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There’s nothing better in Counter-Strike than competing at a LAN in front of your home audience, and for Aussie squad Bad News Kangaroos, opportunities are few and far between—which made last weekend’s ESL Challenger Melbourne clash with ESL Pro League Season 19 in Malta all the more painful. But, despite the pain of missing their home tournament, captain Toby “BRACE” Barnes would give up every single Aussie LAN opportunity if it meant more time playing against the best teams in Europe. “Finding out we were missing DreamHack was pretty gutting, it’s one of the biggest things we look forward to…

In competitive League of Legends, strategies come and go, shaping how the game is played one patch at a time. Lately, one strategy coming back from nostalgic times is the lane swap—and T1’s jungler Oner has just one suggestion for players who face a lane swap in solo queue.  Lane swaps have crawled back into the current meta and are now a big deal, especially in pro play. But as veteran players know, the League community really loves to replicate strategies seen in tier-one play or international tournaments—most of the time without much success. So while Oner opted to keep…

After a surprising display at both the VCT Kickoff stage and Masters Madrid, all eyes are on EMEA for the 2024 regular season stages. Two young VALORANT teams with everything to prove in Karmine Corp and Heretics shocked the region with their performances at Kickoff, but neither managed to make a larger international impact as both fell short of reaching Masters Madrid playoffs. Now they’re back in Berlin for VCT EMEA play, and teams like Fnatic, NAVI, and Liquid are all looking to get back into form. Here’s everything you need to know to follow and keep up with the…

The regular season is set to begin in the Pacific with the top 11 VALORANT teams from around Asia reconvening in Seoul, Korea for the region’s first VCT stage of the 2024 calendar. A handful of VALORANT roster changes made around the Pacific command attention from the global audience. Arguably the most exciting move is the unexpected return of Jinggg to the Paper Rex starting lineup. For many of these teams, though, performing well in regional play is the first step toward the eventual goal of a Pacific squad winning an international VCT tournament. Here’s everything you need to know…

Read Article MSI 2024: Scores, standings, and results Category: League of Legends League of Legends MSI 2024: Scores, standings, and results Tyler Esguerra and others Tyler Esguerra and others May 1, 2024 (function() { Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(“.wp-block-gamurs-article-tile__content-byline-datetime[data-datetime]”)).forEach((datetimespan) => { const datetime = datetimespan.dataset.datetime; datetimespan.dataset.datetime = “”; const date = new Date(datetime) if (isNaN(date)) { return; } const now = new Date(); const diff = now – date; const minute = 1000 * 60; const hour = minute * 60; const day = hour * 24 if ( diff < minute ) { datetimespan.innerText = "Just now"; } else if ( diff <…

Felipe “insani” Yuji and MIBR are putting the Counter-Strike 2 scene on notice: Brazilian CS is back to its best. The squad has locked in their first offline trophy and is coming for Europe—partly thanks to the decision to ditch North America in its entirety. MIBR followed in the footsteps of their compatriots paiN last weekend, becoming the second team from South America to claim victory at ESL Challenger Melbourne. Insani led the way for the squad, posting a 1.51 HLTV rating over the nine-map sprint to the trophy and claimed the tournament MVP title by a landslide. Insani and…

Spacestation Gaming don’t enter the 2024 Apex Legends Global Series Split One Playoffs as favorites. That honor is reserved for TSM and DarkZero, the two teams that have won every single ALGS LAN, counting Zer0’s win under Reignite. But don’t tell Josue “Phony” Ruiz that. “I feel like we’re definitely going to win,” Phony told Online Esports ahead of the Split One Playoffs in Los Angeles. He also assured us every other player at LAN feels the exact same way, providing a glimpse into the mindset of these competitors. But Phony’s confidence is clear in the way he speaks, just…

One of the most decorated League of Legends players in the European scene is taking a break from the competitive scene. Multiple trophies highlight the track record of Luka “Perkz” Perković, but for now, he’s decided to take a step back from pro play. In a message shared on his Twitter/X account today, Perkz revealed his intentions regarding these next few months to focus on what his future could look like. In his post, Perkz acknowledged that his main drive in competitive gaming was to qualify for MSI or Worlds and compete internationally. But he admitted that he “didn’t really…

Maksym “Max-Strafe” Stadniuk may be a familiar name to longtime Apex Legends Global Series fans but a completely unfamiliar one to newer folks. That’s because he hasn’t played on LAN since the ALGS returned to live events, despite qualifying for them all—until now. Max-Strafe hasn’t been able to leave his native Ukraine in the past several years due to Russia’s invasion of the country. Despite this, he’s never been far from the top of EMEA, helping longtime teammates Casper “Gnaske” Præstensgaard and Matthew “SirDel” Biggins qualify for LAN as both Team GMT and Pioneers. Those times, however, his teammates were…

The 2024 ALGS Split One Playoffs began this week, welcoming the best Apex Legends players from around the world to take the stage in Los Angeles. In a sea of talent, star players are out to defend their status or take their place in the history books.  From the young to the experienced, here are five Apex pros you’ll want to keep your eyes on at the first playoffs of the year for their competitive prowess, concrete determination, and critical damage capabilities. 5 ALGS players you need to watch at 2024 Split One Playoffs Zer0 – DarkZero A famously detail-orientated…