Tournament

Patch 6.88C The customary post-TI patch is out and it's only a small one for now. With 6.88b providing the most versatile metagame ever, and the big release of the final DotA 1 hero, Underlord, ready to shake things up in pubs,...

Mirana received an Aghanim's Scepter upgrade in 6.87 that made her Starstorm much more dangerous. With the Scepter, Starstorm triggers every 8 seconds automatically with no cast time. She started getting picked up a lot more in pro matches and...

Capcom Cup slots are at a premium this year. Many fans of the game, including myself, consider 2016 the year of Street Fighter. A simple rule change made by Capcom for this year’s Capcom Pro Tour, meant to make...

Blizzard announced their first Overwatch event; the Overwatch World Cup. Participants will be chosen by a Blizzard run community vote. The tournament will start with a group stage that will boil down to a final section held at BlizzCon 2016. Voting Process Instead...

After two years of waiting, I finally had a shot at attending TI6 in person. It's definitely a perk of taking a job in the state of Washington. Unfortunately, the day tickets were released I was boating around the...

If you have watched any Street Fighter tournaments in the past several years you have no doubt noticed that fightsticks are the most common controller/input device used by pros. The use of fightsticks even seems encouraged by Capcom who...

The Main event just started, but there's been plenty of must-see moments during the group stages. Here are some of The International 2016 highlights: The Upsets The Wildcard bracket was a bit of a toss up this year, with all four participating...

Climbing the FACEIT rank system is frustrating to the point of desperation. You grind all day but make no progress. Why is it so pointless? What lies behind the FACEIT rank system that makes it so annoying? What's FACEIT? FACEIT is the largest competitive...

The Polish powerhouse returned to their former glory last weekend at the ELEAGUE grand finals. Virtus.Pro claimed a dominant victory over Fnatic in a best-of-three series with a convincing 2 - 0 win in front of an enthusiastic crowd at...

The inaugural season of Turner's ambitious esports project, ELEAGUE, will conclude this weekend. Out of the initial pool of 24 teams, only four remain: Fnatic, Natus Vincere, Mousesports, and Virtus.Pro. $390,000 USD in prize money will be awarded...

  A Challenger Approaches! J4CKIECHAN has finally made it to the tournament scene! Over the last six months, J4CKIECHAN has been rising in popularity. He has always been at the top of the ladder, but he was fairly unknown until around...

With the International 2016 only a couple of weeks away, it looks like patch 6.88b is going to provide us with this year's metagame. Will this patch greatly shift the fortunes of the top Dota sides like OG and Team Liquid? With...