NA LCS:NRG and Renegades show significant improvement.
EU LCS: A strong week for Origen and G2 Esports with the return of xPeke.
LCK: ROX Tigers experience their first loss against Samsung Galaxy and Jin Air Green Wings continue to surge.
LPL: OMG wins both games to rise to 2nd place.
NA LCS Recap and Standings
In the last week of the regular split, Renegades continued their run with their roster by winning three straight games. Counter Logic Gaming win both of their games to secure 2nd place while Cloud9 lose to Team Liquid to drop down to 3rd place. After their tragic loss to Renegades last week TSM continued their stumble as they lost both of their games and fell to 6th place. Immortals has finished first in the league setting the record for the best win-loss record in the NA LCS.
Immortals
Here are results of week 9:
Day 1:
Team Impulse vs Renegades (0-1)
Counter Logic Gaming vs NRG Esports(1-0)
Immortals vs TSM (1-0)
Team Dignitas vs Liquid (0-1)
Cloud9 vs Echo Fox(1-0)
Day 2:
Renegades vs Echo Fox (1-0)
Liquid vs Cloud9 (1-0)
Team Impulse vs Immortals (0-1)
Counter Logic Gaming vs Team Dignitas(1-0)
TSM vs NRG Esports (0-1)
Team Impulse vs Renegades (0-1) [TIEBREAKER]
The games to watch are Immortals vs TSM, TSM vs NRG Esports, and Liquid vs Cloud9.
Here are the final spring split standings after nine weeks of play:
1. Immortals (17W-1L)
2. Counter Logic Gaming (13W-5L)
3. Cloud9 (12W-6L)
4. Liquid (10W-8L)
5. NRG Esports (9W-9L)
6. TSM (9W-9L)
7. Echo Fox (6W-12L)
10. Renegades (6W-13L)
8. Team Impulse (5W-14L)
8. Team Dignitas (4W-14L)
Playoffs Preview
The regular season is officially over and playoffs begin in two weeks.
Here's what the schedule looks like:
Both of the quarterfinal match-ups are sure to be exciting so make sure to catch them on April 2nd and 3rd.
EU LCS Recap and Standings
Week 9 was the last week of the regular season and marks the last time we will have best of ones in the LCS. Despite the close standings all split there were no tiebreakers needed. With H2k's loss to Unicorns of Love, G2 Esports finished first place in the EU LCS. Furthermore, Team Vitality suffered a tragic upset to ROCCAT which removed their chance to get first or second. Fnatic also had tough losses this week that dropped them from potentially being fourth to sixth place. Given how close these teams were to each other, the standings should have little bearing on who will take the Spring Split Championship.
G2 Esports
Here are results of week 9:
Day 1:
Giants vs Origen (0-1)
Elements vs Fnatic (1-0)
H2k vs Unicorns of Love (0-1)
ROCCAT vs Team Vitality (1-0)
Splyce vs G2 Esports (0-1)
Day 2:
H2k vs Elements (1-0)
Team Vitality vs Splyce (1-0)
Origen vs Fnatic (1-0)
Giants vs ROCCAT (1-0)
G2 Esports vs Unicorns of Love (1-0)
The games to watch are H2k vs Unicorns of Love, G2 Esports vs Unicorns of Love, and Origen vs Fnatic.
1. G2 Esports (15W-3L)
1. H2k (14W-4L)
3. Team Vitality (13W-5L)
4. Origen (11W-7L)
5. Unicorns of Love (10W-8L)
6. Fnatic (9W-9L)
7. Elements (6W-12L)
8. Splyce (5W-13L)
9. ROCCAT (4W-14L)
10. Giants (3W-15L)
Playoffs Preview
The regular season is officially over!
Here's what the playoffs look like:
LCK Recap and Standings
SKT beat Jin Air Green Wings but lose to ROX Tigers. Afreeca Freecs is the wild card team that seems to win or lose on any given day.
Afreeca Freecs
Here are results of week 10:
Day 1:
SKTelecom T1 vs Jin Air Green Wings (2-0)
Afreeca Freecs vs Kongdoo Monsters (2-1)
Day 2:
Longzhu Gaming vs CJ ENTUS (1-2)
SBENU SONICBOOM vs KT Rolster (0-2)
Day 3:
SKTelecom T1 vs ROX Tigers (0-2)
Samsung Galaxy vs Afreeca Freecs (1-2)
Day 4:
Kongdoo Monsters vs SBENU SONICBOOM (0-2)
CJ ENTUS vs Jin Air Green Wings (1-2)
The games to watch are game 2 between Jin Air vs KT Rolster, game 3 between Afreeca Freecs vs SKTelecom T1, and game 3 between Samsung Galaxy vs ROX Tigers. Ambition's performance was a sight to see and led Samsung to victory against the ROX Tigers.
