardians absolutely crushing Team Liquid, especially not the people that put Liquid at the top of the Power...
by Jordan Love | Jun 19, 2018 | Esports section, Videogames
The latest League of Legends patch has completely transformed the game. The bot lane ADC role has been dominant for years and players like Doublelift and Uzi have thrived. Meanwhile, some of the best players in the world have been left behind, forced to play more...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jun 19, 2018 | Esports, Esports section
As can be expected from the matches following patch 8.11, this week was particularly bizarre. While some teams stuck to the usual format for lanes and comps, many teams were testing new waters and making big mistakes or big successes. Only one team was brave enough to...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jun 15, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Power Rankings in general are iffy. Most of us haven’t been watching scrims between pros. Most of us don’t really know what new strategies are being tried, what old strategies are being retired, and what lessons have been learned from last split. Despite that, every...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jun 15, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
There has to be a good reason behind benching all the biggest stars on your team. Despite the owners and coaches assuring us it was just stellar play out of the Academy team, it seems particularly odd timing. The truth is, Cloud9 is probably using the Academy to grow...
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 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...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Feb 22, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames, weekly
While first and second seem pretty secure, the scores are closing in on third and fourth place. Even the last place Golden Guardians have started knocking teams down left and right, showcasing how fragile the standings currently are. This doesn’t just show that...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Feb 21, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames, weekly
No one would have guessed going into Week 5 that the best game of the week – maybe even of the split – would be between FlyQuest and OpTic Gaming. It was a huge back and forth with FlyQuest pushing into OpTic’s base, then OpTic pushing back, and the final nail in the...
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