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Our top stories from Thursday:
ELEAGUE will host the next CS:GO Major in January.
The Dallas Overwatch League team will be named the Dallas Fuel.
HellRaisers published perhaps the most irresponsible post in esports history.
A look at the labors of Jake “Stewie2k” Yip.
Michael “Veteran” Archer looks at how Fnatic lost its first match at worlds.
Jeff Kaplan banned an Overwatch player for 30 days for saying the balance team needed to be replaced.
The new runes have been temporarily removed from the League of Legends PBE.
Unicorns of Love owner Jos Mallant penned an open letter about EU LCS financial concerns.
FaceIt announced the FPL Circuit for Dota 2.
Starix stepped down from the Team Spirit CS:GO roster.
Immortals tabbed former NHL executive Ari Segal as its new COO.
PSG withdrew from League of Legends.
More than 80 League of Legends champions were tweaked in the PBE.
An interview with FNRGFE Overwatch player Boink.
Best from around the web:
League of Legends
A retrospective of Fnatic’s heartbreak at the 2014 world championship.
Newcomers looked sharp at the first day of the worlds group stage.
Counter-Strike
ECS Season 4 begins this week with a $750,000 prize pool.
An interview with Astralis’ Lukas “Gla1ve” Rossander.
An interview with Space Soldiers’ Can “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş.
Qualifiers and invites for the ELEAGUE Major Qualifier were revealed.
Overwatch
Phoenix1 will reportedly operate one of the Los Angeles Overwatch League teams.
Releasing Doomfist was “nerve-racking” for the Overwatch team.
Other
Blizzard launched the beta for its new Battle.net.
Capcom revealed a Street Fighter V arcade edition.
A look at Smash 4 at The Big House.
Results
ESL Pro League Season 6 (CS:GO)
Europe
Astralis 2:0 North (16-10, 16-10)
HellRaisers 2:0 FaZe Clan (16-10, 16-12)
Ninjas in Pyjamas 1:1 mousesports (2-16, 16-6)
G2 1:1 LDLC (17-19, 16-5)
North America
Cloud9 2:0 Rogue (19-15, 16-14)
Misfits 1:1 Immortals (9-16, 16-9)
SK Gaming 1:1 NRG (9-16, 16-11)
Splyce 1:1 compLexity (8-16, 16-3)
League of Legends World Championship
Group A
ahq e-sports Club 1:0 EDward Gaming
Cloud9 1:0 ahq
Group D
Team SoloMid 1:0 Flash Wolves
Team WE 1:0 Misfits
Group B
Immortals 1:0 Fnatic
Longzhu 1:0 Gigabyte Marines
Schedule
(All times Eastern)
Friday
League of Legends World Championship
Group A
SK Telecom T1 vs. EDward Gaming, 8 a.m.
ESL Pro League Season 6 (CS:GO)
Europe
G2 vs. Natus Vincere, 1 p.m.
Fnatic vs. HellRaisers, 1 p.m.
FaZe Clan vs. Astralis, 3:20 p.m.
Heroic vs. mousesports, 3:20 p.m.
North America
Misfits vs. SK Gaming, 7 p.m.
compLexity vs. Immortals, 7 p.m.
Counter Logic Gaming vs. Ghost, 9:20 p.m.
Team Liquid vs. OpTic, 9:20 p.m.
Saturday
League of Legends World Championship
Group A
SKT vs. ahq, 7 a.m.
Cloud9 vs. EDward Gaming, 8 a.m.
Group B
G2 vs. 1907 Fenerbahçe, 5 a.m.
Samsung Galaxy vs. Royal Never Give Up, 6 a.m.
Group C
TSM vs. Team WE, 3 a.m.
Flash Wolves vs. Misfits, 4 a.m.
ESL Pro League Season 6 (CS:GO)
Europe
Mousesports vs. Natus Vincere, 1 p.m.
Fnatic vs. Astralis, 3:20 p.m.
North America
Cloud9 vs Luminosity, 7 p.m.
SK Gaming vs. Renegades, 9:20 p.m.
Sunday
League of Legends World Championship
Group B
Gigabyte Marines vs. Immortals, 5 a.m.
Fnatic vs. Longzhu Gaming, 6 a.m.
Group C
1907 Fenerbahçe vs. Samsung Galaxy, 7 a.m.
G2 vs. Royal Never Give Up, 8 a.m.
Group D
Team WE vs. Flash Wolves, 3 a.m.
TSM vs. Misfits, 4 a.m.
ESL Pro League Season 6 (CS:GO)
Europe
Natus Vincere vs. Astralis, 1 p.m.
G2 vs. HellRaisers, 1 p.m.
mousesports vs. EnVyUs, 3:20 p.m.
Heroic vs. FaZe Clan, 3:20 p.m.
North America
Misfits vs. compLexity, 7 p.m.
Luminosity vs. Splyce, 7 p.m.
CLG vs. NRG, 9:20 p.m.
Renegades vs. Ghost, 9:20 p.m.