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Leading from the Isolated Lane

In the average TL game, Alphari leads his lane opponent by 493 gold and 12.5 CS by 10 minutes. If you don’t know the numbers of League, this may not seem like much. To contextualize, Alphari’s 493 GD/10 is the highest the LCS has seen since the League began recording the stat in Spring 2014 and likely the best NA has ever seen. His CS/D is the second highest after Huni’s 13.1 when he and Reignover came over to NA as one of the best Jungle-Top duos in the West.You

Code S RO16: Maru & Dream advance to RO8

Maru marched one step closer to winning a fifth GSL Code S title, dispatching his round-of-sixteen opponents in Group B to advance in first place. After flexing his late-game TvZ prowess against Solar, Maru fought off a spirited challenge from Dream in the winners match to secure his first place finish.While Maru taking first place was a largely expected outcome, the second place race delivered a surprise as Dream took two series off of Cure to secure a playoff berth. Proxy-Barracks shenanigans were rampant in the matches—Dream even managed to

AVRL To Cast the 2021 Overwatch League Alongside Achilios

by Isaac Chandler in Overwatch | Apr, 6th 2021 The cat’s out of the bag: Seth “Achilios” King will not only return to cast the 2021 season of the Overwatch League, but he’ll also have a brand-new partner by his side: Kevin “AVRL” Walker! Not seeing him next to Wolf Schröder will definitely take some getting used to, but it’s fair to say that this duo definitely has a lot of potential! AVRL’s Overwatch League Debut Now, to those who’ve watched the Overwatch Contenders series, AVRL will definitely ring a

Code S RO16: Bunny & Hurricane advance, TY & DRG eliminated

Group A of the Code S RO16 has the potential to be a snooze, with the #1 seeds able to hand-pick their opponents and create a 'group of life.' While that was certainly the plan for TY headed into the group, the actual result was a complete disaster for the defending champion as he was eliminated in last place. Instead, two Code A underdogs kept their hot streaks alive, with Bunny advancing in first place while Hurricane seized the second playoff ticket (DongRaeGu was eliminated in third place).In retrospect, perhaps

Code A concludes, Code S RO16 groups drawn

The final day of Code A concluded with Bunny scoring his third straight upset against Stats in 2021, while Dark overcame PartinG's Cannon-rush artistry to advance to Code S.The eight Code A winners join four players from the qualifiers, as well as four seeded players from Super Tournament 1 to complete the sixteen-player Code S Season 1 roster. These sixteen contestants participated in the group draft ceremony immediately after Code A, determining the groups for the upcoming season. #1 seed TY went with the 'standard' strategy of assembling himself an

[BSL11] Semifinals Preview

I'll admit it – I didn't think this was gonna be one of the semi-finals. Terror being here isn't that big of a surprise – he is a frequent contender for the top 4 spots in the foreign tournament scene, but for Avi-Love, this is the first time he hits top 4 in the BSL – despite previously having played in the pro league in BSL seasons 10, 9, 8, 7, 5 and 4.Avi is a true veteran of the scene, but one that has largely escaped the radar. It

GSL Code A – TY, sOs, Maru advance to Code S

2021's GSL Season 1 began with the return of Code A as a live, studio event. This new version of Code A will be held as a series of best-of-five matches, with the winners moving directly on to compete in Code S. With Code S shifting to a 16-player format, the new Code A event could be seen as a semi-replacement for the old Code S RO32/RO24 group stages.In a rather perplexing move, AfreecaTV welcomed back Code A by scheduling the three most stark mismatches for the first day. The

Extra Crunch roundup: Inside DoorDash’s IPO, first-person founder stories, the latest in fintech VC and more

One of my favorite series of Monty Python sketches is built around the concept of surprise: Chapman: I didn’t expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition. [JARRING CHORD] [Three cardinals burst in] Cardinal Ximénez: NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! I was reminded of this today when I needed to reschedule a few stories so we could cover DoorDash’s S-1 filing from multiple angles. First, Managing Editor Danny Crichton looked at how well the company’s co-founders and many investors stand to make out. Alex Wilhelm covered the IPO announcement in depth on TechCrunch before writing