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Alanzq is the first Legends of Runeterra World Champion

Legends of Runeterra’s first World Championship series came to an end today with Alanzq claiming ultimate victory over Yamato in a close 2-1 sweep. Both competitors brought unique and interesting lists into the finals, and Alanzq was the sole player to bring both Akshan/Sivir Demacia and Ezreal Curious Shellfolk to the top 16. The matchup wasn’t the first time that Alanzq and Yamato faced off in the tournament. The two met in the Group C top 16 match, and Yamato, representing Japan, took the first game in both series. In

valde: “We’ve shown on numerous occasions that we can go up against the best and beat them”

OG are one of only two teams in ESL Pro League Season 14 that managed to clear the group stage with a clean 5-0 record. Going into the tournament, the international squad seemed as they would have to navigate a tough group with two top 5 teams in Virtus.pro and G2, as well as Complexity, but OG’s two main competitors didn’t show up and Complexity had to field a substitute, which ended up with Casper "⁠ruggah⁠" Due’s men only dropping two maps, one each against forZe and Sinners. "I feel

ESIC opens investigation into Heroic players’ complicity in HUNDEN spectator bug usage

The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has officially opened an investigation into allegations made by former CS:GO coach Nicolai “HUNDEN” Petersen that members of the Heroic roster were complicit in his usage of the spectator bug. The formal investigation was officially opened today, two days after HUNDEN sent the ESIC information that he alleges shows evidence that some of the Heroic players were in on his use of the bug. This alleged evidence, according to an interview between HUNDEN and TV2.dk, includes acknowledgment from former player Nikolaj “⁠niko⁠” Kristensen that “everyone”

BLAST Premier Fall groups revealed

The event, which is set to kick off on Thursday, September 16, will feature 12 teams in three best-of-three double-elimination group brackets, with the top-two teams of each group progressing to the BLAST Premier Fall Final, taking place on LAN in late November. Each group will run consecutively, starting with Group A. Group A features Danish giants Astralis taking on Evil Geniuses in the first game of the group, with Vitality vs. Liquid coming later. We will then see G2 face off against MIBR to open Group B, before NIP

Moist Esports signs top Guilty Gear Strive player Hotashi

Moist Esports has signed another top contender, bringing on recent Evo 2021 Online Guilty Gear Strive Champion Julian “Hotashi” Harris. Hotashi is widely considered one of the greatest GG players across multiple games, including Strive. His run at Evo 2021 in the North American bracket saw him take sets against SonicFox, Jonathan Tene, and Supernoon. Since Strive’s release, he has also won The Big LEVO Two, The Grand Bamboo Battle 2021, and placed fourth at both CLG Burst Series and DreamHack Beyond 2021.  Moist was formed by streamer and content

Respawn Entertainment Has Found a Way to Find Strike-Pack Users

Apex LegendsPhoto courtesy of Respawn EntertainmentRespawn Entertainment has found a way to find players using strike packs or other controller modifiers. While cheating is prevalent in almost every game nowadays, it's more than just wallhacks ruining competitive matches. Players can now add modifiers to their controllers allowing them to control recoil or in the use of strike packs, fire single-shot weapons at a high rate. The noticeable rules for this situation read as follows:I won't be commenting publicly on HOW we are detecting as that is how malicious users get

How many times has Dream won the Minecraft Championship (MCC)

With Minecraft Championships (MCC) 16 in the books, there are now two different competitors who have managed to win the event four different times: Dream and HBomb94.  HBomb94 was the first to reach that milestone, having won his fourth with the Aqua Axolotls in MCC 14.  Dream is now the second player to reach the milestone after winning back-to-back competitions. He helped lead the Red Rabbits to a strong win in MCC 15, before following it up with a Pink Parrots comeback victory in MCC 16.  Related: Dream to raise

OpTic Chicago’s FormaL announces intention to retire ahead of 2022 season

OpTic Chicago’s FormaL announced his intention to retire from competing in Call of Duty today, bringing another change to Chicago’s roster after Envoy’s impending free agency.  “To my fans, especially the Greenwall, you now have my full attention,” he said on Twitlonger. “I’d like to see where creating content might take me, it’s definitely grown on me throughout this year through the podcasts and other videos we made at the HQ.” FormaL leaned into content more than ever over the past two seasons with Hecz and the rest of his