This week sees the launch of a nationwide eSports league featuring more than 50 teams from high schools around the country. But is this whole thing legit? Like, are they actually going to let kids play computer games as a sport? We sent Eugenia Woo to the High School League open night to find out. Parents … Read more
After going all the way down the rabbit hole, Eugenia Woo is back to talk about impossible comebacks and the victors of the 2016 League of Legends World Championships. This is it. I’ll admit, when the World Championships started about a month ago, I was contemplating giving the tournament a miss. Sure, maybe I’d keep … Read more
After barely surviving a week of upsets in the second round of worlds, Eugenia Woo regains her composure and sorts the gold from the silt in the chaotic quarterfinals of the 2016 League of Legends Worlds. I was pretty fragile coming into the Quarterfinals after trying and failing to recover from the Darkest Timeline of last week. … Read more
An online feud spilled over into real world violence at MOTAT last night when passions erupted at the 2016 League of Legends national championship final. Don Rowe was there, and found it the most exciting part of the event. Last night, perhaps for the first time ever, the Museum of Transport and Technology played host to a … Read more
It’s week 2 of Worlds and who better to recap the action and rank the players than Eugenia Woo, The Spinoff’s own LoL correspondent. (If you’re new to LoL Worlds and need a steer, try Eugenia’s handy beginner’s guide.) This was a bit of a jam-packed week for Worlds because a bunch of things almost … Read more
This month planet Earth will shake as the League of Legends World Championships thunder across the globe. It’s the esports Superbowl and for the teams taking part there’s big cheddar to be made. Our LoL correspondent Eugenia Woo is covering the event all month with weekly round ups and standings, but first here’s a in-depth … Read more
The icon sits in a folder on my computer like a smoker’s last cigarette. It’s out of sight, but you can bet your balls I know exactly where it is and how long it’d take to fish out. At this stage, it’s basically a big red ‘begin-spiral-into-entropy’ button. A few quick clicks and the small … Read more