Tournament

Taking a Magical Journey: A Look How Far Bard Has Come

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Yesterday Bard celebrated his first birthday on Summoner's Rift. It was 1 year ago when the wandering caretaker was first released, but it feels like just yesterday this champion was being banned by players to prevent anyone on their...

No “Group of Death,”: MLG Columbus Groups Announced

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With the MLG Columbus 2016 Major looming on the horizon, the groups for the first stage of the tournament have officially been drawn. MLG released the group drawings via Instagram in pairs of two on March 10th and March 11th. http://www.instagram.com/p/BC1KjYNQlkt Adam...

The Winter Major Concludes

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Team Secret are your Shanghai Champions! After a crazy event filled with upsets (and upsetting production problems), Team Secret have come out on top, winning 3-1 against Liquid. Interestingly enough, Frankfurt (Fall) Major winners OG and WCA/Starladder 13 winners...

Rocket League Makes It Big Thanks to Twitch

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What’s a Rocket League? Rocket League launched on July 7th, 2015. It immediately picked up a huge Twitch following, with people in awe over this new game where you can play soccer using cars. The idea sounds fairly simplistic, but...
esports edition

The Ninja Defuse Heard around the World: Snax’s 1 v 5

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Sometimes, in Counter-Strike, everything goes right--out of a combination of luck and skill, the stars align in your favor. Think of a perfect pop flash, or a wallbang headshot. Other times, you’re less lucky--maybe the flash doesn’t land quite...
CS:GO

Fight Night Returns to CS:GO with Fnatic v. Astralis Matchup

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Last time Aftonbladet Esports hosted Fight Night, I stood in front of my computer and yelled "FIGHT NIGHT!" at the top of my lungs. It was the only reasonable course of action--you don't call your event "Fight Night" unless you want...
Cloud9 - Can They Recover?

Cloud9 and the Terrible, Very Bad Month: Can They Recover?

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After a closed qualifier on Sunday February 21, three teams have qualified for the $250,000 DreamHack Masters Malmö tournament, which will take place on April 12 - 17. Team Liquid, Tempo Storm, and Counter Logic Gaming emerged as the...

Shanghai Major Incoming! Bracket and Predictions

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The Winter Major is almost here! It feels like the Frankfurt Major was ages ago - I'm looking forward to some top-caliber tournament play from my favorite teams. Here's a recap of the qualifier matches for Shanghai. Quick Stats: Current Prize Pool:...

Curse Trials Day Two

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What is it? The Curse Trials are a tournament put on by Archon and sponsored by Curse, boasting a $30,000 prize pool. It was inspired by the announcement of the upcoming Standard format. The rules are simple, it’s a typical...

Curse Trials Day One

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What is it? The Curse Trials are a tournament put on by Archon and sponsored by Curse, boasting a $30,000 prize pool. It was inspired by the announcement of the upcoming Standard format. The rules are simple, it’s a typical...

Players and Representation – Teams and Financial Managers

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There's been a lot of talk over the last few years about the formation of a players' union. Pros who were frustrated by tournaments not paying out in a timely fashion have discussed the idea on social media. A...

Hearthstone Championship Tour Europe Preliminaries

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What is it? The Hearthstone Championship Tour will be starting in March, in which some of the top players from each region will be facing off for a $100,000 prize pool, per region. The European preliminaries happened this week, from...