FaZe Clan: Going through a Phase
Something is Missing
FaZe Clan came onto the scene in January of 2016 after acquiring the multinational roster that was formerly on G2 Esports. The lineup was lauded for their high profile names and talented high-skill aimers, but have yet to...
Streamline Preview: Streamer and Community Focused Gaming
In Streamline, players are not only dealing with their competitors, they're also dealing with their Twitch audience as they influence the pace of the game using integrated Twitch tools. Getting flashbacks to Twitch Plays Pokémon? We are too.
The game was clearly...
Celestial Invitational Tournament: Best of Seventeen
Celestial Invitational
The Celestial Invitational pits pros against each other, forcing them to win against every class in a best of seventeen tournament. The formats also changes throughout the five weeks of the first stage of this tournament.
Formats
There are two brackets...
Samsung Rolls Past H2K, Setting up All-Korean Final
One thing is for certain after the semifinals at the 2016 League of Legends World Championships: a Korean winner. While the first semifinal series was a 5 game display of amazing League of Legends, the match between Samsung and H2K...
What Is Hitscan and Why Is It Important?
Analysts and casters use the term hitscan without breaking it down for the viewer. And although the name does a decent job of describing the concept, you might still wonder what it's all about.
There are different types of ranged...
SKT vs ROX: What the Worlds 2016 Finals Could Have Been
The first semi-final series of Worlds 2016, SKT vs. ROX Tigers, was an incredible match-up.
These are the teams you would expect to see in the grand finals, but instead, we got to see them kick off the semi-final action....
Hearthstone Patch 6.2.0 Brings Quality of Life Changes
The Low Down
Patch 6.2.0 is one that has been a long time coming. The first is the text fixes. Blizzard didn’t get all of them, but a lot of inconsistencies have been fixed. There were also many small visual or functional...
Imaqtpie Banned: Goofy Streamer Busted for Boosting?
After a full day of streaming capped off by hosting League of Legends talk show 'Beyond the Rift' with co-host William 'Scarra' Li, League of Legends personality Michael 'Imaqtpie' Santana planned to dig into a much deserved plate of...
Boston Major Invites: Who Deserves a Direct Ticket?
The Boston Major qualifiers were recently announced, and it's time to start speculating on invites. The post-TI6 roster shuffle was pretty bloody, and team compositions have changed a lot among likely invite candidates.
From Valve's blog post on the Manila invites:
"...We...
Heroic Tavern Brawl: Is it Worth It?
Introduction
For anyone who hasn’t played Hearthstone in the last year, Tavern Brawl is an interesting weekly challenge. Available Wednesday through Sunday, there’s “a new set of crazy rules each week”. Many variants have been released, such as a deck...
Try Hard Time: 2016 Season Ends November 7th
The Season Comes to an End
Riot has spoken. The 2016 League of Legends season will come to a close on November 7th; less than 3 weeks from now, as we shift into another experimental pre-season.
Now is the perfect time...
European Legend Yellowstar Retires
If anyone has been the pillar of European League of Legends since its inception, no player could be more fitting than Bora "Yellowstar" Kim. One of the few remaining veterans who made it out to the first League of...