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    [Crossover Tuesday] Exploring the vast world geek and gaming collabs

    High-end sneakers may have started the wave of consumer interest around exclusive limited drops, but now video games, anime, augmented reality and overall nerd stuff are rapidly redefining what's possible in the world of creative crossovers. Hold on to your NFT's, this is Crossover Tuesday!

    · Apr 13, 2021
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    [Opinion] It doesn't matter who qualifies for the LCS finals: Cloud9 will win anyway

    TSM and Team Liquid have gotten the better of Cloud9 at times throughout the season, but if the level of play in previous weeks of the Mid-Season Showdown is any indication, it simply will not matter whether Team Liquid or TSM moves on to the finals: Cloud9 is going to win, regardless of its opponent.

    · Apr 9, 2021
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    [Opinion] There won’t be a definitive “best” in Valorant until the Iceland VCT Lan

    The upcoming LAN that will cap off VCT Masters stage 2 is everything.

    · Mar 31, 2021
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    [LCS Spring Split] Ranking the 2021 LCS Spring Split MVP nominees by likelihood of winning

    Let's take a look at the 10 highest vote-garnering candidates for the 2021 LCS Spring Split MVP award and rank them in terms of their respective likelihoods of winning the award.

    · Mar 30, 2021
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    [LCS Mid-Season Showdown] Why TSM, Dignitas will defeat Evil Geniuses, 100 Thieves this weekend

    Let's take a look at the teams' performances this season alongside their respective matchups in the 2021 LCS Spring Split and analyze why it will be TSM and Dignitas to survive the weekend while Evil Geniuses and 100 Thieves find themselves eliminated from the LCS Mid-Season Showdown.

    · Mar 26, 2021
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    Damonte over ry0ma: Would it have made a difference for 100 Thieves vs. Cloud9?

    100 Thieves fans, professional players and members of the community alike were displeased to see ry0ma start in all three games of the series while Cloud9 dealt one merciless blow after another, but the one-sided nature of C9’s win begs the question: Would 100 Thieves starting Damonte have made any difference against Cloud9?

    · Mar 23, 2021
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    [LCS Spring Split] Beyond the Numbers: TSM and PowerOfEvil are a match made in heaven

    TSM looked to find a Bjergsen replacement in POE and so far, he and his control mages have fit the new era of the team like a glove.

    · Mar 19, 2021
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    [LCS Spring Split] Predicting the seeding of the 2021 LCS Mid-Season Showdown

    Based on the current standings and the final week of matches in the 2021 LCS Spring Split, let's try and predict which teams will qualify for the LCS Mid-Season Showdown, and specifically, which seeds each team respectively secures for the battle to represent North America at the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational.

    · Mar 11, 2021
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    [Opinion] T1 is yet to communicate to fans that they can actually win

    One of the keywords for the 2021 LCK season has been “communication” and for the league's biggest franchise, T1, it's been a haunting one. Fans opened up by communicating via a LED truck,

    · Mar 5, 2021
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    This video from Burning Crusade's midnight launch is a throwback to a f****n awesome era in gaming

    "I've been standing here for 11 hours. And he's been standing here for 13... 14 hours," one fan says as the camera makes its rounds and captures all the wonderful variety of fans who flocked to celebrate a historical moment.

    · Mar 5, 2021
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    [Debate] Should streamers be responsible for toxic fans' actions?

    And the real question: Should they DO something about the actions of toxic fans?

    · Feb 24, 2021
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    [Debate] For and against Orisa's experimental buff: Is it good or bad for the game?

    Is Orisa's new buff a bit OP? Or is the change to her Fortify a much-needed update? Let's debate this once and for all.

    · Feb 17, 2021
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    [Opinion] Why Overwatch should go free-to-play

    Is time for Blizzard to make Overwatch free-to-play, like they made Starcraft 2 free-to-play in 2017?

    · Feb 16, 2021
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    Epic Game's MetaHuman Creator is the turning point we love to fear

    MetaHuman Creator is a tool that will be used to create amazing experiences and narratives.  As a tool, it can also be used in any manner of ways, the chief concern being the goal of deception. Whether it's macro-level propaganda targetting nations or micro-level scammers targetting individuals, the only limit to what this technology is capable of is one's imagination,

    · Feb 10, 2021