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The climb back: Can RNG rebuild their international reputation at MSI 2021?

It’s been a long time since Royal Never Give Up, one of the LPL’s most storied organizations, has tasted blood on the international stage.  In 2018, they were considered one of the greatest League of Legends teams in the world. RNG looked unbeatable, winning the Mid-Season Invitational to bring the LPL its first international victory in three years. Superstar AD carry Uzi was at the top of his game—boasting the highest of many stats at MSI 2018, including KDA (8.6), total kills (104), CS per minute (12), and damage per

Here’s how Apex’s Arena mode works

Apex Legends’ Legacy update will introduce the Arena, a permanent three-vs-three mode in which two squads fight against each other to see who comes out on top. Ash hosts the new gauntlet and the simulacrum herself provides a succinct breakdown of the rules: “It’s just your squad and their squad. Whoever survives, wins.” The new Arena mode, however, isn't as straightforward as Ash's initial explanation makes it look. There's more than just survival and combat, including multiple rounds, a buy phase, and no respawns. Here's how it all comes together

DWG KIA is the big favorite for MSI 2021, and this is why

Christian Vejvad • Apr 21, 14:51The 2021 Mid-Season Invitational is right around the corner and will bring the first international clashes of 2021, with DWG KIA looking like the biggest favorite.  After winning the world championship last year, DWG KIA has kept the impressive form and dominated the 2021 LCK Spring Split. With back-to-back LCK trophies and a world championship in the bag, it’s expected that DWG KIA will perform well at the upcoming MSI. Despite great competition from the biggest leagues in the world, DWG KIA will be the

Royal Never Give Up Topple FunPlus Phoenix to Become 2021 LPL Spring Split Champions

by Petar Vukobrat in League of Legends | Apr, 19th 2021 Royal Never Give Up have outclassed FunPlus Phoenix en route to becoming the 2021 LPL Spring Split champions! This is also a welcome reminder of just how amazing the double-elimination format truly is — a fertile ground for the most mind-blowing redemption arcs and twists that’ll make your mouth water! We’re just twelve days removed from FPX beating RNG in the upper half of the playoffs bracket so, in all fairness, this most recent result will surely come as

Dota 2: DPC Weekly Recap — China April 12-18

All the highlights from our first week of competition in Season 2 of China's DPC League. With a marvelous performance by the Chinese teams in the DPC Season 1, the region has now become extremely competitive. According to Season 1's world rankings, Invictus Gaming are rank 1, PSG,LGD are rank 7, Vici Gaming are rank 10 and Team Aster are rank 11. Other strong teams are Ehome, who recently added Sylar to position 1 and Team Elephant who just hired rOtK as the coach. Lower Division The top 3 teams

DPC 2021 Season 2; Elephant in the room

Dota 2 19/04/2021 09:35 Cristy “Pandoradota2” Ramadani Title image courtesy of Perfect World The second week of the DPC 2021 Season 2 is already upon us and Elephant is aiming to take one of the top spots for the second Major coming up.  Last season Elephant's stumble kept them from heading to the ONE Esports Singapore Major but at least in the upper-division for the second season.  So as an effort to retool their approach and make adjustments, they recruited none other than Bai "rOtK" Fan to coach the squad.  rOtK has a

Rocket Launcher, Cuddle Fish vaulted from Fortnite competitive

Steven Rondina • Apr 17, 12:27Fortnite’s competitive scene is in for a big change when it comes to the game's explosive weaponry. Epic Games has announced that Rocket Launchers, Mechanical Explosive Bows, and Cuddle Fish are all vaulted out of competitive Fortnite playlists. This effectively nixes every explosive weapon from the game with the exception of the standard issue grenade. Boom Boom?. Buh-bye ?We’ve made the decision to remove the following items from competitive playlists:Rocket LaunchersCuddlefishMechanical Explosive Bow — Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) April 16, 2021 The changes were warmly received

FunPlus Phoenix Set to Face RNG in the 2021 LPL Spring Split Finals!

by Petar Vukobrat | Apr, 13th 2021 The 2021 LPL Spring Split finals are set — FunPlus Phoenix are going to face Royal Never Give Up on April 18! And, needless to say, it’s quite a mind-blowing match-up. It also didn’t come easy as both of these giants had to fight their hearts out in order to reach this oh-so-prestigious point.  The odds, however, are heavily stacked in FPX’s favor for one simple (albeit crucial) reason: they’ve already beaten RNG less than a week ago. And they didn’t scrape by

LPL Spring Playoff Grand Finals are set: RNG rematch FPX

The LPL Spring Playoff Grand Final teams are set and FunPlus Phoenix (FPX) will take on Royal Never Give Up (RNG) on Sunday, April 18. FPX took down RNG 3-0 in the fourth round of the playoffs to knock them into the Loser’s Bracket. FPX tore through the playoff bracket, starting in round 2 against Rare Atom. The team took down Rare Atom, JD Gaming, RNG and Edward Gaming (EDG) to make the finals. RNG were knocked into the Loser’s Bracket after their first series and battled through Top Esports