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Our top stories from Wednesday:
Changes to the new League of Legends rune system are coming in the preseason.
Samsung Galaxy AD Carry Ruler talked about laning against the legendary Uzi.
Chinese League of Legends players apparently call Lucian “Obama.”
Godsent appointed a new CS:GO coach.
PENTA terminated the contracts of its CS:GO roster.
Denial’s CEO is reportedly looking for a merger to pay off debts to players.
G2 Esports released a hype video for worlds with the band White Sage.
SKT’s head coach explained bringing Huni over Untara to worlds.
WWE wrestlers showed support for LPL teams at worlds.
Best from around the web:
League of Legends
Can Cuzz overcome his group stage trials?
Infographics depicting important numbers in each worlds group.
Grading the worlds play-in stage performances.
After three world titles, what does SKT have left to prove?
Grab Games showed how League of Legends could look in augmented reality.
An interview with Riot Games casters Medic and Vedius.
Counter-Strike
Gambit signed former Natus Vincere coach Andi.
Starix stepped down from Team Spirit.
Other
Immortals appointed a former NHL executive as COO.
An interview with OpTic Gaming CEO Hector “H3CZ” Rodriguez about expanding into Dota 2.
A $200,000 PUBG tournament is coming to IEM Oakland.
A look at the growth of college esports.
Results
League of Legends World Championship
Group A
SK Telecom T1 1:0 Cloud9
Group B
Longzhu 1:0 Immortals
Gigabyyte Marines 1:0 Fnatic
Group C
Royal Never Give up 1:0 1907 Fenerbahçe
Samsung Galaxy 1:0 G2
ESL Pro League Season 6 (CS:GO)
Europe
Astralis 1:1 BIG (16-19, 16-6)
Natus Vincere 2:0 LDLC (16-14, 16-10)
LDLC 2:0 Ninjas in Pyjamas (16-14, 19-17)
North 1:1 FaZe Clan (16-12, 4-16)
North America
Immortals 2:0 Ghost (16-8, 16-6)
OpTic 1:1 Luminosity (16-5, 9-16)
SK Gaming 2:0 Cloud9 (16-11, 16-9)
Liquid 2:0 Rogue (16-8, 16-9)
Schedule
(All times Eastern)
ESL Pro League Season 6 (CS:GO)
Europe
North vs. Astralis, 1 p.m.
FaZe Clan vs. HellRaisers, 1 p.m.
Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. mousesports, 3:20 p.m.
G2 vs. LDLC, 3:20 p.m.
North America
Cloud9 vs. Rogue, 7 p.m.
Misfits vs. Immortals, 7 p.m.
SK Gaming vs. NRG, 9 p.m.
Splyce vs. compLexity, 9 p.m.
League of Legends World Championship
Group A
EDward Gaming vs. ahq e-sports Club, 8 a.m.
Cloud9 vs. ahq, 7 a.m. Friday
Group D
Flash Wolves vs. Team SoloMid, 3 a.m. Friday
Team WE vs. Misfits, 4 a.m. Friday
Group B
Immortals vs. Fnatic, 5 a.m. Friday
Longzhu vs. Gigabyte Marines, 6 a.m. Friday