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The Houston Outlaws end their sponsorship with their partnered streamer Violet, effective “immediately.” The Houston Outlaws released Violet from their content creation staff in a short text, a week after the team referred to the streamer using their dead name publicly. is it wrong to hurt from getting let go thru a text middle school breakup vibes rn pic.twitter.com/t1tbGpLCTy — violet (@vibinwithviolet) June 30, 2020 Violet is a notorious Brigitte player and popular Overwatch streamer with almost 23,000 followers on Twitch . The Houston Outlaws signed Violet as a partnered streamer on January 1, 2020. Today, the streamer makes an unexpected announcement: they are no longer affiliated with Houston Outlaws. They received word of their release through a text message, with no prior discussion or notice. This announcement comes a week after the Houston Outlaws misbehaved towards Violet. On their birthday, the team referred to the streamer by their dead name - the name one was

Valorant has a lot of agents, each will have a toolkit specialized at providing specific utility to their team. Duelists are one of the classes of Valorant that play aggressively and Jett is no exception . One of the initial poster children for Valorant is the pseudo-Airbender Jett. Jett uses a host of abilities to obtain new positioning as rapidly as possible to keep the enemy second-guessing. Other Duelists may focus on brute force but Jett is an agent of skill. Most of her abilities only provide utility to herself, which is a common theme in the duelist class. Jett's Abilities Her first ability, Cloudburst, is a throwable smoke that can be curved to be placed in creative locations. The smoke doesn’t last long, proving most useful to conceal her location when entering or exiting an objective. Jett’s second ability, Updraft, gives her vertical momentum to claim the high ground. Her passive ability is activated by holding ‘space’ while falling to gently glide to the ground. Th

Fortnite Chapter 2 - Season 3’s first patch is officially here. Fortnite is nearly three weeks removed from the release of Chapter 2 - Season 3 . From the very beginning, Fortnite leakers informed their following of many different intricacies about this new season. We know that cars will make their appearance at some point, and the map will drain out slowly throughout the next two months, revealing more of the land. The latter came to fruition with patch v.13.20, amongst some other exciting changes. Flare Gun Fortnite leaker Nickeler revealed statistics about the newly added Flare Gun on Twitter before the patch dropped. Additionally, MysticLeak on Twitter showcased some gameplay, using the Flare Gun. Flaregun gameplay | #Fortnite pic.twitter.com/5KLA6OmWU3 — MysticLeak - Fortnite Leaks (@MysticLeak) June 30, 2020 This new weapon most certainly exhibits a splash effect. The Flare Gun can also transport other players similar to the “rocket riding” mechanic. It will be most

G2 Esports has subbed in ADC Kristoffer "P1noy" Albao Lund Pedersen for week four of the League of Legends European Championship. P1noy will start his first weekend of matches since joining G2 Esports at the start of the year. The ADC player will need to adjust fast, with G2 Esports currently at 4-3 as they head into the crucial mid-way point of the LEC Summer Split. P1noy will replace Luka “Perkz” Perković who is taking a break for at least week four due to stress. After the team’s victory against Fnatic Perks said: "... having a bit hard time dealing with stress so I will be taking a break from competing from next week." Perkz has continued to compete in the LEC after the tragic passing of his father on June 7. Perkz has been back in the ADC role for Summer Split having swapped back with mid laner Rasmus "Caps" Winther. The pair spent Spring Split in the opposite roles after Perkz spent 2019 as G2’s ADC after Caps signed from Fnatic. The Doublelift

Although it was only going to be available for a few days, Valve have decided to extend the sales of the Battle Pass Bundle. The Battle Pass Bundle is one of the things that makes every Battle Pass so special. Offered by Valve each year, this promotion allows players to get a bunch of Battle Pass levels for a pretty good price. pic.twitter.com/XW2MD5Qxhi — Team Secret (@teamsecret) June 30, 2020 Although it was originally only supposed to be available for a few days, we just learned that we can now purchase this bundle until July 2. Previously, it was supposed to end on June 28. The Bundle This year’s bundle is nothing short of impressive. It includes the following prizes: 120 BP levels 9 Immortal Treasure I 6 Immortal Treasure II 3 Immortal Treasure III Of course, this does come at a cost, and in this case, it’s $29.99 USD. There is one more tricky — you are only allowed to buy two bundles. Those of you who bought this a few years ago probably remember that you cou

