Two League of Legends teams battle it out this week but not in their usual way, this time it’s a contract brawl over player Dennis “Svenskeren” Johnsen who can’t seem to make up his mind who to play for. With the off season roster changes kicking in players are a hot topic right now and no-one is getting more attention that Uzi whose buyout bid is rumored to be just shy of 8million USD.
Following the recent airing of the Ninjas in Pyjamas scandal CEO, Lilliefelth, has stepped done. We hope the players get their fair share of prize money in the future.
Dingit.tv is expanding into eSports oldest market, Korea, with Dingit.kr’s event program due to be simulcast in English, Korean and Chinese making it a truly global experience.
Finally gamers will be excited to learn that VERSUS goes crazy is back in action on ESL play for the 10th time and the prizes are looking very cool.
Read more about these stories and more of the top topics of the week below.
1. LEAGUE OF LEGENDS TEAMS H2K AND TSM IN CONTRACT BRAWL OVER TOP PLAYER
“One of the largest League of Legends brands in the world, Team Solo Mid, has become embroiled in a tug of war with European based gaming organisation H2K for the services of the player Dennis “Svenskeren” Johnsen.
The Danish jungler, who was last seen plying his trade for SK Gaming, appeared to have agreed to a deal with H2K only for an eleventh hour bid from TSM to complicate the move and leave the player wanting to review his decision.”
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2. UZI TRANSFER BIDDING RUMORED TO HAVE REACHED 50,000,000RMB ($7,857,929 USD).
“At the moment, rumors suggest Uzi’s buyout bidding has exceeded the minimum required and has now gone to numbers around 50,000,000RMB ($7,857,929 USD). If you recall from last week, the entirety of Qiao Gu, including LPL spot, players, and staff, is likely to go for 12 million RMB, meaning that Uzi himself would go for four times the price of the team that finished second in LPL this summer.”
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3. DINGIT.TV EXCEEDS 11 MILLION MONTHLY UNIQUE VIEWERS
“DINGIT.TV – the only scalable and profitable solution to videogame & eSports streaming – is excited to announce that they have hit a new milestone of 11 million monthly unique viewers.
This comes as DingIt expands its business into one of the oldest eSports markets – Korea. Dingit.kr, a Korean subsidiary, brings the platform’s unique technical offering to the SE Asian markets. All of Dingit.kr’s events program will be simulcast in English, Korean and Chinese, making this a truly global expansion. There is a great lineup of top quality eSports content including: Starcraft 2 Legend NesTea, the Counter Strike Global Offensive Asia Invitational and the Korean Collegiate eSports league KCLG!”
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4. CLOUD9 ARE THE FIRST EVER HEREOS OF THE STORM WOLRD CHAMPIONS
American powerhouse Cloud9 took home the title and the $200,000 first prize after a dominant performance throughout the tournament. The Americas regional champions dropped just one game in the World Championship finals—to fellow finalists Dignitas in the group stages.
After topping their group ahead of Dignitas, Cloud9 bested the Korean champions Team DK 2-0. Despite running some unconventional compositions, including a Murky and Abathur combo in the second game of that series, Cloud9 looked virtually unstoppable.
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5. NINJAS IN PYJAMAS CEO TO STEP DOWN
“Breitbart revealed the management of NiP had withheld prize money and in-game merchandising money from the players from as far back as the start of the year. NiP released a statement in response whose implied timeframe was quickly questioned by observers.
“Some of the criticism and accusations pointed towards [Lilliefelth] are true but far from all of them,” says the company. Evidently, enough of the allegations were true that Lilliefelth’s position as chief executive became untenable.”
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6. FANS REMINISCE THEIR FAVORITE ESPORTS MOMENTS
7. ACTIVISION BLIZZARD OPENS MOVIE STUDIO TO CREATE FILMS AND TV SHOWS BASED ON ITS GAMES
“Activision Blizzard has finally gone Hollywood. The world’s No. 2 video game publisher is announcing today the launch of Activision Blizzard Studios, a new in-house film and television studio devoted to creating original movies and TV shows based on the company’s video games.
n doing so, the company has embraced the “transmedia” strategy of extending content to different entertainment media. And Activision Blizzard has some very good content, including game brands Call of Duty, Skylanders, Diablo, Hearthstone, and StarCraft.”
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8. ESPORTS WRAP-UP BLIZZCON 2015
9. VERSUS GOES CRAZY IS BACK IN ACTION ON ESL PLAY!
“We are happy to announce that after a break VERSUS goes crazy is coming back to ESL Play for the 10th time and is bringing a weekend full of new games, new modes, prizes and much more to please all gamers!
VERSUS is ESL’s match making system and VERSUS goes crazy is its very special edition happening this weekend on November 13th to 15th. It’s the biggest VERSUS community event bringing the system to its limits. So get ready for a multitude of games, game modes, raffles, special awards and prizes!”
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10. CULTIVATION: HOUSE OF SNAKE EVEZ | EPISODE 1
