A haven for all things based on the Halo Championship Series and the Halo esports scene, including all games in the franchise from Bungie's Combat Evolved to 343's Halo Infinite.
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A place for in-depth discussions of Competitive Overwatch™ (the team-based shooter from Blizzard Entertainment). Find detailed discussion of meta, esports and events as well as guides, advice, and tips that go beyond the basics.
The developer supported, community-run subreddit dedicated to the Fortnite: Battle Royale game mode by Epic Games. Tailored for those who want to keep up to date on the pro scene, tournaments, competitive plays and figure out new tips/tricks on how to play the current meta.
A place for in-depth discussions of Competitive Overwatch™ (the team-based shooter from Blizzard Entertainment). Find detailed discussion of meta, esports and events as well as guides, advice, and tips that go beyond the basics.
The history of OW pro play has always suffered from stale metas and mirror match-ups. These can be very interesting to hardcore followers, but get boring real fast for the average viewer.
The heart and soul of Overwatch are its vast and diverse cast of heroes, and the regular Joe probably likes to see that represented in the tournaments.
When you hop into a ranked match (in most ranks), you never know which heroes you're going to face, and that chaotic unpredictability is what makes each match feel unique. So it's no wonder that the hero bans felt successful, when they add this layer of unpredictability to the viewing experience, with players and coaches having to flex their mastery of different heroes and comps, and also adapting their strategies on the fly.
But with that said, trying to copy-paste this format in ranked doesn't feel like the right path to follow.
First of all, ranked games are already much less meta-dependent. In almost every rank, you can probably win with crazy hero picks and compositions, so what is hero bans even striving to achieve?
But most importantly, hero bans will deny us, the regular players, from playing the hero we wanted to play when we logged into the game. It will probably feel terrible for a big part of the player base, since Blizzard themselves have already told us that most players specialize in only very few characters.
And that is not even getting into the subject of who is going to be in charge of actually choosing the banned heroes, among 5 strangers which just just got matchmade without any good information about their own team's preferences, or the enemy team's.
With that said, maaaaaaaybe hero bans could come in some shape or form for the top 1% of the players, which are much more meta reliant, and have a more pro-like experience? Or maybe for 5-player groups that get matched with other 5-player groups?
What are your opinions on this subject? Hero bans in pro-play, yes? Hero bans in ranked, no?
A place for in-depth discussions of Competitive Overwatch™ (the team-based shooter from Blizzard Entertainment). Find detailed discussion of meta, esports and events as well as guides, advice, and tips that go beyond the basics.
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The developer supported, community-run subreddit dedicated to the Fortnite: Battle Royale game mode by Epic Games. Tailored for those who want to keep up to date on the pro scene, tournaments, competitive plays and figure out new tips/tricks on how to play the current meta.
A place for in-depth discussions of Competitive Overwatch™ (the team-based shooter from Blizzard Entertainment). Find detailed discussion of meta, esports and events as well as guides, advice, and tips that go beyond the basics.
A community-run subreddit for MCC; a tournament organized by Scott Smajor and created by the Noxcrew!
A community-run subreddit for MCC; a tournament organized by Scott Smajor and created by the Noxcrew!
A community-run subreddit for MCC; a tournament organized by Scott Smajor and created by the Noxcrew!
No matter what happens in the season finals, no matter if we stomp every team 3-0 and win it convincingly, there has to be serious roster and management changes for next year or I'm done supporting this organisation after 11 years.
This was probably the most disgusting and ridiculous finals I've EVER watched and I've been watching EU LCS / LEC / NA LCS since 2013. It's actually just disgusting, I can't repeat how disgusting it is.
A haven for all things based on the Halo Championship Series and the Halo esports scene, including all games in the franchise from Bungie's Combat Evolved to 343's Halo Infinite.
A place for in-depth discussions of Competitive Overwatch™ (the team-based shooter from Blizzard Entertainment). Find detailed discussion of meta, esports and events as well as guides, advice, and tips that go beyond the basics.
A place for in-depth discussions of Competitive Overwatch™ (the team-based shooter from Blizzard Entertainment). Find detailed discussion of meta, esports and events as well as guides, advice, and tips that go beyond the basics.
Overwatch League is a professional esports league operated by Activision Blizzard. Join us to gather news, discuss matches, and everything else about the Overwatch League!
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Following on from , I thought with most Challengers leagues wrapping up soon it might be nice to discuss holistically which T2 players in all leagues are worth paying attention to with Ascension coming up.
Some suggestions for starters.
APAC: Vera, Cgrs, Caedya
Americas: Verno, Sato, mada, zander
EMEA: Sayonara
China: ??
