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Two of the world's best Overwatch players have been accused of using aimbots to improve their in-game performance.

Surefour and Taimou Hit with Aimbot Allegations

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Overwatch has not even hit its official release yet and two of the top players on the professional scene have been leveled with hasty accusations of using third-party software to boost their in-game performances.

Newbee’s Torrid History

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Newbee is an original dream team from China that formed in early 2014. Xiao8, Mu, Hao, KingJ and ZSMK were the founding members, but Banana replaced ZSMJ before TI4. Many Dota fans know Newbee as the TI4 champions. While they...
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Eighteen Avoidable CS:GO Mistakes I Made Last Week

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One of the fundamental rules of Counter-Strike is that you are bad, and you will always be bad. If you start to think you're good--and if you think you never make mistakes--well, I've got news for you: you're wrong. The silver...

Slark Guide for 6.87

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Slark the Nightcrawler has emerged as a force to be reckoned with in Dota 6.87, with high win rates in both public and competitive games. He was already a viable carry in the previous patch, and we saw some...

MSI 2016 Playoff Primer and Predictions

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The group stages of the 2016 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational have been played out, serving up several surprises, including the elimination of G2 Esports, the faltering of SK Telecom T1, and Counter Logic Gaming's emergence as a...

G2 Crash and Burn at MSI 2016

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It has been 3 weeks since G2 defeated Origen 3-1 in the 2016 EU LCS Spring Split Finals. Just months prior, G2 defeated SK 3-2, replacing SK for the 2016 EU LCS season. This past week G2 have found...

The 5 Types of Overwatch Players

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As you journey through Overwatch's solo queue you're going to be playing with all sorts of players and we all have different attitudes towards the game. Some of us are just there to have fun really, some of us...

Map Changes in Latest CS:GO Update: Nuke + Cache

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The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community continues to wring its hands in mourning after Valve announced on April 21st that the updated version of Nuke (Newke) would be replacing Inferno in the Active Duty map pool. I even wrote a eulogy for...

MVP Black Set to Take Another Championship?

What happens when you take a region that was already dominated by upper division teams and add the undisputed best team in the world on top of that? You get an clash of the gods. It’s a tale as old...

Midlaners Are the Best at Every Role

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I bumped into dankcloud (mandatorycloud) the other day in a game, getting absolutely carried by the former LCS star. But perhaps the more surprising aspect of this was that he was playing Kha'Zix jungle. The experience really had me introspecting - why...

Dota 2: A Guide to Farming Efficiency

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Mastering effective farming patterns is possibly the fastest way you can improve your Dota play, whether you’re a carry player or a support, since with more gold and more items your contribution to team fights will skyrocket and establishing an...

Tyler1 Banned Indefinitely: The Long Awaited Permaban of Tyler1

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The latest celebrity troll 'Tyler1' has fallen. After capitalizing on a couple weeks of fame resulting in thousands of Twitch visitors watching his stream, high ELO Draven main Tyler1 has been banned indefinitely by Riot Games. This won't be enough...