Esports & Gaming Articles

WCS NA premier league enters playoffs, HerO vs Alicia as opening match

<p>The group stage matches for the premier division of WCS America are done and we get one week until the remaining eight will engage in the fight for the regional championship.</p>

G-1 Day 1: : LGD dominant, Alliance and Orange victorious as well

<p>The first day of G-1 League Finals in Shanghai has concluded and Alliance, Orange and LGD all remain victorious with two wins out of two games. Big favorite iG has disappointed so far.</p>

China pull ahead in 2-0 over North America

<p>Though putting up a fight initially after a poor loss in game 1, North America was not able to secure a massive lead in the second game and ended up losing 2-0 to the Chinese powerhouses.</p>

MMA, Ret, ToD, Grubby among the first to beat the Challenger league

<p>The bracket stage for WCS Challenger is done and eight players advance to the WS premier league. Among them are the two Koreans that survived the earlier rounds as well as a good portion of the European elite.</p>

The Korean Duo meets the NA Duo in the Grand Finals

<p>The Skills Tournament has had it&#39;s two finalist settled and it is North America vs. Korea.</p>

Doublelift and Xpecial advance to the Finals of the Duo-Lane Tournament

<p>After a quick 40 second match, Doublelift and Xpecial proceed to the finals against the winner of China vs. Korea.</p>

Pre-Event Interview: NyJacky

<p>Travis was able to catch up with Jacky, AP Mid of Curse, before the All-Star games.</p>

Two new tutorial quests and tournament tickets in this week's patch

<p>The in-game tutorial has been updated&nbsp;with two new quests. It is unlikely to see them ported into the main client anytime soon as they are still buggy and unfinished, but it is a first step.&nbsp;In addition,&nbsp;obligatory bug fixes have been added and&nbsp;three tournaments will now have a ticket to purchase in the Dota 2 Shop, among them the Raidcall D2L ticket.</p>

Day 1 Skills Competition brings favorable results to China

<p>Though unbroadcasted, the results are in for the first part of the Skills Competition with Two victories from China, One from Korea, and one from Europe.</p>

Weixiao: "I am the better AD Carry"

<p>Considered nearly identical in play and one of the most popular upcoming match-ups in the world, Weixiao speaks about Doublelift and the All-Stars games before he plays.</p>

TI3 East: Rising Stars' alchemy wins them Game 3

<p><span style="font-family:tahoma;">Group B of The International 3 Eastern qualifier has concluded and RisingStars goes out ahead. The Chinese team&nbsp;will join LGD, RattleSnake and ViCi Gaming in the qualifier playoffs, which will continue&nbsp;after the G-1 weekend.</span></p>

Draft Analysis of G-1 League West and East

<p>The finals of the G-1 League are starting tomorrow, and for the first time since The International 2, Eastern and Western teams clash on LAN. We had a look at the picks and bans of the respective qualifiers for the tournament to figure out the similarities and differences of the scenes.</p>