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10 Sites For The Latest E-Sports News & Professional Gaming Tips
You wouldn’t find your usual television programs while channel surfing in South Korea because you might stumble upon Starcraft gaming leagues airing live on national TV.
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How fair is an LCS contract? We asked a lawyer
Riot Games' League Championship Series is an esports phenomenon. But do its contracts treat players fairly?
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The hustlers of Dota 2
Back in 2011, Jonathan Belke was a professional gamer. He had modest success with strategy game StarCraft 2, culminating in a 1,000 euro prize at the ESL Pro Series in his native Germany. But while many of Belke's fellow pros struggled for cash, he found a lucrative side career: betting on matches. In February of 2014, he said on Reddit he made five figures in euros, exponentially more than his tournament winnings — though he didn't bet on his own matches.
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For South Korea, Host of League of Legends Championship, E-Sports Is National Pastime
Top video game players in South Korea are household names. Millions of people tune in to watch game competitions on television. The largest Internet portal, Naver, has its own section covering the results.
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Gamblers Want Part of Rising E-Sports
Last month, surrounded by around 45,000 fans in a Seoul stadium built for the World Cup, Samsung White put the final dagger into Star Horn Royal Club's dreams, claiming a championship live on ESPN 3.
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Video Games on ESPN? It's Time to Stop Pretending eSports Are 'Real' Sports.
Yesterday, ESPN 2 aired a live broadcast of a video game. A bunch of people on the Internet did not like what they saw. That alone is not news. A similar thing happened last year when the channel promoted the championship of a different video game, DOTA 2, which — like the game that was broadcast this weekend, Heroes of the Storm — is near-unwatchable unless you’ve played it, or games like it. For most channel-surfing viewers, it’s an easy invitation to yell, “Nerds!” and then keep clicking.
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Dota 2 ESL One Frankfurt - The Seeding Bracket
Although the main event of ESL One Frankfurt kicks of Saturday, June 20 a very important Seeding Bracket will take place at the ESL One studios two days prior the LAN stage will start.
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Abios Gaming wants to be your one-stop shop for esports streaming
A convenient combination of tools wants to take the guesswork out of esports fandom.
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What Venture Capital Money Means to the eSports World
Look around the eSports world lately, and it's clear that Venture Capital (VC) money has made its way into the picture.
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The eSports Startup Path
It’s the same as every other startup.
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These three startups are betting on eSports
Vulcun, AlphaDraft, and Unikrn give eSports fans the chance to play fantasy leagues and place bets on big eSports events.
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GUEST ARTICLE: Curse vice president talks eSports
Nathan Lindberg is the Vice President of Sales for Curse, a Huntsville-based company specializing in add-ons and other video game services. The company credits Nathan for growing Curse's direct sales team from four to 25 people in three years. Curse is active in eSports, and Lindberg discusses how eSports should look at past sports media successes to allow future growth.
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Meet Blizzard's eSports boss
Kim Phan shares the secrets of the studio's success with the competitive gaming community
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Evil Geniuses CEO Alex Garfield on managing and marketing a fledgling eSports dynasty
Evil Geniuses are sometimes described as the New York Yankees of eSports, a backhanded sort of compliment that both grants that EG consistently field one of the strongest, most star-studded lineups around, but also that they owe their reputation to their deep pockets.
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Gaming and eSports – A New Focus for Multi-channel Marketing
One of the most attractive aspects of the massive audience that has coalesced around gaming and eSports media is the opportunity for highly effective Multi-channel Marketing (MCM).
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Toronto at the Dawn of eSports: An Interview with Xeno Clan
Xeno Clan is a familiar name to those who were involved in the competitive FPS community in the 1990s and the early 2000s. The Toronto based team made a name for itself competing in Quake at the highest level and attending, what were then, the top eSports tournaments.
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of eSports - Gods of Mayhem
In the class "Blogging 101" Michelle W. and the WordPress.com Team asked us the following questions as a way to get to know more about the Gods of Mayhem.
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VP to seek revenge against EG tomorrow
The winner bracket final of Dota Pit Season 3 between Evil Geniuses and Virtus.Pro will be taking place at 20:00 CET tomorrow.
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TobiWan: "I don't see eSports as a joke; it's a legitimate industry"
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Dota 2 Players Organize Occupy Mid Lane Protest
Esportsexpress is a satire news site, much like "The Onion".
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