• 2017 Summer Split NA LCS:Week 3

    2017 Summer Split NA LCS: Week 3 Recap

    After the exciting 2017 Summer Split NA LCS Week 2, where we witnessed an amazing series between TSM vs CLG, we move on to week 3 as we close in on the ending of the first half of the season, the standings have started to solidify to an extent....
  • Climbing in the LCS

    Climbing in League of Legends: Imitation Doesn’t Get Wins

    To many, the Professional scene is the pinnacle of League of Legends. Being able to play on the big screen, alongside your long-time teammates, and hoisting the coveted trophies is just about any LoL player’s dream. With that in mind, why wouldn’t you try to imitate the pros to...
  • Newbee vs Planet Odd Preview, Galaxy Battles LAN Finals 2017

    Galaxy Battles: Newbee and Planet Odds were the ones who came out on top in their respected groups and against their upper bracket opponents to face-off against one another in the last game of the upper bracket on June 17 at 4:15 CEST. The first day of the tournament...
  • HCT 2017 Playoffs: Hearthstone Champions Without Tier 1 Decks

    It has been two months since the release of Journey to Un’Goro expansion as the first expansion of the Year of the Mammoth. We have observed serious shifts in the Hearthstone meta since then and now the dust is about to settle and at the end we ended up...
  • Overwatch Should Allow Hero Bans In the Future

    Overwatch has been described as a cross between League of Legends and CS:GO. It takes some MOBA elements and ports them over to the FPS genre. The largest aspect of that is the heroes and their unique abilities. Players become known, not only for the category of hero they...
  • New GCC Mod Sparks Conversation in Melee Community

    Competitive Melee has hit a new bump in its continual development. The introduction of a new mod to controllers has led to a new controversy, and the scene has taken to the issue with serious discussion. The Smashbox In July of 2016, a new controller known as the Smashbox...
  • TSM vs CLG: Breaking Down the Mini Reverse Sweep

    Replay clips are credit to Riot Esports and Twitch, click on them to play. Coming into week 2 and the much anticipated match up between possibly the two longest standing organizations, the Team Solo Mid and Counter Logic Gaming match had quite a few different pre-game conotations. Instead of...
  • Community Effort Orlando (CEO) 2017 Melee Preview

    June 16th begins the prestigious Community Effort Orlando (CEO) 2017 Fighting Game Championship. Started in 2010 off the back of Alex Jebailey, the series has grown into an international event for all sectors of the Fighting Game Community (FGC). While Melee was around for the initial 2010 run, it...
  • Mastering Halo: What is ‘Halo IQ’?

    Intelligent Quotient or “IQ” is often used to measure an individual’s learning and reasoning ability. The term IQ stems from standardized testing used to gauge participant’s intelligence level. In the popular Sci-Fi shooter, Halo, IQ is gauged by solving problems ingame. Although there is no test, nor a score...