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 …
With the first half of the split clear, it's time we take a closer look at the teams heading into the second round robin. It's been a whacky split so far with strange upsets, crazy collapses, some issues not being fixed and rookie players playing surprisingly well. All in all, it's been very entertaining so …
Preface During the history of the Chinese League of Legends esports scene, we have often heard the names of popular female shoutcasters such as Cany and Miss. However, nowadays it has become increasingly difficult to find female shoutcasters on the stages of large national and especially international competitions. In the esports industry, it is hard …
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The Counter Strike scene has always been extremely dynamic. Never willing to sit still the landscape of Counter Strike can change dramatically at any point in time. Currently the quantity of god like players and high level teams are at a level that has never been achieved previously in Counter Strike Global Offensive history. …
This interview was conducted by @antdrioite on Friday June 24. Not all answers are verbatim and have been modified for the best reading format. Q. Introduce yourself. I’m the tank player of Creation esports, also captain and main shotcaller of the team. Q. How long have you been a professional player? …
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