Pirate Warrior Guide: Four Minute Wins
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Introduction
Personally, I’ve been finding the meta stale recently. Midrange Shaman is everywhere. And the only thing worse than losing to Midrange Shaman is losing to Midrange Shaman after 20 minutes. I’ve broken from my traditional...
League of Legends Free Agency Rundown (Thanksgiving Edition)
The Western League of Legends free agency period took flight this week, watching several professional players depart from their former teams with a few already signing on to their new 2017 organization.
Europe
Tristan “PowerOfEvil” Schrage, who is currently in tryouts to return...
Esports Edition Thanksgiving: What Makes Us Grateful
It's that time of year again. Turkeys. Cranberry sauce. Mashed potatoes. Family dinners that are simultaneously ruined and saved by alcohol. That's right, fellow Americans: it's Thanksgiving.
Video games are the great unifier of families during the holidays. Whether you're...
Player Visa Denials Are Screwing Over Dota Teams
Opening Thoughts:
I've been pondering this topic for a while, as it seems to be the same old story each time: teams lose a player or two due to visa denials, and it gives them an unfair handicap in tournaments.
I...
Trick2g Forms Team Gates, Aims for NACS
Popular Twitch streamer Tim “Trick2g” Foley has never been short of crowd-drawing endeavors, adding yet another late Wednesday evening.
https://twitter.com/TeamGatesNA/status/801616732075020288
Team Gates — fittingly named by his popular strategy to aggressively split push in-game and open “the gates” — will be...
Dignitas Heavy Favorites to Win DreamHack Winter
DreamHack Winter 2016 has begun and with the teams in attendance, Team Dignitas is a heavy favorite to win. DIG is clearly an elite team and, in my opinion, are sitting top two in the world behind only Virtus.pro. With this...
Jung’s Wednesday Rant: No Plants in My Jungle!
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I love change - I really do. It keeps the game exciting and fresh. It forces people to be adaptive and constantly creative. But sometimes, it's just too damn much. And this season, League of...
Melonzz on Harassment and Negativity in Dota 2
As Dota 2 players, we’ve all had that one game where we tilt. We flame our opponents for their misplays, we criticize their item build (because who builds a Radiance on Sniper) and we scream for them to uninstall...
Absurd Cost of Runes Hurts Smurfs, Not New Players
Quintessences, Seals, Glyphs, and Marks... when I first started playing League of Legends a couple of years ago I had no idea what any of these things were. Coming into League of Legends without any MOBA experience I found it...
Hearthstone Guide: Jade Lotus and Jade Golems
Who are the Jade Lotus?
The Jade Lotus are one of three factions that Blizzard introduced for the new Hearthstone expansion. The Jade Lotus faction belongs to the Druid, Shaman, and Rogue classes. Blizzard has officially launched the Jade Lotus page,...
‘NiP Magic’ in Full Effect at IEM Oakland
Ninjas in Pyjamas's most recent victory at IEM Oakland was truly incredible. While they played well, it still feels as though NiP was able to steal away this victory. Although they did win the games they needed to, they...
Shyvana Reborn as Dragonslayer: Patch 6.23 Preview
As the League of Legends preseason continues, Patch 6.23 demonstrates Riot's continually incremental approach to balance. In it are a bunch of insignificant bugfixes, slight bruiser buffs, and the resurrection of the Dragonborn. We'll go over the key changes...