Agent PROfiles: An Interview With NUTURN’s Hyun-Seok “Hyeoni” Yoon.

 

By Arran “Halo” Spake

When a new esport is formed, two types of player emerge to form its nucleus. The players that have been playing at a professional level in other games and switch to try their hand at another and the top ranked players from other games who are looking for their big break. Of those players, only a few will have a shot at potential stardom with their regions and NUTURN’s newest signing Hyun-Seok “Hyeoni” Yoon has just that opportunity.

EMEA VALORANT Coaches & Team Managers Poll #1

 

By Arran “Halo” Spake

The first EMEA coaches & team managers poll has arrived. As with the first two European coaches and team managers poll. Halo’s EMEA poll follows the same idea as American College sports when ranking the best teams in the region. I have asked coaches and team managers from both tier one and two for their top ten teams from Europe, based on their performances in the VCT Challengers stage. Coaches and Team Managers are not allowed to include their own teams and for the first time, teams from the CIS and Turkish sub-regions are eligible to be selected for the top ten teams. All picks are anonymous.

Attempting To Complete Their Acend-sion. EMEA's Acend Head To Playoffs

 

By Arran “Halo” Spake

The group stages of Masters Berlin are complete with just six of the original fifteen teams remaining at the time of this post, the pretenders have started to be left to the wayside, while the contenders start to rise to the top and state their claim as the best team in the professional Valorant scene. One of those teams remaining is Acend, the third seed from EMEA, who has battled through a tough group A that included the Korean roster of Vision Strikers and fellow EMEA hope SuperMassive Blaze who beat Acend in the regional qualifiers to take the number two seed.  Now with the playoffs in full swing, Acend is here to show that they are not only better than the North American teams they have been paired with but to show they are the best team in the world. 

EMEA VALORANT On-screen Talent Poll #1

 

By Arran “Halo” Spake

The EMEA challengers event are in the books and while Gambit, SuperMassive Blaze, Acend & G2 all secured their places to the Masters event in Berlin this Friday. The regions on-screen talent all matched the incredible games with on point hosting, analysis and commentating to provide us all with a perfect challengers event. While some of our on-screen talent will be representing EMEA in Berlin, a vast majority have taken the time to provide haloofthoughts with their top ten teams at it stand right now within the region after the Challengers events.

Agent PROfiles: An Interview With Vision Strikers Byungchul “BuZz” Yu

By Arran “Halo” Spake

When you think of the professional VALORANT, there few names that have grown to the stature that Korean team Vision Striker currently receive right now. A team that went a remarkable impressive 101 game unbeaten streak within the Korean region. A team that have dominated the region outside a few slips here and there but also a team that has the ability to be carried by anyone of their current six man roster. Byungchul “BuZz” Yu is on of those players. 

After initially bursting onto the scene with Cloud9 Korea, BuZz was eventually signed by Vision Strikers, who were rebuilding their roster after failing to make stage two Masters. Now after winnings Challengers Korea, BuZz and Vision Strikers are set to take on the World in Berlin and BuZz has taken the time to answer a few questions from Haloofhoughts.

An Interview With NYXL DPS Young-Woo “Flora” Lim

 

By Arran “Halo” Spake

Coming into the 2021 Overwatch League season, there was a lot of unknowns regarding the New York Excelsior. The team’s original and much loved roster had been disbanded after a strong first year that failed to see them win the inaugural season, despite winning stages two and three in 2018, they never reached their full potential as the best team in the world. This led the New York Excelsior to bring in a number of talented rookies from both Chinese and Korean Contenders to transform themselves in to a future powerhouse. One of these players was former Team Diamond DPS Flora, who had shown that he had the ability to play in the Overwatch League but not had the same hype that other Korean DPS players coming into the 2021 season.

European VALORANT Coaches & Team Mangers Poll #2

 

By Arran "Halo" Spake

After having to wait for almost a year due to the ongoing pandemic, VALORANT esports officially arrived with the first major international LAN event in Reykjavík, Iceland when teams from the Europe & Middle East, North American, Latin America, Korean, Japanese, and Southeast Asian regions all competed for the VALORANT Champions Tour Stage 2 Masters title.

Sources: A False Accusation & Fan Pressure Cost Nohill His Job At Team CC

 

By Arran “Halo” Spake

Former Team CC Head Coach Wang "NoHill" Fuxing, lost his job with the team due to an online campaign by a minority of Chinese fans, who twisted comments Nohill had previously said about a different subject, into a false remark against Chengdu Hunters Head Coach Wang "RUI" Xingrui. Multiple sources have told haloofthoughts.

European Coaches & Team Managers Poll #1

By Arran "Halo" Spake

The European VALORANT Champions Tour Masters have arrived! After three grueling Challenger events where the best teams in Europe battled it out to secure their place in the Masters stage, we are now at the business stage of the tournament. Eight teams will battle it out for the chance to not only win the first Masters event but will look to use this event as as spring board into the second stage as they look to secure their place at the first VALORANT international LAN event in Reykjavik.

Sources: DOTA 2 Giants OG Expected To Enter VALORANT

 

By Arran "Halo" Spake

DOTA 2 giants OG, one of the best and most recognisable organisations in their respective scene, are expected to expand their organisation by entering the European VALORANT Scene, multiple sources have told haloofthoughts.

Five Necessities For The Ultimate Gamer Night!

 

When it comes to having the ultimate gaming session there are plenty of things to consider. When is the right time for you to play without being interrupted, what game you want to play, whether or not you want to stream and finally, whether you are just playing for fun or looking to take your gaming further? These are all things to consider when you are setting up that perfect opportunity to just play your favourite game and forget about anything else that is going on outside. Here I am going to go through five necessities I feel you need to be able to complete the ultimate gamer session.