After a string of amazing performances,Team Secret decide it’s time for a well-earned rest. It’s safe to say that Team Secret is the best team in the world. They have been absolutely flawless in the last couple of months. In fact, ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, the European powerhouse won pretty much all events, with just a few exceptions. What’s even more impressive is that no other team even came close to them. As a result, Clement " Puppey " Ivanov and his team-mates have established themselves as the most dominant team Dota 2 has ever seen. History Holy Moly. Six Grand Finals, all 3-0s. A record-breaking run. #SecretDota will be taking July off to rest up after this busy online period. See you in August. 👊 https://t.co/TgZmO5O1B9 — Matthew Bailey (@Cyborgmatt) June 28, 2020 So far, Team Secret is the only Dota 2 team that won six events in a row. On top of that, each of them was an absolute massacre for the enemy team. All Grand Finals were won with a sco

Executive Producer Anna Donlon speaks to Valorant fans on Acts, Episodes, new agents, and more. Valorant Executive Producer Anna Donlon spoke on the game’s future in a video released today by Riot Games. In the video, Donlon clarifies the difference between Acts and Episodes, and teases the release of the next Valorant agent along with upcoming game modes. Having just released earlier this month, Valorant currently sits in Act I of Episode I. Executive Producer @RiotSuperCakes checking in from home on the launch of VALORANT and our future plans. Watch to learn more about what’s up next for VALORANT. pic.twitter.com/xPZ13gOQMS — VALORANT (@PlayVALORANT) June 29, 2020 The start of Act I coincided with the game’s full release, adding Reyna as the newest agent. Since launch, the game has introduced new map Ascent and Spike Rush as an additional game mode. In today’s video, Executive Producer Anna Donlon details when new agents, maps, and game modes will be added to Valorant. Don

Donald Trump has been banned from Twitch. United States President Donald J. Trump received a ban from the popular Twitch streaming website earlier today. Esports insider Rod “Slasher” Breslau reported the news on his Twitter account. According to Slasher, President Trump’s ban came down due to ‘hateful conduct.’ Breaking: Twitch has suspended (not banned) Donald Trump's account for hateful conduct — Rod "4475 SR & Immortal peak" Breslau (@Slasher) June 29, 2020 Although the exact details are unclear, Slasher informed the masses on Twitch’s reasoning for issuing the ban to President Trump’s channel in a follow-up tweet. Twitch has provided the following statement: "Hateful conduct is not allowed on Twitch. In line with our policies, President Trump’s channel has been issued a temporary suspension from Twitch for comments made on stream" — Rod "4475 SR & Immortal peak" Breslau (@Slasher) June 29, 2020 "Hateful conduct is not

100 Thieves is experimenting with their LCS roster. Changes are coming to the 100 Thieves League of Legends Championship Series starting roster this week as jungler William “Meteos” Hartman and William “Stunt” Chen will be benched for week four. In place of the benched starters, 100 Thieves will look to Academy jungler Juan "Contractz" Arturo Garcia and support Philippe “Poome” Lavoi-Giguere. 100 Thieves are currently in a terrible phase, going 1-5 so far in the LCS and currently sit tied for 8th place. It really isn’t looking good for Meteos, who has again found himself taking the cut for his team’s poor form. Meteos has become a bit of a journeyman of the LCS having stints at Cloud9, Phoenix1, FlyQUest, OpTic (then Immortals) before rejoining 100 Thieves in Spring. His previous time at 100 Thieves also ended in him being benched. The last time it happened he was traded to FlyQuest for their Academy jungler Andy “AnDa” Hoang. This time, however, Meteos appears to have b

200 Player Matches are Finally Coming to Call of Duty: Warzone After months of speculation following leaks from the game files, it is finally announced that 200 player matches will be coming to Call of Duty: Warzone. The official Call of Duty twitter posted a gif that spells out the number 200 in parachute emojis. This gif was accompanied by the caption “We’re gonna need a bigger plane.” We're gonna need a bigger plane. pic.twitter.com/cz0Ym7JFiN — Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) June 29, 2020 This comes after many months of waiting from fans knowing that 200 players would be coming to Warzone. After leaks early on even before Warzone was officially announced revealed that the max player count would be expanded to 200 at some time post-launch. While the current maximum players is 150, this will be increased by 50 players meaning we could see the world kill records broken very quickly. Currently, it is unknown how this will be implemented into the game. It could be in all mod

