After some questionable drafts from both teams during the group stages, we find ourselves on one of the hardest games to call out of the quarters alongside KT vs KOO. While on paper EDward gaming just seems like a stronger team and a contender for the world championships, Fnatic has demonstrated that they know how …
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StarCraft 218 BC: A Real Life Space Odyssey .:: Battle at Cannae | (Chapter 5) ::. The date is August 2nd. The consul in charge this day is Gaius Terentius Varro, a man who will be responsible for the impending disaster. He has two armies and hopes to surround Hannibal before crushing him between …
This is one of the few groups heading into the second week of the group stage where every team had a decent chance at actually making it out of group stages to compete in London. iG with the bleakest outlook to C9 with the easiest path to London, both would find their hopes in danger …
Today wasn’t about who would get out of group D, but which team would get out as first seed. The chances of both LGD and TSM still making it out of the group were so small that nobody is surprised who got out of the group today. Most games were enjoyable to watch and it …
They say that all good things must come to an end. I’m not entirely sure who “they” are, but this saying rings painfully true for Counter Logic Gaming. Their recent failure to make it out of groups has left many confused – this was supposed to be CLG’s golden age, was it not? While their …
As if a day of group stages could have been more cut and dry today, there is nothing new under the sun here. SKT dominates everyone, China looks shaky but comes out ahead, Loulex gets caught, and the wildcard team loses. Luckily for every spectator involved, tomorrow’s games look much better in terms of quality …
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For those uninformed, all the games this week will be focused on one group per day. If you thought Riot killed superweeks only to go back on their word to bring them back… well you’d still be wrong because these are technically “superdays” with teams playing back to back games in consecutive best of one’s, …
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Disclaimer: I decided to write this article after a heated conversation with my friend Veteran. I realised that while I had a different interpretation of Fnatic's failings, I was unable to properly articulate the reasoning. I suppose you could say this article is dedicated to him. Fnatic, for me, are an interesting team, both …
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If you’re betting on Worlds games then today is just as unpredictable as yesterday, if not more. It does not help that most teams still don’t have a handle on how pick or bans should be working on this patch — so for the coming week, pray that they are more polished. On the other …
Day 3 was almost unreal in how many teams failed to live up to expectations, so it seems fitting to compare them to Darius' loss rate across the past three days. Fans everywhere will look at today with squinted eyes and feelings of disbelief. SKT vs EDG In the long awaited rematch …