We have a new champion in Vietnam. Last Saturday, EVOS esports took on veteran team Gigabyte Marines for the crown and the right to represent the newly-formed region at the MSI Play-Ins. It was a nail-biting, action-packed Best-of-Five that eventually crowned EVOS the winner. We managed to sit down with the manager To Hoang Dung for an interview...
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ESL Genting Day 2 ended off with 4 more teams eliminated, and so far, the fastest and longest games of the whole Minor. Shortest Game: Mineski vs LFY – 18:09. I’ve never seen a match so one-sided before. Mineski were in control from the beginning of the game. Nana completely denies the Shadow Fiend at mid, and Mineski create enough...
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There was a lot of hype last year when KT Rolster made a Super Team. Despite not making it to Worlds, they committed to staying together for another season. Out of hibernation, Rush too was added into the mix. Kingzone-Dragon X (formerly Longzhu Gaming) and KSV (former Samsung Galaxy) kept their squads intact as well. So with less roster changes...
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We’re following the events happening around the Fnatic roster change involving Ohaiyo. After the initial announcement, there was much speculation around the community, with people showing frustrations with EternalEnvy and the Fnatic organization, and strong opinions from some players and managers in the region. Here’s a quick timeline...
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Update (13th Jan), Ohaiyo has confirmed that he has indeed left Fnatic: Sources have confirmed that Ohaiyo has been removed from Fnatic today, shortly after qualifying for the ESL One Katowice Major. Universe has also been reported to already be in Malaysia, staying not far away from the Fnatic team house. Ohaiyo was the last remaining member of...
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This is a rumor; Longzhu Gaming’s substitute jungler, Moon “Cuzz” Woo-chan may be moving to LPL to join the new ASUS team. In Korean forums, fans have pointed out that in Baidu’s FA List, Cuzz is listed as a free agent. Meanwhile, in Inven, fans have quoted Weibo and said that Cuzz may be joining ASUS’s new League...
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On 14th of December, Longzhu Gaming Kim “PraY” Jong-in came on his personal stream and to share his thoughts and experiences with 2017 All-Stars Events. PraY was voted represented LCK All-Stars team along with CuVee, Ambition, Faker and Gorilla. In his review stream, PraY shared his All-Stars episodes with his Korean fans, including...
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League of Legends Worlds 2017 is definitely a much more eventful tournament than the predecessors. We have stories coming in such as the near-dethroning of SK Telecom T1 by both Royal Never Give Up and Misfits, the actual dethroning of SK Telecom T1 by Samsung Galaxy, the North America Week Two special, Fnatic’s miracle 0-4/4-0 run and many...
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The first thing you’ll notice about Lee “Crown” Min-ho is that he’s sensitive. In a good way. He had just finished a prior interview. Before that, he endured a 48-minute game on Syndra as Samsung Galaxy barely beat 1907 Fenerbache on day 4 of Groups at Worlds 2017. It all came down to one late game team fight where Frozen could not...
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After the Gigabyte Marines beat Fnatic, they took on Longzhu on day 2 of Groups. GAM went all out to announce that had something special prepared for the Korean number 1 seed. Everyone looked on in anticipation. GAM delivered, with champion and role swaps. Longzhu delivered, with standard League of Legends. Having none of GAM’s antics, Longzhu...
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Lee “Wolf” Jae-wan entered the brightly lit cubicle. “안녕하세요(Annyeonghaseyo),” we bow and say to each other. Someone outside interrupts to ask, “Do you need water? I can go get you some.” The translator points to the corner where a box of bottled water lay. Wolf bends down and picks up three. He offers one to the translator and one to...
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Day 2 of Groups opened with Team Solo Mid against Flash Wolves. The stiff competition in Group D set the tone for the rest of the games. Each time one team gains a lead, the other claims another objective to even it out. That was close — Vincent (@Biofrostlol) October 6, 2017 TSM edged out FW to claim their first victory here at Worlds...
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