It’s official: yesterday Swole Patrol announced that they are disbanding their team to allow the players to move in different directions as they see fit. Yet an interesting aspect was that Zellsis pointed towards the current condition of the Counter-Strike scene as a big reason in the factor in his tweet, leaving speculations as to which ...

Invictus Gaming took down the reigning LPL champions FunPlus Phoenix during the 2020 Regional Finals in a close five-game series. While FPX got the momentum early on in the series, IG turned it around towards the end, securing the fifth game win decisively. Mid laner Rookie was the most consistent player of the League of Legends series, playing ...

MAD Lions brought an end to one of the most miraculous winning streaks in competitive League of Legends history and secured their spot as the LEC’s fourth and final representative heading into the 2020 World Championship. MAD beat Schalke 04 3-1, knocking them out of the 2020 LEC Summer Split playoffs and bringing an end to an 11-game winning ...

At this stage of the pandemic it’s difficult to care what the next offline LAN title will be, or where it would be held. It will likely be a phenomenal success, as fans are simply desperate to bring the showmanship and serious competitive spirit back to esports. At this point, it doesn’t matter if that competition hosts Uno or Counter-Strike, ...

The team’s star jungler, Shadow, talked after the 3-1 series win about how the pressure he felt affected his play, their gameplan to neutralize Schalke, and his expectations for their matchup against Rogue and beyond. The series actually didn’t start off all that great for MAD Lions—the team struggled in game one, but made some big ...

In a recent upward surge, FlyQuest have been making their way through the LCS Spring and Summer Split.. With an upset over Cloud9, FlyQuest qualified for the 2020 League of Legends World Championship yet couldn’t take down Team Solo Mid for the LCS title. FlyQuest is still the underdogs going into their Worlds Group, called a Group of Death. But ...

The Ninjas in Pyjamas’ VALORANT roster has received yet another modification to find its footing early on in its eSports franchise. The organization signed former Counter-Strike pro player Saif “Sayf” Jibreel while benching its two players Damien “Hyp” Souville and Enzo “Fearoth” Mestari. Sayf was recently playing for Bonk, who ...

The third season of the Overwatch League has its ups and downs, but here we are at the dusk of its postseason. To thank their fans for tuning into its matches, the league will hold its annual All-Star event in two separate proceedings: one for North America and another for Asia. The showcase will have its All-Star Game, a Widowmaker 1v1, last ...

Riot Games has revealed its plans to make significant strides toward combating problems posed by AFK players, as well as players with an “intent to lose” in competitive League of Legends games. In a Behavioral Systems update from Cody “Codebear” Germain, the game’s product lead on competitive gameplay, the company’s goals of reforming ...

Following an impressive 2020 debut, Team Liquid’s rookie AD carry Tactical has been named the LCS Rookie of the Year, Riot Games announced. This season, Tactical had the colossal job of taking over the marksman position on Liquid. There was a ton of pressure on his young shoulders since he was moving into the starting lineup over superstar ...