There is a common saying in the world of eSports that goes, “If you want to be the best, you have to play with the best.” Although there are some rare exceptions, generally a person’s gaming skill is largely dependent on the playing environment he is in. This holds true for many other games as […] Read more »
Last weekend saw a mass of major tournaments around the world for the StarCraft II scene. From Dreamhack in Stockholm to Major League Gaming (MLG)‘s Spring in New York City and the Australian Cyber League (ACL) in Sydney, all around the world we got the chance to watch all our favourite players duke it out. Read more »
CBS Interactive (CBSi) — better known in the gaming world for GameSpot — announced on Tuesday partnerships with tournament organiser Major League Gaming (MLG) and video broadcaster TwitchTV. Read more »
Homegrown Singapore Team, Flash eSports, has headhunted three new StarCraft II players and added them to their roster, namely Terran player Bryan ‘draKe‘ Sum, Zerg player Ryan ‘Kyzersoze‘ Low, and Protoss player Thomas ‘Blysk‘ Kopankiewicz. Read more »
Who says that esports is dead in Singapore? Certainly not Team Eve, who announced on Friday a partnership with PokerStrategy.com, transforming them from a community clan to a semi-professional team. Read more »
Orange Esports (MY) had to step in to help run the Call of Duty 4 and Dota tournaments at the India Gaming Carnival (IGC) last weekend, as the tournament marshals could not run the events on their own. Read more »
The IGN Pro League 4 (IPL 4) finals ended with a blast last weekend after three days of intense gaming, with Fnatic’s Lee-Seok “aLive” Han (KR-SC2) emerging as champion. However, what made IPL 4 especially memorable was the “We want LAN” controversy which happened at the Global StarCraft II Team League (GSTL) finals. Read more »
Remember the StarCraft II World Championship Series announced awhile back, that will be replacing this year’s BlizzCon? Blizzard has just revealed more details about the event, which will be taking place later this year. Read more »
A player’s skill can be broken down into three areas: mechanical, strategic and psychological skill. Many players build up a decent level of strategic skill by watching VODs and replays. However, what most end up ignoring is their mechanical skill set. Players just don’t pay enough attention to it because they do not believe it is […] Read more »
Many casual gamers underrate the importance belonging to a gaming community has. As a result, most players never get fully involved with a particular game. Instead of developing a loyalty to a certain game they like, they constantly switch their interests and thus start to develop a loyalty not to any particular game but just […] Read more »
