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Five key storylines of DreamHack Masters Spring

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Time Stamp: April 28, 2021 7:37 PM - Modified On: April 28, 2021 - Published By:
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DreamHack Masters Spring is just around the corner, kicking off on Thursday, April 29, with the group stage. Sixteen teams are ready to start their campaign in the stacked tournament, which features 11 out of the world's top 12 sides and promises to bring two extended weekends full of action and plenty of storylines following a string of massive moves at the top of the ladder. DreamHack Masters Spring will kick off on Thursday Astralis are set to make their debut without Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz at the event after they

What was learned from the Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major

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Time Stamp: April 12, 2021 1:24 PM - Modified On: April 12, 2021 - Published By:
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The Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major was the most intense and action-packed event of the season. Featuring mind-blowing upsets, insane plays and general top-tier gameplay, there was never a dull moment from a viewing perspective. This tournament certainly demonstrated what the 2021 season has been about thus far. The competitiveness of the league this year has never been seen before in Call of Duty esports, making for the possibility of wild moments endless in each match. Still, throughout all of the inconsistencies, there are a few concrete takeaways

Professor Sliggy and the Class

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Time Stamp: April 6, 2021 3:50 PM - Modified On: April 6, 2021 - Published By:
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It’s hard to believe but it’s nearing a year since Valorant was released—just past when the game was announced as the mysterious “Project A.” Riot’s own tactical shooter smashes the class-based tactical shooter style of Overwatch or Team Fortress 2 together with the tactical FPS godfather: CS:GO. What results is a game all its own, born into a time all its own.Valorant released right as COVID-19 cases rose and many parts of the world froze in place so they could deal with it. The strange circumstances made the already curious

Evil Geniuses beat Astralis in oBo debut

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Time Stamp: March 25, 2021 5:45 PM - Modified On: March 25, 2021 - Published By:
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Evil Geniuses have won their first series in ESL Pro League's Group D, beating Astralis 2-1 (Nuke 16-12, Vertigo 10-16 Inferno 16-7). The Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz-led squad got off to a successful start with their newest addition, Owen "⁠oBo⁠" Schlatter, who played his first official series since he had been benched in Complexity in September. The 17-year-old looked rusty on the first two maps, Nuke and Vertigo, but he came alive on the deciding Inferno to help lock in EG's first victory in the round-robin as the best fragger on

ENCE vs HAVU showed the value of bullshit and branding

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Time Stamp: March 13, 2021 7:52 PM - Modified On: March 13, 2021 - Published By:
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Esports feuds are like toybox trainwrecks: onlookers can’t help but look despite how pathetic they are, in part because of how seriously they take themselves. The average fan may roll their eyes at Flashpoint’s attempts to use a WWE writer to generate interest in tier 2 tussles, or how “the juggernaut” and “the colossus” ascended to memehood on Twitter, but we’re now starting to see the tangible value of these efforts. Thirty thousand eyeballs on a Finnish broadcast on a Friday afternoon can’t be wrong, after all, and it was

How pandemic socialization trends have accelerated the move into virtual spaces

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Time Stamp: January 27, 2021 5:20 PM - Modified On: January 27, 2021 - Published By:
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GamesBeat x Oculus Venues Join Dean Takahashi, Ramez Naam, and Tim Chang online for "Science Fiction, Tech, and Games." Hosted in VR and 2D February 17th, 10:00am PT Learn More What will the social graph look like this year? What is it going to look like two years from now, and how is it going to be built? To answer that question, Elena Arponen, CEO and co-founder of Quicksave Interactive, Bruce Grove, CEO and co-founder of Polystream, and Si Lumb, metamedia futurist, joined Wanda Meloni, CEO & Principal Analyst at

First Post! March 30, 2020

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Hey Shacknews, it's time for First Post! Let's officially kick off our day of posting. Please take a look. Ping Pong Ladies The ladies who play ping pong on the sidewalk are out again! ? pic.twitter.com/sFTu4wZVQC — Mary Kish (@MerryKish) March 29, 2020 I am probably going to be playing some frisbee golf in my backyard as the weather improves. Animal Crossing: New Horizons remains great I'm trying to evict him myself... pic.twitter.com/7fKrUl7Npy — serreli ? ACNH Tea Lily (@basilof221b) March 29, 2020 Do you have an island resident who