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 …

Continue reading “OPT Zaboutine: “I would remember this year as a success, whereas the first year was just a pure failure for me[…] As long as you keep improving, there’s a reason to keep grinding””

  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 …

Continue reading “CLG Weldon: My goal is that the players finish a season, look back, and have minimal amounts of regret of when they could have let themselves down[…] that’s my metric for success”

  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 …

Continue reading “100T Pr0lly: I had a huge emotional attachment to Ssumday. He’s still a top 2 top laner in NA, and not putting him on the main roster was a lot of internal arguments with myself, like, how dumb am I?”

  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 …

Continue reading “Scarra on Dignitas’ return to LCS: “As an org, they were known to be one of the worst orgs to play for in the league. Although the fans loved DIG, every single fan loved the players, they didn’t love the org””

  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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  Cloud9 have secured a 2-0 weekend for Week 5, with their most significant victory being over Team Liquid on Saturday. During this game, C9 subbed in Kumo to replace Licorice in the top lane and Nisqy played Veigar mid lane. Esports Heaven spoke with Nisqy about his Veigar pick, his Protobelt build, Corki being …

Continue reading “C9 Nisqy on champion experimentation: “If I just play my own champion that I know how to play, it’s going to be 10x better than just following what everyone [else] plays””

  FlyQuest have had their first 2-0 weekend during Week 5 of the Summer Split of LCS. The team completely dismantled Echo Fox, in no small part due to the macro and decision making of their jungler Santorin. Esports Heaven spoke with Santorin about their game against Echo Fox, the snowball he was able to …

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  FlyQuest have been a surprising team this 2019 Summer Split, both due to the fact that they won against TSM and lost against OpTic Gaming during Week 2. The win against TSM was significant and more particularly against Sona and Taric with a prepared counter-pick of Caitlyn and Lux. Esports Heaven spoke with FLY …

Continue reading “FLY JayJ on cheese: If there’s something that works as a counter-pick, sure you can call it cheese but, if it’s going to work every time, I think it becomes a straight up counter”

  Clutch Gaming have gone 2-2 to round of Week 2 of the 2019 LCS Summer Split. With their win over Golden Guardians, Esports Heaven had previously spoken with Damonte about the CG’s state and more particularly, shedding light on Huni as a player. Esports Heaven got to chat with Clutch Gaming’s top laner Huni …

Continue reading “CG Huni on Korean culture and respecting elders: “When I was in SKT, coach Kkoma said, ‘in the game, age doesn’t matter[…] Say whatever you want, say whatever you think.’””