Author: G7R

Aster defeats Alliance to win StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Team Aster went the distance and won StarLadder ImbaTV Dota2 Minor with a commanding 3-1 win over Alliance in the grand finals, which were played earlier on Sunday. March 8. With that, the Chinese roster pocketed US $75,000 in tournament winnings, 140 DPC points and the final ticket leading to ESL One Los Angeles Major. StarLadder ImbaTV Dota2 Minor began on Thursday, March 5, in Kyiv, Ukraine, and it marked the third Dota2 Minor tournament of Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) season. There were a total of eight teams in…

Heretics, Complexity, Ninjas in Pyjamas and Fnatic, first four teams to qualify for the European Minor The closed qualifiers for European Minor Championship – Rio 2020 has come to a close this Sunday, March 8, with Heretics, Complexity, Ninjas in Pyjamas and Fnatic as the top four teams who secured a spot at Minor where they will compete for a ticket leading to Rio Major. Europe Minor Championship – Rio 2020: Closed Qualifier began on S Saturday, March 7, with 16 European teams in attendance, which competed in a double-elimination bracket, where a best-of-three (bo3) format was in place…

HellRaisers part ways with Gilgir, add ROdjER to Dota2 team Just over a month after announcing their new Dota2 roster, HellRaisers unveiled they will be removing Georgiy "Gilgir" Svistunov from the team and replace him with Vladimir "RodjER" Nikogosyan, who will take over number four position for the next set of Dota Pro Circuit qualifiers. The announcement surfaced earlier on Saturday, March 7, when HellRaisers took on Twitter to unveil RodjER as the new arrival to the team. The experienced Dota 2 veteran will now join forces with Alexander "Nix" Levin, Arslan "xannii" Shandjanov, Gleb "Funn1k" Lipatnikov and captain…

Counter Logic Gaming bench Stixxay in favour of Wind Counter Logic Gaming announced they are moving their starting ADC Trevor "Stixxay" Hayes to the Academy team and replacing him with the academy player Oh “Wind” Myeong-jin who will join the team's lineup in Week 7 of League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) Spring Split. Following a rather disappointing beginning of the 2020 LCS Spring Split, Counter Logic Gaming opted for a handful of roster changes in a bid to bounce back and start performing up to par with the expectations. On February 19, 2020, CLG signed now-former Team Liquid's…

Apex Legends Global Series Major postponed amid coronavirus concerns Electronic Arts announced they will be postponing the inaugural Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) Major tournament due to the growing concerns of the worldwide epidemic that is COVID-19 coronavirus. The California-based video game company released a statement on Friday, March 6, explaining that the first Major tournament of Apex Legends' ALGS series will be delayed to a further date, while the ALGS Online tournament, which was scheduled for March 21 and 23 will still be played as initially intended. ALGS was first announced back in December 2019, as an international…

LEC and LCS changes due to coronavirus fears League of Legends European Championship (LEC) and League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) will be making some changes to fans' experience for the remained of the split due to the COVID-19 coronavirus concerns. Both LEC and LCS have made announcements earlier on Friday, March 6, revealing changes that are coming to both leagues in the response of the global COVID-19 epidemic, which already infected over 100,000 people worldwide. The official LEC Twitter page made a post, unveiling the 2020 Spring Finals will be held at the LEC Studio in Berlin, Germany…

Complexity will replace MAD Lions in European Minor Closed Qualifiers Complexity have been announced as replacement team for MAD Lions at Europe Minor Closed Qualifier – ESL One Rio 2020, which is slated to begin this Saturday, March 7. MAD Lions have announced they have decided to withdraw from participating at the Europe Minor Closed Qualifier – ESL One Rio 2020 as they were unable to find a suitable replacement for Nicolai "HUNDEN" Petersen, whom the Danish squad benched earlier on Thursday due to internal issues in the squad. Initially, it was reported that the Spanish esports organisation had…

Riot will host a $150,000 showcase in celebration of TFT: Galaxies In a bid to properly celebrate the release of the heavily anticipated Teamfight Tactics: Galaxies, Riot Games revealed they will be hosting a showcase event later in March, featuring some of the biggest names in TFT scene who will duke it out for US $150,000 in prize pool. The Teamfight Tactics: Galaxies Showcase is slated to take place on Thursday, March 12 and conclude a day later, on Friday, March 13. As revealed, it will feature 16 TFT players from all over the globe, who will compete in…

ApEX takes over as new Vitality captain Vitality member Dan "apEX" Madesclaire has been confirmed as the team's new In-game leader, following the departure of Alex "ALEX" McMeekin earlier on Wednesday, March 4. Ever since ALEX announced his intentions of leaving Vitality CS:GO roster, the biggest question was perhaps not who will be the new arrival at the French squad, but rather who will Vitality appoint as their new captain. Although there were speculations Vitality could sign a new IGL that proved to not be true, as it was a 17-year-old Kévin "misutaaa" Rabier who was announced as the…

MAD Lions bench HUNDEN MAD Lions captain Nicolai "HUNDEN" Petersen has been removed from the active CS:GO roster and moved to the bench, as revealed earlier this Thursday, March 5, by the Spanish esports organisation. The shock announcement will see the experienced In-game-leader removed from the active line-up due to internal issues in the team, which will leave the Danish squad on the lookout for a new member. MAD Lions are, however, running out of time as they are set to appear at Europe Minor Championship – Rio 2020: Closed Qualifier in just two days’ time. As it was…