Leading Taiwanese bank CTBC is the primary partner of the PCS and strategic investor in LoL Esports in Southeast Asia, with the Pacific Championship Series, which commenced on 20 June Singapore – Jun 22, 2020 – Riot Games and CTBC Bank announced today their partnership in support of the League of Legends Pacific Championship Series (PCS),...
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Jensen “Jstorm” Goh is a homegrown Singaporean who has coached professional League of Legends teams across 7 countries in the last three years. Working with Splyce in 2019, the team finished top 8 at the World Championship, climbing out of the play-ins and the group stage to make the quarterfinals. Carrying a diverse portfolio, he shares what...
Read More![[VCS] LowKey’s Demon Comp is Hot](https://i0.wp.com/gameishard.gg/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Annotation-2019-08-10-103430.png?resize=627%2C376&ssl=1)
If you thought that Team Liquid’s recent Glacial Comp against Team SoloMid was cool, you haven’t seen Lowkey Esports (LK) play a burning hot demon comp against Team Flash (FL) in the Vietnam Championship Series (VCS). For the uninitiated, A full demon comp provides 60% chance to burn the enemy’s mana on hit in League of...
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It’s Campus Game Fest’s (CGF) 7th year and this time, they are pulling out all the stops. Located at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 3rd and 4th August 2019, the event is spearheaded by the Singapore CyberSports & Online Gaming Association (SCOGA) and Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and People’s Association Youth Movement...
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WIN Esports (WIN) came out of the left field. Suddenly appearing in the 2019 League of Legends SEA Tour (LST) and beating out favourites Resurgence in the qualifying stages of the tournament, WIN instantly became Top Dog for the LST after beating out MEGA 2-1 last week. Spring Split Champion MEGA never dropped a single game in the entirely of the...
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I had to opportunity to be first of many to try Teamfight Tactics (TFT) on the PBE Server thanks to Garena. I was given a PBE account to try it out, and try I did. Rough on the EdgesThe game is good and engaging enough to keep me occupied for hours on end. Unfortunately, my main gripe about the game remains to be the Shop UI. What’s Wrong...
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Team Flash, one of Southeast Asia’s leading esports organizations, has officially announced a major move into Vietnam’s League of Legends (LoL) esports scene with the acquisition of Sky Gaming. Source: Garena Vietnam Competing in the Vietnamese Championship Series (VCS), Sky Gaming made a successful debut last season in VCS, finishing 2nd in...
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Meet Gerard “Escape Artiste” Peters. He is 21 this year and just completed his studies at Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) on Mass Media Management. He’s a Play-by-Play caster for Campus Legends League of Legends (LoL). Like Terence “Offnight” before him, we caught up with him as well to talk about his journey in this space. Player of 8 YearsGerard has...
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The League of Legends SEA Tour (LST), previously known as the Garena Premier League, is back for Summer 2019. Grab your team and sign up for the SEA Tour here. The Nitty GrittyPlayers in Thailand (TH), Singapore and Malaysia (SAM) and Philippines (PH) servers, and age above 17 before June 30, 2019. No Player shall be considered eligible to...
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Casters bring a game to life. They serve as an audio director, directing eyes towards the hectic action on the screen. They serve as storytellers as well, explaining the context behind each and every decision made by players. All this has to be done in quick succession, while still observing the screen and processing them into words. One of these...
Read More![[Lolesports] VCS Scandal: GAM – PVB fight for Zeros](https://i1.wp.com/gameishard.gg/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/4.jpg?resize=627%2C376&ssl=1)
Four days ago, some VCS-flavored tea was spilled on reddit by one beerocado. VCS’s Gigabyte Marines (GAM) and their Spring Split Champion Phong Vũ Buffalo (PVB) went to war about prized player and Clear Man of Regular Season. Here’s the entire post. TLDR: PVB poached Zeros when he was still in contract with GAM in 2018. Zeros does not...
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Long story short, not by a long shot. TAIPEI, Chinese Taipei – May 18: — during the 2019 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational Semifinals Stage at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium on May 18, 2019 in Taipei, Chinese Taipei. (Photo by Yicun/Riot Games) After a long series of International wins in a row, the LCK are struggling...
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