Esports

Previously, I called out ESL and DreamHack for their less-than-stellar production of Heroes events in the past six months, particularly the extreme delays caused by unknown technical problems which left the audience in the dark (figuratively—this isn’t BlizzCon) to...

I like to think that every great team is made up of little bits of success. They are influenced by every small victory experienced on a day to day basis, carried through the lives of their players and manifested...

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.

Last weekend, thousands of people once again flocked to DreamHack, the biggest LAN in the world, for a multi-day festival of games. This time, however, it showed up in a surprising place: Austin, Texas. Traditionally the organization is based...

What defines a successful team in esports? More than any other game, momentum factors in heavily when it comes to winning in Heroes of the Storm. In professional play, winning the first game of a series can quickly set...

China’s premier Heroes of the Storm tournament, the Gold Series Heroes League—Gold League for short—kicked off last week with rather unsurprising results. While Gold League houses the country’s greatest teams, there’s still a large disparity between the teams that...

What can you say? This month has been crazy in the NA scene. Between iconic teams disbanding, important roster changes, and nearly daily content to absorb, keeping up with the scene has been near impossible. On top of all...

After Cloud9 smashed their way through the competition at BlizzCon in November, they were lauded as the international champions and, for once in esports, we finally had an American team rule the world. But did that make North America...

Many have speculated about how Rio's political instability will negatively affect turnouts for the 2016 Olympics. However, esports have swooped in to save the day... The British government has approached the Olympic Committee to launch an esports "Olympics". The event,...

Since entering the North American LCS scene with Velocity in season 3 alongside teammates from maplestreet, NK Inc, Evaniskus, and Vileroze, Cristian "Cris" Rosales has struggled to find his footing in the big-boys league, ending his first two seasons...

An Esports Hall of Fame Esports has been swiftly growing ever since the MOBA League of Legends became a smash hit and brought the possibilities of competitive gaming to a new level internationally. As the rapidly expanding industry evolves, ESL is...

Here are my esports related thoughts for this week: Esports Apparrel: Jerseys in Esports Will we ever see a celebrity wearing an esports jersey? Justin Bieber wore an Arizona Coyote's (NHL) jersey yesterday while performing in Glendale. Entertainers have been seen...