Coaching is likely the least understood role across the wider esports world and the role only becomes greyer during the chaos of the offseason. And when it comes to the Overwatch League, that couldn’t be more true. How difficult is it to find a home as a western coach? What does life look like …
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Written by Clef Able – Cactuar If your static is having trouble making a decision about tank comps to run in savage, this is going to be a Pros/Cons evaluation of each tank. We’ll mostly be talking about the utility brought by each tank as well as other factors in progression such as enjoyability and …
With Savage less than a week away and this being the first foray into difficult raid content for World of WarCraft refugees, I’ve compiled some key changes in the roles between games. For the sake of brevity, I attempted to not dive too deep into individual abilities and healer kits and focused more on …
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This is the essential element that cannot be measured by any analysis or device, and I believe it’s at the heart of success in all things: the power of intuition and the ability to harness and use it like a master – Garry Kasparov I found it fitting to begin with a quote from …
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Introduction Gambit was riding a high coming into 2014. With Edward back, the band was back together. They looked strong at IEM Cologne and Battle of the Atlantic—better than any of the other teams in Europe. If it kept going in this direction, they’d be favorites to win the EU LCS. It started off …
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One of the most infamous and influential people in Riot Games’ history, Jeffrey Lin, otherwise known to the gaming world as Riot Lyte, had a major impact within the gaming industry. Whether people wish it were true or not, he cannot be ignored in gaming history. Riot Lyte was Riot’s Lead Designer of Social …
Sports and esports history is highly influenced by the magic numbers. How many titles did the team win? How many individual awards did the player get? As years go by it becomes hard to remember the great performance from the finalist that barely lost the last game of the tournament, the nerve-wracking semi-final that …
With the end of 2012 came the end of Moscow Five. The organization, at least. M5’s demise is one of the weirdest conclusions to an organization in esports. The owner of the team was the Counter Strike fan Dmitry “ddd1ms” Smilianets. The FBI arrested him around the time his team was at Worlds, one …
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Days of darkness, of dreariness, have come…. Thy own infirmities, the sufferings of those dear to thee, the chill and gloom of old age. All that thou hast loved, to which thou hast given thyself irrevocably, is falling, going to pieces. The way is all down-hill. What canst thou do? Grieve? Complain? Thou wilt …
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The Coalition Of Parents In Esports, COPE, is a 501c3 nonprofit founded in 2020 by parents of well-known pros and content creators. Esports Heaven sat down with the two founders of COPE to discuss about the organization, its achievements, and its vision for the future. Thank you for taking the time to give us …