Wakey wakey, OCE—your premier League of Legends league is back! The LCO returns in January with new names, a huge prize pool, and a shot to take on PCS’ best on the road to MSI. GZ locked in first spot at PCS playoffs Bliss, Antic to fight for second and final spot The action resumes on March 1 In a behemoth 3-1 upper bracket final, Ground Zero are your first LCO representatives for the PCS playoffs, downing regular season leaders Bliss in a shock result on Thursday night. GZ dropped the opening match but never looked back, sweeping the rest of the series and securing their ticket to the PCS ..read more

Wakey wakey, OCE—your premier League of Legends league is back! The LCO returns in January with new names, a huge prize pool, and a shot to take on PCS’ best on the road to MSI. DW matches remain postponed Bliss leap ahead, yet to drop a series Super Week continues on Tuesday It was one of the busiest off-seasons in recent memory which saw a huge shuffle in both personnel and organizations. Gone are the big names of old like Chiefs and Pentanet as new challengers in the form of ION Global and FURY enter the fray. With plenty of action already (including another pre-season Competitive Ruling ..read more

Wakey wakey, OCE—your premier League of Legends league is back! The LCO returns in January with new names, a huge prize pool, and a shot to take on PCS’ best on the road to MSI. Three teams remain undefeated through week two Antic, DW match mysteriously postponed ION, Kanga kick off week three It was one of the busiest off-seasons in recent memory which saw a huge shuffle in both personnel and organizations. Gone are the big names of old like Chiefs and Pentanet as new challengers in the form of ION Global and FURY enter the fray. With plenty of action already (including another pre-season C ..read more

Wakey wakey, OCE—your premier League of Legends league is back! The LCO returns in January with new names, a huge prize pool, and a shot to take on PCS’ best on the road to MSI. Mammoth cop week one Competitive Ruling, forfeit ION Global, FURY make LCO debut A new champion will be crowned in Split 1 It was one of the busiest off-seasons in recent memory which saw a huge shuffle in both personnel and organizations. Gone are the big names of old like Chiefs and Pentanet as new challengers in the form of ION Global and FURY enter the fray. With plenty of action already (including another pre-se ..read more

Wakey wakey, OCE—your premier League of Legends league is back! The LCO returns in January with new names, a huge prize pool, and a shot to take on PCS’ best on the road to MSI. Mammoth cop week one Competitive Ruling, forfeit ION Global, FURY make LCO debut A new champion will be crowned in Split 1 It was one of the busiest off-seasons in recent memory which saw a huge shuffle in both personnel and organizations. Gone are the big names of old like Chiefs and Pentanet as new challengers in the form of ION Global and FURY enter the fray. With plenty of action already (including another pre-se ..read more

What do Jesus, bananas and Brace all have in common? Certainly not Roaming Wray. Bernadette Wong hit the halls and stalls of IEM Sydney 2023, or rather… Wandered The post THE BANANA INVASION – Wandering Wong at IEM Sydney 2023 appeared first on Snowball Esports ..read more

With the Swiss stage of the 2023 League of Legends World Championship in full swing, Riot Games took over Sydney at Harajuku Gyōza on the boardwalk of Tumbalong Boulevard for a night full of first-class summoners rift action, great drinks, and even better food. In the shadow of the International Convention Centre and the greater SXSW Festival, this was one of the first fully-fledged activations Riot Games has held in Australia since the 10th Anniversary events in October 2019, and the first since Riot pulled out of the region with the shutdown of the Pyrmont-based office and the cancellation o ..read more

How quickly have FaZe taken to Counter-Strike 2? Are Valve taking steps to improve the game? Should they give us a major while they’re at it? Snowball’s Iceo chats with FaZe’s Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken about Counter-Strike 2 following their win over Complexity in the IEM Sydney 2023 Grand Final to answer these questions and more. The post FaZe Twistzz shares feelings on CS2 gamestate post IEM Sydney 2023 victory appeared first on Snowball Esports ..read more

Hoarse voices, $13 cans, and the unmistakable sound of soggy socks in post-shoey shoes squelching around in the Sydney CBD. This is IEM Sydney. This is esports Down Under. There’s a plethora of events and activities to talk about but there’s one that hits close to home for me, something that I absolutely must bring into the spotlight: “Row F”.  What is Row F? No my dear readers, Row F isn’t a seat designation—it’s the loudest people in the arena. It’s the chant-starters, the shoey-skullers, the energy of the arena. It’s the same group of people every damn Counter-Strike event that shows u ..read more

After four long years away, Intel Extreme Masters Sydney returned to the Counter-Strike calendar with a bang. FaZe Clan secured the first 13-0 scoreline on LAN, some of CS’s best—like the final Major champs Team Vitality—struggled with CS2, and we once again proved that Australia is greater than the “UK” and HenryG is indeed a wanker.  At the end of a week’s play, FaZe held on through double overtime to reign supreme and be crowned the first CS2 LAN champion, as well as starting their campaign to defend their grand slam title (although, it’s sounding like their reign will be short-lived ..read more