Want to work in esports? It’s pretty damn simple! The market is flooded with startups, websites and passion projects that are always looking to bring in new blood to handle their heavy lifting. If you’re looking for an easy paycheck, though, perhaps you should look elsewhere. Despite the industry's massive growth in recent years, horror …
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Froskurinn is certainly not new to the League of Legends scene, but what do you know about who she is? Indiana “Froskurinn” Black is a talented 24 year old color caster. She has earned her stripes in a variety of shows and regions. Most notably known for her work casting for the League of Legends …
I had the pleasure of interviewing Smash United's The Wall. The Wall is a professional Yoshi player in Texas' Smash 4 scene. He is well known for his aggressive playstyle and highlight-reel combos. Although The Wall only entered the competitive scene in 2015, he has already cemeted his place as one of best — if …
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In my 7 years of following Korean Esports, something that always amazed is the Korean scene’s ability to produce a seemingly endless amount of truly great players. Some players make fantastic debuts, others start off slow but become world class with time and a few improve dramatically after they’ve been written off entirely. However, as …
Round 8 Set 1: 7th Heaven vs Rascal Jester 2-1 Despite 7th Heaven being so low in the standings compared to Rascal Jester, you’d think that it’s still winter with the amount of back and forth snowballs going on in this best of three. Each game was a complete shutout after the mid-game, but the …
Most League of Legends fans will remember Kramer as the Flash Wolves AD carry that began a CLG comeback when he was caught by an Elise cocoon under tower, or even for his weak performances with Young Boss in the 2015 KeSPA cup. Swift judgements were made out for Kramer — Most seemed to insinuate …
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As the final week of the NA LCS regular season approaches, nine out of the ten teams will jockey for preferential seeding — be it in the playoffs or the upcoming promotion tournament. Cloud9 and Counter Logic Gaming will do battle for the coveted first round bye, while Team Solomid will try to avoid an …
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The Taipei Assassins have struggled with identity issues for a little over a year now, making constant efforts to emulate the play seen in Competitive League of Legends’ best league, League Champions Korea. This came with the hiring of their Korean coach, Sim Sun Soo, formerly of Najin Black Sword, and has been their memo …
AUTHOR'S NOTE: From the start of 2015 I have avoided doing investigative journalism work and been hesitant to ever consider myself a journalist. I don’t break news and I don’t perform investigations, I simply promote storylines and write up my own analytical opinions. However, when I receive extremely damaging and harmful evidence of corruption at …
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Set 1: Rascal Jester vs Rampage 0-2 The last two weeks had to have been an incredible highlight for Rampage having not given up early game leads to weaker teams. Luckily this seems like a more positive growth of the team rather than an unfortunate lucky streak that’s about to end. While Rascal Jester has …
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