Throughout the history of League of Legends esports, North America has been subject to criticism for a lack of talent development when compared to other major regions. To date, North America has impor
Last Tuesday, the “best Heroes of the Storm player in North America” abruptly announced his retirement from the competitive scene after spending the last four years making a name for himself. Fan “Fan” Yang, a member of the first Heroes of the Storm World Championship team for Cloud9 issued a statement through his current team, Tempo Storm, regarding his decision to step down. His full statement can be found here. When Fan was approached by InvenGlobal to talk about his decision to move on from competing in the Heroes Global Championship (HGC) in 2019, he opened up a bit more.
The Overwatch franchise team for Vancouver made their official announcement on December 1st and will be joining the Overwatch League in 2019. The team's name is ‘Vancouver Titans', and as many fans in the Overwatch community anticipated, the players are from RunAway, the team that swept the Overwatch Contenders KR. It is quite significant how every member of RunAway, the team that dominated the KR Contenders, got to join the 2019 Overwatch League. As the Overwatch League and regional Contenders were systemized in 2018, it was also the first year the players from the Contenders got to officially join the League. During this period, they had to test how smoothly the process of the Contenders players joining the League would go and how the Overwatch esports ecosystem would function around both the League and Contenders. During that process, every single member of RunAway made it to a League team, living up to their name as ‘the best regional Contenders team in KR'.
2018 was a rather unsatisfying year for the New York Excelsior. They seemed exceptional after having won the OWL Season 1 Stage 2 and 3, but they could not maintain their dominance to the end of the
Sergen "Broken Blade" Çelik Broken Blade showcased impressive flexibility in the TCL on Royal Bandits, and is ready to make his mark on North America as the first Turkish player to ever play in the NA LCS.
The 2019 LoL esports transfer market has almost come to a close. The word, ‘historical' would fit in perfectly, as a fair number of prominent teams have gone through a huge rebuilding process.
Looking back on the end of the year, Doublelift feels like he's overcome a hurdle personally and finally checked off the box of a strong international performance.
It's been a long time since League of Legends was released. Many players have come and gone in the LCK, yet there are still some players who have been playing since the very early era of the League. O
There is a fine line between pride and confidence.At a glance, the two can often seem indistinguishable. The divide is often even harder to discern for newcomers; inexperience can often make confidenc
The place where all your most asked questions are answered by pros! Today's special guest is a player who participated in the 2018 All-Stars event, Gen.G Peanut.Despite being voted 3rd place for All-S
All-Star 2018 was the perfect way to cap an amazing year of League of Legends esports. Pros and streamers gathered at Esports Arena Las Vegas in the Luxor Casino to play a multitude of fun game modes
On the 8th of December, All-Stars 2018 had finally come to an end. With the 1v1 tournament finals being the last event, Fnatic mid laner, Caps closed the deal and took home the 1v1 trophy.This year, t
The 2nd day for 2018 All-Star Las Vegas took place on December 7th; even more numbers of fans came to visit on the 2nd day than they did on the 1st day. We had the chance to interview Jun-Sik ‘Bang' Bae, who received a lot of attention from his fans with his Xayah cosplay on the 1st day of the event. Following is the video of the interview where Bang talk about his Xayah cosplay, what he talked about with Sneaky, and his message for his NA fans! This is your first time playing in All-Star tournament. How did you feel after playing on the stage? I've played in about 3 matches, and it is just fun. It's been a while since I could play in a tournament laughing like this. We can't leave out your encounter with Sneaky. It has gotten a lot of attention since the fan votes.
But for Adrian “Lifecoach” Koy and Mirijam “Wifecoach” Koy, all of that is automatically included. After taking on poker, Hearthstone, and Gwent, the happily married couple now has their sights set on Valve’s Artifact.
General Manager "san alex" and Head Coach "PiPou" made roster decisions that have ultimately taken Samsung Morning Stars to the most success to date.
It's now December, the final month of the year, and the trading window is in its last stage. Most of the teams have completed their team rosters and coach lineups, and have started their preparation for the upcoming year. During the stove league, we interviewed several players who will be facing new challenges with new teams, one of them being Sang-Yun “Sangyoon” Gwon, who successfully managed to renew his contract with Hanwha Life Esports. Hanwha Life Esports made some significant change to its lineup during the hot stove league. Among their top, jungle, and mid laners, the only player that got to stay was Tae-Hoon “Lava” Kim. On the other hand, all 4 bot laners, including the sub-members, got to stay. Hanwha completed their 10-man roster before any other teams could and began their preparation for 2019. Now Sangyoon, who has been with Hanwha Life Esports for 3 years now (including his time with the old ROX Tigers), will be entering the LCK with new teammates.
FlyQuest have confirmed the signing of young NA talent, James “Duoking” Stephenson, to their Academy roster. He will be supporting FlyQuest's Academy AD from the 2018 season, Erry, who has
The time where you can ask your favorite questions to pro players! Today's main star is a player who is participating in the 2018 All-Stars, SKT T1 Faker.Never missing out on the chance to join in on
This off season, like all before it, has brought along another wave of in-houses - a place where LCS, Academy, and other high challenger players get together in an organized 5v5 to escape the despair
The start of Kang “Blank” Seon-gu's career was not an especially smooth one. Along with having to overcome the mountain named Bae “Bengi” Seong-ung, he needed to prove his
