1. Your favorite fantasy site could be in trouble!
“On Monday, DraftKings and FanDuel both announced that their employees had made huge amounts of money betting on daily fantasy games. In fact one DraftKings employee, Ethan Haskell, made $350,000 the same week that he “accidentally” released data regarding which players were selected most by DraftKings Millionaire Maker contest participants before the 3rd week of the NFL season.”
Read the full story at:
https://esportsfanz.com/blog/the-end-of-daily-fantasy-esports-wagering/
2. G2A preparing for a quick and controversial exit out of eSports?
“G2A owe Complexity money and have been silent for over a month. This could mean many things on the G2A side, they could be bowing out of eSports completely… they will still need pay the money to Complexity and their other sponsors that they have presumably not paid and we could see legal action following this. Or, G2A, a seemingly large games company who has put a lot of money in to esports, is going in to liquidation and can’t pay off these debts. ”
Read the full story at:
http://bc-gb.com/news/17440/g2a-bailing-on-esports-and-not-paying-teams/
3. Thorin’s Thoughts; The Worlds expert analysis fiasco (LoL)
Thorin spills the beans on what‘s happening at World’s and the witch-chasing of experts:
4. Are we about to see Player/Team Unions?
“On October 3, professional Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players took an important step in protecting their interests in the growing business of eSports: unionization.
” In a letter sent to the ESL, ESEA, DreamHack, and other major eSports tournament organizers, players have outlined conditions that insure they get their fair share of the latter [prize money].”
Read the full story at:
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/read/esports-union-demands-more-money-and-private-bathrooms-separate-from-fans
5. LemonNation: Chinese team drafts ‘have been god awful’
“One week in, and the League of Legends World Championships is more unpredictable than it’s ever been. Teams expected to sit to at the bottom of the standings have risen to the top, while favorites have failed to live up to the hype.”
Read the full story at:
http://www.dailydot.com/esports/lemonnation-worlds-group-stage-interview/
6. Business insider interviews ‘Faker’
“Ahead of the 2015 League of Legends World Championships, we talked to Faker about his daily grind and what makes him the “Michael Jordan” of eSports.”
Watch the interview at:
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/faker-league-of-legends-interview-2015-9
7. Worlds 2015, Days 1-4 Funny Moments!
If you enjoyed Thorin’s video above, you may want to check this out:
8. BBC Three to livestream League of Legends World Championships
“For the first time, BBC Three will be offering live coverage of the League of Legends World Championships live from Wembley. Beginning on Thursday 15 October, action from all four days of the quarter finals will be available online.”
Read the full story at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/bbc-three-league-of-legends
9. Is this the start of a US eSports college league?
“After announcing plans to become the second institution to make Esports a varsity athletics offering last December, the hard work in getting the program off the ground will finally come to fruition as the Bears take on Wichita State in League of Legends at 9 a.m. ET on Saturday.”
Read the full story at:
http://upikebears.com/news/2015/10/7/ESports_1007155237.aspx
10. A Japanese streamer learned not to play with fire the hard way!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_orOT3Prwg#action=share
