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Report: Securities and Exchange Commission investigating Activision Blizzard over sexual assault lawsuit handling

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an investigation into Activision Blizzard over a multitude of issues, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Chief among these issues is how Activision Blizzard has allegedly been handling its DFEH lawsuit. The Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch publisher has been accused of destroying evidence pertaining to a massive lawsuit launched against it that centers around allegations of extreme sexual misconduct and workplace discrimination. The Wall Street Journal also reports that Activision Blizzard has been subpoenaed

G2 Esports Reportedly Accused of Tampering in the LEC by MAD Lions, Owners Vote to Call for Rule Revisions

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Time Stamp: September 15, 2021 5:13 PM - Modified On: September 15, 2021 - Published By:
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League of LegendsAccording to Dot Esports, G2 Esports has been accused of tampering in the League of Legends European Championship. / Photo courtesy of Michal Konkol/Riot GamesG2 Esports League of Legends has been accused of tampering by MAD Lions, who also pushed for a vote in recent owners’ meetings to get the wheels rolling on revisions to Riot Games' global tampering and poaching rules, Dot Esports' Jacob Wolf reported Wednesday.According to the report, the LEC owners' meetings took place on Sept. 2 and 3, with the vote to ask Riot's

Sources: MAD Lions accuses G2 of tampering, LEC owners pass vote 8-2 calling for reevaluation of global rules

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Time Stamp: September 15, 2021 3:05 PM - Modified On: September 15, 2021 - Published By:
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Ahead of the League of Legends offseason in November, MAD Lions has alleged tampering by G2 Esports and pushed for a vote in recent owners’ meetings asking Riot Games’ LEC office to lobby Riot’s global esports department to revise the global tampering and poaching rules, sources who participated in said meetings told Dot Esports. Those meetings occurred on Sept. 2 and 3 and the vote passed 8-2, with G2 Esports voting “no,” according to sources. Vitality also voted “no,” arguing the current ruleset is not being properly enforced and amendments

Golden: “I want to be back in the server”

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Time Stamp: September 6, 2021 8:53 AM - Modified On: September 6, 2021 - Published By:
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Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim returned to fnatic in September of 2019 after spending a year in Cloud9 and was a crucial component in the Swedish team's victories at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2019 and ESL Pro League Season 11 Europe, but as the coronavirus pandemic went on he and his teammates took a hit, slowly dipping in the rankings throughout the latter half of 2020 and the beginning of 2021. The poor results ended up in the 27-year-old's benching, as well as that of Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell, going into the summer break.

ESL Pro League S14 Group D preview

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Time Stamp: August 31, 2021 6:28 PM - Modified On: August 31, 2021 - Published By:
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ESL Pro League Season 14's Group D is set to begin this Wednesday, September 1. It is the final of four groups in this season of EPL, with six teams playing in a round-robin format and competing for three spots in the twelve-team playoffs. Alongside partner teams NIP and Liquid, the group features two world ranking invites Gambit and FURIA and ESEA Premier teams Entropiq and TeamOne. In this preview, we will cover each team within Group D and break down the main storylines for them coming into this event.

torzsi: “We will not be satisfied just by being here, we want to win”

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Time Stamp: August 28, 2021 11:38 AM - Modified On: August 28, 2021 - Published By:
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mouz NXT, the WePlay Academy League group stage winners, are one of two teams favored to hoist the trophy after the tournament's final match on Sunday, but before that they are set to take on their main rivals, Young Ninjas, in the upper bracket final after defeating BIG Academy 2-0 in the opening series in Kyiv. We caught up with the team's AWPer, Ádám "⁠torzsi⁠" Torzsás, to get his thoughts on the team's coming together, how they stack up against the rest of the field at the WePlay Academy League,

Esports BAR returns with physical edition in Cannes this October

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Time Stamp: August 26, 2021 5:54 PM - Modified On: August 26, 2021 - Published By:
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This article is proudly brought to you by Esports BAR. Esports BAR is returning to Cannes in October for its ninth edition, bringing together core areas of the esports community to discuss the future of the industry. This will also mark a return to physical events for the conference following a year of digitally hosted meetings in 2020.  Just like with previous events, Esports BAR will feature speakers from throughout esports and gaming, including game publishers, developers, teams, leagues, and media.  For its 2021 event, which will run from Oct.

League community reacts to TheBaus’ addition to LEC broadcast team as guest caster and analyst

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Time Stamp: July 15, 2021 3:48 PM - Modified On: July 15, 2021 - Published By:
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For week six of the 2021 LEC Summer Split, the European league announced it would be bringing on popular League of Legends streamer TheBaus as a guest caster and analyst alongside on-air guest casters Hiprain and Jamada. The streamer’s addition to the cast, however, sparked a heated debate among many prominent names in the competitive scene. Astralis’ starting support Promisq “jokingly” tweeted out that it was a “slap in the face” to aspiring casters or analysts that the league had invited a Twitch streamer that had no competitive experience to

Astralis beat Heroic to advance to IEM Cologne playoffs; Virtus.pro eliminate NIP

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Time Stamp: July 10, 2021 6:12 PM - Modified On: July 10, 2021 - Published By:
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Astralis are through to the playoffs of IEM Cologne after defeating Heroic 2-0 in the upper bracket of Group B, setting up a match against Natus Vincere to determine which team will advance directly to the semi-finals, and which will begin their playoff run from the quarter-finals. The victory marks the first time that Astralis have prevailed in a domestic derby against their Danish opposition since October 2020, having fallen to Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller's troops in their past two meetings in DreamHack Masters Spring and Flashpoint 3. dupreeh made the