Thorin's threads: 7 story-lines for the SLTV StarSeries IX CS:GO finals
Titan hope kennyS' return doesn't bring back their losing era vs. NiP. kennyS battles the shadow of shox. 7 story-lines for the StarSeries IX finals.
Thorin's Articles
Puszu: "I would like to be able to play again competitively and I am a little bit worried I might not"
Former fnatic AD Carry stand-in Puszu talks about his career, his time with fnatic and his opportunities since then.
A new kind of domination - Part 2 of the Cloud 9 story
In part 2 of the Cloud 9 story, follow the team through their dominating LCS Summer split and into their first forays into international competition.
'Summoning Insight' Episode 6 VOD, with special guest dexter
CLG Jungler dexter joins MonteCristo and Thorin on Episode 6 of 'Summoning Insight' to discuss the recent happenings in professional LoL.
The history and formation of Cloud 9 - Part 1 of the Cloud 9 story
In part 1 of the Cloud 9 story, discover the history of the 5 players, from their early LoL roots to forming the team who would qualify for LCS.
Thorin's threads: 8 conclusions after the LCS EU playoffs
SK are Europe's best tactical team, Gambit are in trouble and ROCCAT adapted the best to the new patch. 8 conclusions after the LCS EU playoffs.
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Brood War for the soul - Episode 2
Episode 1 of Brood War for the soul looks at Jaedong's impossible ZvT MSL win, ChoJJa's persistence and EffOrt's unlikely comeback victory.
Thorin's threads: 10 post-Copenhagen Games CS:GO conclusions
NiP are back on top, pasha is Virtus' best player and fnatic are not an elite team. 10 CS:GO conclusions following Copenhagen Games.
Classic series - M5 vs. TSM - IEM Kiev 2012 final
Relive the circumstances surrounding the classic meeting of TSM and M5 in the IEM VI Kiev final in January of 2012.
Thorin's crucible: 7 LCS transfers I'd like to see happen
Zorozero to CLG, nukeduck to Dignitas and Xmithie to TSM. Here are 7 transfers I'd like to see LCS teams make happen.
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Top 15 Swedish Counter-Strike (1.0 to 1.6) players of all time
The Top 15 Swedish CS players of all time. Where do f0rest, walle and SpawN rank amongst the best Swedes to ever play?
Thorin's threads: 7 post-LCS NA conclusions
CLG are not quite ready to join TSM and C9 as elite teams in NA. Zion holds Coast back with his inability to carry. 7 post-LCS NA playoff conclusions.
'Reflections' with Tosspot
'Reflections' Episode 27 is a discussion with veteran esports commentator Tosspot.
'Summoning Insight' Episode 5 VOD: LCS NA and EU playoffs (with special guest Froggen)
Alliance's Mid laner Froggen joins MonteCristo and Thorin for Episode 5 of 'Summoning Insight' to discuss the LCS playoff results.
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Hyper's quest - Sweden's lost genius and his struggle to overcome the most dominant team of his era
The tale of forgotten Swedish Counter-Strike genius Hyper's battle to overcome the legendary SK.swe team of 2003.
Thorin's threads: 5 story-lines for the LCS NA playoff finals day
Do brains win over brawn? Who is the best Top laner in NA? Will Curse finish 4th again? 5 story-lines for LCS NA play-off finals day.
Thorin's threads: 7 story-lines for the LCS NA playoff semi-finals
Who is the best ADC in NA? Can CLG prove themselves to be an elite team? Seven story-lines for the LCS NA semi-finals.
Over valued or Under valued follow up: An analysis of player's performance in European LCS
This article follows-up the previous analysis of NA LCS, taking the stats past raw KDA, GPM and minion kills to analyze the EU LCS. Also, look at how NA and ...
'Summoning Insight' Episode 4: LCS NA, LCS EU and OGN Champions Spring Playoffs
In the fourth episode of 'Summoning Insight', Thorin and MonteCristo discuss the playoff match-ups of NA, EU and KR.
'Reflections' with Moopz
Episode 26 of 'Reflections' talks to SHC's former Mid laner Moopz about the top Mids in EU past and present.
Over valued or Under valued? An analysis of player's performance in NA LCS
So far player stats analyzed have been just raw KDA, GPM, and things like kill participation. This article takes another approach trying to reduce the winning-bias inherent in these stats.
'Great games' - Fnatic vs. AGAiN - WCG 2009 final, game 1 (nuke)
'Great games' revisits the legendary epic that opened the WCG 2009 final, as AGAiN battled Fnatic through four overtimes on nuke.
'Reflections' with GeT_RiGhT
Episode 25 of 'Reflections' goes in-depth with CS:GO star player GeT_RiGhT of Ninjas in Pyjamas.
'Reflections' with Candy Panda
Episode 24 of 'Reflections' discusses SK Gaming's transformation into a good LCS team with AD Carry Candy Panda.
Thorin's crucible: Age restriction - Riot's magic wand
A look at some of the incredible feats accomplished by players under the age of 17 in esports history, past and present.
'Reflections' with ReDeYe
Episode 23 of 'Reflections' talks commentary and hosting with ESL's ReDeYe.
'Reflections' with kev1n
Episode 22 of 'Reflections' is with kev1n, Top laner of Millenium. The ex-SK man talks about his history with the team and the Top lane.
Classic events revisited: The Season 2 World Championship
The LoL Season 2 World Championship revisited in the 'Classic events' series. Relive the great games and story-lines that took place.
10 reasons to watch competitive CS:GO
10 great reasons to start or continue watching competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Thorin's crucible: improving LCS - a comprehensive system of circuit points (part 1)
Thorin's crucible looks at how the LCS format could be improved simply by the implementation of a comprehensive circuit points system.
'Reflections' with pronax
Episode 21 of 'Reflections' talks in-game leadership in CS:GO with fnatic tactician pronax.
Analyzing how gold is distributed for each team
A look at how each team distributes their gold and how this illustrates each team's strategy and star players.
'Reflections' with YoungBuck
Episode 20 of 'Reflections' is a discussion with Copenhagen Wolves Top laner YoungBuck.
Soulkey's 2013 - A masterpiece of consistency
The story of Soulkey's incredible 2013, in which the Zerg player finished top eight in all nine tournaments he entered.
'Summoning Insight' Episode 3: IEM breakdown and SKT vs. Shield from Masters
Episode 3 of 'Summoning Insight' talks about the IEM World Championship and looks back at the implications of Shield vs. SKT K from Masters.
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Brood War for the soul - Episode 1
Episode 1 of Brood War for the soul explores NaDa's golden return, sAviOr's unique career, GGPlay's miracle OSL win and JangBi's final crowning glory.
'Reflections' with nRated
Episode 19 of 'Reflections' is an in-depth discussion with nRated about his off-season troubles, return to form and SK's LCS success.
The man, the mithy, the ex-Lemondog
The story of mithy's career as a top European Support and a dissection of his strengths and weaknesses.
'Reflections' with NaNiwa
Episode 18 of 'Reflections' is an in-depth discussion with foreign star NaNiwa about StarCraft2 practice in South Korea.
TaeJa - The second Summer (part 2)
Part two of the story of TaeJa follows the HotS portion of his career, winning five offline tournaments over 2013.
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