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How Santorin’s reinvention made him a difference-maker on Team Liquid

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With this year’s League of Legends World Championship, Team Liquid’s jungler Lucas “Santorin” Larsen will have represented North America at the international tournament three times with three different teams. Santorin and Liquid are at the group stage of Worlds this year—and they’re aiming for the crown. As a part of Liquid, Santorin and the rest of his team garnered quite the accolades this year. The team secured first place in the first LCS Lock In tournament and two second-place finishes in the following LCS finals.  Prior to Santorin’s joining, Liquid

Rising from the ashes: FPX aim to hoist first trophy since 2019 Worlds title

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It’s 3am and Korean-born FPX mid laner Doinb is streaming a League of Legends solo queue game on Douyu. He’s the only one left in the gaming house. Between scrims, solo queue, and an LPL Summer Split series the day after, he’ll have a busy schedule. But it doesn’t matter. As the 2019 world champion often says, he’ll have all the time to sleep when he’s retired.  On top of being a great competitor, Doinb remains close to his fans by streaming almost every day of the week during the

Rascal retires from professional Overwatch, will pursue coaching career

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Another one of the Overwatch League’s veteran stars is hanging up his peripherals before the 2022 season. But we may see him take on a new role instead. Philadelphia Fusion DPS Kim “Rascal” Dong-jun announced today that he’s parting ways with the team and retiring from professional play in the Overwatch League. In a personal post on Twitter, he said he’ll instead be pursuing a coaching career in the league next year.   Rascal has been one of the league’s most impressive flex DPS players since the inaugural season when he

Sunset for an icon: How Worlds 2021 could be the perfect finale to Faker’s incredible saga

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Throughout the past 10 years, there have been many stars who have come and gone in the League of Legends competitive scene. Players have become beloved parts of the game’s history, but only a few people can say they’ve transcended past being simply a name in the annals of the biggest esport in the world. If you’re a person who has dabbled into enough professional video games, you’ve at least heard of the name Faker. You might not know which team he plays for or even the game he competes

How much does Gaules make on Twitch? Twitch Leaks

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Gaules, a former professional Counter-Strike player and coach turned content creator, is one of the most successful streamers in Brazil, as well as the whole world. He broadcasts some of the most important CS:GO and VALORANT international tournaments and also streams a variety of games. He’s the second most-watched streamer, only below xQc, in the past 365 days, according to Twitch statistics website SullyGnome. A data breach earlier this week revealed purported gross earnings for channels on Twitch over the past 26 months and it was no surprise that Gaules appeared in

Video: sh1ro – HLTV MVP of IEM Fall CIS

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Dmitry "⁠sh1ro⁠" Sokolov led the way for Gambit as they went on to win the final CIS Regional Major Ranking tournament, IEM Fall, to secure a Legends spot at the upcoming PGL Major in Stockhol. Due to his feats in the online event, the 20-year-old was awarded the MVP by HLTV and Bitskins.com. sh1ro impressed at IEM Fall CIS with a 1.45 rating In his second career MVP performance, sh1ro was the top-rated player at the event, averaging a 1.45 rating in his 11 maps played, none of which were

How PEACE’s Tally and Babip went from Worlds to NA Academy, and back to Worlds in less than a year

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Time Stamp: October 7, 2021 7:12 PM - Modified On: October 7, 2021 - Published By:
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Walking away from home is never easy, but when the door remains open on your way out, there’s always a chance to be welcomed back. For Tally and Babip, two of Oceania’s most prestigious League of Legends players, the door back to the Southern Hemisphere seemed closed forever when the OPL, Oceania’s top League circuit, shut down in December 2020. The pair of stars had made the decision to pursue careers in North America, and for the time being, that decision seemed final.  Luckily, Tally and Babip were fresh off

NA CS:GO veteran MAiNLiNE has passed away, according to former teammates

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Michael “MAiNLiNE” Jaber, a veteran of the North American Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene, has reportedly died. He was 26. The news was first shared by Joel “jcrueL” Cruel, a former teammate of his on eUnited and Mask Off, now officially signed to Complexity’s VALORANT roster. I wish I checked up with you more often, Rest In Peace brother @Mainlinecsgo . Those csgo teams and times we spent at lan will always be some of the best memories for me.— COL jcrueL (@jcrueL_) October 7, 2021 MAiNLiNE was a longtime participant

2 teams, 2 tournaments, 1 season: How Beyond Gaming’s Doggo globetrotted his way into Worlds 2021

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For Beyond Gaming AD carry Doggo, the 2021 League of Legends World Championship is the final stop on a year-long tour across the game’s professional scene.  After playing in two domestic circuits in the PCS and attending two international tournaments with the region’s two best teams, PSG Talon and Beyond Gaming, Doggo is in a prime position to jumpstart a career that, in relative comparison to much of the game’s talent pool, is already remarkable.  This season, Doggo made League history by playing in both the World Championship and the