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OGN Apex Season 2 Final

by akadjblaze, posted in Gaming & Esports

Runaway Vs Lunatic Hai: There can be only one

The second season final was always going to be a blockbuster and having 2 teams with so much on the line coming in made it even more meaningful. In the pink corner you have Runaway, the amateur underdogs, faced with relegation at the start of the season living out their Cinderella story making it all the way to the finals. In the blue corner you have Lunatic Hai, one of the best professional Overwatch teams around, boasting an impressive line up of players but lacking the one thing needed to properly cement them as a top team, a big tournament win. Lunatic Hai also lost to Runaway 2–3 during the first round of the play-offs. Revenge was definitely on their mind.

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OGN Apex S2 Semi Final 2: The streak falls short

by akadjblaze, posted in Gaming & Esports

A methodical dispatching by a more experienced team

The 2nd semifinal from OGN’s APex season 2 saw a creatively rampaging Meta Athena come up against a strategically aggressive Lunatic-Hai. Meta Athena was looking to push their undefeated streak into the finals while Lunatic-Hai was looking to finally secure the number one spot after coming so close in previous tournaments.

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The Lunatic Hai suspension

by akadjblaze, posted in Gaming & Esports

Korean Celebrity Idealism creeping into E-sports

I’m sure by now that those of you who follow competitive Overwatch are aware of the suspension of 2 players from Lunatic- Hai early in February. Lunatic-Hai are currently competing in OGN’s 2nd Apex season. The suspension happened mere days before their next scheduled game. While this has been covered by other outlets its worth exploring why this even happened. Was it drugs? Violent behavior?

No, they were trying to pick up girls via social media and have been suspended for an entire season because of it. Continue reading “The Lunatic Hai suspension” →

Podcast Ep-6 eSports and Elections

by akadjblaze, posted in Podcasts & Gaming Live Streams

In episode 6 of our podcast it’s the Day After Tomorrow. Donald Trump is now the president of the United States, but the show must go on! Today’s episode we recap on Blizzon, get deep into GStar (The E3 of Korea) and what Korea needs to do in order to resuscitate its suffocating gaming industry.

https://soundcloud.com/gangnam-gamers/ep-6-esports-elections

Welcome Jodi to the podcast and talking about President Trump

3:30 Blizzard and Blizzcon.

6:00 eSports at Blizzcon and Sth Koreas Domination

9:00 Why Koreans are so good – breaking moves down, practicing and the support of the country

13:30 How video game and geek/nerd culture has become the new cool

17:10 Is esports a sport or something else?

18:45 Psychology will be the game changer for esports teams?

21:10 Overwatch league and Africa missing out on Esports developments

24:40 Gstar preview and Sth korea game industry in jeopardy

27:50 How can Korea turn things around now that they no longer have the technical advantage

32:00 Korea operating in an uncomfortable middle ground and what does Korea need to work on? Korea should adopt the Free to Win model (we talk about how this model works)

37:40 Western games have stories and endings etc, Korean games are missing story

42:00 Games to look out for heading into G-Star