After playing and watching League of Legends since season 3, Lee 'Couple Sodi Pops' Jones created NineTeeSix.net in early 2018 as a platform for hosting Esports stories and interviews. He has also appeared as a guest writer for Esports News UK, GrompNews and picklebet (formerly Skrilla).
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INF SolidSnake on RNG: “Their style of play fits the meta, playing very fast and taking advantage of every window of opportunity … having Uzi as their ADC means they are the favourites”
Infinity eSports were a surprise package in Worlds 2018 Play-Ins, gaining a win over Edward Gaming during the Play-In Group stage and narrowly losing to G2 in a 3-1 series to miss out on reaching the final Groups. We were lucky …
Victorious Orianna teased
Every year Riot rewards players finishing Gold or higher with a free Victorious skin, and they have just teased the 2018 edition.
Here’s how Reddit has predicted Worlds 2018’s Group Stage
The end of Summer means only one thing for League of Legends fans; Worlds is right around the corner. For a few weeks per year the top teams on the globe battle it out for the the World Championship and …
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LCK Summer Final 2018: first ever without Faker or PrayrillA
With Kingzone DragonX's Round 2 loss to Afreeca Freecs and SK Telecom's failure to reach the play-offs, this will be the first time that neither Faker, Pray or GorillA will not feature in the LCK play-off final.
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Innovation in Esports: are Riot still doing enough?
Since Riot entered the world of Esports with League of Legends back in 2011 they have undoubtedly revolutionised the scene. From a one of a kind league system to $5m in prizes within a single year, Riot have set a …
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Are SK Telecom better off without Faker?
The year is 2018, it's the summer split. SK Telecom find themselves in 7th place in the LCK with five matches remaining. After a disappointing 4th place finish in the spring play-offs, SKT are staring down the barrel of a play-off-less …
Esports could be the 9th most popular Olympic sport
After a recent Esports forum was held to begin bridging the gap between Esports and the Olympics, we've taken a look at the audience size of Esports stands up to that of the most popular sports currently included in the Summer …
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Enclave Gaming owner Britsaint on Forge of Champions: “They are working with us to ensure that this is a league that will blow up in the future”
After the announcement of the UK’s LVP-run Forge of Champions, we had the opportunity to speak to Enclave Gaming owner Philip ‘Britsaint’ Macartney on what this means for the UK scene, what this means for Enclave and what life is …
With League of Legends already coming to the Asia Games, how could a USA Olympic LoL team look?
This summer’s Asia Games in Indonesia will see athletes across the continent compete across a plethora of sporting events. One surprise addition to the list of games was Esports, with six different titles including League of Legends to be played. …
Dire Wolves’ Triple on playing at MSI in the EU LCS studio: “I didn’t really mind the small EU LCS studio and I feel like I would have played the same in front of a greater crowd”
After playing in the MSI Play-In Group Stage in Berlin, we had the chance to speak to Dire Wolves’ mid-laner Stephen ‘Triple’ Li on topics ranging from his experience at MSI to his experience in solo-queue across different regions. Dire …