G2 is a world premier esports club founded in 2015, which currently includes professional teams in League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Rocket League, Rainbow Six Siege, Fortnite, VALORANT, SIM Racing Games, and Call of Duty. Follow us on socials: https://linktr.ee/g2esports
We should have lost this series 3-0 if it weren’t for Fnatic cucking themselves so hard. Thank fuck Noah is the choking king lmao. Hope the team can sort their mess of an early game out for worlds, cause if we do that against any eastern team we’re going to get absolutely fisted.
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A place for in-depth discussions of Competitive Overwatch™ (the team-based shooter from Blizzard Entertainment). Find detailed discussion of meta, esports and events as well as guides, advice, and tips that go beyond the basics.
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The developer supported, community-run subreddit dedicated to the Fortnite: Battle Royale game mode by Epic Games. Tailored for those who want to keep up to date on the pro scene, tournaments, competitive plays and figure out new tips/tricks on how to play the current meta.
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A hub for all things about competitive Teamfight Tactics. Ranked help and discussion, Tournament information, eSports news, and more.
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A community-run subreddit for MCC; a tournament organized by Scott Smajor and created by the Noxcrew!
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FACEIT is the largest platform for competitive gaming on CS2, DOTA 2, League of Legends and many other games. This subreddit is where you can express your feedback, appreciation of the platform as well as reporting and discussing issues affecting our community - we appreciate all of this.
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A haven for all things based on the Halo Championship Series and the Halo esports scene, including all games in the franchise from Bungie's Combat Evolved to 343's Halo Infinite.
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Welcome to r/R6ProLeague, a subreddit dedicated to all-things R6 esports! Please refer to our rules for submission and comment guidelines and don’t hesitate to contact us through modmail if there’s anything you need that’s not addressed by the subreddit rules. As always, please feel free to engage in discussions on our posts and to create your own unique posts. Thanks again for being a part of our community!
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Founded in 2013, T1 (Previously SKT) has grown to become one of the most recognizable esports organizations in the world. At this time, T1 fields professional teams in League of Legends, Dota 2, VALORANT, Overwatch, Hearthstone, Wild Rift, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
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Founded in 2013, Cloud9 has grown to become one of the most recognizable esports organizations in the world. With championships industry-wide, unmatched viewership hours, and extensive benefits packages for players and staff, Cloud9 prides itself on being the best in all categories. At this time, Cloud9 fields professional teams in League of Legends, Counter-Strike 2, VALORANT, Starcraft 2, TEKKEN, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Halo, and Teamfight Tactics.
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G2 is a world premier esports club founded in 2015, which currently includes professional teams in League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Rocket League, Rainbow Six Siege, Fortnite, VALORANT, SIM Racing Games, and Call of Duty. Follow us on socials: https://linktr.ee/g2esports
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A fan subreddit dedicated to discussing the professional esports organization Team Liquid, spanning League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Hearthstone, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Dota 2 and more.
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Your hub for everything PUBG Esports. News, discussions, event information, and more.
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A place to talk about, react to and update yourself on the Brawl Stars Esports scene. Not affiliated with Brawl Stars Esports, Brawl Stars or Supercell.
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Catch up on LoL esports events completely spoiler-free. A spoiler-free subreddit for the League of Legends esports scene. Coverage of LEC, LCS, LCK, LPL, Worlds, MSI, All-Stars, LLA, CBLOL, OPL, etc. Comments will be heavily moderated, but it is still recommended that you watch the games you want to see before risking the comment section. Please do not discuss anything relating to what happens in games in post comments. For discussing matches please visit [SPOILERS] /r/leagueoflegends.
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Overwatch League is a professional esports league operated by Activision Blizzard. Join us to gather news, discuss matches, and everything else about the Overwatch League!
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The official FaZe Clan Subreddit. Redesigned to bring a more authentic experience for FaZe Fans around the world.
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Newly updated subreddit dedicated to the Esports of LoL only. Here for all Writers, journalists, analyst, reporters, fans etc. We don't discriminate certain sites or persons but we're not here for just league stuff.
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Subreddit for everything Competitive SMITE. From community tournaments to professional esports.
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A subreddit for VTubers that are part of the VSPO!, or the Virtual eSports Project. VSPO! is a next-generation Virtual eSports project that brings together members who are serious about games to expand the benefits of eSports. They are developing various media mixes such as distribution activities as VTuber, participation in eSports competitions, animation and comics.
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Subreddit dedicated to everything regarding the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK)!
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Offizielles Subreddit vom E-Sport Team Eintracht Spandau. Hier is real.
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Fan subreddit for the former esports organization, Counter Logic Gaming. #CLGFOREVER
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A subreddit with links and resources to help fans catch up on any Dota 2 action they might've missed. Comments will be heavily moderated, but it is still recommended that you watch the games you want to see before risking the comment section. Please do not discuss anything relating to what happens in games in post comments. For discussing matches please visit [SPOILERS] /r/DotA2 .
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The official subreddit for the NRG Esports organization Supporting all things NRG and SF Shock
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