Apex Legends’ meta is shaking up with the Lost Treasures balancing update with Revenant becoming a top-four Legend. The Apex Legends meta update is one of the most solidified metas in esports. In recent months, Gibraltar and Caustic have shaken up the Wattson, Pathfinder and Wraith meta, which has dominated for the longest time. Despite this, they are still some of the most favored picks in-game. However, Respawn Entertainment has decided to shape up the balancing of the game once again. The Lost Treasures patch has a few surprises to make more picks worthwhile. Here we will look at what room these balance changes have on a few of Apex Legend’s weaker picks. Revenant Revenant was one of the big balancing points of the most recent patch. He now has huge buffs to his ultimate and silencing capabilities. These two changes are the focal point of this conversation. The silence now affects Wraith’s and Pathfinder’s ability to maneuver around the map so effectively. Revenant's Silen

The $500K prize pool will be split between three regions, with LCQ’s, guaranteed spots and an imminent roster lock. The Call of Duty League has announced it will hold it's end of year championship for CDL Challengers teams online. This may come as a worry to professionals and fans alike. It could be a sign that despite many states reducing social distancing rules, the Call of Duty League Championships will be online. A $500K prize pool will be split between three regions;  North America, Europe and Asia Pasific, in a double-elimination bracket format. Announcing the Call of Duty League Challengers post-season format: ▪️ $500,000 overall prize pool ▪️ Online competition in NA, EU, and APAC regions ▪️ Last Chance Qualifier and Finals events More info at https://t.co/ZkGGgwINhp pic.twitter.com/DMfwtDvTBU — Call of Duty League (@CODLeague) June 28, 2020 Last Chance Qualifier The Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) gives opportunity for teams who started later in the season. Pro

NA East’s first trios tournament produced some exciting results! Competitive Fortnite’s premier Practice Server hosted the first-ever Intel NUC Elite Cup for both NA East and NA West trios. The competition featured some of Fortnite’s most notable names, including World Cup Champion Bugha, Tfue, UnknownxArmy, Clix and many more. Practice Server also hosted Open Qualifiers, which would pit lesser-known players against some of Fortnite’s best teams. The Elite Cup scoring system was a bit different than most tournaments in the past. This time around, placement points began at the top 15 remaining trios. A “special rule” was also in effect, which eliminated the lowest scoring trio after the first two matches. Unsurprisingly, one of the top NA East narrowly escaped with victory after eight intense games. Khanada, Bucke and Kreo Take the W 1st in intel cup let’s go ($4000 and 3 pcs) pic.twitter.com/zMi58hdXt0 — bucke (@BuckeFPS) June 28, 2020 TSM Khanada, BBG Kreo and Bucke produce

Here is what went down in China's division of the Beyond Epic tournament. BEYOND EPIC was a really interesting tournament that gathered some of the best teams in the world. Even though it was online, we saw the most dominant European, CIS and Chinese teams playing across three divisions for their share of the prize pool. Although most people didn’t expect it, the winner of the Chinese division tournament is Sparking Arrow Gaming. This is a team who landed in the spotlight recently after a  pretty dominant performance. However, they had the daunting task of going up against the Chinese powerhouse Vici Gaming. What happened in the Chinese division? China is one of those Dota 2 regions where we rarely see surprises. Here, most of the dominant teams have been in the driving seat for many years now. But Sparking Arrow Gaming did what many people thought to be impossible. Proving everyone wrong after they managed to eliminate four of the strongest teams in this region. After this e

