I was a teenager in High School watching my character apply a poison to her two daggers from my dad’s high back computer chair. At least, I think it had ahigh back, but maybe I was just not very large at the time. My partner was a man in his twenties who had a steady …
Five men take the center stage. They raise their hands to wave at the crowd. No doubt, they have been told to make what they are doing look jovial. They look at each other and laugh; none of them are taking it too seriously. The camera pans around them to reveal an entire wall’s …
“None of us would choose to be Sisyphus; yet in a sense, we all are.” ~ Joko Beck We saw a lot at VCT Masters Reykjavik. Suspenseful games, crazy viewing numbers, and cathartic North American victory. It was all exciting. Something else happened—a less discussed but nonetheless monumental change in esports. It was the …
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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 …