oskar to Mousesports On August 22nd, Mousesports officially announced the addition of Tomáš "oskar" Šťastný to their roster. Back in June, despite being one of their best players, oskar was benched by Hellraisers because he had signed a forward contract with another...

Worlds 2016 Groups Draw Show The Worlds 2016 groups drawing was done earlier today by Scarra, Cpt. Jack, Mistake, and Weixaio, determining how the opening round of the annual year ending tournament will play out. Before we talk about the results...

TSM Korean Boot Camp After claiming the 2016 NA LCS Summer championship in a 3-1 win over Cloud 9, TSM didn't wait long before starting their annual pre-Worlds TSM Korean Boot Camp. This iteration of TSM is widely regarded as...

I never thought I’d say this, but where I used to have tournament fatigue, I now instead wish there were more Dota tournaments going on right now. One of the downsides of the Majors system is the lull period in...

Arena Balance Over the past few weeks, arena balance has become a growing source of concern. Mage in particular is a problem, as they have an appearance of 30%. Since you are only offered each class 33% of the time, it...

It’s that time again. Time for Capcom to update Street Fighter V and release a new playable character. This time we get to see Urien, the vice president of Illuminati. The end is near Capcom announced on Wednesday that their 6th...

Introduction Team Na’Vi, short for Natus Vincere, is a successful esports team. They are highly competitive in Counter Strike, DotA 2, Heroes of the Storm, and several other games. Their Hearthstone team has been incredibly strong, even winning several tournaments...

Zirene Interview Aidan "Zirene" Moon has emerged as a talented color caster with the North American LCS broadcast team, in large part due to an endless pursuit of perfecting his art. He has been a caster at just about every...

Esports Edition traveled down to Toronto last Thursday for a day of interviews at Northern Arena. While we were there, we talked with Carl-Edwin Michel, tournament organizer and co-founder of the company running the tournament: the Canadian League of...

Introduction Midrange Shaman and Aggro Shaman have been vying for position as top Shaman deck for a while. While Aggro Shaman typically comes out on top, there is a good argument to be made for Midrange Shaman. Personally, I prefer...

This article is the third installation of a three part series. Find Part 1 here and part 2 here. Competitive depth can serve as a measurement for competitiveness in esports. It's a vague concept, but concrete enough to do analytic...

Last week I explored why it is a good idea for every esports organization to have a pro Smash player. If you missed it and want to know why Smash is a great fighting game for orgs, you can...