Author: G7R

It seemed like just another Sunday LCS matchup for veteran League of Legends top laner Jeong “Impact” Eon-young, but his MVP performance in Liquid’s 2–0 win over Immortals came with a record originally thought to be unbreakable. The 29-year-old Korean has now played the most LCS matches in the region’s history. In his 630th appearance in the LCS against Immortals on July 28, Impact passed Jason “WildTurtle” Tran to record the most games played in the North American competition since its inception. Impact was unaware of the record in his post-match interview, saying he was too focused on the game—and…

Nadu, Winged Wisdom is one of the strongest and most despised Magic: The Gathering cards to drop into the Modern format through Modern Horizons 3. The issue many MTG players are having with Nadu, Winged Wisdom is that the Simic-colored Rare is warping the Modern format, much like what Oko, Thief of Crowns did to Standard when Throne of Eldraine was released. Played in Bant colors at the Modern Horizons 3 Pro Tour and referred to as Bant Nadu, the build dominated the field and the top eight. Many players after the Pro Tour called for the Legnedary Bird Wizard…

In a surprise announcement today, League of Legends global head of esports Naz Aletaha announced she will be stepping down from her role and leaving Riot altogether in the coming months after over a decade with the company’s flagship esports program. Aletaha broke the news in an article on X/Twitter. After taking a sabbatical beginning in February this year, Aletaha wrote she felt the need to move one. “I’ve decided I’m ready to start a new chapter in my career,” she wrote. “This decision wasn’t easy, but it’s the right time for me to explore new horizons.” Aletaha went on…

Last weekend, Fnatic was crushed by G2 Esports in the 2024 LEC Summer Finals, with both mid laners only picking Lucian and Corki throughout the series. After the game, Humanoid criticized the mid lane meta, saying mages feel useless at the moment. Anyone who follows competitive League of Legends or plays the game themselves knows AD carries are dominating the mid lane meta. Fnatic’s mid laner believes it’s due to a fundamental problem that should be fixed sooner than later. Humanoid shared his thoughts in one of the interviews after losing the final to G2. “I am happy with it…

After being dropped from NRG’s VALORANT roster on July 15, coach Chet shed some light on what was happening behind the scenes. This included how he had to pay for players’ buyouts with his own money. Chet made a shocking revelation on his stream on the day he was fired from NRG. The American coach claimed he had to pay five figures for Ethan and Demon1‘s buyouts. Both players joined the roster from Evil Geniuses in December 2023. “Honestly, they’re fucked for the next season, so I don’t care. Yeah, esports is ruthless…I can say this as this doesn’t matter…

Abyss has finally entered the VCT map pool for stage two playoffs, and VALORANT fans nearly immediately got to witness multiple professionals fall to their doom in the all-important elimination match between KRÜ Esports and Cloud9. The VCT Americas stage two playoffs kicked off on July 17 with the regional debut of VALORANT’s newest map, Abyss. What sets this map apart from the rest is agents can fall over the edge and automatically die if they aren’t careful. Naturally, this made it all the more exciting to watch between two playoff teams—Cloud9 and KRÜ. After selecting Abyss as their map…

VCT star TenZ was seen using windowed mode during the playoffs elimination match between Sentinels and 100 Thieves, and while it sounds odd, it might be a good setting for other VALORANT players to start testing. The VCT Americas playoffs began yesterday with two important elimination matches, including one between Sentinels and 100 Thieves. In addition to witnessing an intense series, VALORANT fans couldn’t help but notice something interesting on TenZ’s screen—the Sentinels star was actually playing in windowed mode rather than fullscreen. The game looks different in true stretch resolution. Screenshot via TenZ As it turned out, TenZ had…

The tier one Counter-Strike 2 season kicks back off on July 17 with the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where one team will begin the run to the Shanghai Major $400,000 USD richer. All eyes will be on the Saudi event as this is the first major tournament since the mid-year break which has seen many top rosters change up their squad for the run home. Last year it was Team Vitality who closed out the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive era with a win over ENCE. Who will take home the trophy in Riyadh this year? Here’s everything you…

The best Teamfight Tactics Tacticians competed across three days at the Tactician’s Crown World Championship, with only one claiming the Set 11 Worlds title. All Day three (July 14) TFT Worlds standings and scores Seeking a second TFT Worlds title to make history, Double61 started day three off strong with a second-place finish. Winning the first lobby of the playoff finals at Worlds was Ningli from China. Asta from APAC went third, and squeaking out a sixth was Dishsoap. Double61 secured another second-place finish during game two, while Dishsoap bounced back with a lobby win to keep the Americas’ region…

North America won its third straight major Teamfight Tactics championship and second back-to-back Worlds title through Dishsoap’s win at the Inkborn Fables Tactician’s Crown World Championship. Heading into the final day of the Inkborn Fables Tactician’s Crown World Championship, Dishsoap was the only Americas player to make the top eight. Pulling out a win and second-place finish after losing three games in a row on day two, Dishsoap came into day three as the only hope for the newly formed Americas region. Playing at the highest level and finding lines other competitors couldn’t see, Dishsoap claimed the second NA back-to-back…