Jake “Slacks” Kanner got to interview Gaimin Gladiator’s Anton “Dyrachyo” Shkredov who had a monster performance in the 2-0 win over Team Liquid at ESL ONE Major Berlin 2023. The young position 1 player talked about team comms and how he is “never afraid” in the server. You are just all smiles today, how …

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  GEN.g won the LCK Playoff Finals 2023, taking down the overwhelming favorites in T1 to earn the back-to-back regional titles. They cement themselves as the best LCK team in patch 13.5 and the first seed from the region as we head to MSI in London. The point I want to focus on in this …

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  William “Blitz” Lee Team Liquid coach was interviewed on the ESL DreamLeague Season 19 broadcast after the team cleanly swept beastcoast 2-0. He addressed how he’s handling the stress of the job, how to tackle team conflicts and his biggest flaw as a Dota 2 coach. How was that Game 1? Was it stressful, …

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  Shopify Rebellion defeated Tundra Esports in a fairly quick 2-0, keeping this second Group Stage of DreamLeague Season 19 full of ties. In the post-match interview, their coach Kanishka “BuLba” Sosale explained how things have been for the team playing with a stand-in and how they’ve been using the age-old tactic of “YOLO”. You’ve …

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  The last teams for the Dreamleague Season 19 Group Stage 2 have been set. After a grueling day of tiebreakers between six teams, only three remained to complete the eight teams that made this next stage of the tournament. The day kicked off with a game between Team Aster and Execration, two teams on …

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The 2023 Overwatch League season is mere weeks away. And with the Pro-Am wrapped up, it is time to get into the holiday spirit. Power rankings are here, but this year we are doing things a little bit differently.       Criteria   While the 2023 Pro-Am is an exciting preseason exhibition event, we …

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Hero 37 has arrived! Lifweaver is the new life-saving support. Utility is the name of the game when it comes to Lifeweaver’s fairly low healing throughput kit. Stuck chasing down this pesky new support. Fret not, here is how you counter Lifeweaver.     DPS   The big dilemma for Lifeweaver is his tall hitboxes.  …

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  LCS Spring Playoffs are now in full swing as we head into the end of the season for all regions. Cloud9 and Flyquest are the uncontested favorites, but all other teams are in an apparent parity. Round 1 has now come to an end and, although it was mostly business as usual, there were …

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  The first round of the LCK Playoffs 2023 is over, and we’re already being surprised. The first edition of the playoffs with the new format began with a traditional single-elimination bracket between teams that finished regular season 3rd to 6th. Two teams moved on to the double-elimination phase, two teams are out until Summer …

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  Evil Geniuses have been burning under the magnifying glass for the past few weeks in the premier esports titles. They’ve been the target of multiple reports from Richard Lewis, Duncan “Thorin” Shields and have been the focus of podcasts from The Last Free Nation. Their failures and misdeeds in Counter Strike: Global Offensive, DOTA …

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