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Competitive Bliss in League of Legends

The Season 9 League of Legends World Championship has absolutely lived up to the hype. A previous post of mine talked about how this is set to be the most exciting tournament in league of legends history. This tournament has absolutely delivered with record breaking viewership. Not only has the tournament been popular, but itContinue reading “Competitive Bliss in League of Legends”

The Failure of North America at the Season 9 League of Legends World Championship – Part 2

My last blog post outlined what I believed to be some of the major issues influencing North American League of Legends team’s lack of international competitive success. The problem has to do with bad player development which I broke down into two parts, solo queue, and amateur leagues. Solo queue in NA is worse thanContinue reading “The Failure of North America at the Season 9 League of Legends World Championship – Part 2”

The Failure of North America at the Season 9 League of Legends World Championship – Part 1

Back in September I outlined in a blog post how this upcoming League of Legends tournament was set to be one of the most exciting tournaments in professional LoL(League of Legends) to date. The main reason being that Europe and North America* were coming into this tournament with the best teams both regions have everContinue reading “The Failure of North America at the Season 9 League of Legends World Championship – Part 1”

The Tides of the Gaming Industry are Shifting

This week, Riot Games has announced more content in one event than any other gaming company has that I can remember. Riot Games is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of their flagship game “League of Legends”. For 10 years, Riot Games has only had that one title in their lineup. This year saw the releaseContinue reading “The Tides of the Gaming Industry are Shifting”

How the New California Bill That Allows Athletes to Get Paid Affects Collegiate Esports

California bill SB 206 unanimously passed with bipartisan support, and the NCAA is not happy. This bill would allow students to be compensated for use of their likeness and image. So, a college athlete can be in a car commercial and get paid for it. Crazy, right? Well the NCAA says it will “upend” theContinue reading “How the New California Bill That Allows Athletes to Get Paid Affects Collegiate Esports”

Gaming Houses: A Dying Fad

“Gaming houses” are the most common way esports teams and organization houses their players. A team will buy a house and have all their players and coaching staff live in the house. This makes it easier for teams to live and breathe the game they play. But they’re going away, and for good reason. TeamContinue reading “Gaming Houses: A Dying Fad”

The Season 9 League of Legends World Championship is set to be the most exciting tournament in League of Legends history

Take a look at the past winners of the League of Legends World Championship, notice anything? It has been completely dominated by Koreans since 2013. Last year, China won for the first time ever. Even though China and Europe have made it to semi finals pretty consistently, the skill gap between Korea and the restContinue reading “The Season 9 League of Legends World Championship is set to be the most exciting tournament in League of Legends history”

Who is Going to Organize Collegiate Esports?

Collegiate esports has grown quite a bit since even last summer when I was heavily researching it. Recently, the NJCAA announced partnerships with CSMG and Legacy Esports (sports agency and event management firms). This represents another step towards a real, nationwide, organized collegiate esports league. It is my strong belief that for a sport toContinue reading “Who is Going to Organize Collegiate Esports?”

AI is the Future of Esports

IBM has been working on bringing AI to esports in the form of “shoutcasting”. They are trying to use AI to feed highlights for people to commentate on live. This is just one example of the many uses AI can be in esports. As someone with a coaching background, the one that interests me mostContinue reading “AI is the Future of Esports”