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THE ESPORTS AWARDS PRESENTED BY LEXUS NAMES RIOT GAMES, 100 THIEVES, AND DISCORD AS WINNERS

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3 years ago

November 22, 2021

THE ESPORTS AWARDS PRESENTED BY LEXUS NAMES RIOT GAMES, 100 THIEVES, AND DISCORD AS WINNERS

The Esports Awards presented by Lexus, the most prestigious night in the esports calendar, is excited to share the full list of winners from this year’s star-studded event which saw a return to a live ceremony after 735 days at the Esports Stadium in Arlington, Texas. As the perfect backdrop to celebrate and honour the accomplishments of 2021, the Esports Awards played host to some of the biggest brands, organisations, and influencers from the esports industry and beyond.

Hosted by Eefje ‘sjokz’ Depoortere, James ‘Dash’ Patterson, Alex ‘Goldenboy’ Mendez, Soe Gschwind, Nyvi Estephan and Thom ‘F.’ Badinger, the Esports Awards provided an evening of excellence, celebration and prestige. Key moments from the evening included Lexus showcasing the Gamers’ IS, a one-of-a-kind vehicle designed by and for gamers, and digital appearances from Jürgen Klopp, Luke Combs and Steve Aoki. As well as this, money was raised across the event for Make-A-Wish, with the Truman Factory announcing they were donating $10,000 towards the great cause.

Amongst the biggest winners of the night was Riot Games, picking up awards for both Esports Broadcast/Production Team of The Year and Esports Publisher of The Year, with its FPS title VALORANT taking home Esports Game of The Year In Association With The Koyo Store. 100 Thieves was named winners for both Esports Apparel of The Year and Esports Organisation of The Year Presented by Lexus.

In the Pro and On-Air categories, Marc Robert “Caedrel” Lamont was named Esports Analyst of The Year, Zhu “paraboy” Bocheng took home the Esports Mobile Player of The Year Presented By Verizon trophy and recent PGL CS:GO Major winner Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev was named Esports PC Player of The Year.

The full list of Esports Awards presented by Lexus winners are:

ESPORTS APPAREL OF THE YEAR

100 Thieves – WINNER
Team Liquid
G2 Esports
Cloud9
FaZe Clan
Ateyo
Fnatic
Spacestation Gaming
Fallen Store
Team Vitality

ESPORTS CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY ARLINGTON.ORG

HECZ
LS
Ashley Kang – WINNER
Thorin
Macie Jay
UpUpDownDown
BananaSlamJamma (BSJ)
Musty
Sunless Khan
iFerg
Coconut Brah
NadeKing

ESPORTS MOBILE GAME OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY VERIZON

PUBG Mobile
Free Fire – WINNER
Brawl Stars
Clash Royale
LoL Wild Rift
CoD Mobile
Arena of Valor
Mobile Legends

ESPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY COCA-COLA

HECZ
Ocelote
Sjokz
Nobru – WINNER
Nadeshot
FalleN
Interro
Perkz
Goldenboy
Baiano
JohnnyBoi_i

STREAMER OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY LEXUS

Valkyrae
XQC
MortaL
Ludwig
Nickmercs
TheGrefg
LOUD Coringa
Summit1G
Dr Disrespect
Ibai – WINNER
Shroud
CouRage

ESPORTS CONTENT SERIES OF THE YEAR

The Process – OpTic Gaming
G2 Voicecomms
TSM: LEGENDS
LORE // VALORANT
Metagame Documentary – WINNER
The Eavesdrop Podcast
Fight for First: EXCEL ESPORTS
DOTA: Dragon’s Blood
Liquid Origins | Driven by Honda

ESPORTS COSPLAY OF THE YEAR

Sneaky
Glory Lamothe
Peyton Cosplay – WINNER
Willow Creative
Kinpatsu Cosplay
LittleJem
Skydaddi
FusRoFran

ESPORTS CREATIVE OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY ROLAND

Thorsten Denk – WINNER
LIQUID Enigma
Aaron Create
SesoHQ
Euller Araujo
Gabriel Ruiz
Karina Ziminaite
Caroline Parker-Stark
Danny Lopez
Robert Rogers

ESPORTS CREATIVE PIECE OF THE YEAR

Introducing Team Liquid VALORANT
FaZe Clan Enters Rocket League
LEC Anime Teaser
No Clue | adidas Partners with G2 Esports – WINNER
Metagame Documentary
LEC: Reckless with my heart
Introducing Your LA THIEVES
LPL Spring Split 2021 | Break The Silence
Segue o Fluxo| Nobru and Cerol introduce the new LBFF Team

ESPORTS CREATIVE TEAM OF THE YEAR

WePlay
Paper Crowns
AOE Creative
100 Thieves
G2 Esports
1UP Studios
StreamSpell
Alex Productions – WINNER
GETREKT Labs