The Florida Mutineers take the crown this week as they become the first team to win three Home Series’ this year, but how do the rest of the teams line up? 12. Paris Legion (-) The Paris Legion took a 3-0 and 3-1 defeat from the Florida Mutineers and London Royal Ravens sending them home after just two games in their own Home Series. They stay bottom of the power rankings and although they play in two out of the three events left, they have two tough groups to battle their way out of. 11. Seattle Surge (-) They weren’t present at the Paris Legion Home Series, however they don't show any signs of being better than the teams above them. While they have improved, taking FaZe to a game five, they still haven't shown they can beat the teams around them, which they need to do in order to move up the power rankings. 10. OpTic Gaming Los Angeles (-3) OpTic Gaming left the Paris Home Series after just two games. They put up a fight against New York by winning map 1, but were abs

Europe’s best trio proved their talent in the Amar Trios Cup. Competitive Fortnite’s first legitimate trios tournament is in the books after two days and three rounds of intense competition. Many wondered what the landscape would look like, given the new map, weapons and overall feel of Fortnite Chapter 2 - Season 3. The $10K USD third-party tournament dubbed the Amar Trios Cup, gave fans and followers an insight into which European trio is the best. German streamer and content creator AmarCoDTV helped design and market the tournament. It featured a three-round format with a three-hour time limit in each and a maximum of ten matches per round. Epic Games presumably shelled out $10K USD for the prize pool, which unquestionably added incentive for the Euros to put forth their best efforts. The scoring system awarded placement points after teams reached the top 17. Eliminations were worth three points in the first two rounds and four in the final round. After a long break from competi

Here is what’s new with the roster of one of the biggest Dota 2 teams in the world. Natus`Vincere are one of the most loved Dota 2 teams out there. Many of the old-school players probably remember the days when this was the best team in the world. Even though that’s definitely not the case today Na`Vi s trying to find the formula to success for some time now. However, after their poor performances recently, the team decided to leave the Beyond Epic tournament. The idea behind this was to resolve their issues so that they can come back stronger. So, what happened? We are ready to announce our updated Dota 2 roster! 🔥 📰: https://t.co/Z7CtyDLXmD #Dota2 #navination pic.twitter.com/uMjjb6eYLb — Natus Vincere (@natusvincere) June 26, 2020 Now, nearly two weeks later, the Ukrainian organization decided to part ways with two of their players. Idan “MagicaL” Vardanian and Vitaliy “SO bad” Oshmankevich, who were both part of the team for some time now. Nevertheless, Na`Vi really

Fnatic and G2 are currently looking up at Mad Lions and Rogue. Here’s a fun fact: Since its inception in 2013, the LEC has seen the split end with either Fnatic or G2 in first or second place EVERY. SINGLE. SPLIT. More currently, the last two splits included both G2 and Fnatic in first and second place respectfully. Now, if you are a fan of G2 or Fnatic, it is obviously too early in the season to be panicking. However, there does seem to be a very real possibility that they may miss out on the top two spots this split. With wins earlier today, Mad Lions and Rogue have a comfortable record of 5-1. Meanwhile, with more losses today, Fnatic and G2 are both sitting at 3-3. It seems that little mistakes keep plaguing the European giants and, if this trend continues, we could see the two most dominant teams in the LEC miss out on their coveted spots atop the standings. It should be noted that the one loss for both Mad Lions and Rogue came at the hands of G2. So, it is possible that G2 i

A famous Twitch icon has received a channel ban from Twitch. Herschel "Dr Disrespect" Beahm IV has been banned on Twitch today for an unknown reason. The news first broke via esports insider Rod "Slasher" Breslau on Twitter. Details are sparse at this point, but Slasher states that this was not due to a DMCA violation. Sources: it is not DMCA — Rod "4475 SR & Immortal peak" Breslau (@Slasher) June 26, 2020 A former SledgeHammer Games community manager, DrDisrespect embarked on a journey to become a popular streamer and entertainer. He joined Twitch in 2013 and quickly rose through the ranks on the Internet’s most popular streaming platform. Dubbed the two-time, DrDisrespect made a career for himself, mainly streaming Battle Royale games like Fortnite, H1Z1, PlayerUnknown’s BattleGround, and most recently, Call of Duty: Warzone. The Doc has had run-ins with controversy before. He was banned from E3 2019 for streaming IRL in a public bathroom w

