Have Faith CLG Fans! Help Is Here!
Recently, CLG received a big blow to their team, as jungler Xmithie is unable to join the team for Worlds due to visa issues. But their is some hope, as Philippine esports members have reached out to CLG, seeing this sort of problem in the Dota 2 scene. Over at esports.inquirer.net, Kyle Edralin has the scoop: However, it may not yet be the final word for Xmithie’s participation in the upcoming championship. After a reddit...
Microtransactions… League fans Got Off LUCKY!
It should be no surprise that most modern gamers HATE microtransactions. The very concept of “pay to win” or “freemium” gaming makes our blood boil! And its everywhere, especially with the rise of smartphone gaming and news of big name companies like Nintendo and Konami now beginning to shift focus on the mobile, casual market. Hell, microtransactions are even rearing their ugly heads in full price...
Is China Making The Most Out Of Their Players?
The Chinese League of Legends scene is bursting with talent, and it showed at MSI, even though they had a few Korean imports, EDG beat 2013 World Champions SKT in a best of 5. Top Chinese teams like EDG and LGD have taken in high profile Korean players and made huge improvements, but could they of done better with local talent, is there a more efficient way to build a team? What did teams in the past do? Could they have...
A Huge Blow To CLG!
After finally winning a chance to go to Worlds, CLG fan thought all the bad luck was behind them, but sadly, bad luck has again come to haunt CLG. Released on their website today, CLG announced that starting Jungler Xmithie would not be able to join them at Worlds due to visa issues. MaTTcom announced Xmithie’s replacement, and asked fans not to worry: We will be fielding Jae-Hyun “Huhi” Choi as our starting jungler for...
Can Groups Be Selected Better?
For the first time, League of Legends is doing a live drawing for World’s Groups on September 12, and a few people are talking about this random set up. One of those vocal parties is veteran esports journalist Thorin, and on the next page, we have a video from his Thorin’s Thoughts series going over this process, and how to make it better. Maybe not better really, but fairer, especially to teams from the stronger...
Foreign Boot-camping, Is It Worth The Trip?
As teams have a significant gap to fill between now and the League of Legend’s World Championship, many have decided to head to Korea, to play with the best in the world. Fnatic is doing just that, and on fnatic.com, ziminaite has taken the time to talk to the team via skype to see how it is going. Let see what they think of Korean Solo Queue: Bootcamping in Korea brings some main benefits: better quality of solo queue,...