Following Street Fighter V pools, long time competitor Chris G tells us he still awaits an ideal sponsor to focus on his goals moving forward. Chris G wasn't able to play as many games as he would've liked this year, but claims that Street Fighter V is where he's setting his sights, while still participating …
"I was struggling through my pools, but I was able to clutch it out." Notably one of the strongest Street Fighter IV players, NuckleDu's motivation could use some help moving onto the most recent Street Fighter V. Like others, NuckleDu had groggily woke up at dawn to attend the early 8AM pools. Prior to this, …
PR Balrog shares with us his experiences with Street Fighter V and EVO. "I feel pretty confident. I have my character — I just feel complete now." Skeptical at first, PR Balrog has chosen to continue his path of destruction with Balrog, and after two weeks of practice, he feels ready. While there's certain things …
Holding the over decade long title as "King of Smash", Ken speaks about his experiences at EVO 2016 and his future looking forward. While not as competitive as he was in his prime, Ken still chooses to attend prestigious tournaments. However, rather than playing strictly competitively, Ken states that he occasionally attends to play for …
Written by: Padraic 'Cyan' Murphy In the summer of 2015, the Starcraft community was wild with speculation as to why so many casters, content creators, and professional players were suddenly in California. The weeks preceding this convergence saw weekly shows canceled, plans to meet made on twitter, and pictures of new friendships between SC2 personalities …
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The Set Up On July 9th 2016 Counter Strike Global Offensive enthusiasts sat down and witnessed four teams battle it out in the Semifinals of ESL Cologne 2016. On one side of the bracket the brazilians at SK ultimately prevailed over Virtus Pro in a three map slugfest while on the other side …
After the departure of Gambit Gaming and SK Gaming at the end of 2015, Team Roccat became the second oldest organisation currently competing in the EU LCS, only behind Fnatic. Despite their veteran status, the name Roccat rarely raises an eyebrow in discussion. This is simply due to their seemingly uninspiring history as a middle …
Virtus Pro vs Astralis Normally a matchup of this stature would be one people would look forward to, however circumstances have changed and as such we are faced with what looks to be an extremely lackluster quarterfinal set between these two teams. Astralis have been nowhere close to their full strength at this major …
When you look at the top of the NA LCS standings, the way the top teams are run carry fundamentally common visions with vastly different ways of applying it to the day to day life of the players. The common thread that teams have learned in recent times is that it is extremely important to …
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Diego ‘Kelazhur’ Schwimer has become a staple of the foreign StarCraft 2 scene. Having worked his way up through the professional scene through tournaments like Copa America and The Breakout Invitational, the 20 year old Brazilian is now one of the best players outside of Korea and a member of Team Root, one of the …