On the 27th of December (KST), Riot Games has officially announced the schedule for the upcoming 2019 LCK Spring Split. According to Riot, the 2019 LCK Spring Regular Split will kick off on January 16
Gen.G Esports made it to the League of Legends KeSPA Cup 2018 Semifinals after getting a perfect win in the quarterfinals on December 26th. They defeated Kingzone DragonX by 2-0 with even better performance than they did in Round 1. Following is the interview with Gen.G Esports' AD Carry, Ruler. How do you feel about winning against Kingzone DragonX? We seemed a bit shaky in game 2 but I'm very happy that we won by 2-0. It seemed your team performed much better than you did in the match against SANDBOX Gaming in Round 1; what kind of feedback did you get? Nothing special. I think we just gave each other feedback on reducing making mistakes or playing recklessly during the practice.
Gen.G Esports defeated Kingzone DragonX by 2-0 in the League of Legends KeSPA Cup 2018 Quarterfinals on December 26th. Gen.G dominated the Rift from the early phase during game 1, giving no room for KZ to catch up. Eventually, Gen.G destroyed enemy Nexus with ease as KZ stood no chance against them during team fights. However, in game 2, things became more intense; Gen.G and KZ were almost even in scaling as KZ got kills from ganking and roaming while Gen.G from team fights. When Gen.G saw enemy Yasuo in the bot lane, they seized the chance to take the Baron; they won the team fight and proudly marched towards enemy Nexus, winning again. Following is the interview with Gen.G Esports Ruler and CuVee, the two players who performed spectacularly well.
KT Rolster defeated GC Busan Rising Star by 2-0 in the League of Legends KeSPA Cup 2018 Round 2 Quarterfinals on December 26th. During the match, KT Rolster overwhelmingly crushed GC Busan, the team that surprised many fans with their performance in this year's KeSPA Cup. Following is the interview with KT Rolster's top laner, Smeb.
KT Rolster defeated GC Busan Rising Star by 2-0 in the League of Legends KeSPA Cup 2018 Quarterfinals on December 26th. Although both teams seemed to go 50:50 at first during game 1, KT later crushed GC Busan in the team fights; it was the same for game 2, in which KT spared no mercy for GC Busan and defeated them. During the match, UmTi and Bdd showed spectacular teamwork, leading their team to victory. Following is the interview with KT Rolster UmTi and Bdd, both of whom displayed outstanding performance. This was your first official match after the team rebuilds. You must have felt nervous and excited at the same time; you had a perfect win by 2-0.
Warcraft 3 living legend, Jang "Moon" Jae Ho, donated all of his BREC prize-winning to a school in China.
On the 26th of December (KST), KeSPA made an official announcement of the players of the 8 teams that will be competing in the 2018 KeSPA Cup Round 2.
Today's interview features Faker from SKT T1, which won against bbq Olivers 2-0 in the KeSPA Cup Round 1 Round of 8 Group D. While SKT T1 outperformed their opponent team during set 1, they were a little shaky in set 2; nonetheless, they made it the semifinals by winning the team fights, which resulted in an amazing reverse sweep. After the match ended, we had a chance to talk to Faker about several things: how he felt about playing on Christmas, his thoughts on playing Lissandra four times in a row, and the slang being used a lot by SKT T1 players. Here's the interview with SKT T1 Faker.
On the 25th (KST), the 2018 LoL KeSPA Cup Round 1 Quarterfinals Group D series, SKT T1 vs bbq Olivers was held at Gangnam Actoz Arena. SKT T1 delivered near-perfect performance and won game 1, but
On the 25th of December (KST), SKT T1 defeated bbq Olivers 2:0 and advanced to the 2nd round of the 2018 KeSPA Cup. With SKT delivering near-perfect performance in game 1, it seemed likely that they'd
On the 25th of December (KST), DAMWON Gaming (DWG) defeated KeG Seoul 2:1 in the 2018 KeSPA Cup. For the first 2 games, DWG had quite a hard time going against KeG Seoul, a team that only has amateur
World Champion Invictus Gaming took one more victory lap in 2018, triumphing over the new Topsports Gaming lineup 3-1 in China's 2018 Winter Demacia Cup.
Gen.G Esports defeated SANDBOX Gaming by 2-0 and made it to the 2nd round in the League of Legends KeSPA Cup 2018 on December 24th. The match between Gen.G and SANDBOX was almost like watching their LCK game beforehand; although the result was 2-0, the games themselves were very intense and fun to watch for the fans. Notably, Life, who has made his debut in this tournament, displayed outstanding performance like a true prospective player for the year 2019.
GC Busan Rising STar won against Jin Air Green Wings by 2-0 in the League of Legends KeSPA Cup Round 1 on December 24th. It seemed at first Jin Air had an advantage over GC Busan when they had taken enemy Lucian in the bot lane, although GC Busan managed to catch up by taking the Rift Herald and winning the team fights. GC Busan then took the Baron Nashor and marched on to destroy enemy Nexus, defeating Jin Air Green Wings. Following is the post-match interview with Moo from GC Busan Rising Star. Did you expect to win against Jin Air Green Wings today? Yes, I expected we would obviously win by 2-0 even before coming to the stadium. It was impressive how you carry with Ezreal, just like you did in the last match as well as the 1st set today.
On December 24th, Ambition announced that he will be retiring from pro gaming during his stream on Twitch. After leaving Gen.G Esports, Ambition wished to stay in Korea this year but also commented that it will not be easy for him to stay as good as what he used to be. He said that he plans to keep his focus on streaming while communicating with his fans.
After four years in the EU LCS, Oskar "Vander" Bogdan will be returning home. The Polish Support joined Rogue Academy, who will be competing in Poland's Ultraliga for the 2019 season.
Kelsey Moser is on track for one of the most interesting career paths in League of Legends esports
Players in Overwatch League who have account boosting, sharing, match throwing, and toxicity infractions have been given suspensions and fines.
Activision Blizzard announced last week that they are no longer supporting the competitive Heroes of the Storm scene but the community hasn’t. Since the press release that effectively ended the Heroes Global Championship (HGC) and Heroes of the Dorm circuits released last Thursday, numerous organizations, fans, and community members have voiced their interest in making a new tournament structure or league viable. The hashtag “#saveHotS” began appearing on different social platforms and is now acting as a rallying cry for those who do not want to see the competitive scene of one of their beloved games die altogether.
Team Vitality's 2018 season was one of the most exciting storylines of the year. The young, aggressive European side played the game on a knife's edge, skirmishing aggressively and frequently long bef
