ELEAGUE Major: Boston The ELeague Major: Boston, is in the “New Champion” stage of the tournament. This includes the top eight teams from the group stage in a single elimination bracket. The prize you ask? $1 Million. On January 26, you’ll see these teams begin their bracket run. Underdogs, such as QB Fire, a Russian squad, have surprised everyone. They ended up going 3-1 in the Swiss format stage earlier this week. Other teams were expected to do well, such as FaZe Clan. They went 3-1 in the seeding stage of the tournament, and kept their momentum going in the…
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Era Eternity On January 19, a deal went through, sending all of Doom’s Call of Duty roster to Era Eternity. The ex-Doom team was the only team not under contract for the Pro League. Era announced the change on their twitter, in which they showed their roster in Era jerseys. In addition to this roster, Era secures their first mainstream COD League Berth. Competition This roster placed T12 in the NOLA open, in which they clinched the #9 seed in North America for the Pro League. They had only been together as a team for about a week before this…
Yep. You read that correctly. The Philadelphia Fusion Overwatch League team is hiring a “meme specialist.” The job description says that the position involves “creating memes, graphics, and digital assets across all digital channels (emails, web, and advertising) to drive engagement.” As a “meme specialist,” you’d be a part of the marketing and media team. They are looking for someone who understands the meme industry (I’m laughing really hard as I’m writing this). How would you qualify for this position you may ask? Philadelphia Fusion is looking for someone who has a technical mind, and skills in HTML, CSS, and…
COD National Circuit The Call of Duty National circuit was announced a few weeks ago, and is going to be a way for amateur teams to earn pro points. They are competing in hopes of making it to the Call of Duty Championships later this summer. Eight regions for the pro circuit have been announced, and they include: United States, Canada, the UK and Ireland, France and Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal, Italy, and ANZ. There are also programs for Brazil and Mexico to be announced soon. Each member of the winning team for each region will…
After adding new talent in Kenny, the Team Kaliber Call of Duty lineup has been absolutely outstanding this season. TK has won two straight COD events and are the #1 seed heading into the Global Pro League. At some point, their luck (if you can even call it that) has to run out, right? Match Stats TK, consisting of Kenny, Accuracy, Chino and Theory, has one insane stat going for them in this game so far: They have only lost one single match on LAN. They are a nearly perfect 14-1 in LAN play, only losing a 3-1 series against…
Overwatch League: Week 2 The second week of the Overwatch League concluded on January 20, and a lot has changed since week one. The Valiant lost both of their matches after starting off 0-2, and the Outlaws did the contrary, going 2-0 in the second week of play. Last Week’s Rankings The Leaders Momentum continued for the Seoul Dynasty, as they swept both Florida and Boston in dominating fashion. This squad is absolutely on fire, and they don’t show any sing of stopping any time soon. New York Excelsior took another two wins after sweeping Valiant 3-0 and Gladiators 4-0.…
NA LCS Day 1 The NA LCS began on January 20, with six high-intensity matches. The reigning champions of the NA LCS, TSM, were defeated by Team Liquid in the first match of the day. Newcomers, such as 100 Thieves, were able to take a victory against Optic Gaming, one of the strongest and most well known eSports organizations ever. Team Liquid vs TSM The reigning NA LCS champion, TSM was defeated by Team Liquid. Quite honestly, this match wasn’t very close at all. Team Liquid destroyed ten towers, and on the other side, TSM only destroyed two. The slaying…
Overwatch League: Week 1 The inaugural week of the Overwatch League concluded on January 13. Throughout the week, 12 very exciting matches took place, with the London Spitfire, Los Angeles Valiant, Seoul Dynasty, and New York Excelsior all coming out of the week on top of the league. The Leaders London Spitfire are sitting in the top spot after week one, with an undefeated record and a +13 point differential. They have shown themselves to be a team to watch, after completing a 4-0 sweep over Philadelphia Fusion and a 3-1 victory over Florida Mayhem. The Los Angeles Valiant also…
The Overwatch League began its inaugural season on January 10, which featured three highly anticipated matches. The viewer numbers for the opening night were extremely promising, as the opening night accumulated over 10 million viewers. This event is a huge sign for the future of mainstream eSports. The Stats The night peaked at just over 400,000 viewers at a single time, and never showed any less than 125,000 viewers during the matches. This is a higher total than the amount of viewers during the opening week NFL Thursday Night Football game. After seeing these numbers, it seems imminent that eSports…
CWL Pro League Stage 1 Preview- Group A Following the first two events of the Call of Duty World War II competitive season, the Pro League is set to begin with the top 16 teams in the world all coming together to compete at the MLG Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Group A, including five teams from North America, two teams from the European region, and the only qualifying team from the APAC region, Mindfreak. These teams are coming together to compete against one another from January 23 to January 25 for the first leg of competition. Each team will play…