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Everything you need to know about the 2021 League of Legends World Championship meta

League of Legends’ 2021 World Championship is officially starting tomorrow. The Worlds patch, 11.19, is the second of two updates with changes emphasizing a competitive focus. Both patches aim to nerf champions who have dominated the pro scene for most of their time in the game and buff less effective characters that have struggled recently. During matches, casters throw around terms to describe playstyles, strategies, and ideas that new viewers to the competitive side of League may not be familiar with. But these concepts can be broken down into more

Aceu claims Wraith will be irrelevant in Apex Legends season 11

Aceu is claiming that Wraith won’t pose a serious threat any longer in Apex Legends’ upcoming season 11. “I can’t wait for you guys to see the next agent, the next legend,” the NRG content creator said in a clip taken from one of his recent streams. “Wraith is actually, just, never going to be played.” The bold claim and tantalizing hint about season 11’s new character fired up his viewers, many of whom are excited to see Wraith finally fall off the list of most-played legends. Wraith’s presence has

How to Boost a stream on Twitch

Twitch announced the expansion of its “Boost this stream” experiment that is taking part through the platform’s Community Challenges, and viewers may want to pay a little bit more attention to chatrooms in the coming weeks. While the Boost this stream challenge is similar to most other Community Challenges, it isn’t set by the stream. Twitch decides when it is available to streamers and what the parameters are for it. This isn’t a challenge that viewers or streamers can start by themselves. It is started by Twitch sending a notification

How to opt-out of “Boost this stream” on Twitch

Twitch announced this week it is expanding the experimentation of a new type of Community Challenge geared toward giving streamers more exposure on the platform. The challenge comes available to streamers via their Creator Dashboard, and once activated, viewers can contribute money to give the channel more visibility on the platform, like getting it in suggested stream sections on the front page. While this might be the type of experiment that many streamers will want to partake in, it might not be for everyone, and Twitch has created a way

‘Worst idea I have ever heard in my life’: xQc comments on Twitch’s new channel boosting feature

Twitch’s potential new feature, view boosting, has been incredibly divisive among audiences and streamers alike even before its implementation. One of Twitch’s most prominent streamers, Felix “xQc” Lengyl, voiced his displeasure earlier on stream. “This has to be probably the worst idea I have ever heard in my life” xQc said on a recent stream, “This is quite possibly the dumbest shit I have ever had the displeasure of putting my eyes on.” The former Overwatch pro equated the new feature to the long bannable offense of viewbotting. “What if

Ceb to miss Dota 2’s The International 10 due to emergency eye surgery, miCKe to stand-in

OG is down yet another player from its back-to-back International winning Dota 2 roster. Ceb will be unable to compete at The International 10 because he needs to have emergency eye surgery, the organization announced today.  This news comes just six days before OG were set to try to win their third-straight Aegis of Champions. Team Liquid’s Michael “miCKe” Vu has joined the team as its official stand-in for the event.  Ceb confirmed that the rumors were true, revealing that during a routine medical check-up, his doctor discovered that he

Sykkuno surprises fans with subathon stream

Subathon streams appeared to have been a fad after Ludwig thrust them into mainstream notoriety with his massive one-month-long stream earlier this year—but one streamer is looking to bring them back. During Sykkuno’s Sept. 30 stream, the Twitch personality surprised his viewers by revealing he would be doing a subathon stream, and that it had started an hour and a half prior when he first went live. “The timer has been happening the entire time and we only have eight minutes left,” Sykkuno said. “So guys, unfortunately, the subathon is

New World Fibers: Where to Find Them

Top GamesPhoto courtesy of Amazon GamesNew World's release on Tuesday, Sept. 28, saw an explosion of players with over 700,000 concurrent on day one. As players begin exploring the game, they're looking for ways to differentiate their characters from others'. The most obvious solution is through clothing which players must make using linen and players need fibers to craft linen. Fibers can often be tricky to find without any idea as to where it's found. Before players begin scouring the expansive land of New World for fibers, here's where to