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...
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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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Amidst tensions with Google and Huawei due to American sanctions, a collaboration between Riot Games and Tencent seems to be blossoming. However, with Tencent owning Riot Games, this does not come as much of a surprise. As many as three source told Reuters yesterday that a mobile version of League of Legends (LoL) was in the works. While Tencent...
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Rejoice! Good news for those disappointed with recent news of multiple Rift Rivals ceasing operations this year. The VCS will be joining LMS, LPL and LCK at the Asian Rift Rivals this year. This development further cements VCS as the emerging region that is in transition into a Major region. LMS and VCS will be sending two teams each to form a...
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What has been a tournament full of surprises ends in a full Western, NA vs EU finals – with Team Liquid fighting for NA, and G2 Esports fighting for EU. Game 1: G2 Esports (G2) crushes Team Liquid (TL) in convincing fashion,Surprise Swain vs NA Skarner. Who would come out on top? G2 has lane priority in all three lanes, this was a wash. G2...
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Game 1: SKT T1 (SKT) wins in convincing fashionSona-Taric reared its ugly head once again in the tournament to start of the first game of the day. Given their composition, G2 Esports (G2) were expected to hold back on their aggression and scale towards mid-late game teamfights. Surprise Ezreal However, the game started off on the wrong foot:...
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What was expected to be an easy 3-0 in favor of Invictus Gaming (IG) started with a bang. Game 1: Team Liquid victoryTeam Liquid (TL) starts off the game ceding two kills to IG. But when Xmithie finally found a good gank in the Top lane alongside Impact, they managed to grab Rift Herald control. IG stubbornly decided to contest said objective and...
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