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”
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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”
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”
Auto Chess and Team Fight Tactics, What gives?
MOBA’s and autobattlers have a lot in common. The biggest autobattlers are game modes in popular MOBAs and both genres started out as a fan mod for an existing game. Autobattlers started out as a fan mod to the popular MOBA, Dota 2. Autobattlers are the hottest new genre in 2019 with big names likeContinue reading “Auto Chess and Team Fight Tactics, What gives?”
The First Esports Degree
It was only last year that I predicted colleges would want to eventually integrate academics with their esports programs. I thought UCI was ahead of the game as they have a for credit class that deals with esports as well as a Twitch streaming workshop. Last week Becker College announced an esports management degree, rocketingContinue reading “The First Esports Degree”
UCI eSports Arena and Alienware’s Training Facility, Comparisons and Lessons
On September 23, 2016, UC Irvine in California opened up their esports arena. As of July 2018, it remains the largest and most impressive collegiate esports facility. What separates it from other collegiate esports facilities is its purpose. It’s more than an arena, it’s a full-on student body recreation center for esports. There are highContinue reading “UCI eSports Arena and Alienware’s Training Facility, Comparisons and Lessons”
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