You probably have a preference when it comes to 1v1 games vs. team games. There’s different pleasure points to either style of game, but it’s no secret that the modern gamer prefers the latter. In 1v1 games, it’s the validation from outskilling your opponent and knowing every bit of the victory was earned by …
The 2019 season of the Overwatch League is in full bloom with Stage 2 bringing a slew of new changes, new faces and fresh strategies. With the new stage, a new patch has landed on the tournament client as well. Baptiste has seen a ton of playtime, Orisa seems to be back in vogue, …
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Esports Heaven caught up with Lee “Heen” Seung Gon, former MVP player and TI7 winning coach with Team Liquid. In this interview, Heen speaks about his time at Liquid and the various phases they went through, his current role at Shadow.gg — an analytics firm and much more. Hi Heen. Kindly introduce yourself to …
Australia’s, Jason “ieatuup” Ho, has always been a fantastic domestic player. Reaching all the way back to 2017 on Fusion Girls and on the team’s spiritual successor, Blank Esports, ieatuup has always had domestic success in the Australian scene. Now, he’s taken a new challenge under his wing; to find that same success in …
The Los Angeles Valiant are a team stuck in quicksand. The team that should be rock solid in this teamwork-centric ecosystem are sat at the bottom of the pack. A team that was playoff caliber last season, and even won a stage playoffs, have yet to find a win this season. The only other …
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Seb “numlocked” Barton has been competing in Overwatch going on four years and is on the shortlist of veteran talent that still chases after mastery of the game. He and his current team, the British Hurricane, are poised to represent Europe at the newly unveiled Atlantic Showdown after a short playoff run last season …
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 …