LCS Forecast: Tough fights, EU goes to Wembley and a whole lot of open questions

After a week that saw the favorite dropping their games to a great extent, we head into another week of tough matchups as well as the EU LCS at the Wembley Arena. The only safe thing to say this about this week? Better prepare for everything! NA LCS: Can TSM and CLG keep their streaks […]

Cosplay at ESL One: what do you want to see?

Here at ESL we love it when people cosplay at our events, so we hope to see even more great costumes at ESL One Frankfurt! To get your creative juices flowing, we've rounded up some of the best, funniest and most accurate Dota 2 cosplay around. For example... Enigma Source: imgur.com If you were watching […]

How much do you know about Go4?

It’s been 12 years since the first cup bearing the Go4 name was played, and since then more than 2,725 further tournaments have taken place.   While the first Go4 was held in Warcraft 3, with OCR-FatRandy being the first Go4 winner ever, Go4s are now regularly played for a wide variety of titles including […]

RO8 locked in for WCS Europe

We’re one step closer to seeing the European StarCraft II World Championship Series Season Two Champion crowned after tonight’s Group D concluded the tournament’s RO16! With today’s winners San and StarDust advancing alongside the likes of Welmu and MC, our final lineup for the RO8 is as follows: Click above image for the full-size version […]

ESL One is fast approaching: who'll win "the European International"?

In less than four weeks, the eyes of the entire Dota 2 community will be on the Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany. A record-setting crowd, eight of the best teams on the entire planet and US$200,000 will be at stake at what some have called “the European International”. Not only has that moniker been attached to […]

From Eefje to Sjokz, or how I got into eSports

“You’re moving to Germany to do what?” I can’t say I was surprised at my mother’s reaction, but I was determined to try my hardest to prove that this was an opportunity of a lifetime, and, almost two years down the line, it damn well was. What next? Rewind to eight years ago (my word, […]

LCS Forecast: Supa Hot week incoming

Another LCS week brings together the cream of the crop in League of Legends from both the European and North American scenes with some interesting matchups and a lot of potential upsets in store. Read on for some hints on potential pickups for your ESL Fantasy teams. For this week’s predictions, I’ll be looking at matchups […]

WCS Ro16: a Finn finds his way and the Bosstoss returns

Two more players advanced today with the conclusion of the WCS Europe Season 2 Premier League round of 16. Some of the world’s best Protoss players, namely ToD, MC and Welmu, found themselves facing off against each other and also former one-time Intel Extreme Masters World Champion and Terran powerhouse YoDa. A Finn on the […]

Gnimsh, Master of the Miracle Rogue

A Miracle Rogue deck is built around one card: the Gadgetzan Auctioneer. With its ability to allow you draw cards whenever you cast a spell, it creates a lot of opportunities as the Rogue’s mighty spells only cost a tiny amount of mana. However, as everything is centered around just one card in your deck, […]

Three qualify for Toronto after intense qualifiers in Canada and Europe

This week kicked off the first set of deciding qualifiers for Intel Extreme Masters Toronto. With the Canadian qualifier early in the week followed by the European final qualifier only two days later, the best StarCraft II players in their respective regions set out to prove that they are the world’s best gamers - and […]