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Faker reups his contract with SK Telecom T1 getting a bump in pay to rival the Chinese offers he’s been getting since last year
Yoonsub Choi “Locodoco” joined LCS Team Liquid as a content creator, on-camera personality, and translator
Tristan Schrage “PowerOfEvil” joins LCS team Origin and veteran Enrique Cedeno Martinez “xPeke” moves to be a sixth man swing
Jonas Anderson “Trashy” joins European LCS organization FollowEsports
League Champions Korea whoops SK Telecom T1 even with Faker playing the second match
Riot’s 2016 LCS rules are set to include 3 year contract limits, minimum compensation for substitute players, allow players to leave delinquent teams, and eliminate non-compete clauses all in the hope to increase the quality of life for LCS players
Heo Seung-Hoon “Huni” plans to leave Fnatic for a North American team for more money and to get out from under his strict coach Luis Sevilla “Delior”
Cloud9 adds Lee Yoon-jae “Rush” and Michael Kurylo “Bunny FuFuu” to their line up while keeping Hai Du Lam in rotation
TSM hires Josh Smith “Jarge” & 26 year old KC Woods a former basketball & baseball player turned pitching coach
LCS Team Dignitas adds Lennart Warkus “SmittyJ”, Thomas Yuen “Kirei”, Apollo Prince “Apollo” to their current lineup with returning members Danny Le “Shiphtur” and Alan Nguyen “KiWiKid” . They also brought on head coach Joe Elouassi “Innerflame” and analyst Barento Mohammed “Raz”
Sacramento Kings co-owner Andy Miller & Mark Mastrov buy Team Coast’s LCS spot and rename the team NRG Esports, filling the roster with Jung Eon-yeong “Impact”, Lee Chang-seok “GBM”, Galen Holgate “Moon”, Kevin Kwon “KonKwon,” and Johnny Ru “Altec,” with coach Tadayoshi Littleton “Hermit”
Team SoloMid announces new roster: Kevin Yarnell “Hauntzer”, Dennis Johnsen “Svenskeren”, Raymond Tsang “kaSing”, Soren Bjerg “Bjergsen”
Riot changes all offensive user names to an appropriate name and gives players the option to change their user name if they complete a personality survey or pay 1300 Riot Points (about $10)
In a study by Science Direct using Riot Lyte’s League of Legends player survey
Two weeks after launch Overwatch gets its first balance patch
Ravindu Kodippili “Ritsu” is dismissed from Cloud9’s DOTA 2 roster due to past and present poor behavior, drams
Cloud9 beats Team Liquid 2-1 at the CS:GO iBUYPOWER Invitational
Cloud from Final Fantasy VII is coming to Super Smash Bros.
Attorney Bryce Blum defends Braxton Pierce “Swag” on his CS:GO Valve ban
SK Gaming buys up European based R3D Gaming, a three team organization (Odyssey, Chimaera, and Prometheus) competing in the MOBA tablet game Vainglory
French team EnVyUs withdraws from Intel Extreme Masters San Jose due to recent Paris attacks.
Harrison Gold EsportsEntrepreneur.com, EsportCareers.org
French Esports company Oxent is working with Riot, Valve, and others on integrating female teams into the world of esports navigating through the overwhelmingly sexist online community, ultimately their end goal is to see co-ed teams in all leagues
Halo 5 is struggling to be a contender in the world of Esports sitting at the 53rd most viewed game on Twitch, will their World Championship prize pool currently at $1.7MM bring in the audience they want?
Metal Gear Solid partners with ESL to make Metal Gear Online Global Championship holding regular tournaments from Dec 1 – Feb 29 at $1,000 per competition for each region also allowing players to earn ESL points
Smash Bros Pro William Hjelte “Leffen” challenges Zachary Cordoni “SFAT” to a $1,000 cash match at DreamHack Winter. That’s how the fighting Esports world works, WWF like trash talk and calling out competitors to challenges, great marketing boys you throw that folding chair
Bertrand Grospellier “ElkY” former Starcraft and Warcraft pro player, and Poker Player with $10MM in career winnings signs with Team Liquid to play Hearthstone, apparently all the cool millionaire poker kids are moving to Hearthstone for their retirement plan just like Daniel Negreanu who won $30MM in Poker now also a Hearthstone player
Modern Times Group acquires DreamHack for $28MM.
Blizzard | Activision is “taking the reigns” of Competitive Call of Duty Tournaments
Chinese Esport Organization Team DK disbanded
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