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Esports
Overwatch Pro Lands The Dream Charge
Muma may have lost, but he won the hearts of many a Reinhardt in last night’s game against the New York Excelsior with one incredible charge. In last night’s match against the NYXL, Austin “Muma” Wilmot was leading the charge as the ironclad Reinhardt. Seeing enough of the New York players clumped up, Muma dropped…
By Eric Van Allen Published March 4, 2018 -
Esports
Overwatch League Bites Down Hard On Some Lemons For A Good Cause
Host Malik Forté came on during a halftime break in today’s Overwatch League to take a chunk out of a lemon in front of a live audience. Don’t worry, it’s for a good cause. Lemons For Leukemia is a campaign started by two friends, Dillon Hill and Chris Betancourt, the latter of which was diagnosed…
By Eric Van Allen Published March 3, 2018 -
Esports
Pro League of Legends Match Has A Whole Lot Of Baron Stealing
The Baron is League of Legends’ biggest monster (besides Teemo). It holds dominion over one alcove of the map, rewarding a boon to any team that can best it. And in today’s match between Roccat and Splyce, the two teams repeatedly stole that advantage from one another. Baron buff is key to making mid and…
By Eric Van Allen Published March 3, 2018 -
Esports
The Weekend In Esports: Tekken Team Tournament
We really need to talk about Gon. This weekend, cable television tackles Tekken with the Eleague Tekken Team Takedown. While the games won’t actually hit the telly until March 16, matches start today on Twitch. And frankly, all this Tekken talk has me thinking: where is Gon? We have King, Heihachi, Hwoarang, the classics. Akuma…
By Eric Van Allen Published March 3, 2018 -
Esports
The Philadelphia Fusion Are Real Frisky Now
Coming into last night’s matchup, the Houston Outlaws and Philadelphia Fusion were both undefeated in the Overwatch League’s second stage, and the Outlaws were particularly hot, going from an 0-2 start to a 9-3 record. But Philadelphia can’t be beaten in seemingly anything right now. When the Fusion took the stage, star newcomer Eqo wasn’t…
By Eric Van Allen Published March 2, 2018 -
Esports
Dragon Ball FighterZ‘s Magical Wish-Granting Dragon Actually Made A Tournament Appearance
A recent Dragon Ball FighterZ event saw one competitor summon Shenron, the manga and anime series’ wish-granting dragon deity, during a tournament match. Despite being right there in the game’s name, the Dragon Ball orbs aren’t a common sight in competition. The mechanic required to activate them is complicated—Dragon Ball FighterZ players can acquire these…
By Ian Walker Published March 2, 2018 -
Esports
Dragon Ball FighterZ, One Month Later
Dragon Ball FighterZ had a rough launch, but in the time since has become a truly unique fighting game, capturing the interest of players from many different backgrounds. It’s rare to find a game that plays so well competitively and still nails a good kamehameha. Here’s a rundown of the last month (or so) for…
By Eric Van Allen Published March 2, 2018 -
Esports
Star-Studded Tournament Can’t Transcend PUBG’s Esports Problem
The relative entertainment value of all sports can, believe it or not, be boiled down to a single question: are competitors playing to win, or are they only playing to not lose? PUBG’s tournament rule set, unfortunately, leaves a lot of room for the latter, which put a damper on a recent tournament full of…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 1, 2018 -
Esports
Fired League Of Legends Coach: The Story I Told “Wasn’t Sexually Explicit,” But Could Be “Construed Or Interpreted As Sexual Harassment”
Three weeks after Golden State Warriors-owned League of Legends team Golden Guardians fired head coach Yoonsup “Locodoco” Choi, the former coach broke his silence. Choi, who was fired just four games into the team’s season, said tonight that his firing was a result of him telling a “personal story” which was not “sexually explicit,” but…
By Dennis Young Published February 26, 2018 -
Esports
Someone Finally Beat SonicFox In Dragon Ball FighterZ, But He Won The Tournament Anyway
