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EsportsStarCraft Pro Foiled By His Biggest Foe Yet: A Champagne Bottle
You might think the grand finals are the hardest part of any eSport tournament, but for some players that’s not the case. Korean StarCraft II player TaeJa, who—after winning 17 tough matches at Dreamhack—got defeated by the champagne bottle. He was simply unable to open it. And since it’s not the first time something like…
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EsportsA Match On The New Version Of League of Legends’ Most Popular Map
With Dota 2 and all these upcoming MOBAs knocking on the door, and because League of Legends‘ popular map, Summoner Rift, is getting old and dated, Riot is working on an update and a graphical facelift. So here’s the dev team showing us their progress with the update. It looks pretty cool so far and…
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EsportsWhen Players Try Dota For The First Time
I’d say it’s the camera distance that’s a bit distracting when switching from LoL to Dota, but YouTuber Fortunatus Sean had other issues. His video is a great example that even with tutorials, it can be challenging to switch games within the same genre. What happens when a LoL player tries DotA 2 [YouTube] To…
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EsportsEvery Type Of MOBA Player
From the live-streamer to the douchebag, the world of multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games is full of archetypes. Here’s YouTuber shocknickfilms with a funny take on the personalities you might find in games like Dota 2 and League of Legends Every Type of LoL Player 2 [YouTube] To contact the author of this post,…
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EsportsWhat Losing In StarCraft Really Feels Like
It’s always a sad thing in StarCraft II when our perfect build and strategy is blown into pieces in seconds by the other player. Here’s channelman with a really funny clip showing the differences how these moments look in reality and how they look and feel for the players on the losing side. Obviously, the…
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EsportsWatch a Former StarCraft Pro Play Heroes of the Storm
Greg “IdrA” Fields, one of the most controversial players of the StarCraft II scene, might no longer play as a pro, but as you can see he’s still around. He sat down with IGN and showed how to play properly with Tychus, one of the best DPS characters in Blizzard’s upcoming MOBA, Heroes of the…
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Esports46 Reasons Why You Keep Losing in StarCraft II
Finding excuses when we lose online is something we all sometimes do. It can be frustrating, after all. Tutorial Central collected a fair amount of StarCraft II-related ones, but most of them would apply to any competitive game. Here’s their clip below: It’s hard to argue with these (here’s an example of someone who can’t…
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EsportsAn Inside Look At A Call of Duty Championship
As a four-man team of pro gamers was crowned world champion of Call of Duty in Los Angeles Sunday night, confetti swarmed and fans cheered and it was easy for me to forget, as I stood to the side, that this championship bout was not a public event. Sure, thousands or millions of people may…
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The Coolest Heroes of the Storm Alpha Costumes
An alpha version of Blizzard’s upcoming MOBA, Heroes of the Storm, launched a few days ago, giving everyone with access a chance to try the game out in early development. And while many of the playable heroes of the Blizzard universe have not been added yet, a great deal of cosmetic skins are already available.…
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EsportsI’d Love To Hang Out In This League of Legends Gaming House
Siv, mostly known for his streams on Twitch in the League of Legends community, is here to guide us through their new gaming house in Holland. It is… a little bit different from those packed eSports houses in South Korea. Skip to 7:23 to see the ultimate setup for streaming on Twitch. Fantastic apartment for…
By Gergo Vas
