This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for League of Legends, CS:GO, Dota 2, and Overwatch. Expect spoilers! Brackets from TeamLiquid.
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eSports Weekly 01/23/17
NA LCS Recap and Standings
The 2017 Spring Split of the NA LCS has officially begun! Some teams are new like FlyQuest eSports. Others are completely changed up like Immortals, Team Dignitas, and Team Liquid. Some are still the same like Counter Logic Gaming. Nevertheless, the Spring Split is sure to be exciting with the introduction of the 10 ban system and the influx of talented Korean players.
This week, teams are still trying to figure out their rosters and how to play in this new meta and ban system. Despite only switching out Doublelift for Wildturtle, TSM looked sloppy compared to their dominating performance last year. The best team looks to be Cloud9 with their coordinated play and shotcalling along with Contractz' impressive performance.
Week 1 Results:
Week 1 Standings:
EU LCS Recap and Standings
The EU LCS 2017 Spring Split has begun! The EU LCS is similar to the LPL in that it has 10 teams divided into two groups of five. There is a double round robin within groups for Weeks 1-3 and 8-10 and a single round robin against teams from the other group for Weeks 4-7. All matches are best of three and the top team from each group advance to the Playoffs.
This week both G2 and H2k surged ahead thanks to quality performances from H2K Jankos and G2 Zven.
Week 1 Results:
Week 1 Standings:
LCK Recap and Standings
The 2017 LoL Champions Korea Spring Split has begun. It's an exciting time for the LCK in that many Koreans have come back from China making many super teams that made the most competitive region even more competitive. The LCK is organized as a Double Round Robin with each game being a best of three. The top five teams will qualify for the Playoffs.
This week the two super teams of KT and SKT dominated. SKT looked especially strong with the edition of Huni and Peanut.
Week 1 Results:
Week 1 Standings:
Week 1 Results:
Week 1 Standings:
FNC shows how to abuse Reksai
FNC shows how to abuse Reksai
2017 EU LCS Spring Split: They're Back
2017 EU LCS Spring Split: They’re Back
FNC - G2 Backdoor
FNC - G2 Backdoor
CAPS plays
CAPS plays
NA LCS Spring Split Promo: It All Starts Here
NA LCS Spring Split Promo: It All Starts Here (2017)
Deft crazy play vs ROX Tigers
Deft showing how to carry as ADC 2017 LCK Rox vs KT
C9 vs TSM - MF Support Ult
KaKAO going ham in EULCS
KaKAO going ham in EULCS
SKT Huni plays Poppy the carry tank
SKT Huni plays Poppy the carry tank
Standard Faker play feat OGN casters
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
ELEAGUE Major 2017
The ELEAGUE Major is a Premier Tournament featuring 16 teams and a $1,000,000 USD prize pool. The swiss-tournament goes in rounds where teams play to have a positive record after the last round. If any team loses three times, they are out of the tournament and if any team wins three times they are qualified for the Playoffs.
Here are the results so far:
JDM's 1v5 ace clutch
JDM's 1v5 ace clutch against EnVyUs + the coach's reaction
1v4 retake in 3 seconds
Shox clutch
RUSH 4k
Astralis Device sent flying by a nade
Astralis device sent flying by a nade
pasha 1v2
EliGE Saves Liquid
Dota 2
DOTA Pit League Season 5
The DOTA Pit League Season 5 is the fifth tournament by DOTA Pit. Eight teams compete for $139,860 USD from January 20-22.
Here are the results:
Universe comes in
Sumail execute n0tail
OG.JerAx amazing play
Og.Ana amazing play
The Overwatch Winter Premier is a Blizzard tournament that features eight teams. These eight teams will play for a $100,000 USD prize pool from January 3-31. After a round robin, the top six teams advance to play another round robin where the top four of these teams will go to the offline finals.
Here are the results so far:
OGN Overwatch APEX Season 2
Overwatch APEX Season 2 is a tournament where 16 teams will play from January 17 to April 8 for ₩ 200,000,000 KRW (≃ $178,000 USD). The format is a round robin group stage and a single elimination Playoffs.
Here are the results so far:
Team Standings and Highlights
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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.