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EsportsSurely The Most Excited League of Legends Fan
The League of Legends World Championships are in full effect, and it’s so exciting some fans even go Super Saiyan after seeing their team win. Here’s the full video, shared by YouTuber ItsStewys. This guy [YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
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EsportsWell This Celebration Certainly Just Got Awkward
Beating the world’s best StarCraft II player at this weekends Dreamhack tournament? No problem! Doing a proper traditional champagne celebration after the finals? Nope! It presented some difficulties and awkward moments for Korean terran player Liquid Taeja and Dreamhack boss Robert Ohlén—who came to help out—to open the giant champagne. It’s not an easy task!…
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Can you name all the League of Legends champions above? Turned into 8-bit characters by digital artist Reversesquats, this roster-demake rather resembles Mega Man or Final Fantasy characters from the NES-era than a current-day MOBA. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest game-related screenshots and art that we…
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Watch The League Of Legends 2013 World Championship Here
Fourteen of the top League of Legends teams from around the world have converged on Culver City today, the first step on a long journey to the Grand Finals on October 4 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The competition is fierce. The commentators are going crazy. Watch all the action here. The initial…
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EsportsLeague of Legends Player Raises $106,000 For Charity In One Day
Streaming League of Legends for 13 hours nonstop was enough for Siv HD, a League of Legends player mostly known for his unorthodox gaming methods, to raise a whopping $106,000 for starving children. Competitive gaming has seen fund raisers before—you may remember Athene’s $1 million attempt. But to achieve a goal this big in only…
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EsportsThe Latest Addition To League of Legends Is… A Weather Forecaster
A quite amusing update just went live for Riot’s popular online game, in which Janna, one of the game’s champions, got reskinned as a legendary meteorologist—with a new voiceover and plenty of funny references. Since this champion already has wind-related spells, and skins similar to Storm from X-Men and Shiva from Final Fantasy, this move…
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Earlier today, a new multiplayer map was introduced for StarCraft II during the GSTL tournament in South Korea. The map is called Fruitland, and it’s a little bit different from other maps. Perhaps it’s a tribute to Fruitdealer, one of the earliest StarCraft II pros? Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing…
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This Is How You Hijack A League Of Legends Tournament
This must be one of the funniest e-Sports stream hijacks I’ve seen so far. During a League of Legends event at this year’s Gamescom, someone in a classic creepy horse mask continuously kept distracting viewers from the commentators. So good. There’s more. He was all over the place during Gamescom. Of course, this is not…
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EsportsDota 2‘s Biggest Tournament Sure Is an Emotional Rollercoaster
Crying? There’s no crying in Dota 2! Well, except for The International 2013, the largest Dota 2 tournament in the world, where nearly every pro was overcome by tears—joy or sorrow—fueled by the emotion of an incredibly pumped-up crowd, as you can see in this recap video by Daniel Najarian. Beyond the International 2013 [YouTube]…
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EsportsThe Best Matches Of The StarCraft II World Championship Finals
As this dramatic recap footage shows above, StarCraft II and the Season 2 finals of the World Championship series took over Gamescom 2013 for the weekend. A new world champion was crowned and incredible games were played. We selected the best ones below. The Two Best Terran Players In The World Face Each Other Possibly…
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StarCraft World Championships: The final of the StarCraft II World Championship Series played today in Cologne, Germany. The winner is on the jump. Bomber, playing as Terrans, swept Jaedong, playing Zerg, 4-0. Bomber is third in the WCS points standings, whose top 16 will play in the Grand Final at Blizzcon in November.
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See the StarCraft II World Championships Live Here, All Weekend
The world champion of StarCraft II will be crowned this weekend at Gamescom, and action is underway right now in the tournament’s group stage decider matches. You can watch all of the action right here. The World Championship Series Season 2 group stage deciders began at 10 a.m. and will wrap up soon, in time…
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EsportsTune In To The StarCraft II WCS Season 2 Finals During The Weekend
Season 2 of the StarCraft II World Championship Series is now in full effect at Gamescom 2013. During the weekend, one the 16 best players will be crowned World Champion. You can catch all the StarCraft II action, including well-known and beloved pros such as MC, Jaedong, Innovation, Naniwa, during the weekend on Twitch Here’s…
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EsportsA StarCraft Song, Dedicated To One Of The Best Korean Players Out There
When it comes to parody videos, Temp0 is one of the most active members of the competitive StarCraft community. His latest work focuses on the legendary Jaedong—nicknamed “The Dong”—a Korean pro who was practically a god in the Brood War era and remains popular after his switch to StarCraft II A lot of Jaedong’s unit…
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EsportsThe American StarCraft II WCS Finals, Summed Up In 7 Minutes Of Drama
Gotta love these dramatic edits by Blizzard, covering the events of the Season 2 of the StarCraft II World Championship series. They managed to put together a video as intense as humanly possible. Terran player Polt was crowned as the champion with a dominant 4-0 victory against the legend and Mutalisk king Jaedong. Definitely worth…
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EsportsPokémon World Championships Result In Unexpected Winner
That was quite the victory: Italian Masters Division player Arash Ommati beat Japanese champion Ryosuke Kosuge in the finals of the Pokémon World Championships this weekend. This video, uploaded by YouTuber DaringNite, shows the entirety of Ommati’s impressive, mistake-free win. Ommati is the first player from Europe to win this tournament, and it’s particularly impressive…
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See StarCraft‘s World Championship Series’ Semifinals and Finals Live
The final day of competition for StarCraft‘s World Championship Series, America region—begins now, and you can view all of it here live. The day will feature two semifinal matches in a best-of-five format: Jaedong (Korea) against Scarlett (Canada) and TaeJa against Polt (both Korea.) The finals will be contested afterward. Three regions are sending players…
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Watch The Biggest Dota 2 Tournament Live, Right Here
Continuing through the weekend in Seattle, we’ll be seeing the top Dota 2 teams from all over the world verse each other in The International—the largest known tournament for the game—for a prize pool of $2.8 million. Grand Finals close the event out this Sunday, but you can watch it all, live and right here.…
By Tina Amini
