Esports Nutshell News | July 15, 2016

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Esports News
Pokemon GO has more daily active users than tinder and is nearing Twitter’s numbers as users found it was more enjoyable catching pokemon over STDs.
WestBallz signs with G2 Esports.
WME-IMG purchases Ultimate Fighting Championship for $4BB.
Reunited uses MasterOverwatch’s rankings to recruit Eric van Hoorn “2Easy”.
Poker Player Fedor Holz wins $5MM while touting a Team Envyus jersey.
Twitch opens up an Austin Office with Ken Demarest leading the three man team.
Working with ESL, Mountain Dew & ESEA create an amateur league for Call of Duty.
French tournament organizer ESWC announce plans for a Clash Royale Tournament.
SK Gaming defeats Team Liquid at ESL One Cologne winning $500k, Liquid takes home 150k bills to dry their tears.
Nintendo announces their UK Splatoon tournament, The Great British Splat-Off will take place in London’s Gfinity Arena.
A Florida mother files the second class action lawsuit against Valve on behalf of her son, you know you’re in trouble when you’re mom files a lawsuit for you.
TSM’s Leffen will not compete at EVO this year due to not obtaining a Visa in time. Once he finishes this round of Visa application he says he’ll be set for 2 years. Maybe he should change his name to Sorry, Lef-my-Visa.
The Winklevoss Twins’ cryptocurrency company Gemini becomes a sponsor for Echo Fox in hopes to integrate BitCoins in the the Esports ecosystem.
Sportsbet launches Australian Esports streaming and betting service website Respawn touting the fastest ESL stream in Oceania, with live stats, odds, and complementary shrimps on your barbies.
Na’Vi creates a competition for fans to create their new mascot, fans are submitting drawings, descriptions, and stories of their mascot creation, the deadline is July 29th. They said they want a quote “cool” mascot like a traditional sporting team that can quote “protect our players in the battles, bring them luck and victories, as well as please our fans with his presence.” Na’Vi McNaFace is leading the polls.
G2A launches their developer support system starting July 29 where developers can apply to receive a 10% cut off all sales, verify sales, volume, and timing to tracking the lifecycle of every key and identify illegal practices.
The Federal Trade Commission nails Warner Brothers for not disclosing payment to YouTube users like Pewdiepie to play and review their video game Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor giving them strict instructions of how to promote it and not say anything bad about it all while making it look like their personal unbiased opinion.
Rocket League takes a page from Valve’s Counter Strike and Dota by introducing crates containing cosmetic skins that can be unlocked with keys you can buy for real world money which part of the revenue will go towards tournament prize pools.
KonKwon retires from League of Legends saying he’s quote “not good enough” to play at the highest level.
Will Green at Esports Betting Report pulls a quote from Ryan Rodenberg associate professor of sports law analytics at FSU saying quote “With several acronym-friendly entities now emerging, it is reminiscent of tennis about 10 years ago when the ITF, ATP, and WTA all kept to themselves, before finally putting their difference aside to create a quasi-independent integrity unit after a major gambling scandal” end quote.

Esports Top Stories
4:34 - Valve shuts off the money Valve for the Counter Strike gambling market
6:11 - Virtual Reality. The sequel to that critic and financial flop, your life
8:57 - Pokemon Go the app that lets you walk into a new augmented world and experience the real life pain of running into things
10:27 - Competitive Call of Duty, the call currently going straight to voicemail

Esports Interview
12:10 - Twitch’s Director of Content Marketing, Ben Goldhaber "Fishstix" gives his guidance for young people wanting to enter the Esports industry.

Esports Highlights
18:44 - League of Legends - TSM vs C9 - NA LCS 2016 Summer
23:24 - CSGO - SK vs Liquid - ESL One Cologne 2016
26:50 - Overwatch - REUNITED vs Rogue - GosuGamers Overwatch Weekly EU
31:33 - Hearthstone - Xieshuai vs Xixo - StarLadder i-League StarSeries S2 Grand Final from Shanghai
36:48 - Dota 2 - Empire vs ESC - Global Grand Masters
41:37 - Injustice USA - Full Tournament

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