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Over the course of his 12 year career, Jason “Mew2King” Zimmerman has been known as many things. He’s been the best Super Smash Bros. Melee player in the world, a frame data pioneer, the...

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League of Legends always had potential to be the massive, global hit it is now, but it took time to realize that. Season One’s World Championship was one of the first times the entire...

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ICONIC Esports Moments: 'The General' Surrenders His Jacket (Samsung Blue vs. Samsung White, 2014)

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ICONIC Esports Moments: Dyrus' Retirement Speech, Worlds 2015 (LoL)

We knew it was coming — and we were warned — but that didn’t stop Marcus “Dyrus” Hill’s tear-filled retirement speech from pulling at our heartstrings in ways few League of Legends moments can...

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ICONIC Esports Moments: League's Greatest Underdog Story: Albus NoX Luna at Worlds 2016

Being the underdog doesn’t make you a loser. At first, it looked as if everyone’s predictions were going to be accurate. Albus NoX fell to the ROX Tigers in a quick, bloody game that...

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ICONIC Esports Moments: The Heartbreak of Fnatic, OMG vs. Fnatic – Worlds 2014 (LoL)

One. More. Hit. World Championship hopes can be made or destroyed, by the smallest of margins — and few teams have learned this more harshly than Fnatic did at the 2014 World Championship. One more...

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Growing Pains: A History of esports’ worst, most infamous and game changing scandals

From media laughing stock to media craze, from thousands of viewers to millions—esports has eclipsed all expectations in the last decade. But while competitive gaming has come a long way since its humble beginnings, it...

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ICONIC Esports Moments: Justin Wong's Marvelous Comeback (FGC)

Anyone who’s ever played a competitive fighting game has experienced a moment of hopelessness. A moment when you realize that your chances are getting slim and your hopes of winning slowly fade away before...

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