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EsportsWhile Other Evo Japan Winners Get Cash, Smash Bros. Ultimate Champion Gets Golden Controller
Shuto “Shuton” Moriya won his first ever Smash Bros. Evo Championship this past weekend. His prize? A special gold embossed Switch Pro controller presented by none other than series creator Masahiro Sakurai. It didn’t break, as some tournament-winning items tend to, but it did take a quick tumble. Who could blame the 23-year-old pro Smash…
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EsportsCheck Out The Overwatch League’s Fancy New Designer Uniforms
Who needs commentators when the players look so good? The Overwatch League has teamed with legendary streetwear designer Jeff Staple to create an “authentic player kit” for each of the league’s 20 teams. It’s so fancy. The new kits, designed to bring the esports experience more in line with the traditional sports experience, are more…
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EsportsMario Kart 8 Player Wins Tiebreaker With Clutch Last-Second Green Shell
On Saturday night, Twitch streamer and competitive Mario Kart 8 player Knives_x finished her tiebreaker to get into the semifinals at a Las Vegas tournament in the best way possible: by smashing her opponent with a green shell just inches before he was about to cross the finish line. “911 i just mario kart murdered…
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EsportsCompetitive Madden Returns This Weekend Starring Two-Time Champ
Pro Madden kicks off the first major tournament of its 2020 season this weekend with the Madden 20 Classic in Arlington Texas where all eyes will be on Michael “Skimbo” Skimbo to see if the existing champ can win his third straight title. Skimbo has been a powerhouse at the Classic for the last two…
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EsportsDota 2 Team Sent Packing From World Championship After Tragic Misclick
Painful counterfactuals stalk even the best athletes. On Monday, Manchester United star Paul Pogba missed an easy penalty, dooming his team to a 1-1 draw against a lesser opponent. Last night, a Dota 2 player tried to ban a particular hero from the match, but ended up selecting him instead. It’s impossible to reduce any…
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EsportsIt’s The End Of A Generation At This Year’s Pokémon World Championships
At the 2019 Pokémon World Championships this weekend, trainers can choose any of the existing 807 known Pokémon to fight by their side. This is the last time they’ll be able to do so, at least in the near future. Earlier today, the Pokémon Company announced that Pokémon Sword and Shield will be the official…
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EsportsRick Fox’s League Of Legends Team Is No More
After months of internal strife following the news that one of its investors had called a fellow shareholder the n-word, the esports organization co-founded by Rick Fox has officially lost its coveted spot in the League of Legends Championship Series, Riot Games announced today. “On August 13, the LCS and Echo Fox entered into an…
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EsportsSmash Bros. Takes Center Stage At The Biggest Fighting Game Event Of The Year
For the first time since it was released in 2016, Street Fighter V won’t be the final headlining event that concludes the Evolution Championship Series this weekend. Instead, that honor goes to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This is the first time in the history of the series that it’s ever received top-billing at the event.…
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EsportsRick Fox Accuses Fellow Esports Organization Investor Of Trying To ‘Engineer A Firesale’
In a new interview with The Richard Lewis Show, Rick Fox accused fellow Team Echo Fox investor Amit Raizada of being a “bully,” “self-dealing,” and holding the company “hostage.” “For me, unfortunately, two years in I discover the nature of who he is, and shame on me for not going to Google,” Fox said during the…
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EsportsCompetitive Farming Simulator Is Like An Adorable Tortoise Race
Farming Simulator, a game about planting and harvesting crops using giant pieces of agricultural machinery, held its first tournament since launching an esports league this past weekend. The results were surprisingly chill and wholesome to watch. The team Trelleborg, which came in second at last year’s FarmCon competition in Germany, found itself on the winning…
By Ethan Gach
