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How I got to Immortal in Valorant by playing only Chamber One-trick pony. It took me two years, but I finally got to Immortal inValorant ranked, and I did it by playing onlyChamber. I’m only mildly apologetic about not expanding my hero pool. Chamber has been a blast to play, and he works fairly well on nearly every map. As someone who dislikesOverwatchwith a passion because of the multitude of abilities that negate gunplay, I loved the fact that two of Chamber’s abilities are literally guns....

HSBC and ONE Esports team up to tackle financial fitness HSBC, one of the world’s largest international banking and financial services organizations, and ONE Esports, a leading esports media platform and subsidiary of Group ONE Holdings (ONE), today announced a new partnership that will change the way players engage with esports. The partnership, starting as a pilot in Malaysia and Indonesia, will also see HSBC partner with ONE Esports on 10 community tournaments and one major event this year....

I spent US$400 in 3 days for Kamisato Ayato and his signature sword What have I done? Remember when I blew all my red packet money during Lunar New Year topull for Zhongli? And miraculously alsoreceived Diluc in the process? I can’t believe that was just two months prior. In fact, I’m quite concerned now that I realized it’s only been two months. Anyway, I was saving up Primogems forKamisato Ayato‘s first run....

In this week’s In Case You Missed It: Faker becomes the first player to score 2,000 kills in the LCK League of Legends star player, Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok, has become the first player to reach 2000 kills in League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK). Faker achieved the feat in T1’s LCK week 5 best-of-three series against Afreeca Freecs. In game one, Faker picked up nine kills on Orianna, and in game two, he had three kills on Zoe, bringing his total to 2,001....

In this week’s In Case You Missed It: RRQ Hoshi are back-to-back MPL ID champions After a shaky start to the regular season that saw them lose four out of their first seven games, reigning MPL ID champions, RRQ Hoshi, managed to find their form just in time for the playoffs, finishing the regular season in second place. The team then took out Onic Esports in their first playoff match, before easily dispatching Bigetron Alpha in the upper bracket final to set up a grand final match against top seed, Alter Ego....

In this week’s In Case You Missed It: ScreaM shows why he’s called the Belgium Headshot Machine at the EU First Strike Qualifier At the EU First Strike Qualifiers,Team Liquid’s Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom showed off why he’s still considered one of the greatest CS:GO players of all time with an incredible display of marksmanship against Prodigy. After a nailbiting 13-11 game one, Liquid took over game two, racing out to an 8-2 lead....

“A touch of frost!” Updated on October 16, 10:28 a.m. (GMT+8):Improved relevancy. Lujiuerhei has proven themselves as theultimate Genshin Impact cosplayer, dressing up as different characters from the HoYoverse role-playing game. One of their works features a beautiful Chongyun cosplay, capturing the exact features of the4-star Cryo character. Here’s a closer look at Lujiuerhei’s simply amazing Chongyun cosplay. Lujiuerhei’s Chongyun cosplay brings the 4-star Cryo exorcist to life Their cosplay recreates Chongyun’s default look, complete with the character’s white hoodie and dark innerwear....

JJ Lin expresses love for Dota 2 with surprise ‘TI’ matches with Team SMG Yes, this musical genius plays Dota too! Before the The International (TI10) grand finals begun, mandopop superstar and owner of esports organizationTeam SMGJJ Lin hosted his own mini TI stream dubbed ‘The Internalization’. Over a thousand viewers tuned in to JJ Lin’s stream on hisYouTubechannel where he spent some time welcoming fans to his gaming room and tested out his new auto-tracking webcam....

Learning how to play Valorant put me through the five stages of grief I almost uninstalled after day one. My main game for the last ten years has beenLeague of Legends. So when Riot Games finally stayed true to their plurality, I gaveValoranta shot. Since the FPS title is free — and perhaps much more fun and intense than a game of League — many of my friends picked it up and moved over....

LEC Summer Week 3: MAD Lions maintain the top spot MAD Lions have looked dominant through three weeks of competition. Spanish-based team MAD Lions roared their way to victory this weekend defeating both Origen and Rogue to hold onto their first-place standing in theLeague ofLegends European Championship (LEC) Summer SplitWeek 3. They have only dropped one game so far —against G2 esportsin Week 1. First place in the#LEC:@MADLions_LoLEN!pic.twitter.com/FZodbOiiza Week 3 results Match of the week: G2 Esports vs Fnatic Fans were thrilled to see LEC kings G2 Esports and Fnatic clash again, months after their last face-off in the 2020 LECSpring Final....

Major or Relegation? Five teams fight for their lives in DPC WEU Tour 2 Division 1 Photo finish. The end is not the end in the Dota Pro Circuit. Just ask the five teams inDPC WEU Tour 2 Division 1, where tiebreakers are almost guaranteed to be played out. After the madness that wasthree separate rounds of mirror matches in Tour 1, Dota’s most competitive region enters its last two matchdays with oneBerlin Majorqualification and two relegation spots are still on the table....

MDL Chengdu Major Day 7: Invictus Gaming eliminates Evil Geniuses 2-1, advances to Losers’ Final Invictus Gaming is one series away from facing fellow Chinese squad Vici Gaming in the grand final. Similar to the previous day, MDL Chengdu Major Day 7 concluded with yet another revenge match between two teams who met earlier in the tournament. This time, it was a Lower Bracket semifinal match between Evil Geniuses and Invictus Gaming, and both teams had met earlier in the tournament during the Upper Bracket quarterfinal where EG swept the Dota Summit 11 Minor champions 2-0....

MDL Chengdu Major Day 7: VG knock down TNC, 2-0, to advance to the finals Vici Gaming secure a spot in the Grand Finals with their sweep of TNC, but the scrappy Southeast Asian squad didn’t make it easy for them. Chinese powerhouse Vici Gaming (VG) took down surging Southeast Asian squad TNC Predator, 2-0, in their heated Upper Bracket Finals matchup to become the first finalist of the MDL Chengdu Major....