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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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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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 20th of December, FlyQuest formally announced its 2018 NACLS staff through its official Twitter account, welcoming Jung “RapidStar” Min-sung as the strategic coach, as well as the formal Immortals coach Robert Yip as the head coach. Presenting our #NALCS staff for 2018! Welcome to the #FLYFAM 💛 📖: https://t.co/IQTjJ38DWt...
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No, this is not April’s Fools, and you’re not reading The Onion. Ikssu has officially announced that he will be at least temporarily retiring from professional scene to become an independent Bitcoin investor. The whereabouts of Ikssu, the formal top-laner of Jin Air Greenwings, have had many LCK fans speculating. On November 2017, Jin...
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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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With Season 7 coming to an end, big changes are coming to League of Legends. From franchising to Blue Essence changes, the game is evolving as a whole, and with it comes one things that affect players, from professionals to casuals alike. Runes Reforged, a complete overhaul of the old runes and masteries that League of Legends ran since day one,...
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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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In SK Telecom T1’s quarterfinals match against Misfits, Han “Peanut” Wang-ho started in game one with a 81% kill participation on Sejuani. They won convincingly. In game two however, despite being on an early game jungler, Peanut’s Jarvan IV did not make an impact. When Misfits applied pressure bot side, he was walking from base. When...
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SK Telecom T1 are through to the semifinals after being pushed to game 5 by Misfits. A monumental series that forced SKT to adapt, adjust, and tweak their drafts to inch out the Misfits line up, Seung “Huni” Hoon Heo’s performance was an important factor to victory. Before Worlds, SKT had to make a decision on whether Ui...
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The first time I saw him was in a dimly lit hundred-seater stadium. The Taipei Assassins had just won the World Championship 2012 a month before. My country’s representatives, the Singapore Sentinels (SGS), rose above teams from Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam to reach the finals of the first ever Garena Premier League (GPL). SGS were...
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Two veterans, two rookies and one Khan/Rascal. They are Longzhu Gaming and they are set to go all the way to the finals. After dismantling SK Telecom T1 in the 2017 LCK Summer playoffs, Korea’s first seed is the only team that went a perfect 6-0 in the group stage. Not all six games were stomps, however. The Gigabyte Marines was the one opponent...
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