Category: League of Legends
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DAMWON Gaming Defeats G2 and Advances to Worlds 2020 Finals
DAMWON Gaming have defeated G2 Esports at the Worlds 2020 Semi-finals advancing to the final stage of the tournament. The win marks the first time since 2017 that LCK team has advanced to the Worlds finals. In a 3-1 victory, Damwon proved to many that they are the best team Korea has produced in many […]
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Damwon takes out DRX in 3-0 stomp at Worlds 2020 quarter-finals
DRX has been eliminated from Worlds 2020 in the Quarter-finals after being defeated 3-0 by fellow LCK team Damwon Gaming. The loss whittles the number of Korean teams at Worlds to just 2, with only Damwon and Gen.G remaining. The 3-0 defeat was a widely predicted result, with Damwon’s dominance of the group stage, and […]
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Astralis faces competitive ruling just one month after joining LEC
Astralis, the top-tier Counter-Strike: Global Offensive organisation who joined the LEC in September 2020, has been fined 5,000€ as part of a competitive ruling by Riot Games. The fine comes less than a month after Astralis officially became a part of the LEC. The competitive ruling was released by Riot Games on their League of […]
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Riot’s OCE League, the OPL ceases operations: What Happens Now?
On Wednesday morning, just as Worlds 2020 entered its first major break in the action, Riot Games shocked the world by announcing the OPL would cease operations. The news broke on the OPL’s own official Twitter page and in brief announcement on the LoL Esports website. The scrapping of the league has mortified the League […]
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Worlds 2020 Day One: Europe surges while NA looks shaky
The main event of Worlds 2020 has just started, and after day one there’s already some shake ups and upsets. However the biggest upset of all was the seeming one-sidedness of the majority of day one’s games. Apart from the two closing matchups, Worlds 2020 opened up with four decisive stomps, leaving a quartet of […]
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Worlds 2020 Play-In results: Who advances to groups?
In one of the hardest fought Play-in stages in recent memory, four teams have advanced to the Worlds 2020 groups after a tight series of games. Team Liquid, PSG Talon, Unicorns of Love, and LGD Gaming will all advance to the next stage of the event. It is set to kick-off on Saturday October 3. […]
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PSG upset LGD as Worlds 2020 kicks off with a bang
After what felt like an eternity of waiting, Worlds 2020 is finally here, and just one day into the Play-in stage, there’s already been twists and turns – namely the upset of LGD Gaming by PSG Talon. LGD Gaming, the number four seed of the LPL Chinese league found themselves thoroughly defeated by the second […]
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Worlds 2020 Groups: What are the Groups after the Draw?
Worlds 2020 is just around the corner, and as of September 15 we now know the groups. In a draw broadcast which aired live on Twitch and YouTube, groups were revealed for both the play-in stage and main event. As a result, we have some hype competitions on the way, in both the play-in stage […]
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Origen rebrands as Astralis ahead of 2021
Storied EU LCS and LEC organisation Origen has revealed a dramatic name change as it rebrands as Astralis. The team, originally founded by legendary mid laner Enrique “xPeke” Cedeño Martínez, revealed the rebranding on Twitter on the morning of September 15. With the change in name, the squad takes on the branding of its sister […]
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T1 Head Coach steps down after Worlds 2020 disappointment
Kim “Kim” Jung-su, the Head Coach of SK telecom T1, has resigned from his position as per a post on social media today. The announcement broke early on August 13, heralding the end of his one season coaching the top Korean team. The departure comes as T1 fell in the LCK gauntlet just four days […]