Striving for perfection to achieve excellence in esports
It is no secret that Counter Logic Gaming has had a rough start to the 2021 League of Legends Championship Series season, but a particularly peculiar stat has been one of the few constants in an otherwise tumultuous spring for the squad.
Despite 100 Thieves losing to Evil Geniuses, ry0ma not only held his own, but was easily the strongest performer on his squad. After the loss, 100 Thieves head coach Tony "Zikz" Gray talked about why the team decided to start ry0ma over Damonte, ry0ma's growth as a player since 2020, and the similarities and differences in his approach to the 2021 LCS as the 100 head coach compared to his first year with the squad last season.
Whether it is finding new shortcuts to frequently visited NPC's or the thrill of going somewhere developers don't want you to be, Classic has always had a group of players that appreciate in-game parkour. Like teenagers hanging around a shopping mall, jumping around Azeroth is a sort of default in-game behavior when players have nothing left to do.
Mods have always been weird and questionable. But a few recent mods have taken things too far and angered the gaming community.
A few days after his arrival in North America, Peter Dun spoke to Inven Global about how coaching remotely changed his responsibilities withing EG's system, adjusting to a traditional Head Coach role through quarantine, and the potential he saw in both Evil Geniuses' LCS roster as well as the North American talent pool as a whole.
