written by volamel Bouncing back after their middling Overwatch Contenders Season 2 performance, the British Hurricane looked dominant in their run through Contenders Trials Season 2. Now on a seven game streak, the Hurricane aim to continue their storm through Contenders Season 3. And at the center of it all is head coach and …
Written by Volamel The Florida Mayhem is on the brink of a renaissance and their academy team, Mayhem Academy, is no different. Head coach, Marvin “Promise” Schröder, is preparing the team for the upcoming season of Overwatch Contenders Season 3. While the roster still needs the finishing touches applied, the team just welcomed aboard …
Alliance is one of those staple names in history that has contributed towards the development of the esports scene in general, especially Dota 2. Having won The International 2013 with a legendary roster consisting of Loda, Akke, Bulldog, EGM and s4, they were once the dominant powerhouse that took the entire Dota 2 scene by …
With Play-ins completed for Worlds 2018, we move onto the Group Stage where teams battle it our for the Summoners Cup. The broadcast team has helped us reach that journey through fantastic casting and strong analysis. Razleplasm, analyst and color commentator for the LPL region has been an integral part for helping fans understand the …
How many times have we, in the course of reading threads on Reddit, seen comments along these lines: ‘Koreans will win Worlds again this year’ ‘LMS only has Flash Wolves’ ‘NA LUL’ ‘Chinese sandbagging’ ‘Wildcard regions are wildcard for a reason’ While these statements tend to hold a grain of truth, they’re often lacking in …
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Damien “HyP” Souville is now an Overwatch Contenders champion. He and his now former team, Eagle Gaming, took the tournament by storm after a wavering group stage. Group B, which housed teams like CIS Hope, Team Gigantti, and One.PoinT competed alongside Eagles Gaming to keep their playoff dreams alive. Oddly enough Eagle only advanced …
Overwatch World Cup serves many purposes. It’s a wonderful way to celebrate individual ecosystems and nations as well as gifting players opportunities to showcase their talent for the thousands of people watching from home. Many players left the Paris stage of the 2018 Overwatch World Cup with a higher standing in the public eye, …
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Park “March” Tae-won and David “Moo” Hull are as dynamic as their names sound when one gets a chance to speak to them. March is one of those guys who we know from the old Warcraft3 DotA era and arguably the person who put Korean Dota on the map in the StarCraft and LoL …
TSM are the most decorated organization within the NA LCS, having won multiple NA LCS championships and proving that this team is all about winning. TSM have been so victorious that when they missed out on their first ever final in Spring Split 2018, shock befell fans and experts alike. They would get knocked …
The NetEase Esports X Tournament (NeXT) has finished its qualification rounds and will continue many of the stories left unfinished from Overwatch Contenders China Season 2. Sixteen teams entered and only four teams made the final heat. Four of China’s best will compete for $30,000 in prize money in an offline tournament held in …
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