The Fortnite developers updated all parties on the missing DreamHack Anaheim payouts and the Support-A-Creator program. Epic Games released another blog post update today, addressing the lack of DreamHack Anaheim payouts and the state of the Support-A-Creator program. The former of which had not been discussed by Epic Games since the event concluded back in February. DreamHack Anaheim Payouts Submitted Professional players have come out in droves recently due to the lack of payout from DreamHack Anaheim . Amongst a sea of competitors from the event was OT Inspyre, who directly addressed his dissatisfaction with DreamHack and Epic Games. Can't believe @DreamHack @DreamHackFN still hasn't paid out yet and I emailed them and got no response. That's embarrassing. — OT Inspyre (@inspyre) June 21, 2020 Several other players piled on DreamHack for completely whiffing on sending out winnings to those who placed in the Grand Finals. DreamHack promptly responded to all c

Rise Nation is rising up again. Rise Nation announced along with their rebrand that they have an interest in and have had discussions about joining the Call of Duty League as recently as a few months ago. After announcing the team's rebrand and upcoming charity Warzone event which starts tonight at 5:10 PM EST. Co-founder Kahreem Horsley said in an interview with ESPN that the team has had discussions with the CDL as early as last year, and are still ongoing to this day. Horsley said: “We do want to move on Call of Duty, as far as the CDL goes, we’ve had talks with them, dating back to last year and as recently as a few months. We’re just getting our marbles all in the right basket so we can take aim at securing a spot for that league specifically. We’re not going to restrict ourselves to that, but that’s our first target.” A Legacy and a Future Rise Nation was first founded in 2014 by Kahreem Horsley and Roger Saffold, one of the first sports players to invest in esports. S

Win twice as many OWL tokens this weekend watching the Overwatch League. All Overwatch League tokens drops are doubled between June 27 and June 28. What could possibly be better than tokens? 🤔 Try DOUBLE TOKENS ✌ From June 27-28 tune in to any #OWL2020 match and earn twice as much toward your favorite skins 🙌 pic.twitter.com/i1j7kIXMaw — Overwatch League (@overwatchleague) June 25, 2020 The Overwatch League tokens are a reward for any spectator of the Overwatch League. After a three-month hiatus as the League went from Twitch to Youtube, the tokens have been back in the 2020 Season since May . The OWL tokens are an in-game currency required to purchase skins dedicated to an Overwatch League team. Moreover, the only way to win these tokens is by watching the Overwatch League games on the official YouTube channel. The Overwatch League explained how the token rewarding system works: Firstly, viewers get five league tokens for every hour spent watching the Overwatch Leagu

Virtus.Pro win against OG, and the latest battle pass continues to break levels, with TI 10's prize pool reaching $20 million USD. The Beyond Epic: Europe & CIS is slowly coming to an end. This tournament brought together some of the best teams in these two regions who fought with everything they have. After Alliance was eliminated from the event, despite being one of the favorites, another team that also was supposedly going to be one of the winners is also out. What happened? OG and Virtus.Pro both didn’t have a good time in the Group Stage of this event. In fact, the CIS powerhouse lost three of their series in this event but somehow they’ve managed to go through. Even though OG performed a little bit better, the team still ended up in the Lower Bracket. As a result, they had to face VP in a direct clash there. Despite being the favorite in this matchup, Johan "N0tail" Sundstein and his friends couldn’t survive VP’s drafts. The first game of the series was r

Corey “Corey” Nigra and Jason “JasonR” Ruchelski have joined FaZe Clan as a part of their Valorant roster. Valorant is released in full with patch 1.02 bringing in Competitive play for the main player base. Even in the mode’s absence, organizations such as TwitchRivals, 100Thieves, and T1 have put on impressive competitions amongst the top tier players currently. The professionals of Valorant began as Overwatch, CS: GO, and Apex players looking to try something new. Gen.G, 100Thieves , and T1 have nearly completed their rosters while some organizations like FaZe Clan made their first announcements today. FAZE clan BEGINS building VALORANT ROSTER To kick off the all-star organization's wrecking crew is JasonR, formerly of Optic Gaming. JasonR used to play CS: GO professionally back in 2017 for OG, only to retire and stream full time. Like Braxton "Brax" Pierce aka “swag”, JasonR has been refining his skills in CS: GO and dominating on stream for years. When Valorant w