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trexx and Kicks Debuted for Liquid. Their IGL Wasn't Even There.

Team Liquid opened EMEA Stage 2 with head coach LohaN filling in for an absent nAts, and lost 0-2 to Eternal Fire.

Wolves Rebuilt the Roster. Week 2 Undid the Good Week.

All Gamers swept Wolves Esports 2-0 in China Stage 2 week 2, and the rebuild that looked promising after week one just took its worst loss yet.

Wolves Rebuilt the Roster. Week 1 Showed Both Sides of It.

Wolves Esports went 0-5 last stage, tore up the roster, and opened China Stage 2 with a statement win before Bilibili Gaming brought them back down.

100 Thieves Are One Map Away From an Esports World Cup Title

100 Thieves beat Nongshim RedForce 2-1 to reach the EWC 2026 grand final, and they did it despite getting outplayed on the stat sheet.

Vitality Put Up Better Numbers and Still Lost

Nongshim RedForce eliminated Team Vitality 2-1 in the EWC 2026 quarterfinals, and the box score tells you why stat lines don't win playoff maps.

The Defending Champs Are Out, and the Coaching Gap Finally Caught Up

BBL Esports eliminated reigning champion Team Heretics 2-1 in the EWC 2026 quarterfinals, the exact structural problem I flagged in the group stage.

Turns Out PatMen Wasn't Working Alone Either

FrosT is officially FULL SENSE's head coach, and on Spike Talk he said the GE blame doesn't stop at PatMen. Everyone already knows the second name.

Group B Finally Named Its Loser, and It's Paper Rex

Karmine Corp eliminated Paper Rex 2-1 in the Group B decider, and a back-to-back Masters finalist is out of EWC without a single series win.

Turns Out It Was PatMen All Along

Tactical Rab's latest video says PatMen pushed FrosT out at Global Esports, and Platoon's coaching debut was a 13-2 blowout loss to MIBR that makes the whole call look worse.

Group B Just Ate Itself, Right on Schedule

NRG beat Paper Rex 2-1 and Karmine Corp upset Vitality 2-0 on EWC's opening day. The group I called the cruelest draw of the season is already living up to it.

ENVY Won Their Way Into VCT. Then They Started Tearing the Roster Apart.

ENVY's rookie partner season has been one roster swap after another, and Glyph reportedly walking in for P0PPIN ahead of Stage 2 makes it the third core change since February.

Group B at EWC Is a Problem for at Least Two of These Teams

NRG, PRX, Vitality, and Karmine Corp landed in the same group. EWC starts July 2. Someone very good goes home early.

trexx Is Back at Liquid. He's Bringing Kicks With Him.

Team Liquid signed both trexx and Kicks for EMEA Stage 2, replacing wayne and MiniBoo with two players who have already proved they can win together.

GE Fires FrosT Days Before EWC. That's a Strange Call.

Global Esports fired head coach FrosT just days before EWC 2026, one week after he took them to their first-ever international appearance. Something doesn't add up.

Killjoy's Turret Fires 50% Faster Now. That's Not a Minor Buff.

Patch 13.0 dropped today and Sentinels got their biggest upgrades in a long time. Killjoy mains are finally eating.

Riot Just Revealed a New Map With Walls That Fall Down and Never Come Back Up

Summit drops June 24 with a mechanic nobody's had to think about before: walls that permanently collapse mid-round and reshape the map for the rest of it.

Leviatán Came Up Through the Lower Bracket and Won Masters London

Leviatán defeated Paper Rex 3-2 in the grand final to claim the organization's first-ever international Valorant title, completing one of the best lower bracket runs in VCT history.

LEV Swept Their Way to the Grand Final. PRX is Waiting.

Leviatán swept EDward Gaming 3-0 to complete their lower bracket run at Masters London and set up a grand final rematch with Paper Rex.

PRX vs EDG Had 773K Watching. They Delivered.

Paper Rex beat EDward Gaming 2-1 in the most-watched match of Masters London to punch their grand final ticket.

Fnatic Just Signed the IGL Who 2-0'd Them Last Year

Cloud joins Fnatic on a three-year deal mid-Masters London, and his history against this team makes it more interesting.

Riot Finally Told Us How VCT 2027 Works

Open qualifiers are back, the partnership model is changing, and there are a lot of moving parts Riot still has to get right.

I Called VIT vs LEV in Round 1. It's Actually Happening.

Both Vitality and Leviatán dominated their LR2 matches yesterday, and the lower semis matchup I've been waiting for since day one is now locked in.

Where Masters London Stands With Five Days Left

PRX and EDG are in the upper bracket final. Everyone else is fighting to survive.

The Broadcast Showed the Meme. That's On Riot.

s0pp has been dealing with death threats for two days. Someone in the Riot broadcast booth chose to put a harassment meme on the main stream anyway.

G2 Picked the Wrong Easy Match

G2 chose Xi Lai Gaming as their comfortable opener in the Masters London bracket draw. XLG responded with a 2-1 reverse sweep.

Derke Had Something to Prove

Vitality swept Heretics 2-0 in the Masters London upper quarterfinals, and Derke's 44-kill series answered every question left over from the EMEA Stage 1 Grand Final.

The Game That Shouldn't Have Happened

The Knicks were down 27 at halftime with a 1% win probability. Then OG Anunoby tipped in the most improbable bucket in Finals history.

I Predicted 2-1. It Wasn't Close.

PRX beat LEVIATÁN 2-0 in the Masters London quarterfinals, and Ascent 13-1 is the only number that matters.

PRX vs. LEV: I'm Not as Comfortable as My Bracket Shows

I picked PRX in my bracket. Standing by it. Just not calling it comfortable anymore.

China Has a Team in the Playoffs

Xi Lai Gaming came in 0-1, reverse swept two teams, and are now in the Masters London playoff bracket.

Filling Out My Masters London Bracket

Every playoff pick through the grand final: a FUT upset, a Vitality lower bracket run, and Paper Rex finally lifting one.

FUT Sends NRG Home

The defending world champions are out of Masters London after FUT Esports completes a 2-1 comeback to reach the playoff bracket.

NRG Are in an Elimination Match Right Now

The reigning Valorant world champions are fighting for their Masters London lives against FUT Esports today.

Masters London Day 4: DRG and FULL SENSE Go Home, GE and XLG Survive

Two regional rematches, two reverse sweeps, two eliminations — day four of Masters London was exactly what you wanted.

LEV and VIT Are the Two Teams to Watch at Masters London

After Round 1 of the Swiss Stage, Leviatán and Vitality have made their cases as the most interesting teams in the tournament.

Masters London Swiss Stage: Round 1 Done, Round 2 Is Somehow All Regional

The Swiss Stage format allowed regional matchups for Round 2 — and by pure chance, every single one of the four matches ended up that way.

The Yetujey Situation: Fair Play, and Here's Why

Derke went to Twitter about Yetujey reading his mouse at LAN. Here's why I think it's fair game.

Patch 10.05 First Impressions: The Duelist Meta Just Cracked Open

A round of targeted nerfs finally pulls the duelist tax back down to earth. Here's what's actually changed in how I'm playing the map.

Climbing Out of Silver: Five Habits That Actually Move Rank

Forget aim routines for a second. The fastest gains in low elo come from boring fundamentals nobody wants to hear about.

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