Former professional players that transition into being coaches bring a certain perspective that players can relate to. Johan “CWoosH” Klingestedt, former main tank for the Florida Mayhem, is now the head coach of the Paris Eternal’s academy team, Eternal Academy. The coach spoke to Esports Heaven about his time with the Mayhem, his transition …
Harsha “Harsha” Bandi, coordinator and coach for the Vancouver Titans, has been a mainstay of the Overwatch community since nearly its inception. From content creation to analytical thinking, he’s always had a foot in the door for both sides of the discussion. Within the last two years, he’s seen a meteoric rise being called …
Esports Heaven caught up with Johan “pieliedie” Åström from Mineski for a quick interview before the team begins their journey at DreamLeague Major starting in a couple of days. Pieliedie speaks on his decision to join Mineski, his role and approach as a captain, his brief stint as an analyst at The Kuala Lumpur …
Crumbz has returned to League of Legends, and specifically the LCS broadcast as an analyst. Previously Crumbz was a professional player for most notably Team Dignitas and Renegades before moving to the analyst desk in LCK and finally to cast the Overwatch League. With the slew of layoffs that Activision-Blizzard dolled out, Crumbz was …
Esports Heaven caught up with Adrian “Era” Kryeziu, captain of The Final Tribe Dota 2 division. He speaks about his transition as a player from Fnatic to NiP and TFT, DPC, upcoming WESG LAN tournament and much more. You can read the complete interview with Era below. Hi Era. Kindly introduce yourself to our …
Esports Heaven caught up with Lelis “Liposa” Santos of Flying Penguins before the team flies out to Kiev for SLTV Minor. Read the interview to find out what Liposa has to say about his team, the South American scene, playing with international rosters and much more. Hi Lelis. Kindly introduce yourself to the community. …
The Chengdu Hunters have started the 2019 Overwatch League season smashing expectations. With an eye for home-grown Chinese talent, the Hunters field some of the best domestic players possible. Incredibly stylized and unique, the Hunters bring a different look to the league. And spearheading that ideal is their main tank player, Ding “Ameng” Menghan. …
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After a long journey from Brawl until now exclusively focusing on mastering Olimar, AR | Myran has secured a top 3 finish at Frostbite 2019. Esports Heaven was able to chat with him after his fantastic placement to discuss his methods of staying cool mid-set, solo-maining and his career looking forward. ___________ You seem …
With franchising comes the opportunity for more teams to develop players, but not all development leagues are equal. China’s LoL Development League is leading the world in its key purpose: to provide a platform for upcoming talents to gain stage experience in a competitive environment. Much has been made of the connection between Europe’s …
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Scouting in Overwatch has by and large been a pretty resounding success. Many esports fail to really utilize their amateur divisions well and you often see talent reused quite often because the players are known quantities. However, Overwatch has a strange problem not many esports titles face: their competitive player base is flooded with …
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