Written by Kary ONE Esports World Pro Invitational concluded a few weeks back with the Chinese powerhouse Vici Gaming overpowering Evil Geniuses in a clean 3:0 grand finals sweep. VG walked with a major chunk of $200,000 in prize money whilst EG ended up taking $100,000 out of the total $500,000 prize-pool. We’ll take …
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The LoL World Championship ended some time ago. The teams, players, experts and most members of the community are completely embroiled in the madness of off-season roster moves and pre-season alterations to the game itself. The LCK is no exception. With the likes of SK Telecom T1 and KT Rolster dropping most of their players, …
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League of Legends at its core, when played at the highest level, is about sacrifice. There’s going to be one person on the team, at any given time, that must secede their resources to benefit the whole; that has often fallen onto the shoulders of the top laner. Historically, top lane has been a thankless …
2020 is going to be a watershed year in Overwatch’s competitive history. Not only is this the third season of its franchised league, the Overwatch League, but it’s also the first time the league is fully being taken on the road with global travel. With new variables in play along with new patches coming in …
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The Toronto Defiant entered the 2019 Overwatch League season with a whimper. As sharp as that might sound, it’s true. Their 8-20 record stands on faulty legs especially when you add the context that they narrowly led the three way-tie for second-worst overall match record alongside the Washington Justice and the Boston Uprising. However, …
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Jennifer “LemonKiwi” Pichette is a staple personality in the Overwatch community. Whether it’s lending her voice to multiple different regions in Overwatch Contenders or working big blockbuster events like this years Overwatch World Cup, LemonKiwi does it all. Fresh from her vacation in South Korea, she sat down and spoke to Esports Heaven about …
I often wonder why Lunatic-Hai and their players were so beloved. And with RyuJeHong’s departure from Seoul Dynasty, that thought has resurfaced. Yes, they won two APEX titles back to back and the team was comprised of legendary figures, but “good” isn’t always synonymous with popular or, better yet, beloved. What drove people to …
During the 2019 Inven Global Esports Conference, the Esports Historian, Duncan “Thorin” Shields held a panel titled, “Online Journalism: A View of the Esports Journalism Landscape from the Trenches”, where he talked about the history of esports journalism in parallel to both the gaming industry and the esports scene. This 25 minute panel took us …
As first reported by the Washington Post, TSM has re-signed their prestigious mid laner, Bjergsen, in a two-year contract deal which includes a package of owning a portion of TSM. While we do not know the percentage Bjergsen obtained in this deal, even something as small as 1% in partial ownership means that he …
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After a respectable 2019 season with the Los Angeles Valiant, Marvin “Promise” Schröder has left the team with his future in esports on the horizon. After assisting in the Valiant’s remarkable turnaround from a 0-7 start to making a stage playoff appearance in Stage 3 and being able to nearly secure the last play-in …