The Art of Drafting: Who to put into the mid lane?
The mid lane is arguably the most dynamic, exciting and play-making roles in the game. The position puts tests one’s laning mechanics, ability to apply global map pressure, jungle interaction and, in a lot of cases, early and mid game shot calling. Mid lane presence is one of the most influential assets to a team […]
The Art of Drafting: Which support to pick for your Fantasy team?
The choices and potential strategies for building an ESL Fantasy team are near limitless. Everything from team match-ups, average game length and new champions entering the meta can influence the points which players generate. One especially tough decision everyone faces is how to distribute the $5,500 budget over the five in-game positions. Do you go […]
Arif MSS Anwar: From stand-in to runaway
Arif “MSS” Anwar made a name for himself in the North American DotA scene by frequently standing-in for teams like Dignitas, Liquid, and EG. Since then he has found a permanent roster spot on Team Dog, one of the first teams to qualify for ESL One – Frankfurt. Kevin Tocao spoke with him about the […]
ESL Fantasy League for LCS Summer Season launched!
Today we’re very happy to be able to announce the latest addition to the ESL Gaming Network: ESL Fantasy. Launched as an open economy fantasy league for the LCS Summer Season, ESL Fantasy will continue to grow into the first multi-game, multi-league Fantasy platform within the eSports community. That means members can look forward to […]
All-Star 2014: Howling climax between China and South Korea
Reflecting the Magma Chamber 1v1 and 2v2 match-ups at the 2013 All-Star Shanghai, this year’s final challenge at All-Star Paris was a solo or duo fight to the death for Team Ice and Team Fire. This time the challenge was set on the Howling Abyss but with the same rules as before; the first to […]
WCS 2014 Season 2: Shaping up to be the best Season yet
We are now only days away from the start of Season 2 for the WCS 2014 Europe Premier League and I am getting more and more excited as time ticks by. I believe that this is going to be the best season to date! We have a fantastic mix of players. Both finalists, MC and […]
Fire and Ice now in balance
Day two of All-Star 2014 in Paris has concluded with the four play-offs teams determined and an even standing between Teams Ice and Fire. Even the Europeans from Fnatic managed to fight their way into the tournament after a rough start on day one. The challenges between Team Ice and Fire continued with a match […]
Another trophy for gob b’s impressive career showcase?
This Saturday the ESL Pro Series Finals in Germany will see a legend return once more. Fatih “gob b” Dayik stands in as mousesports are short a player. As their latest addition Timo “spiidi” Richter was already playing for BOSSHAFT in the groups and he was not allowed to join the ranks of mouz for […]
ESL rolls out the red carpet for World of Tanks in new Los Angeles studio
All upcoming Wargaming.net League North America (WGLNA) seasons are set to be broadcast from the new ESL Studios in Los Angeles, California thanks to an extension of the working relationship between ESL and Wargaming.net. Ahead of the announcement, Mohamed Fadl (European and North American eSports Director at Wargaming.net) said: “We are very excited to announce […]
Korea and China claim Day One of All-Star
Day one of All-Star is behind us and with regional top teams from all around the world, we were treated to several amazing matches today. Although it has only been the first day it is already safe to say that the considerable hype around game modes and star line-ups was justified, with the location and […]
