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    Immortal Fighting Games: How One of the Oldest Esports Genres Has Survived Generations

    Fighting games are a staple of gaming history for over 30 years. There have been many fighting games that shaped the lives of many players including Street Fighter, Tekken, and Super Smash Bros. FGC leaders talk about the evolution of the fighting games and community.

    · Jun 8, 2019
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    Efficient, Organized, Happy: How to Engineer Teamwork Between Players

    A huge component in esports such as League of Legends, Overwatch, and CS:GO is teamwork. Management and support staff of well-known esports organizations and teams talk about what it takes to players to mesh well in their teams.

    · Jun 8, 2019
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    Competitive Visibility at All Levels is Crucial to the Growth of North American Esports

    Premiere North American esports leagues like the League of Legends Championship Series, the Overwatch League, and the Fortnite World Cup are thriving due to infrastructure, investment, and visibility at the top level of the industry. However, for esports to grow in North America, that same level of visibility and infrastructure must make its way down to the lower tiers of competitive gaming.

    · Jun 3, 2019
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    Aggressive and Detailed - G2 Esports' Winning Scenario

    G2 Esports won the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational. It was G2's first international championship title and Europe claimed their first international championship in 8 years, since season 1 of Worlds. Like

    · May 23, 2019
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    Three hours of World of Warcraft: Classic forced me to be social and make some friends

    "I become more and more convinced that the frustrations of Azeroth are an essential ingredient that makes playing and socializing within the gameworld a magical experience."

    · May 14, 2019
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    San Francisco Shocked the Titans to Become Stage 2 Champions

    The San Francisco Shock took down the Vancouver Titans to become the Stage 2 champions.

    · May 13, 2019
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    With Hearthstone's meta stale and imbalanced, it's time for the nerf hammer to hit

    Early April, Hearthstone had its biggets meta shakeup yet. After Journey to Un'Goro, Knights of the Frozen Throne and Kobolds & Catacombs reigned supreme for the entirety of their presence, their

    · May 13, 2019
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    MSI 2019 Power Rankings

    All six teams may have won their respective regional leagues, but international League of Legends esports continues to remind us that not all champions are created equal. Let's rank the six teams heading into the main event for MSI 2019.

    · May 9, 2019
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    MSI 2019 Main Event Pick & Ban Tier List

    After an exciting Play-in Stage, the stage for the Main Event of the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational is set! We’ve collaborated with the analysts from Mobalytics once again to update the picks and bans we expect to see for the rest of the tournament.

    · May 9, 2019
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    On this day in LoL Esports history: Flash Wolves sweeps SuperMassive eSports, qualifies for MSI main stage [2017]

    Two years ago today, 2017 Mid-Season Invitational representative from Taiwan's League of Legends Master Series Flash Wolves swept Turkish representative SuperMassive eSports 3-0. With its dominant victory, Flash Wolves qualified for the main stage of MSI 2017.

    · May 4, 2019
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    MSI 2019 Play-in Stage Pick and Ban Tier List: What to Expect

    With MSI’s Play-in Stage starting this week, we have the analysts from the Mobalytics team to give you a preview of the top champion picks to expect at the tournament. Let’s dive in!

    · Apr 30, 2019
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    On this day in LoL Esports history: Team Coast's Swan Song [2014]

    On April 2017, 2014, Team Coast faced off against compLexity.Black in the NA LCS 2014 Summer Promotion Tournament in an attempt to keep its LCS spot after being relegated in the NA LCS 2014 Spring Playoffs. Team Coast lost 3-1 to compLexity.Black, and subsequently, it's place in the NA LCS.

    · Apr 27, 2019
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    On this day in LoL Esports history: EDward Gaming prevails over LGD Gaming, wins LPL Spring [2015]

    On April 25, 2015, EDward Gaming defeated LGD Gaming 3-2 in the 2015 LPL Spring Finals. In becoming the League of Legends Pro League Spring Champion, EDG represented China at the very first Mid-Season Invitiational.

    · Apr 25, 2019
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    On this day in LoL Esports history: UBC defeats RMU in inaugural UCS Championship [2016]

    The uLoL Campus Series, the successor to the North American Collegiate Championship, hosted the first UCS Championship  three years ago today. University of British Columbia defeated Robert Morris University 3-1 to become the 2016 UCS Champion.

    · Apr 24, 2019