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Golden Guardians dives into more esports titles, signs Apex Legends, World of Warcraft and Teamfight Tactics roster
North American esports organization Golden Guardians continue to make changed to their organization. After the rebrand of the team, which saw the old logo and colors being updated, an announcement of
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Hearthstone balance changes aim to nerf "Shamanstone"
On Wednesday afternoon, the Hearthstone development team released a blog post detailing their most recent round of nerfs to their collectible card game and auto-chess game mode, Battlegrounds. With the Descent of Dragons expansion launching a little more than a week ago, this round of nerfs is the fastest to come after a card set was introduced in the game's history. As "Shamanstone" has returned as a meme within the community due to the class's higher-than-average power-level, the development team moved quickly to even out the playing field prior to members of the company taking a holiday break in the upcoming days. While there are numerous cards in the current meta that individuals suspected would be targeted in this round of balance changes, three Shaman cards and one neutral power-house were hit.
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Tasty Steve talks FGC flexibility; casting approach; and the global impact of Dragon Ball FighterZ
Steve "Tasty Steve" Scott joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie at ArcRevo America 2019 to discuss the flexibility required to be a professional in the FGC, his lore-laden approach to casting, and how Dragon Ball FighterZ is creating a convergence of fighting game players on an entirely new level.
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[SOURCES] UPDATED: Riot adds two Monday games to LCS schedule, includes Academy in-studio games on weekend
The LCS is changing their schedule for 2020, the first time since they switched to "Bo1" two years ago. They will emphasize Academy games, adding them in the midst of LCS, and there will be games from Fri-Mon. Read more on how the new schedule will look here:
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[All-Star 2019] C9 Jschritte looks back at his career: " The first time I stepped on stage I got an adrenaline rush and I thought 'this is what I want my life to be like' "
At League of Legends All-Star 2019, we had the chance to speak to the player about his journey to esports stardom, the change of pace between the Brazilian esports scene versus North America, and how his mentality has changed over the years.
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Teamfight Tactics patch 9.24b brings changes to unit scaling, Nocturne, and more
As the holidays approach, the Teamfight Tactics team wants to make sure the auto-battler is in as good a state as possible prior to employees taking a little break to spend time with their families. On Monday night, Stephen "Mortdog" Mortimer, the game's Lead Designer, fired up his Twitch stream to unveil what was coming in patch 9.24b. Scheduled to go live on Wednesday, the b-side patch will be larger than most, if not the largest of Set 2. "With the holiday, we wanted to make sure the game was in as good a state as possible and there are some things currently on live that we are not okay with," said Mortimer. "The meta has been pretty diverse which is nice but there are a few builds that are exceeding our expectations." The specific changes, which are subject to change if the development team feels necessary, are below.
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FunPlus Phoenix is reportedly paying Khan over $2 million per season
FunPlus Phoenix confirmed as of December 16 that it had signed former SK Telecom T1 Top Laner Kim “Khan” Dong-ha, and according to a tweet by ESPN Esports’ Tyler “FionnOnFire” Erzberger, Khan will he paid over $2 million per season by FPX.
