Senior Designer Talks About TGT And RNG.
Ben Brode is one of the Senior Designers for Hearthstone, and is very vocal about the balance of the game, recently he sat down for an interview with Tim Clark over at pcgamer.com about the powerful cards and effect of The Grand Tournament expansion. This wide ranged interview hits a lot of popular points, especially on the latest tier one deck Secret Paladin: PC Gamer: Of the new cards, the biggest breakout success has been...
Will Freeze Land In NA? He Is Thinking About It.
Former ADC for the Copenhagen Wolves Freeze is a free agent now, and according to the latest article on dailydot.com, the offers are pouring in. Jacob Wolf has highlighted Freeze’s short career, picking out the impact he made when he first hit the LCS: Kněžínek has been a star since his debut in the LCS in 2013 with the Ninjas in Pyjamas. After spending a year on the Ninjas’ Challenger squad in 2014—where he failed to...
The Feeling of Esports! Why We Watch!
There is a lot going on to drive the popularity of Esports over in the west. CS:GO, League of Legends and Dota2 are bringing in huge streaming numbers, getting espn coverage and drawing in high profile sponsors. At the end of the day, we as fans, are not here for any of that, we are drawn to these games for other reasons. In his latest Thorin’s Thought video, Thorin himself gets a little overwhelmed with his feeling...
League’s Latest Patch Is Primed For Worlds!
Just recently, League of Legends has released the 5.18 patch, the official patch for Worlds! This patch is not only a good fix for the latest champion updates from the Juggernaut patch, but over all balancing to spice up the meta game. With all these changes and shake ups, it makes sense that over on the official League Of Legends youtube channel, we get 2 patch rundown videos. Lets take a look at # 1 first, then, head...
Do You Remember This Star Support? What Happened?
Looking back on previous World’s, in 2013, NA sent one of their LCS teams that nobody would of thought of, Vulcan, and on that team was one talented support player. Bloodwater had some amazing plays in the LCS and in the group stages of Worlds, but as we can see from Thorin’s article over at followesports.com, he just stopped playing after his team failed to show up. How do you go from this: Yet, amidst so many...