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  Paparazi Interview at TI9. Esports Heaven got the chance to interview Paparazi in Shanghai, China for TI9, sharing various experiences about TI9 and his team’s trajectory leading up to the tournament. You also stand a chance to win up to $5, 000, 000 in our official coverage partner — Estars’ Free to Play contests! …

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  Cloud9 took the series against Counter Logic Gaming during this Summer Split’s semifinals match with a 3-1 victory. C9 looked convincing in all games but Game 3 where they threw the game at the nexus and handed CLG the driver keys to win back the game. Licorice played an integral part in this series, …

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  After an entertaining series, Cloud9 bested Counter Logic Gaming 3-1, with an thrilling Game 3 and a Game 4 which saw Stixxay fighting until his last breath to try and carry his team to victory. Esports Heaven spoke with CLG’s bot laner Stixxay to discuss the games in detail, his development with Biofrost and …

Continue reading “CLG Stixxay: “I’m pretty proud of myself. My last split was probably the worst split I’ve played[…] As a pro player you can play poorly and you don’t know if you’ll ever be back to form again””

  The quarterfinals match of Counter-Logic Gaming and OpTic Gaming ended in a victory for CLG 3-0, but the series score doesn’t reflect the chances OpTic had to at least take a game off of CLG. Game 1 was all but a victory for OPT, while game 2 and 3 were more readily tilted towards …

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  Counter Logic Gaming at near the top of the standings after Week 8, winning both of their games against Clutch Gaming and Echo Fox. CLG have been on a hot streak and look to be one of the stronger teams in the LCS, but the jury was out at the beginning of this year …

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  100 Thieves went 1-1 during Week 8, losing to Golden Guardians, but having a convincing win against TSM. 100T were even able to pull out a new pick in the Renekton for top laner FakeGod. 100T haven’t had the best season, with many problems arising through their many roster iterations and struggling to make …

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  For Week 6, FlyQuest went 1-1, first defeating Golden Guardians but then losing to Team Liquid on Sunday. Their game against GGS proved to be an exciting match as FLY flexed Jarvan to the support position. Not only did FLY win this game, but the quick engages proved to be immensely successful and critical …

Continue reading “FLY Wadid: “I was stress[ed] when I was in Europe because I was [on] an 8-game losing streak[…] after that, I was like, hmm, whatever, I have nothing to lose now””

  With Week 6 of the LCS over, we clearly see multiple contenders for playoffs, but one big surprise out of all of this wasn’t just about a team, but an analyst. Scarra joined the Riot broadcast to impart knowledge of how he thought teams and players were shaping up. Esports Heaven spoke with Scarra …

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  100 Thieves Academy have reached the top 4 in the Academy league, even with so much roster upheaval, the team continues to pick up wins on a consistent basis. Currently they are on a 6 game winning streak. Esports Heaven spoke with the head coach of 100T Academy, Kelsey Moser, to talk about the …

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