ESPORTS VIDEO PRODUCTION TEAM OF THE YEAR

G2 Esports – WINNER
100 Thieves
TSM FTX
YUNG ELDR
OpTic Gaming
1UP Studios
FaZe Clan
Metagame Documentary Team
LOUD
Fluxo

ESPORTS BROADCAST/PRODUCTION TEAM OF THE YEAR

Riot Games – WINNER
ESL Gaming
Nerd Street Gamers
Psyonix
Esports Engine
Activision Blizzard
Beyond the Summit
BLAST Premier
Garena
FACEIT

ESPORTS COMMERCIAL PARTNER OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY GRIND GAMING

Intel – WINNER
Red Bull
BMW
State Farm
Logitech G
Mountain Dew
HyperX
Alienware
Verizon
FTX
Cash App
KITKAT

ESPORTS COVERAGE PLATFORM OF THE YEAR IN ASSOCIATION WITH SIZZLE CREATIVE

Dexerto
The Esports Observer – WINNER
Esports Insider
Dot Esports
HLTV.org
Liquipedia
Esportmaníacos
Inven Global
SiegeGG
Upcomer

ESPORTS GAME OF THE YEAR IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE KOYO STORE

League of Legends
VALORANT – WINNER
Free Fire
CS:GO
Call of Duty
Rocket League
Rainbow Six Siege
Dota 2
PUBG Mobile
Overwatch

ESPORTS HARDWARE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

Logitech G
Razer
Elgato
HyperX
NVIDIA
Intel
AMD
Alienware
Secretlab
Corsair – WINNER
SteelSeries
ASUS ROG

ESPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Jacob Wolf
Richard Lewis
Adam Fitch
Ashley Kang
FionnOnFire
Kevin Hitt – WINNER
Liz Richardson
Wasif Ahmed
Pablo ‘Bloop’ Suárez
H.B. Duran

ESPORTS PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR

Riot Games – WINNER
Tencent
Garena
Ubisoft
Psyonix
EA
Activision Blizzard
Epic Games
Valve

ESPORTS SUPPORTING SERVICE OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY UNION HOME MORTGAGE

ESG LAW
Paper Crowns
Aftershock Media Group
Hitmarker
Discord – WINNER
The Story Mob
ESEA
Creative Artists Agency
Character Select Agency
Prodigy Agency
Mobalytics

ESPORTS COLLEGIATE AMBASSADOR OF THE YEAR

Dr. Chris “Doc” Haskell – WINNER
Adam Antor
Chris Turner
Ariane Lim
Ryan Johnson

ESPORTS COLLEGIATE PROGRAM OF THE YEAR

Northwood University
Boise State University
Maryville University – WINNER
Grand Canyon University
University of Hawai’i
Buckeye Gaming Collective – Ohio State University
Longhorn Gaming – University of Texas at Austin
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Illini Esports – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Winthrop University

ESPORTS ANALYST OF THE YEAR

Anthony “NAMELESS” Wheeler
Emily Rand
Jacob “Pimp” Winneche
Jess ‘JessGOAT’ Bolden
Marc Robert “Caedrel” Lamont – WINNER
Kyle “melonzz” Freedman
Jonathan “Reinforce” Larsson
Sean “sgares” Gares
Jason “moses” O’Toole

ESPORTS COLOUR CASTER OF THE YEAR

Chad “SPUNJ” Burchill – WINNER
Mohan “launders” Govindasamy
Michael “KiXSTAr” Stockley
Josh “Sideshow” Wilkinson
Thomas “Chance” Ashworth
Andrew “Vedius” Day
Sam “Kobe” Hartman-Kenzler
John “Johnnyboi_i” MacDonald
Stephen “Sajam” Lyon

ESPORTS HOST OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY ARLINGTON.ORG

Eefje ‘sjokz’ Depoortere – WINNER
Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
Soe Gschwind
James “Dash” Patterson
Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden
Ana Paula ‘Ana Xisdê’ Cardoso
Loviel “Velly” Cardwell
Tres “stunna” Saranthus
Brody “Liefx” Moore
Ghassan “MiloshTheMedic” Finge
Caleb “WavePunk” Simmons
Chris “Puckett” Puckett

ESPORTS PLAY BY PLAY CASTER OF THE YEAR

Parker “Interro” Mackay
Alex “Machine” Richardson
Miles Ross – WINNER
Trevor “Quickshot” Henry
Clayton “CaptainFlowers” Raines
Mitch “Uber” Leslie
Callum “Shogun” Keir
Owen “ODPixel” Davies
Lauren “Pansy” Scott
BrunoClash