Here are the standings after ten weeks of play:
1. ROX Tigers (12W-1L)
2. Jin Air Green Wings (10W-4L)
3. KT Rolster (9W-4L)
4. CJ ENTUS (8W-6L)
5. SKTelecom T1 (7W-5L)
6. Samsung Galaxy (7W-6L)
7. Longzhu Gaming (6W-7L)
8. Afreeca Freecs (5W-7L)
9. SBENU SONICBOOM (1W-13L)
10. Kongdoo Monster (1W-13L)
Week 11 Preview
The series to watch in week 11 is going to be Longzhu vs SKT, Samsung Galaxy vs Jin Air Green Wings, and SKT vs CJ ENTUS. All four of these teams are in the middle of the standings and will be fighting to be able to play in the upcoming playoffs.
LPL Recap and Standings
QG Uzi
Here are the results of week 7:
Day 1:
Snake Esports vs Royal Never Give Up (0-2)
Edward Gaming vs Master3 (2-0)
Day 2:
Vici Gaming vs Energy Pace Maker (2-0)
Hyper Youth Gaming vs LGD Gaming (0-2)
Day 3:
Invictus Gamingvs Qiao Gu Reapers (1-2)
Royal Never Give Up vs Master3(2-1)
Team World Elite vs OMG (2-1)
Day 4:
Edward Gaming vs Energy Pace Maker (2-0)
Vici Gaming vs Snake Esports (2-1)
The series to watch is Invictus Gaming vs Qiao Gu Reapers. Going to the full three games, Qiao Gu demonstrated why they are the best team in China with a fantastic performance from QG Uzi.
Here are the standings after six weeks of play:
Group A
1. Qiao Gu Reapers (10W-1L)
2. Team World Elite (7W-4L)
3. Snake Esports (6W-5L)
4. Master3 (3W-8L)
4. LGD Gaming (3W-8L)
6. Energy Pace Maker (2W-9L)
Group B
1. Royal Never Give Up (9W-2L)
2. Edward Gaming (7W-4L)
3. OMG (6W-5L)
3. Invictus Gaming (6W-5L)
3. Vici Gaming (6W-5L)
6. Hyper Youth Gaming (1W-10L)
Week 8 Preview
Next week the series to watch are Vici Gaming vs Invictus Gaming, Invictus Gaming vs EDG, and RNG vs Vici Gaming. All of these teams are competitive and have the possibility of going to three games.
Huni Ekko Pentakill
Huni gets a pentakill in Immortal's game against Team Impulse
Huni Ekko Pentakill
TL Fenix gets the backdoor with Lulu
Ninja gets a quadra kill on Varus
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
ESL Pro League Season 3 Week 5
In the fifth week of the ESL Pro League teams played a total of 48 total matches for both EU and NA regions.
Here are the week 5 results for EU:
Week 5 NA Results:
After week 5 these are the standings:
In EU, G2 Esports has surged to 3rd while Astralis and NiP remain strong in the top two spots. In NA, Luminosity overtook OpTic to get 1st place and Selfless tied OpTic in points to be 2nd. Next week, EU will feature an exciting match-up between Astralis and NiP on March 23rd. NA is on break until April 6th but will also feature a match-up between the 1st and 2nd seed: OpTic vs Luminosity.
Natus Vincere win the Counter Pit League Season 2 LAN Finals
Natus Vincere
The Counter Pit Season 2 LAN Finals have ended with Natus Vincere winning 2-1 against Astralis to win $40,000.
Here is how the tournament played out:
Beating out FlipSide3 and Virtus.pro, Na'Vi went to a full three-map series against Atralis. In the first map, Na'Vi dominated on Train winning 16-9. Astralis came back on Inferno taking the round 12-16. In the final map, GuardiaN went off and helped Na'Vi take Mirage 16-5.
GuardiaN hits some insane shots
Top 5 Plays from the Counter Pit
Top 5 Plays from Counter Pit Season 2 LAN Finals
SileNt 1v4 clutch vs EnVy
SileNt 1vs4 clutch versus EnVy
S1mple 10hp pistol 4k only headshots
S1mple 10hp pistol 4k only headshots
Watch the whole play in his perspective.
HIKO 1v3 Amazing Clutch ESL Pro League
Dota 2
MVP Phoenix win Dota Pit League Season 4 LAN Finals
MVP Phoenix
MVP Phoenix beat Evil Geniuses 3-0 in the Grand Finals to become the champions of Dota Pit League Season 4 and win $97,407.
Here is how the tournament played out:
In the Grand Finals, Evil Geniuses took an early lead but could not handle MVP's teamfight and lost the first game. The second game was similar: a strong early game by EG but MP's Juggernaut and QO's Outworld Devourer were able to take the game off of a single teamfight. The final game was a complete stomp ending in just over 30 minutes, giving the Korean team their first international tournament win. Along with strong victories over OG and compLexity, MVP's performance last week was the strongest Korean team finish in Dota 2 history. With a history of eSports domination, one has to wonder if Koreans are on the path to be the best in Dota 2 as well.
MP dives into the Fountain to kill Universe
MP and FoReV decimate Evil Geniuses
Na`Vi obliterates Evil Geniuses featuring Sun Strike and Chronosphere
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