Esports Daily: Jan. 22, 2016
Our top stories from the past day:
Analysis of the most picked and banned champions in the League of Legends Championship Series.
Also, read Joe’s three takeaways from yesterday’s European LCS action.
Best from around the web:
An insightful interview with the editor-in-chief of ESPN.com about esports.
Game developers are bullish in esports, according to an annual “state of the industry” report from the Game Developers Conference.
Mobile esports company Skillz has launched the first cross-platform esports system.
Understanding the difference between employees and independent contractors in esports.
“Ask the pros” about their best League of Legends duel.
Feature about Cloud 9’s Hai “Hai” Du Lam.
League of Legends Champions Korea roundup.
Team Dignitas announced Billy ‘BillyBoss’ Yu will play instead of
Lennart “SmittyJ” Warkus in this weekend’s North American LCS matches.
Major takeaways from last week’s North American CounterStrike: Global Offensive minor tournament.
Viewer’s guide to the weekend’s DreamHack ZOWIE Leipzig CS:GO tournament.
Tomi “lurppis” Kovanen’s latest CS:GO betting column.
Video of HLTV’org’s top 20 CS:GO players in the world.
A profile of Street Fighter V player Darryl “Snake Eyez” Lewis.
Brand marketing company Blinkfire has added esports to its system.
Some snippets about esports are in this overview of 2016 in tech.
A look at the shrinking South Korean talent pool in StarCraft II.
Full overview of this weekend’s StarLadder i-League Hearthstone LAN finals.
Esports Maybe’s weekly rundown video.
RESULTS
European League of Legends Championship Series
G2 Esports 1:0 Giants Gaming
Elements 1:0 Team ROCCAT
Origen 1:0 Unicorns of Love
Team Vitality 1:0 Splyce
Fnatic 1:0 H2k Gaming
League of Legends Champions Korea
SK Telecom T1 2:0 Samsung Galaxy
Afreeca Freecs vs. Jin Air Green Wings, 6:30 a.m.
League of Legends Pro League
Royal Never Give Up 2:0 Oh My God
Invictus Gaming vs. Hyper Youth Gaming, 6:30 a.m.
We Play Dota Season 3: Group Stage
European East Division
Team Spirit vs. Team Empire, ppd.
Team Spirit vs. Power Rangers, ppd.
European West Division
Mamas Boys Dota 1:0 No Logic Gaming
COOKISS vs. Ad Finem, ppd.
Americas Division
Infamous over Team Archon (forfeit)
SCHEDULE (all times EST)
European League of Legends Championship Series
(Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/riotgames)
Team Vitality vs. Origen, 12 p.m.
Elements vs. Giants Gaming, 1 p.m.
Fnatic vs. Unicorns of Love, 2 p.m.
Splyce vs. Team ROCCAT, 3 p.m.
G2 Esports vs. H2k Gaming, 4 p.m.
League of Legends Pro League
Snake eSports vs. Energy Pacemaker, 12 a.m. (Saturday)
Qiao Gu vs. Masters3, 2 a.m.
LGD Gaming vs. Team WE, 4 a.m.
League of Legends Champions Korea
SBENU vs. e-mFire, 3:30 a.m.
Longzhu Gaming vs. ROX Tigers, 6:30 a.m.
League of Legends Masters Series
Taipei Assassins vs. COUGAR E-Sport, 6 a.m.
Midnight Sun vs. Flash Wolves, 6 a.m.
We Play Dota Season 3: Group Stage
(Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/joindotared)
European West Division
Team Liquid vs. London Conspiracy, 2 p.m.
No Logic Gaming vs. WOmbat Gaming, 3:15 p.m.
Americas Division
Digital Chaos vs. Shazam, 5 p.m.
Leviathan vs. Shazam, 6:15 p.m.
European East Division
Team Spirit vs. Walrus Punch, 11 a.m.
ROX vs. Team Spirit, 12:15 p.m.
DreamHack Leipzig 2016 (CS:GO)
(Stream: http://www.dreamhack.tv/)
Group A
Natus Vincere vs. SK Gaming, 7 a.m.
FaZe Clan vs. Luminosity Gaming, 7 a.m.
Group BAstralis vs. Team Dignitas, 8 a.m.
Virtus.pro vs. mousesports, 8 a.m.
StarLadder i-League LAN finals (Hearthstone)
(Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/starladder_hs_en)
Group A
Yuan “Nicolas” Yin vs. David “Dog” Caero, 9 a.m.
Aleksandr “Kolento” Malsh vs. Gareth “Cipher” Rouse, 10 a.m.
Nicolas vs. Cipher, 11 a.m.
Dog vs. Kolento, noon
Dog vs. Cipher, 1 p.m.
Kolento vs. Nicolas, 2 p.m.
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