Is It Time for Another North American Shuffle?
Roster instability is as much a part of the North American Counter-Strike scene as explosive personalities, alleged amphetamine abuse, jetlag, and behind-the-scenes--or, in some cases, livestreamed--drama. With a handful of exceptions, it’s common for professional CS:GO teams in North...
Interpersonal Relationships and Public Conduct on Stage
This is part two of a series of articles on the tremendous expectations placed on relatively young professional eSports players. Before they have the chance to fully develop as people and gain the skills that most of us take...
Abusing the Meta: Counter-Picking Flavor of the Month Champions
Every couple of weeks a new champion surfaces as a top pick in a new role. This ever-changing meta is what keeps League of Legends fresh and exciting. One of the most recent flavor of the month champions to...
Rio Olympic Arena Finds Use with Esports
Many have speculated about how Rio's political instability will negatively affect turnouts for the 2016 Olympics. However, esports have swooped in to save the day...
The British government has approached the Olympic Committee to launch an esports "Olympics". The event,...
Overwatch Player Interview: Meet Reunited’s Morte
Coming from Fnatic's celebrated Battlefield 4 side, Thomas "Morte" Kerbusch is one of the top first-person-shooter players around and he and his team mates have recently transitioned to Overwatch. There's been plenty of interest from many of the major gaming organisations in...
Stop Risking the Game on Baron: Things to Do Before You Baron
Stop trying to burn down Baron. Trying to secure Baron is a high-risk play that even professional teams struggle to pull off in games that aren't a complete blowout. If you think you and your rag-tag group of 5...
LCS Gatekeeper: Cris Returns to LCS with Apex
Since entering the North American LCS scene with Velocity in season 3 alongside teammates from maplestreet, NK Inc, Evaniskus, and Vileroze, Cristian "Cris" Rosales has struggled to find his footing in the big-boys league, ending his first two seasons...
Li-Ming: Redefining the Archetype
The Hero every die-hard Diablo fan had been waiting for: Li-Ming the D3 Wizard. The hype was especially high for this iconic character, and her high octane “reset mage” playstyle offered even more excitement. Up until her release, Kael’Thas...
This Week in Hearthstone – RNGesus Himself!
The cards continue to roll out, and this week we received the final Old God. Boy is he a doozey. Three weeks remain until the new set is launched, and so far the cards look pretty great. This week’s...
Young Esports Pros Miss out on Personal Growth
This is part one of a series of articles on the tremendous expectations placed on relatively young professional esports players. Before they have the chance to fully develop as people and gain the skills that most of us take...
Luminosity Win MLG Columbus 2016
After a long weekend of amazing Counter-Strike at MLG Columbus 2016, Luminosity Gaming emerged victorious, taking first place at the event and securing their position in eSports history as the winners of the first CS:GO Major with a $1...
Flavor of the Month: Tank Ekko Is Tearing up the Top Lane
The pool of viable champions for top laners now includes a highly mobile bruiser in Ekko. Things have changed since the Mundo/Shyvanna meta of a few seasons ago. The most recent champion introduced into top lane as a top...