ESPORTS COACH OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY EXPEDIA

James “Crowder” Crowder
James “Mac” MacCormack
Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu
Andrii “B1ad3” Gorodenskyi
Dyjair “Mity” Soares
Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun
Arthur “TchubZ” Martins
Emiliano “Sizz” Benny
Andrey “Engh” Sholokhov
Byung-chul “Moon” Moon – WINNER
Mark “MarkyB” Bryceland

ESPORTS CONTROLLER PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCUF

Chris “Simp” Lehr – WINNER
Justin “jstn.” Morales
Eric “Snip3down” Wrona
Tyler “aBeZy” Pharris
Joseph “Mang0” Marquez
Evan “M0nkey M00n” Rogez
Jack “JBM” Mascone
Dominique “SonicFox” McLean
Gavin “Tweek” Dempsey
Victor “Fairy Peak!” Locquet

ESPORTS CONTROLLER ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCUF

Jamie “Insight” Craven
Evan “M0nkey M00n” Rogez – WINNER
Raúl “DmentZa” Palazuelos
Eli “Standy” Bentz
Paco “HyDra” Rusiewiez
Marc “MaRc_By_8.” Domingo
Andres “dreaz” Jordan

ESPORTS MOBILE PLAYER OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY VERIZON

Zhu “paraboy” Bocheng – WINNER
Mohamed “Mohamed Light” Tarek
Gabriel “Syaz” Vasconcelos
Mustafa “SkYRiiKZz” Ibrahim
Karl Gabriel “KarlTzy” Nepomuceno
Jash “Learn” Shah
Piyapon “TheCruz” Boonchuay
Brian “Tectonic” Michel
Lucas “LucasXGamer” Vinícius Batista Rocha
Cauan “Cauan7” da Silva

ESPORTS ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY LEXUS

LOUD
100 Thieves – WINNER
G2 Esports
Team Liquid
FaZe Clan
NRG
TSM FTX
Fnatic
Cloud9
T1
Envy
OverActive Media

ESPORTS PC PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev – WINNER
Luccas “Paluh” Vinicius Molina
Tyson “TenZ” Ngo
Heo “ShowMaker” Su
Wang “Ame” Chunyu
Kim “Doinb” Tae-sang
Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov
Ayaz “nAts” Akhmetshin
Jae-Won “LIP” Lee

ESPORTS PC ROOKIE OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY INDEED

Kyle “Danny” Sakamaki
Javier “Elyoya” Prades Batalla
Tyson “TenZ” Ngo
Ayaz “nAts” Akhmetshin
Adam “Adam” Maanane
Valeriy “B1T” Vakhovskiy – WINNER
Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov
Se-hyun “Pelican” Oh
Robin “Robinsongz” Sung

ESPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR IN ASSOCIATION WITH SECRETLAB

Atlanta FaZe (CDL) – WINNER
The General NRG (Rocket League)
Natus Vincere (NAVI) (CS:GO)
Ninjas in Pyjamas (Rainbow 6)
DWG KIA (League of Legends)
PSG.LGD (Dota 2)
MAD Lions (LoL)
Gambit Esports (VALORANT)
Shanghai Dragons (Overwatch)
Sentinels (VALORANT)

PANEL’S CHOICE AWARD

Jas “Fizzi” Laferriere – WINNER

ESPORTS PHOTO OF THE YEAR

Eric Ananmalay – WINNER

ESPORTS PLAY OF THE YEAR

Virtue – WINNER

“As we conclude our sixth year I think it’s important to sit back and recognise just how far the esports industry has grown and the increased innovation and dedication we see year after year. I am so thrilled that we were able to return to a live event and give our winners the opportunity to be celebrated in true style. At the Esports Awards we pride ourselves on creating a lasting legacy and this year’s event has certainly been one for the history books,” said Michael Ashford, CEO, Esports Awards

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PandaScore secures their first US betting license, by entering Colorado

Published

4 days ago

July 23, 2024

Adrienn Sarkany

After a meticulous and measured research process in consultation with the needs of its clients, PandaScore has acquired a license to operate in the US state of Colorado.

Through the license, PandaScore has signalled its intentions in the US market: forging a supplier-led path to esports betting success in the US. Existing PandaScore clients can now enter the Colorado market, scale up their esports offering and build their future audience in the state’s esports-friendly regulatory framework.

Future clients can also be confident that working with PandaScore supports their growth strategy in the lucrative US market. The state’s esports-friendly regulatory framework serves as a solid foundation to cultivate an esports audience and take advantage of PandaScore’s innovative, revenue-driving products such as BetBuilder, player props and microbetting.

PandaScore selected Colorado as its first point of entry into US licensing thanks to the state’s large catalogue of esports titles and competitions that are eligible for regular betting, and the wide range of markets that can be offered. Additionally, the state’s flexible and innovation-friendly licensing regime makes it a strong market for PandaScore and its clients.

