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The banes of competitive online gaming are many, but the handful of principal offenders are easy to identify. Trolls, cheaters, matchmaking hiccups – these persistent gremlins are all here to ruin your day, and no solutions are completely effective at eradicating them. Even Riot Games hasn’t found a cure-all for …
Read More »How eSports can survive when the sponsorship bubble bursts
Over the past year, esports has exploded into the public eye. ESPN started a full-time wing dedicated to it and hosted Heroes of the Dorm on ESPN2. Turner Broadcasting produced a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) league. Big Four accounting firms like PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte are even distributing reports on the …
Read More »Buffalo Wild Wings Exec Discusses Future ELeague Plans
The members of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) team, Virtus.pro, aren’t the only winners at the culmination of Turner and WME/IMG’s inaugural 10-week ELeague. Buffalo Wild Wings, one of the primary sponsors of the event, has committed to the first year of Turner eSports, including the upcoming $300,000 Overwatch Open with …
Read More »SK Gaming’s fer our for at least six weeks due to surgery
CS:GO world champions SK Gaming will be without Fernando "fer" Alvarenga until mid September at the earliest due to the player requiring two surgeries. Alvarenga requires surgery on both his nose, to enable him to breath through both nostrils, and on his ear to prevent further hearing loss. Unfortunately both …
Read More »NiP, Luminosity and H2K all sign Overwatch teams
Ninjas in Pyjamas and H2K have both entered Overwatch for the first time by signing European teams, while Luminosity sign a new American squad. Ninjas in Pyjamas is one of the biggest names in eSports, mostly thanks to its legendary CS:GO team. Earlier this week the organisation signed Finnish Overwatch …
Read More »NRG sign popular Overwatch team thanks to Shaquille O’Neal’s tweet
American eSports organisation NRG has signed the former Luminosity Overwatch roster thanks, in part, to a tweet from co-owner Shaquille O’Neal. One of the most popular Overwatch streamers, Brandon Seagull” Larned, is a part of the team and last week received a tweet from NBA legend and co owner of …
Read More »A short history of the biggest prize in esports
Never one to do today what can be put off ‘til the Dota 2 subreddit breaks out into a collective conniption, Valve Software has announced the ruleset, format, and prize distribution of The International 2016. Read more on The Meta >>>
Read More »TI6: Can a European team finally make top 4 at the Key Arena
Ever since The International moved across from Benaroya Hall to the massive 17,000 seat Key Arena, European teams have struggled at the biggest event in the Dota calendar. In fact no European team has made the top four of TI since TI3, which was back in Benaroya, with American team …
Read More »The International’s Record Prize Pool Helps Organizations, Not Players/Fans
When casual observers hear about esports, it’s usually the awe-inspiring prize pools from The International that first draw attention. Raw dollar count brings the attention of traditional media and narratives around the thought of instant video-game millionaires appeal to the rags-to-riches instinct in cultures around the world. Read more on …
Read More »A look into the most open International in Dota 2 history
The International 6 will be unlike any other in Dota 2 history. Not only because it is the sixth iteration of one of esports’ largest events. Not only because it will break its own record of having the highest prize pool of any esports event in history — again. It …
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