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Esports
The Weekend In Esports: CS:GO, Smash 4, And More Overwatch
Between Frostbite in Michigan and Dota 2 qualifiers in Eastern Europe, the esports action continues across the globe this weekend, including some big matches in the lead-up to the Overwatch League’s first mini-tournament championship. Below you’ll find where and when you can catch all the weekend’s biggest events in competitive gaming. Let us know what…
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Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Won’t Be On The Capcom Pro Tour
Things just keep getting worse for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. Just days after the game was publicly snubbed by the Evolution Championship Series, Compete has learned that the latest installment of the storied Marvel vs. Capcom franchise won’t receive the same support as its sibling, Street Fighter V Capcom Pro Tour was established by the…
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EsportsMobile MOBA Vainglory Upgrades To 5V5 Next Week
Back in 2014, Super Evil Megacorp launched Vainglory, a mobile multiplayer online battle arena game featuring streamlined three-on-three battles on a simple one lane map. On February 13 the game updates to Vainglory 5V5, bringing it closer to both its PC cousins and its main competitor,Tencent’sArena of Valor. Super Evil Megacorp is calling Vainglory 5v5 “no…
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EsportsHow Far Can Rick Fox And The Yankees Take Esports?
Turn your TV dial to the Yankees’ YES network next Wednesday, and instead of finding a documentary about Mickey Mantle or a replay of the 1998 World Series, you might end up watching a match of H1Z1 or League of Legends. It’s not just an offseason thing, either—the New York Yankees, baseball’s most storied franchise,…
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EsportsFortnite Pro Gets Fired After Saying He Would ‘Dare’ Suicidal People ‘To Do It’ [UPDATE]
Yesterday, partnered Twitch streamer and Fortnite pro Jordan “Scubby” Selleck said on a stream that if anyone he knew threatened suicide, “I would dare them to do it, and then I would never talk to them again.” (The topic came up after another Twitch streamer said she had been having suicidal ideations.) Scubby also repeatedly…
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Scarlett’s StarCraft II Victory Shows How Esports Could Work For The Olympics
Sasha “Scarlett” Hostyn made history for both women and non-Korean StarCraft pros last night by placing first in a premier tournament, IEM Pyeongchang 2018. The Canadian defeated two-time world champion Kim “sOs” Yoo Jin playing as the Zerg, her old standby, in a 4-1 victory. She’s the second North American pro to ever place first…
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Esports
Punk Destroys Street Fighter V Rival, Tells Him To ‘Know Your Place In This World’
The only true way to resolve a trivial spat in the fighting game community is by squashing the disagreement in-game, with the defeated opponent getting trash talk rained upon them after. Victor “Punk” Woodley is a relative newcomer to the world of fighting game competition, but he’s quickly risen from the ranks of trash-talking netplay…
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Esports
The Week In Esports: Dota, League of Legends, And More Overwatch
The LCS, OWL, and Dota 2’s Starladder I-League Invitational headline this weekend alongside a number of fighting game tournaments. If you’ve been digging Dragon Ball FighterZ as much as I have, be sure to check out Body Count Fighting 4 going on later today. Below you’ll find where and when you can catch all the…
By Ethan Gach