Esports Nutshell News | February 18, 2016

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Redbull sponsors Leffen
Vodafone Spain sponsors G2 Esports
Gunnar sponsors Team Envyus CSGO
UK retailer Game purchases SocialNAT
KC Woods TSM’s head coach is relieved of duty
Smite Oceania Pro League 2016 announces a $71k prize pool, for future reference I will always convert all prize pools to United State Dollar currency so you don’t have to think about conversions and besides...everyone should use American money and speak American.
Yoo Sang-ook “Ryu” returns to H2K Gaming after obtaining his Visa
Devilwalk retires from CSGO due to wrist injuries
G2A sponsors SK Gaming, Riot responded “I’m not angry, I’m just disappointed”
G2A cashes in on their Riot ban, writes a press release to stir up the news pot for coverage, case in point, mission accomplished
Mark Julio “MarkMan” and Mad Catz separate as the company struggles to stay financially afloat
Reddit Hires Mark S. Luckie as their Head of Journalism and Media, formerly working as Twitter’s News Manager
Team Preparations announce their new CS:GO roster, acquiring the roster of Fan Jävla (Yahvlah) including Cadian, Khrystal, Sjöström (Herstrom), Wenton, glace, and LOMME.
Gordon Hayward writes a love letter to Esports in the key of Halo
Fnatic announces they are creating a second Challenger team
Rockford Public Schools in Michigan continues to grow as an official onsite school team
Team Secret accepts ESL One Manila’s invitation after ESL changed their competition from a single to double elimination
Beijing based Ourgame International Holding Ltd. is in talks to build a 14k square foot complex in Vegas with 200 seats and fully equipped for broadcast
Florida Gulf Coast University’s Quidditch team and Eagle Esports founder Maikol Brito organizes the school’s largest Esports event yet, Eagle LAN or “the Eagle has LAN’ded”
Twitch’s most watched games for 2015: League of Legends at number 1, Counter-Strike at number 2, Dota at number 3, Hearthstone at number 4, and Minecraft at number 5
Milwaukee based company Esports Access announces their launch of Rankr Esports an online community hub led by Cameron Robinson. They’re good...but are they better than...Milwaukee’s best?
Evany Chang Team Secret’s former manager gives a play by play of Team Secret’s manager Matthew Bailey receiving money but not playing players for almost two years
South Africa’s top CS:GO teams compete in the first Homestory Cup hosted in Luca Tucconi “Robohobo’s” apartment with a $2k prize pool from Gaming World South Africa
Hero parts ways with Team Liquid after 5 years, Liquid is sad but understanding and said if he wanted they would quote “kiss away the pain. And Hero...you can take my breath away”
Redbull lists the top Street Fighter earners: Number 3 Momochi at $92k, Number 2 Kazunoko at $146k, and Daigo Umehara “The Beast” at $171k
Street Fighter 5 launches in San Francisco with Lupe Fiasco slaying The Beast and oh man is he excited, and grateful, here’s my jacket Oprah, oh and where’s katie holmes, Katie, Katie, there you are my love come say hi to Oprah! Ahhh! We do not condone match fixing but in the name of pure fun and staged marketing, Capcom excellent execution.
Rocket League launches on XBox One when asked for comment Bill Gates said he was having a hard time finding people to play the game with him and said with remorse quote: “I think it’s gonna be a long, long time till touchdown bring me ‘round again to find I’m not the man they think I am at home, I’m a Rocket Man in Rocket League Have a good weekend everyone :)

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