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Facing ire from many viewers, CLG headed into their relegation matches against Azure Cats with several problems. Both other professional gamers and commentators gave CLG a 50/50 chance to win. However, CLG dominated Azure Cats, controlling all their games to win the series in a convincing 3-0. Of particular note…
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Welcome back to another edition of the ESFI competitive tier list! For those following this series, yes, there was no tier list for March due to unforeseen circumstances. But for interested minds, I went back and calculated the rankings for March of 2013. The tournaments surveyed for March were the NA…
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The Australian scene does not get a lot of recognition on a global level, so when this caster and his co-caster were in charge of the B-Stream, Australians were excited to see how they did. They did not disappoint despite casting into the early morning! Pastrytime and PapaSmithy are arguably…
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E-sports documentaries aren’t new to the e-sports industry. Last year gave us Liquid Rising (2012) directed by Michael Krukar. Still in development we have Star Nation by Justin Agnew and Sons of StarCraft by Jeff Alejos, projects which have been filming for close to two years now. So it’s not…
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In cooperation with select members of the League of Legends e-sports media, ESFI presents the LCS Week 5 media poll team ranking. Members of the poll filled in their LCS rankings as they see fit based on the teams’ current form. Rank Team Points Prev 1 Gambit Gaming [5] 110…
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The most recent Battle.net release allows for the greatest level of observer interface customization we’ve seen yet. With this new found power, tournaments organizers and streamers may be tempted to pack in game data and advertising, but if television is any indication, this would be the wrong course of action.
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ESFI’s Connie Lee presents an infographic that takes a look back on this past weekend’s League of Legends IEM World Championship; a tournament that saw CJ Entus Blaze take home $50,000. Statistics team: Connie Lee, Ray Palafox II, Ian Powers, Beth Sullivan
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In cooperation with select members of the League of Legends e-sports media, ESFI presents the LCS Week 4 media poll team ranking. Members of the poll filled in their LCS rankings as they see fit based on the teams’ current form. Rank Team Points Prev 1 Gambit Gaming (9-2) [5]…
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Season VII of the Intel Extreme Masters ventured into previously unexplored territory in the world of esports. The tournament reached to three different continents and four separate countries. Fans from Sao Paulo to Singapore caught their first glimpse of an international League of Legends tournament; their passion almost tangible to…
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Wow, has it already been a month? Sure as hell seemed short, but with the LCS in full swing and providing us with a seemingly endless stream of awesome games every week, it’s no doubt time seems to have past a little faster. With that short month though, comes another…
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CompLexity is coming off a weekend for the first time with a bit of momentum, which they’ll need to do well heading into Super Wednesday to overcome arguably the five best teams in the NA LCS this weekend. Top laner, Nickwu, was able to sit down and talk a bit…
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In cooperation with select members of the League of Legends e-sports media, ESFI presents the LCS Week 3 media poll team ranking. Members of the poll filled in their LCS rankings as they see fit based on the teams’ current form. Rank Team Points Prev 1 Fnatic (5-1) [3] 121 8…
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