As TSM and CLG loaded onto the rift, the sold out audience at Madison Square Garden roared louder than any Knicks crowd in recent history. The surge of TSM chants overpowered the minority that dared root for the opposing team. TSM had an overwhelming home-field advantage that would have brought the Seattle Seahawks’ ‘12th man’ …
When I started watching LCK it was drastically different from the current version. For example: – It wasn't called LCK, it was called OGN Champions. – Montecristo and Doa didn't cast it, the first English cast was headlined by a guy called 'TorcH'. – It wasn't broadcast on twitch.tv, I watched it through some awful …
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Forged from both the still vibrant fires of veterans and the spirit of one of Europe's top rookies in his position, Origen was xPeke's vision of accomplishing his dream while starting from scratch. Fnatic has long been one of, if not, the premier esports brand in recent European esports history. It had served as a safety …
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Introduction My name is Barento ‘Raz’ Mohammed and I am the current Head Coach to Team Dignitas. Since we last talked you just qualified for the EU LCS while you were still working for Dig.EU. Since then, Dignitas has had to sell their EU Team to Follow Esports, now known as Splyce. Whose …
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Few League of Legends teams have cemented their place in history quite like Samsung White in Season 4. White proved to be the superior Samsung squad with their semi-final series sweep of Samsung Blue at the Season 4 World Championship. Samsung Blue- White’s forgotten sister team- entered the tournament a top contender for …
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By Jordan “Leviathan” Thwaites The Art of MOBA: Power Levels and Compositional Play is the second installment of this series. If this is your first time reading the series, you should probably read the other one first here. We can draft the best team composition possible, but if we don’t know how to play …
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The initial lock-in date for 2016 LCS teams has passed, and most of the top teams have revealed their upcoming rosters. Although teams like Team Impulse and Gravity have yet to announce new ownership, the free agent market has developed well enough to crown the biggest winners and losers of 2015 Free-Agency. Forg1ven is …
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Again I'd like to reiterate that this article represents my own personal viewpoint, if you came here for a big construction of facts with glossy images scattered throughout then cut your losses and leave. This article is nothing more than my own viewpoint with, hopefully, some interesting reasoning to back it up. I touched briefly …
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Again Id like to reiterate that this article represents my own personal viewpoint, if you came here for a big construction of facts with glossy images scattered throughout then cut your losses and leave. This article is nothing more than my own viewpoint with, hopefully, some interesting reasoning to back it up. I touched briefly …
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Again Id like to reiterate that this article represents my own personal viewpoint, if you came here for a big construction of facts with glossy images scattered throughout then cut your losses and leave. This article is nothing more than my own viewpoint with, hopefully, some interesting reasoning to back it up. I touched briefly …
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