Eric Van Allen

Smash Player Proposes To Girlfriend Before Championship Match

Congrats to Chris “WaDi” Boston and Cinnpie. Boston would go on to beat Tweek in a 3-2 set and steal our hearts in the process. You can follow the rest of today’s matches on the 2GG Twitch channel

Hearthstone Game Ends In Almost Impossibly Improbable Sequence

Hearthstone is an online card game with a significant amount of randomness. Sometimes, that random generation can lead to immense failure, but it can also lead to impossibly improbable victories. At DreamHack Winter 2017 today, Esteban “AKAWonder” Serrano was staring down a very bad board state, with only a single card in his hand: Swashburglar,…

Dota Commentator Loses His Mind And Mic

Yesterday’s matches at the Dota 2 Dream League Major got a little intense, especially for commentator Toby “TobiWan” Dawson. You can follow this weekend’s matches on the Dream League Twitch channel

Smash Pro Narrowly Wins After Missed Ledge Grab

Two masters of their own character met last night in the 2GG Championship, as the clash between the best Sonic and best Link came down to the last second and a single hit’s worth of damage. Kengo “Ken” Suzuki and Isami “T” Ikeda are two of Japan’s biggest representatives in these Super Smash Bros. For…

Gifts For The Overly Competitive Player

We all love to compete, but as the generation that grew up on Quake and Brood War gets older, we’re not as keen on energy drinks and pop rocks anymore. Joints can ache after an hour’s worth of play, and quality-of-life improvements are a bigger deal than a mild video card increase or another headset.…

7-Year-Old Magic Prodigy Can’t Shuffle Cards Yet But Can Kick Adults’ Butts

At the Magic: The Gathering Grand Prix in Portland this last weekend, one young upstart made waves. Dana Fischer runs a Temur Energy deck, finished 5-4 in the tournament, and is also just seven years old. Fischer is accompanied by her father Adam, who sits alongside her during matches. But during the game, he mostly…

The League of Legends Free Agency Hot Stove Is Officially Ablaze

Tomorrow is the start of the free agency period for the 2018 League of Legends Championship Series, and the stove is delightfully hot. This season is kind of like the NBA or NFL offseason, with one exception: there’s blessedly no draft. Contracts expire or get bought out; whoever isn’t on a team is fair game.…

Pro Rainbow Six Team Comes Back From 4-0 Down To Win League Finals

Add Black Dragons to the list of teams that have blown a massive lead in the finals. Ence Esports were in a tough position in the year two, season 3 Rainbow Six: Siege Pro League finals. They were up 1-0 in the series after a strong showing on Oregon, but the other team was starting…

A trailer for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, debuted after the Red Bull Battle Ground finals, showed some new V-Trigger moves for the cast. The Arcade Edition will be playable at the upcoming PlayStation Experience. Hopefully Juri will finally get a buff.

Florida Player Submits Magic: The Gathering Deck List On A Cake

While Wizards of the Coast states that deck lists are required to be submitted, they never really specified how. Congrats to this Florida man on turning in a tasty version of his Eldrazi Tron deck.

“Guess what? You’re still a punk!” Marcus “THE COOL KID93″ Redmond’s wife heckles Evo 2017 runner-up Victor “Punk” Woodley after a close 3-2 set at Red Bull Battle Grounds in Boston. (h/t Jacob Wolf at ESPN Esports)

Pro Dota Team Turns To In-Game Chat Wheel To Overcome Language Barrier

The Perfect World Masters kicked things off in Shanghai last night, and one team had to scramble last-minute to find a substitute player. Team Secret’s MidOne had an urgent personal matter, and so his team had to turn to a local substitute and unique method of communication. EHOME’s Chen “Cty” Tianyu was able to sub…

1,000 RuneScape Players Are Trying To Outlast Each Other Against A Zombie Horde

The finale of the Dimension of the Damned event is taking place right now, as 1,000 of the highest scoring players are vying to be the last RuneScape avatar standing against the zombie horde. A competitive mode for RuneScape, competitors start inside the city of Falador, which provides safe haven for them to purchase supplies.…

Midas Mode Turns Dota 2 Tournament Into A Game Show

This weekend marks the start of Midas Mode, a unique kind of Dota 2 tournament that commodifies the game’s mechanics and makes professional Dota a Saturday morning game show. Two divisions, North America and Europe, with four teams each will play it out to determine a winner, with the teams donating their winnings to a…

Overwatch Pro’s Mid-Match Suspension Raises Questions About Blizzard’s Reporting System

Félix “xQc” Lengyel was playing a competitive Overwatch match last night when suddenly, he was booted from the game and informed his account had been banned or suspended—an action that’s sparked discussion over false reporting. Lengyel was mid-match when it occurred, leaving his teammates down a player after the punishment was placed on his account.…

Giant Arenas Capture The Beautiful Chaos Of 100-Player Battlegrounds

This weekend, scores of players in Busan, South Korea, will compete in a LAN pulled from Ready, Player One’s wildest dreams. Stacked up in double-decker computer hubs, 100 competitors at a time will drop onto the abandoned island of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and scrap, shoot, and crawl until only one person is left standing at the…

Squishy’s Ceiling Golazo Might Be The Best Rocket League Play Ever

Mariano “Squishy” “SquishyMuffinz” Arruda’s Cloud9 team only finished third at this past weekend’s Rocket League season four finals in Washington, D.C., so Mr. Muffinz will have to settle for what might be the best single shot ever made in competitive Rocket League history. There are multiple elements to break down here, so start by watching…

Rocket League Finals End In Nail-Biting Overtime

The season four finals of the Rocket League Championship Series ended in a European grudge match, as its top two teams Gale Force eSports and Method clashed again in the grand finals. Over the course of four games, Gale Force eSports cemented its throne atop the Rocket League scene with a 4-0 sweep of the…

When You’re At The Rocket League Finals But Still Binging Bob’s Burgers

Thankfully, Rocket League’s rules are a bit more straightforward. You can catch the season 4 championship series finals airing on the Rocket League Twitch channel right now

King of Fighters Match Comes Down To The Last Second

At Brooklyn Video Games, Fuerte Beatdowns III was keeping the spirit of old-school King of Fighters 2002 alive last night. One tense match between Darkwhip and Cimus came down to slivers of health as the timer ticked down. Old games are still hype.