One of the more awkward stories in Korean League of Legends is that of Longzhu Gaming, formerly known as Incredible Miracle. After a 4 year run in the scene the rebrand was well warranted, the organization's time in LoL has been anything but an incredible miracle. The organization has had players such as Reignover, although …
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“One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in awhile you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.” – Nolan Ryan, MLB hall of fame pitcher. That feeling Nolan expresses can be applied to any challenge in life that pushes …
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RadoN’s thousand is a series of articles in which I share my take on an esports topic of my choosing in about a thousand words.This entry attempts to explain the recurrence of same questions across all new esports titles and elaborates on author's usage of tier lists. One of the hottest debate topics among the …
It's rare to find someone in esports with the kind of history that Kevin ‘Rotterdam’ van der Kooi has. Establishing himself as a top European Orc player and commentator during Warcraft 3’s heyday, Rotterdam entered the age of StarCraft 2 carrying a lot of weight to his name. Weight alone won’t make a career though. …
One of the keys to the success of any region in Esports is the abilities of the teams to acquire talent. There exists a multitude of ways that the teams can go about in order to acquire said talent, ranging from poaching established talent to importing from other regions, but the simplest way is to …
Street Fighter 4 had Evolution 2014 Champion, Luffy, to write the book on his character of choice, Rose. Bisu, BoxeR, and Savior were all revolutionists in their respective races in Starcraft: Brood War. Competitors in esports will always look to explore and push the limits of their craft, no matter what the game. The …
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The lineage of mechanically-imposing junglers in Korea has, in large part, been marked by a failure to translate their dominance into competitive play, at least initially; the likes of Flawless, Crash, and Mowgli have all been picked up by teams after impressing in solo queue, yet none of them have found success in pro play. …
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The lineage of mechanically-imposing junglers in Korea has, in large part, been marked by a failure to translate their dominance into competitive play, at least initially; the likes of Flawless, Crash, and Mowgli have all been picked up by teams after impressing in solo queue, yet none of them have found success in pro play. …
Continue reading “Will Longzhu Cuzz Become The Next Victim of Overblown Hype?”
Black and red lacquered dice, skip across a green felt table under the glaring flash of neon lights, and the wide array of emotional cries from the patrons of the casino. Some cry out of joy after cashing out their newly earned jackpot. Others cry in somber disdain after losing millions at the slots. A …
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Rivalries between competitors are some of the most compelling narratives in any sort of event whose purpose is to figure who's better at a certain activity. Even the most entertaining spectacles can become extra-engaging when spiced up by the history between the adversaries. With sixteen teams of at least six players entering each season of …