Dominique “SonicFox” McLean is the greatest fighting game player of the modern era, and was at the height of his powers in Philadelphia this past weekend. The twelfth and final installment of the Winter Brawl event series attracted over 700 competitors, 316 of which made the trip to compete in Dragon Ball FighterZ. SonicFox was…
By Ian Walker Published February 26, 2018 -
Esports
Counter-Strike Match Goes To Four Overtimes
The third-place decider match at today’s StarSeries i-League Season 4 finals went a little long. A simple best-of-three, Team Liquid and FaZe had a meeting on Inferno that went well past regulation and into multiple overtimes, almost to the length of two regular matches. After tying 15-15 in regular rounds, overtime began. Overtime in Counter-Strike:…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 25, 2018 -
Esports
Virtus Pro Seizes Top Spot In Dota 2 Pro Circuit
After a week of upsets, ESL One Katowice ended in a one-sided rout. It was only last fall that Russia’s storied Virtus.pro side finally won its first Major. Just four months later they’ve somehow managed to continue that streak and become back-to-back ESL One winners. While the Group A finals earlier in the week saw…
By Ethan Gach Published February 25, 2018 -
Esports
Dragon Ball FighterZ Match Ends In Dual Vanishing Act
Are you watching closely? At Winter Brawl in Pennsylvania today, Echo Fox’s Theo and EMP KDZ were dueling to see who would head into the Dragon Ball FighterZ top 8 on the winner’s side. Down to a sliver of health on both sides, KDZ went for a vanish attack, and in a split-second reaction, Theo…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 25, 2018 -
Esports
Philly’s Secret Weapon Shines In Overwatch League Debut
Many teams debuted their fresh new players during kickoff weekend for stage two of the Overwatch League, but the one that made arguably the biggest impact had been on the roster for a while. It just wasn’t until these last few days that he got to show why he earned a spot on the Philly…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 25, 2018 -
EsportsLong-Running Smash Bros. Weekly Hosts One Last Tournament This Weekend [Update]
Smash @ Xanadu has been one of the Super Smash Bros. most notable weeklies for years, but this weekend will be the end of an era. Xanadu will be closing its doors after its last hurrah: one more Smash Bros. tournament. Dubbed Xanadu: End Of An Era, both the Smash 4 and Melee events this…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 24, 2018 -
Esports
The Circle Acts A Bit Differently In Competitive Battlegrounds
This weekend, 16 squads face off in competitive battle royale in Katowice, Poland. But while their version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds isn’t too different from the one you might have at home, there have been some slight modifications. During a lull in the action, the commentators broke down the settings for the PUBG Invitational. Specifically, the…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 24, 2018 -
Esports
The Weekend In Esports: Battlegrounds Goes To Poland
The biggest names in esports are in Poland this weekend for, among other things, the biggest PUBG tournament yet held. The game originally debuted with an invitational at IEM Oakland last year and has now moved on to having a world championship tournament at this year’s Katowice event. Dota 2, CS:GO, and StarCraft II will…
By Ethan Gach Published February 24, 2018 -
EsportsA Rookie Player Is Helping His League of Legends Team Win Again
SK Telecom T1 was on a slippery slope after the 2017 Worlds. But in a matter of weeks, the South Korean League of Legends squad has improved from 1-5 to 4-5, working its way back up the standings thanks to the help of a talented-as-hell rookie jungler. The slump of SKT at the start of…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 24, 2018 -
Esports
Overwatch Pro Embraces Tranquility, Miraculously Avoids Certain Doom
Other Zenyatta players might be stronger, faster, and/or literally Seoul Dynasty’s Ryujehong, but this is, without a doubt, The One True Zenyatta. As part of Blizzard’s Overwatch Contenders Trials series, a player from Thailand named Tae found himself smack in the middle of a veritable ult sandwich and decided to just go with it. Instead…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 23, 2018