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Hangzhou Spark drops 4 players before 2022 Overwatch League season

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Time Stamp: October 4, 2021 11:39 AM - Modified On: October 4, 2021 - Published By:
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Most of the Hangzhou Spark’s 2021 Overwatch League offseason will likely be spent looking for support players considering the team’s most recent roster changes.  The Spark is parting ways with DPS Seo “SeoMinSoo” Min-soo, flex support Tong “ColdEst” Xiaodong, and main supports Liu “M1ka” Jiming and Park “idk” Ho-jin, the team announced today. Assistant coach Chen “U4” Congshan was also let go. For the time being, this leaves the team with no support players heading into the 2022 season.  As we are bidding farewell to IDK, M1KA, COLDEST and SEOMINSOO,

Guangzhou Charge parts ways with 4 players ahead of 2022 Overwatch League season

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Time Stamp: October 4, 2021 11:07 AM - Modified On: October 4, 2021 - Published By:
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After a rough year, the Guangzhou Charge is making some tough changes before the fifth season of the Overwatch League begins in April.  The team announced today that it’s parting ways with four players from the 2021 roster. This includes main tank Kim “Jihun” Ji-hun, DPS Zou “MYKaylee” Zijie, main support Kim “Mandu” Chan-hee, and veteran flex support Park “KariV” Young-seo.    All of the released players were acquired by the Charge during the 2020 offseason.  We would like to announce our parting with Jihun, MYKaylee, KariV, and Mandu. We would

Every League of Legends Worlds song ranked

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Time Stamp: October 3, 2021 3:58 PM - Modified On: October 3, 2021 - Published By:
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It’s been less than a week since the latest League of Legends Worlds Championship song “Burn It All Down” launched, but since then, it has been played over 8 million times on YouTube alone. “This is where the game gets ugly” as we attempt to rank every Worlds anthem ever released by Riot Games. The first song related to the international competition was “Warriors” by Imagine Dragons, who performed the anthem live during the 2014 Worlds Final in Seoul. Since then, it has become a tradition for the highest League

G2 defeat mousesports to clinch Major berth, IEM Fall Group A to have tiebreakers

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Time Stamp: October 3, 2021 2:55 PM - Modified On: October 3, 2021 - Published By:
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G2, who have had a rough start to the second season of 2021 following the summer break can breathe a little bit more freely having secured a spot at the IEM Fall playoffs and a berth at the Major which will be taking place later in the month. Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković and company did so by defeating what many thought would be their main rivals going into the group stage, mousesports, in the last day of play, although it had already been Copenhagen Flames who stole the show in Group

Sharks book spot at PGL Stockholm by defeating MIBR at IEM Fall

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Time Stamp: October 2, 2021 8:24 PM - Modified On: October 2, 2021 - Published By:
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The lower bracket final in IEM Fall South America has finished, with Sharks coming out on top and beating MIBR, securing themselves both a spot in the grand final against Bravos and the PGL Stockholm Major. Even if Sharks ultimately lose to Bravos in the grand final, they will still accumulate enough RMR points to pass both MIBR and to stay ahead of Bravos. PGL Stockholm will be the first Major appearance for the Sharks organization and all five of its players. pancc shredded MIBR In what ended up a

Los Angeles Gladiators parts ways with MirroR, MuZe before 2022 season

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Time Stamp: October 2, 2021 7:24 PM - Modified On: October 2, 2021 - Published By:
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The Los Angeles Gladiators had a monumental 2021 campaign, but some members of the team will not be continuing the journey towards the 2022 Overwatch League season. Today, the team announced it would part ways with main tank Kim “MuZe” Young-han and flex DPS Chris “MirroR” Trinh. Both are now free agents for the 2021 offseason.  Today we say farewell to @ow_muze.Thank you for always putting your full heart into every match, we know your never-ending friendliness and smiles will warm hearts wherever you go! pic.twitter.com/K1p5VmLjcm— Los Angeles Gladiators (@LAGladiators)

JD Gaming parts ways with LokeN and Mystic

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Time Stamp: October 2, 2021 3:03 PM - Modified On: October 2, 2021 - Published By:
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After missing the 2021 World Championship, JD Gaming has decided to part ways with veteran AD carry LokeN and substitute support Mystic. JDG’s 2020 campaign impressed many fans and analysts, with the organization pulling off back-to-back top-two finishes. They also went to Worlds that year as one of the stronger contenders at the event but were unfortunately eliminated in the knockout stage by Suning Gaming. Even with this setback, this team was expected to maintain the same level of play heading into the following year. This, however, was far from

Astralis secure Major spot with victory over Complexity in IEM Fall’s Group B

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Time Stamp: October 2, 2021 2:38 PM - Modified On: October 2, 2021 - Published By:
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Astralis have punched their ticket to the Major with a victory over Complexity, while Sinners, who were also 3-0 going into the fourth day of play, missed a chance at securing a berth in the playoffs and may have to fight with two more teams in the group for the coveted second place if they can't beat Astralis in the final day of play. The other two teams still in it to try and make the playoffs are Movistar Riders and Heroic if they beat Endpoint and Complexity, respectively, which

Renegades claim PGL Stockholm Major slot for Oceania

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Time Stamp: October 1, 2021 9:04 AM - Modified On: October 1, 2021 - Published By:
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Wins over VERTEX in the opening round and LookingForOrg in the upper bracket final ensured Renegades at least a top-two finish at IEM Fall 2021 Oceania which combined with their previous strong results sees Joshua "⁠INS⁠" Potter and co. stamp their ticket for the Major in Sweden. Renegades are the fourth team to qualify for the Major — following Natus Vincere, Spirit, and Gambit —, with the Australians set to attend the event as "Contenders" and start the competition in the first stage of play. Renegades have not skipped a

Heroic, Virtus Pro invited for BLAST Premier Fall Showdown

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Time Stamp: October 1, 2021 9:02 AM - Modified On: October 1, 2021 - Published By:
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The team list for BLAST Premier Fall Showdown has been completed after the tournament organizer revealed it has invited Heroic and Virtus Pro for the event, set to run from Oct. 12 to 17. The BLAST Premier Fall Showdown features 16 team CS:GO teams in total and will give two spots at the $425,000 Fall Final in November, which will be held on LAN at the Copenhagen Royal Arena in Denmark. Heroic and VP, ranked sixth and eighth in the world respectively according to HLTV’s ranking, will be some of