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EsportsIf Twitch Played League of Legends
Would it be a complete disaster if hundreds or thousands of Twitch.tv users controlled a single champion in a League of Legends, similarly to ‘Twitch plays Pokémon‘? YouTuber shocknickfilms’ parody shows us that yes, it would be pretty catastrophic. And how do you control the mouse? You can always type “LEFT CLICK” or “RIGHT CLICK”…
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EsportsWatch Blizzard Developers Play the Upcoming Heroes of the Storm
Casted by the game director Dustin Browder himself, here’s a look at Heroes of the Storm and an intense match between Blizzard developers. The game is in its alpha stage right now, but seeing mecha-Tassadar from StarCraft and a kaiju-Diablo fighting in the video, I’m pretty sure Blizzard is gonna be ready to return to…
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EsportsLeague of Legends Player Types, Summed Up In Two Minutes
Here’s YouTuber shockinfilms with a brainy summary of all the League of Legends player types. Many of these types would fit perfectly with other multiplayer games on the PC, too. Every Type of LoL Player [shocknickfilms, YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
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EsportsWitness One Of The Fastest Hands In eSports
Recorded at the WCS Korea Qualifier by Khaldor, here’s a pretty impressive first person look at StarCraft II veteran Losira, who’s also one of the fastest players in eSports. And now you can see him at close range, unleashing his power. His APM (actions per minute) must be really really high (probably around 400?) and…
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EsportsWhat Not To Do When The Camera Points At You At An eSport Event
If you ever watched livestreams of any eSports event, you might have noticed that the camera sometimes stays too long on one person in the crowd, and it can get really uncomfortable. Or it could be so terrifying and shocking that you flee immediately, like the ladies above. This funny incident happened during the third…
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League of Legends Cosplay Is Out of This World
League of Legends champion cosplay is always exciting, especially so when the subject is one of the less… humanoid ones. Here’s a stunning Thresh, portrayed by Darkgodmaru, who even edited the image, choosing an angle that makes it look like it’s an actual screenshot from the game. Here’s a stunning Hecarim, also a non-humanoid champion…
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EsportsStarCraft II Mod Brings Back The Best Units And Mechanics Of Brood War
A lot of people still miss the way the first StarCraft handles features like unit control and economy. Three years later, fans are still debating whether or not StarCraft II‘s new units are overpowered. Enter Starbow, an unofficial fan-made mod that aims to recreate the best aspects of Brood War in StarCraft II. It’s not…
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EsportsHow To Play League of Legends‘ Newest Champion Properly
Yasuo, a martial artist character with the power of the wind, was added recently to the League of Legends champion roster. And if you play this character properly, he’s almost undefeatable in certain situations. Here’s Aaron “Bischu” Kim, one of the best players around showing off his skills and the characters’ The title of the…
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All The Cool Pokémon Tournaments Are Using X & Y Now
You might as well just throw away your copy of Pokémon Black or White 2 — they won’t get you anywhere in life. The Pokémon Video Game and Trading Card Game Winter Regional Championships are upon us, and they’re strictly X & Y. The series of competitive events marks the first time the next generation…
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eSports Owner Vanishes and Top Starcraft Player Says He’s Owed $23,000
The 23-year-old CEO of a leading eSports team has been missing since Dec. 17 and his team’s top StarCraft 2 player says he’s owed $23,000 in unpaid salary and prize money, The Daily Dot reports. The Daily Dot, which first wrote about Boudreault’s disappearance on Tuesday, returned again for this in-depth look at the aftermath.…
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If League of Legends Champions Were Cartoon Characters
Here’s a messy, stinky Twitch, ready to ruin a League of Legends pool party. Concept artist and character designer Genevieve Tsai played with the idea giving her favorite League champions cartoony looks and personalities. And they’d look pretty neat after the Disney Afternoon surgery. Here’s Warwick, Soraka, Vi, Caitlyn, Blitzcrank and a superb image featuring…
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League of Legends Cosplay Is Best Done By Pro Players
The League of Legends division of Korean pro team CJ Entus chose quite an interesting way to greet the new year. Instead of doing montage videos, they have dressed up two of their pros, Madlife and Flame, as League characters Blitzcrank and Ezreal. Here’s more pictures of Madlife’s super-buff “definitely not Blitzcrank” cosplay: And here’s…
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Former World Chess Champion Gives His Take On eSports In 15 Tweets
Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov is in Seoul to participate in a local sports fair. And since South Korea is the capital of eSports, it was inevitable for him to weigh in on League of Legends and StarCraft, which are essentially the number one rivals of chess. Here are his…
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EsportsThe Year In StarCraft II
Esports and StarCraft II in particular had a pretty cool and eventful year. Here’s a clip, edited by YouTuber Soohyung Kim, with all the memorable matches and moments from this year’s streams from MLG, the World Championship Series and other tournaments. It’s nice to see that a lot of the great, veteran personalities like MC…
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EsportsSports Experts on HBO Laugh at eSports
Some people just can’t accept that a competitive video game and its world championship finals can fill up a huge sports arena. In a recent episode of HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, where the show’s panelists discussed the events of this year, League of Legends got it in the neck. Is it a sport?…
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StarCraft Player Gets Pro Athlete Visa, Delays Military Service
In August, the U.S. government, for the first time ever, gave a professional gamer the kind of special visa it issues to professional athletes. It was largely thanks to lobbying by Riot Games, makers of League of Legends. Now the first visa has gone to a professional StarCraft player, and it gets him out of…
By Owen Good
