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EsportsXbox Beats PlayStation Again In Regional FIFA Championships
Rafael “Rafifa13″ Fortes took home the title in this weekend’s Miami Regionals in FIFA Ultimate Team, beating LucasRep98 3-1 and earning a spot in Berlin for the Championship Finals. The Regional finals, broadcast on ESPN2, showcased the two platform winners playing against each other. Fortes, who hailed from the Xbox division, continued his platform’s reign…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 20, 2017 -
EsportsCounter-Strike Pro Promises To “Crush” Opponent, Backs It Up In Dominating Fashion
When Astralis bested Virtus.Pro in the grand finals of the ELEAGUE Major in January, Markus “Kjaerbye” Kjærbye tweeted that his team “underperformed” in its 2-1 victory. A member of Virtus.Pro took offense, and promised to crush Astralis when they next met. That meeting happened today, in the semifinals of DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017. Over…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 19, 2017 -
EsportsFIFA Pro Puts Away Two Goals In Under A Minute At Miami Regionals
In this weekend’s FIFA ‘17 Ultimate Team Regionals, one player put up a quick double that reminded me of my casual matches against friends. Rafael “Rafifa13″ Fortes, using a combo of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, took an early lead in this match with two goals against his opponent, Javier “Janoz CFI” Muñoz. FIFA Ultimate…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 19, 2017 -
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Just Dance‘s Best Player Is A 16-Year-Old Kid From Turkey
Just Dance has a new World Cup champion, and it’s not who anyone thought it would be. Somehow breezing past stiff competition from around the globe, high school-aged Umutcan managed the biggest upset in the game’s short competitive history. I know what you’re thinking: there’s a World Cup for Just Dance? Yes, there is. That…
By Ethan Gach Published February 19, 2017 -
EsportsSome Hearthstone Players Challenge Themselves To Spot Lethal Combos
Hearthstone players have been playing “spot the lethal” for years. Similar to chess puzzles, where a board state is laid out and you try to achieve checkmate in a certain number of moves, “spot the lethal” asks if you can figure out how to drop your opponent’s life to 0 in a single turn. YouTube…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 19, 2017 -
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A Hacker Is Allegedly Flooding Counter-Strike Lobbies With Bots
Counter-Strike players are currently coping with an exploit that allows bots to spam text and partake in games without being kicked. The attack allegedly comes from one person who claims to be organizing the hack and bots in a somewhat concentrated effort. The proof comes by way of a wall of text that some bots…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 18, 2017 -
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North Seizes Double Overtime Win At DreamHack Masters Las Vegas
A fevered back-and-forth series between Counter-Strike: Global Offensive squads Gambit Gaming and North took game two of the DreamHack Masters Las Vegasquarterfinals match to double-overtime. After North established a 10-5 advantage during the first half, Gambit surged back in the second with a 10-5 of its own, forcing the game into the first OT. A…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 18, 2017 -
EsportsLeague of Legends Pro Dances Before Pushing For The Win
In game two of today’s series between Splyce and Roccat, top lane player Martin “Wunder” Hansen chose to counter Roccat’s Shen pick with the mad alchemist Singed. The results? Fairly impressive. Hansen was in prime form in game two of the series, looking comfortable on the pocket pick of Singed. In the clip above, you…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 18, 2017 -
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The Weekend In Esports: Top Counter-Strike Teams Battle It Out In Vegas
After the ELEAGUE Major 2017 broke Twitch records, the some of the best teams in CS:GO will try to upset European giants Astralis at the DreamHack Masters event in Las Vegas this weekend. Below you’ll find where and when you can catch all the weekend’s biggest events in competitive gaming. Let us know what you’ll…
By Ethan Gach Published February 18, 2017 -
EsportsBlaming Girlfriends For Ruining League of Legends Pros Is Bullshit
When a sports star doesn’t perform, fans look for something to blame. Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers, for example, couldn’t hear the end of relationship questions this season. Conversations happening in the League of Legends community right now prove that this phenomenon of blame occurs in esports as well. In a satirical video…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 17, 2017 -
EsportsSplatoon 2‘s Esports Prospects Aren’t A Ludicrous Fantasy
A portion of the Nintendo Switch’s reveal trailer showed two esports teams filing into an arena, picking up some Pro controllers and gearing up for a round of Splatoon in front of a roaring crowd. While seemingly fantasy, Splatoon 2 as an esport isn’t entirely out of the realm of possibility. Nintendo of America recently…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 17, 2017 -
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Crafty Overwatch Players Are Staying Up Late To Get Better Ranks
Overwatch players in low-density regions are allegedly gaming the competitive matchmaking system for unreal rankings and win rates. On RedditandBattle.net forums, Brazilian Overwatch players in particular are concerned about a few Masters-ranked teams whose performance ratings are through the roof. Many are among the region’s top 500 players, lingering in the top 2% of kill/death…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published February 17, 2017 -
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Cheater Ends Up In Match With Pro Overwatch Players, Gets Wrecked
They say karma’s a bitch. I say it’s pretty friggin’ cool sometimes. During a recent stream, Overwatch pro Brandon “Seagull” Larned, who currently plays for NRG, assembled a truly fearsome six stack. His team was made up of Brady “Agilities” Girardi, who plays for Immortals, Christopher “GrimReality” Schaefer, who also plays for Immortals, CLG player…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 16, 2017 -
EsportsUnicorns Of Love’s Ballsy Nexus Raid In Today’s League Match Almost Worked
There comes a point in every game of League of Legends where some primal, base instinct compels a player forward towards the Nexus, disregarding all common sense in the hunt for that game-winning slam. After about 39 minutes in today’s European League Championship Series match, down one game in the series, Unicorns of Love went…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 16, 2017 -
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Blizzard Retires Classic Cards In Anticipation Of New Hearthstone Season
Blizzard announced changes today to the Hearthstone standard and wild sets in anticipation of 2017, which it dubs the “Year of the Mammoth.” Several core Hearthstone cards are being retired from the competitive scene, in order to open up new options for deck construction. Neutral class cards Azure Drake, Sylvanas Windrunner, and Ragnaros the Firelord…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 16, 2017 -
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Riot’s New Replay Tool Could Seriously Affect League Matches
After a bug halted a match in last week’s League of Legends Championship Series matches, Riot Games casually unveiled a new resume-from-replay feature. In a blog post, the company goes into detail on how this will affect officiating the league’s weekly matches moving forward. In a series between FlyQuest and Cloud 9, Johnny “Altec” Ru…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 16, 2017 -
EsportsHere’s A Dope Quad Kill From The Newly Competitive Counter-Strike Map
Earlier this month, Valve took the infamous “Dust2″ map out of rotation to make room for a remodeled “Inferno.” Today, at DreamHack Masters Las Vegas, team North inducted the new map with a vicious quad-kill through smoke to take a round off opponent OpTic. The above round had North on the Counter-Terrorists side, after a…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 15, 2017 -
EsportsLeague of Legends Debuts Okay-ish Practice Mode
A Valentine’s Day update to League of Legends brought a long-awaited practice mode for aspiring competitive players and newbies alike. In a vacuum, it provides a much-needed feature in an accessible manner; but in doing so, it misses the mark for becoming a more ubiquitous asset. League’s new mode, called the Practice Tool, is a…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 15, 2017
