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MTG Pardee and Stráský go undefeated in Limited MID Worlds rounds

Draft returned to the MTG Worlds stage, featuring Innistrad: Midnight Hunt, with Sam Pardee and Ondřej Stráský remaining undefeated heading into the Magic World Championship Standard Constructed rounds.  A total of three rounds of MID Draft were played on day one, showcasing the 16 Magic World Championship players split into two pods. Pod one contained Stráský, Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa, Yoshihiko Ikawa, Stanislav Cifka, Rei Sato, Jan Merkel, Jean-Emmanuel Depraz, and Yuta Takahashi. Pod two contained Pardee, Seth Manfield, Matt Sperling, Arne Huschenbeth, Gabriel Nassif, Eli Kassis, Keisuke Sato,

100 Thieves returns to Apex by signing the defending ALGS champions

100 Thieves, one of the world’s largest gaming organizations, announced its return to competitive Apex Legends this afternoon by signing the defending North American ALGS champions. Brendan “Onmuu” Pode, Nicholas “Vein” Hobbs, and Alex “scuwry” Scala will now represent 100 Thieves, the organization announced today. Onmuu, Vein, and scuwry were previously signed to Kungarna. They took home more than $250,000 in a stunning finish at the ALGS Championship in June, cementing the team’s otherwise marginal status in the scene and earning them life-changing cash. Scala had previously struggled with the

Reigning champion Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa on back-to-back title opportunity at Magic World Championship XXVII

Reigning world champion Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa entered the 2020-21 Magic Pro League season already qualified for the Magic World Championship XXVII. By defeating Marcio Carvalho in the finals in 2020, Damo da Rosa was the first person to earn an invitation to this weekend’s tournament. A stellar MPL season—which saw Damo da Rosa finish second place with a 64.5-percent win rate, according to MTG Data—set an expectation that the hall of famer could win back-to-back World Championships, a feat accomplished only by Shahar Shenhar in 2013 and 2014.

DetonatioN FocusMe become first LJL team to qualify for Worlds main event group stage

After a banger of a tiebreaker match against Cloud9 today, DetonatioN FocusMe have etched their names into the history books as the first Japanese League of Legends team to qualify for the group stage at a World Championship. Before the game, DFM looked like the hottest team in the play-in stage, picking up must-win matches against all other competitors in dominant fashion. The only team they had lost against was C9, but they had plenty of momentum on their side. C9, on the other hand, were reeling from an unexpected

Here are the top picks to win Dota 2’s The International 10

After two years of waiting, The International 10 is finally here, which means 18 of Dota 2’s best teams will be competing on esports’ biggest stage for their share of the $40 million prize pool. For just the third time this year, top players from around the world will gather together in one location to play a tournament. The final premier event of the season will run from Oct. 7 to 17 to test their mettle and see who has what it takes to lift the Aegis of Champions. Some

ConnorEatsPants wins Panda All-Star Nickvitational, event raises $100,000 for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation

The first highly-publicized tournament for a new fighting game is always a treat to watch, but when you add in a character auction featuring Nickelodeon IP and big content creators with all of the proceeds going to charity, you get a recipe for chaotic success.  And, after hours of bidding, confusion, and a lot of self-destructs, ConnorEatsPants was crowned the champion of the Panda All-Star Nickvitational, showing off the sickest day-one Reptar anyone has ever seen.  In total, Panda, and all of the content creators involved with the event helped

PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) 2021 will kick off on Nov. 23

The PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) 2021 will begin on Nov. 23 and will run until January 2022, Tencent confirmed in a press release today. The championship will be split into the league stage and the finals. The league will happen for four weeks from Nov. 23 until late December. The top teams from here will advance to the finals in January 2022. Teams from the PUBG Mobile Pro Leagues (PMPL) and Regional Championships will be competing in the PMGC. The exact number of teams hasn’t been revealed yet, however. The squads

BenQ Unveils MOBIUZ Apex Legends Gaming Bash Powered by Nerd Street…

COSTA MESA, Calif. (PRWEB) October 06, 2021 BenQ, global leader in display technology, announced today a partnership between MOBIUZ gaming monitors and Nerd Street Gamers, the national esports infrastructure company. The BenQ MOBIUZ Apex Legends Gaming Bash gives teams a chance to compete for their part of a $10,000 prize pool. The virtual event, promoting the new MOBIUZ QHD 1440P 165Hz 1ms gaming monitors EX2710Q, EX2710R, and EX3210R, kicks off with two qualifier tournaments on October 20 and wraps up with an invitational tournament on October 21. Nerd Street Gamers

BenchWarmers win ALGS Preseason Qualifier 3

Preseason Qualifier Three in North America went off with a bang last night. One of NA’s most high-profile free agent Apex Legends teams, BenchWarmers, took home the finals victory and an invite to the upcoming ALGS Pro League along with it. The four Preseason Qualifiers before the beginning of the Pro League have been filled with a grab bag of names thus far. There are players who have been around the Apex pro scene for a while but haven’t quite found success as of yet. There are players signed to orgs