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Worlds is over, so let the off-season begin! A few organizations have made announcements regarding coaches, but no player changes are final yet. While both franchising and Riot’s removal of relegation may cause more teams to keep their rosters intact, player changes are inevitable. No organization wants to stay at the bottom, and no player…
The 2018 League of Legends World Championship begins its Main Event soon, which means the top 16 teams in the world will battle for their chance at the Summoner Cup. Every team has its own narrative, its own strengths and weaknesses, its own win conditions. Each of these teams has its own share of rookies, stars…
With the Play-Ins completed, four teams will advance into the World Championship Main Event. Worlds 2018 says goodbye to eight other teams, who will return to their home regions, analyzing what went wrong and what went right. The clash between major region third seeds and minor region first seeds has been exciting. Playstyles, drafts and…
Fortnite offers a lot of different locations to drop, and every one of them plays out in a different way. Through the seasons Epic games molded the island into its current state. Many new locations appear, and others blow up or just fade away into obscurity. This particular layout gives players many options of where…
It seems as though PUBG is releasing a new major update every week or so lately. Well, that is because they have been. While it is common for PUBG to update weekly on a routine basis, the past few have brought us new and improved aspects to the game. I covered the major aspects of…
Epic Games just dropped a very significant blog post. The Fall Skirmish games get a solid base and a lot of new additions like clubs and trials that make their way into the competition. They are also using the opportunity to tease the release of the long awaited competition system. This will for sure push…
We are entering the second season of the Twitch PUBG Broadcaster Royale tournament. The first round has already passed, and more games are happening this coming weekend. It is one of the largest Twitch tournaments that the streaming service puts on. Broadcaster Royale is a popular tournament, but lately it has been met with quite…
The North American LCS headed to Oracle Arena in Oakland, California this weekend. Thousands of fans and other personnel have traveled to the area to watch the third place and title matches for the Summer Split. With a shooting at a Madden 19 tournament in Jacksonville, Florida happening just two weeks ago, esports event security…
NBA 2K19 is less than a week away from its release. So, now is a good time to analyze preliminary player rankings before the season begins. In this two-part series, we will give you the players whose rankings do not quite feel right based on last season’s play. Part two will focus on the players…
NBA 2K19 is less than a week away from its release. So, now is a good time to analyze preliminary player rankings before the season begins. In this two-part series, we will give you the players whose rankings do not quite feel right based on last season’s play. Today, we will deal with the players…
On September 1st, CyberPower PC is holding a duo tournament for PUBG. They are holding this tournament so that they can contract a competitive four person squad to compete under their name at much larger events. It all started in the spring of 2018. Duos could sign up for qualifying tournaments through Battlefy. Both placement…
Toxicity is hitting different games and, by extension, competitive communities. Toxic behaviors include: insulting players, shaming newcomers, endless complaining, and trying to shut other people down. So let’s talk about toxicity, and find a way to address this issue. As a fellow Smash Bros. player, the community I reside in carries a diverse set of…
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is less than four months away, and as Smash 4 winds down, Super Smash Bros. Melee fans are sure their game will hold its own. Will Melee survive the coming of Ultimate? Or will it lose all it has built? Melee is already 17 years old, yet it still carries a massive…
The 2018 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational group stage concludes, with Royal Never Give Up surpassing Flash Wolves in a tie-breaker for first place. The six participating group stage teams represented elite organizations, each major region’s Spring Split victor. Every roster featured big names with historic reputations and colorful narratives. This event is designed to be…
The 2018 All-Star game starters and reserves are set. We don’t know what color jerseys the players will be wearing, but we do know who will be wearing them. So it’s time to cue the profanity-laced tweets and cries of “popularity contest.” Let the fans’ opinions on how to fix this defense-free contest both somehow…
Along with the franchising of the North American LCS, Riot is introducing an Academy League for the 2018 season. This league is replacing the North American Challenger Series of previous years. Each LCS organization is required to support an Academy roster alongside their primary team, which will compete in the “minor league.” While this move…
November 20, 2017 marks the start of the free agency period for the 2018 EU LCS Spring Split, and it is soon approaching. Organizations will begin signing, trading and letting go of various players with hopes of putting together a competitive roster. They will cite all kinds of reasons for making their decisions, but, at…
You’ve probably seen or heard of it before: the ginormous, ignoramus, jerk of a football player. I cannot count the number of times that High School football players are depicted in those coming-of-age football movies as those 240 pounds of flesh I’ve just described. Unfortunately for the screenwriters, their screenplays are far from the truth.…
With the 2016 Presidential election just around the corner, I figured it was time that we compare NFL players to politicians…while politics are still relevant. Everyone has their own views on politicians, but hopefully by the end of this article, you’ll see that they’re just like some of our favorite football players. Whether we fight…