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Walking out of Madison Square Garden onto the chilly New York streets Saturday morning, the only way I could express the spectacle of the League of Legends World Championships semifinal between defending champion SK Telecom T1 and reigning South Korean champion ROX Tigers was with a simple smile. Read more …
Read More »Find out about Nerchio’s road to BlizzCon
There are only a few days left until the biggest and most important tournament in the StarCraft 2 world. On 28 October 28, Artur ‘Nerchio’ Bloch begins his quest for a stake in the prize pool amounting to almost $500,000 at the WCS Global Playoffs. He will have to face …
Read More »In All Cydonia’s Command: An interview with BlizzCon’s lone Canadian
Last year, Canadian Dylan "Hotform" Mullins came in second at the Hearthstone World Championship at BlizzCon. Hotform won’t be returning to Anaheim this year, leaving HCT Americas Spring Champion Julien "Cydonia" Perrault-Harvey to carry the Great White North’s torch at the HWC 2016 group stage on BlizzCon Opening Week Oct. …
Read More »PapSmithy on casting his first worlds, leaving a legacy and how he almost quit before he got started
Slingshot’s Andrew Kim had the chance to talk to Chris PapaSmithy” Smith at the League of Legends World Championship semifinals in New York’s Madison Square Garden. They talked about his thoughts on casting worlds, what makes him different than his fellow Korean scene casters and how he worked his way …
Read More »SKT vs. ROX Tigers is a fight for the future of Korean League of Legends
Welcome to the Korean breaking point. The 2016 League of Legends Worlds Championship semifinal match between the ROX Tigers and SK Telecom T1 could very well signal a new era for Korean League of Legends. Never before have two Korean teams facing off at Worlds played with such immensely different …
Read More »An exhaustive interview with SFAT, NorCal’s #1 Fox
Rarely does a Melee player come along and beat multiple Gods in a single year. SFAT did it in 2016, though, taking several sets off of Hungrybox and Mango, most recently at Shine (Mango & Hungrybox) and The Big House 6 (Hungrybox). We sat down with the most promising American …
Read More »Seangares on Echo Fox, leaving Cloud9 and Infernew
Sean ‘seang@res’ Gares is one of the great American shotcallers in Counter-Strike. Over almost seven years of professional competition his name has appeared on the teamsheets of 14 ESEA seasons, many of which saw his teams in the top of the table. Now on Echo Fox, he’s continuing to aim …
Read More »The final call: Cr1t steps up to the captain’s plate
The retirement of Peter Dager from competitive Dota left a vacuum in Evil Geniuses. As Dager moved into a management position, the burning question was who would take the helm in his place. His successor would have to perform in the shadow of a captain who had consistently led his …
Read More »Krepo talks about worlds surprises, H2K’s run and his own professional growth
Mitch Krepo” Voorspoels is one of the most well known and popular casters in League of Legends. He’s a former professional player and was one of the first high-profile examples of a player transitioning to the desk after retiring. Read more on Slingshot eSports >>>
Read More »Dignitas’ new CEO on improving player welfare and esports in the Olympics
Less than a month after the Philadelphia 76ers NBA team acquired Team Dignitas, the organization has added a new CEO has been appointed to lead its business strategies and support team operations. It’s a move that could mean big changes for the organization moving forward. Read more on The Daily …
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