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Top 20 players of 2020: NiKo (4)

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NiKo began carving his trail in the Balkan Counter-Strike scene in 2010, playing in a series of tournaments held across Bosnia and Serbia. In the following two years, he had the chance to witness first-hand the chasm between the world’s finest and the best that his region could offer when he attended Adepto BH Open 2011, in Sarajevo, and DreamHack Bucharest 2012 as part of eu4ia and iNation. In both tournaments, NiKo’s teams could not make it past the quarter-finals following blowout defeats to two different iterations of fnatic. With

HBCU Heroes Celebrity eSports Holiday Showdown To Stream Live on Weds,…

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HBCU Heroes Celebrity eSports Holiday Showdown To Stream Live on Wednesday, December 16 at 2 P.M. ET Featuring Celebrity Exhibition Match Ups Between Pro Players and NBA2K Pro Gamers Marquee participants include Tarik Cohen, Chicago Bears running back and HBCU alum facing off against Boston Celtics NBA2K League gamer Sheriff Cruz aka FTW. Miami Dolphins wide receiver Preston Williams goes up against Hawks Talon Gaming Club’s Lee Lamb aka LEE. ATLANTA (PRWEB) December 15, 2020 The countdown is on leading to this week’s epic HBCU Heroes virtual HBCU eSports Holiday

The Rise of the Reaper: A Grim tale

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Time Stamp: September 5, 2020 5:38 PM - Modified On: September 5, 2020 - Published By:
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Grim’s journey to become North America’s hottest commodity recently reached a crescendo when he was signed by Liquid, a deserved upgrade for the 19-year-old after he had consistently demonstrated incredible form as a part of Triumph since the start of 2020. One would think that the rifler had only recently broken into the upper echelon as he made waves against top level competition, but his path has been one marred with setbacks that have led to his route to the top being prolonged. Gaining a reputation as a star fragger

Black Panther Director Ryan Coogler Says Chadwick Boseman Was “An Epic Firework Display”

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The world is mourning the tragic, unexpected death of Chadwick Boseman, who passed away from colon cancer at the age of 43 on August 28. The actor, who kept his diagnosis and fight under wraps, was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016--meaning that he was fighting his own private battle during the filming of Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, and his non-Marvel work during this period.Ryan Coogler, who directed Boseman in Black Panther, has penned a moving tribute to the actor on Marvel's website, where he

DreamHack postpone remaining 2020 live events

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Earlier this year DreamHack had to move its flagship DreamHack Masters tournament online, which was scheduled to take place at DreamHack Summer in Jönköping, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Open stops in Valencia and Montreal were also called off soon after. As the world still struggles with the coronavirus crisis, the Swedish TO has now announced that all live events until the end of the year will be moved online, affecting the DreamHack stops in Rotterdam, Hyderabad, Atlanta, Jönköping (Winter) and Madrid. “This has been a very different year

DreamHack Postpones Remaining 2020 Festivals to 2021

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Gaming festival organizer DreamHack has officially postponed the remainder of its live events planned for 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  “We have never had to postpone events like this before,” said DreamHack co-CEO Marcus Lindmark in a statement, “but these are extraordinary times, and the safety of our attendees and staff has never been more important than now.”  The affected events include:  DreamHack Rotterdam — originally scheduled for Oct. 16-18, 2020 DreamHack Hyderabad — originally scheduled for Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2020 DreamHack Atlanta — originally scheduled for Nov.

What’s next for disco doplan?

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“It all started with most of us playing a lot of FACEIT together. Mostly draken, mOkEn, freddieb and me," disco doplan says of time before signing with CG. "draken, mOkEn and REZ played the first European Minor at the time with zehN and rezex, but then freddieb and I basically said we should make a Swedish team instead, which we did a week or two after the Minor ended.” Appearing seemingly out of thin air, that team of young Swedish players went on to make a name for themselves in

Twitch Issues A Statement On Streamer Allegations While The Community Calls For A Blackout

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It could no longer be said that gaming is having a #metoo moment, but rather an ongoing #metoo movement. Amid a new wave of allegations surfacing on social media, those who have previously named their abusers are now demanding to know why the platforms that host known abusers' content have not acted to take them down--with Twitch at the center of the controversy.With multiple tweets claiming that Twitch has been given information on how some of their big-name partners are using that platform to abuse women, and chosen not to