Securing the license also serves as proof of concept for the French esports supplier, PandaScore Legal Counsel Alexis Brunet noted that “securing the Colorado license is a strong signal of our intentions in the US and are serious about its potential. Esports in the United States is a fast-evolving regulatory environment, but it’s only going in one direction: expansion. We intend to provide our best-in-class products and services to our customers no matter where they are, and service one of the largest markets in the world.”

For PandaScore CEO Flavien Guillocheau, entry into Colorado in the US market was the natural next step in the company’s client-first, service-oriented approach: “For esports to succeed in the US, suppliers must lead from the front. Suppliers need to address the uncertainty around regulation which has held back operator investment and thus growth of the vertical.

“We’ve proven we know the market, get a license efficiently and do it in a way that puts operators first. We’re confident that if our clients are seeking entry into a given market, we can be completely straight with them, show them the viable pathway to success, and create the foundation and access they need to fully harness the potential of esports in one of its biggest consumer markets.”

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the*gamehers and Thunderpick Extend Partnership into 2025

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1 week ago

July 18, 2024

George Miller

the*gamehers and Thunderpick Extend Partnership into 2025

Leading esports brand kick off a year of empowering women gamers, exclusive content, and tournaments

the*gamehers, the women-focused community gaming platform, and Thunderpick, the leading online esports betting platform and host of Thunderpick World Championship today announced the continuation of their partnership into 2025. The collaboration aims to empower the gaming community, specifically focusing on women and femme-identifying gamers and content creators, through an immersive 12-month campaign.

The campaign will feature a content series highlighting women in gaming through brand features, ambassador Twitch streams, exclusive ambassador content, and a biannual tournament that includes behind-the-scenes footage from the ambassador team. Thunderpick and the*gamehers recently hosted the successful femme-focused CS2 Wildcard Tournament in May of this year in Atlanta. More exciting details will be unveiled as the partnership develops.

“This partnership is the perfect way to promote women’s empowerment in esports and the overall gaming community, and we are excited to have the opportunity to partner with a company that has similar goals for women’s inclusion in gaming,” said Allie Young, President of the*gamehers.

“Thunderpick is committed to fostering diversity and inclusion within the esports community,” said Kelly Sanders, Head of Strategy at Thunderpick. “Our extended partnership with the*gamehers underscores our dedication to empowering women gamers and supporting femme-led esports organizations. We believe that in collaboration with the*gamehers we can not only better highlight the incredible talent of women in gaming but also inspire the next generation of gamers to pursue their passions without boundaries.”

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HAWKS TALON GC HOSTS PANEL, NBA 2K TOURNAMENT AT WADE WALKER PARK FAMILY YMCA ESPORTS SUMMER CAMP

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2 weeks ago

July 11, 2024

Adrienn Sarkany

Hawks Talon GC, the official NBA 2K League affiliate of the Atlanta Hawks, hosted a panel and bracket style tournament on Wednesday at the Wade Walker Park Family YMCA as part of the YMCA of Metro Atlanta’s Esports summer camp.

Director of Marketing and Operations, Affiliate Leagues, Wesley Acuff, Hawks Talon GC Head Coach, Ismael ‘MAELO’ Diaz Tolentino, and Hawks Talon GC players Mark David “MDS” Smith, Ludlow “LOW” Samuels and Elijah “Underratedgoat” Spears spoke to 26 camp participants about their journey to the NBA 2K League, and the uniqueness and innerworkings of the League.

“Being able to work with the YMCA of Metro Atlanta and help with their Esports camp was extremely rewarding for our group to be a part of,” said Janice Koon, Vice President of G League, and NBA 2K League Operations for the Atlanta Hawks. “Our Hawks Talon Gaming Club always relish the opportunity to be able to interact with the young kids in our area, and it was a joy for them to talk to and play 2K with the campers this morning.”

After the panel, the group of campers split up into 13 teams to face off head-to-head in a NBA 2K 2v2, single elimination bracket tournament.

In addition to the tournament, the campers were able to utilize another PlayStation within the Wade Walker Family YMCA Esports lab and jump into a 2K game with the official NBA 2K League settings, while utilizing Hawks Talon GC player avatars. The campers were able to play by the official NBA 2K League rules and game settings to experience the authentic feel of being a professional NBA 2K player.

At the end of the tournament, the first, second, and third place teams received Hawks Talon Gaming Club t-shirts and sweatshirts, while all campers will be gifted an official Hawks Talon Gaming Club jersey with the YMCA patch.

“Our Y Esports summer camps help children build self-confidence, practice sportsmanship and gain news skills, while connecting with other gamers,” said Lorna Loh, executive director of the Wade Walker Park Family YMCA. “We greatly appreciate Hawks Talon GC’s partnership and commitment to providing our Y kids with an informative, fun panel about the league and interactive opportunities to improve their skills.”