Its that time of the year again, the Eleague playoffs have crept up on the Counter Strike community. The playoff bracket for the second season of Eleague looks to be a doozy as some of the best teams in the world find themselves facing off in a single elimination bracket. With such exciting matches …
It's an interesting time to be a professional StarCraft 2 player in Korea. Last month, KeSPA announced the end of ProLeague, the staple Korean team league that had been running for over a decade. In tandem, four of Korea’s biggest teams announced the closure of their StarCraft 2 divisions. SKT, Samsung Galaxy, KT Rolster, and …
Hearthstone is an esport like no other. Even with the official launch in 2014 and with tournaments growing bigger and richer and with the game ensconcing itself in the top five most watched on Twitch, the question whether or not Hearthstone will be one of the top esports persisted. It was a valid concern, and …
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Overwatch, Blizzard’s newest IP, is the new big thing on the esports horizon. Blizzard has laid out some fantastic framework to support its new “Overwatch League”, giving players the chance to make it as a professional. Though there are some questions that arrive with such a new title, and little ground for this Esport to …
Two years ago, a League of Legends team was created in South Korea amidst the turbulence of the off season. As numerous professionals departed the country to play for foreign teams around the world, sister teams were abolished, the circuit system was to be replaced with a league format, the formation of this team was …
Is Sombra the Harbinger of Draft? Blizzard's newest IP in over 17 years, Overwatch, has taken the gaming community by storm. Sparking controversy and competition, many tout Overwatch to be the next big eSports title. With Blizzard's annual Blizzcon in the bag, we were introduced to: Sombra. Our newest Offense hero is here to take …
After an entire split of intense and serious practice that surpassed in sacrifice that of any other western team, TSM found themselves inches away from making the playoffs at the 2016 World Championship, but ultimately failed. A revitalized RNG roster, that would go on to show the strongest non-Korean performance in playoffs, and the extremely …
After an entire split of intense and serious practice that surpassed in sacrifice that of any other western team, TSM found themselves inches away from making the playoffs at the 2016 World Championship, but ultimately failed. A revitalized RNG roster, that would go on to show the strongest non-Korean performance in playoffs, and the extremely …
A large portion of Counter Strike’s history has been dominated by teams of European ancestry. However at times other regions have risen up in order to challenge that dominance, and in the past, during the reign of Counter Strike 1.6 as the predominant game, Brazil was one of those regions. Up until late 2015 however, …
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IEM Challenger winners INTZ and Chiefs are in a position where they have everything to prove, but nothing to lose. As it were, the Wildcard teams from Brazil and Oceania respectively are at the bottom of the proverbial barrel that regional segregation has wrought. Despite CIS’ Albus Nox Luna’s unlikely achievement in reaching the top …
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