This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for Overwatch. Expect spoilers! Brackets from TeamLiquid.
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eSports Weekly 01/16/17
Leagues around the world are currently on break until the third week of January, with the LCK starting on January 17th and the NA and EU LCS starting that weekend.
10 Bans on Pro-Play
League of Legends eSports currently has six bans, three for each team. However, the LCS is currently considering changing to a 10 ban system in order to increase champion diversity and strategic play.
Read more about this new development here.
Scoop on LCK Superteams
소름주의 [그롤이 알고싶다] 비선실세 의혹, LCK 게이트 논란의 주인공은?! #롤짧짤
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3000 IQ
3000 IQ
When Riot wants you to win
When Riot Wants You to Win Your Diamond Promos
Forg1ven the legend
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
ELEAGUE Major 2017 - Qualifier
The ELEAGUE Major is a Premier Tournament featuring 16 teams and a $1,000,000 USD prize pool. Last week the offline qualifiers, where 16 teams competed for eight spots in a swiss tournament, finished.
To qualify for the main tournament, the eight teams with positive scores (3-2 or better) will advance. Here are the results:
The main tournament is from January 22-29th in Atlanta, Georgia. With a $1,000,000 USD prize pool on the line, 16 teams will be playing in this first Major of the year.
DreamHack Leipzig 2017
Part of the DreamHack ZOWIE Open, the DreamHack Leipzig 2017 was a Premier tournament featuring eight teams competing for a $100,000 USD prize pool. Going from January 13-15th, the tournament took place in Leipzig, , and featured a Group Stage in a double elimination group format and a single elimination Playoff.
Here are the results:
FlipSid3 Tactics swept the entire tournament not dropping a single match and took home $50,000 USD.
World Electronic Sports Games 2016
The World Electronic Sports Games 2016 is a premier tournament featuring a group stage and single elimination playoff. 23 teams competed for a $1,500,000 USD prize pool from January 12-15 in Changzhou, China.
Here are the results:
Shroud with the Nutty 4K
Snax 4k pistol
cadiaN surrenders
Scream gets flanked
LEGIJA with the 1v3 in OT!
Dota 2
World Electronic Sports Games 2016
The World Electronic Sports Games 2016 was a premier tournament featuring a group stage and single elimination playoff. 24 teams competed for a $1,500,000 USD prize pool from January 12-15 in Changzhou, China.
Here are the results:
Limmp 9k toss out of dark rift
Juke for Juke
Insane Play by Stinger vs Cloud9
An inside look at the comms of Team EnVyUs during MLG Vegas
HyperX Open Mic - Ep 1. MLG LAS VEGAS - InternetHulk (EnVy Overwatch)
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James Hwang
My first MMOs included Ragnarok Online, Gunbound, Diablo II, and World of Warcraft. Nowadays, my wife (also a writer on MMOs) and I play League of Legends and any other MMOs we can get our hands on. I also love following eSports and attending eSports events.