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If you couldn't tell from my incredibly witty title, this week’s report will not be about the meta. Not much has changed this week in terms of gameplay. Instead of our regular analysis, we're going to talk about everything else...

For compete newcomers to Dota 2, choosing a hero to start learning can be a daunting prospect. With a cast of 113 different heroes to choose from, it's normal for it to take a while before you figure out which...

Team-based objective-driven role-heavy shooters. You love 'em, I love 'em. Who doesn't love 'em? But when you apply that many filters to your search query, it's going to boil down to two and only two games. Fine, two games that...

Dota 2 is free-to-play, which means that Valve can't rely on selling copies of the game to turn a profit. Instead, the game is supported by microtransactions, and in-game cosmetics sales are not only popular, but incredibly lucrative for Valve....

The brutal Canadian winter is finally coming to a close, and the scent of spring is in the air. The changing of the seasons signals the countdown to my favorite tournament of year, The International. I started playing Dota after I began following...

The latest action-packed PvE event, Overwatch: Uprising, is now live. (It seems Overwatch: Insurrection was merely the French title for the event. Oops.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpGrY9i8TSA Now that the event has officially started, let's take a look at what exactly we've got on...

While many of the inner workings behind Dota 2's matchmaking system remain shrouded in secrecy, no feature is speculated about as much as the so-called "shadow pool," Valve's system for sorting players that's designed to match the dregs of the...

One of my favorite things about large Dota 2 events are the special cosmetics that Valve releases to support these tournaments. There's something undeniably appealing about the idea that my purchase directly suppors artists and my favorite players--from my own...

We've covered esports figures and their professional personas before. While many athletes come under fire for what they say and do outside of the game, personalities in the esports world are a bit more likely to be repeat offenders...

Gather 'round the campfire, kids. It's time to tell some ghost stories. This episode of Are You Afraid of The Dark? is called The Tale of the Esports Extortionist and it's almost as scary as the episode with Zeebo... Almost. It's the harrowing...

As Esports Edition's resident betting and and gambling expert--on paper, not in practice--I'm always fascinated by the way that new companies try to monetize the esports industry. RumbleMonkey is the latest player to throw their hat into the ring, and the...

Support can be a pretty damn thankless role, and it takes a true captain to keep your carries in check. Support players are like stagehands in Dota, working tirelessly behind the scenes to allow the actors to truly shine. This...