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On October 7th, Malte Wagener and Tom Martell of Riot Games announced that the Oceanic Pro League (OPL), home to the premiere Australian League of Legends organisations, would no longer be supported as an official League. The announcement of the OPL’s dissolution came one week after Oceania’s Summer 2020 champion was eliminated from World Championship… Continue reading Short-Lived Legacy: Riot Games Dismantles the OPL
*Dear Readers, as you know, Re:Cover Esports is a blog dedicated to bringing Cyber Security and Risk knowledge to the esports frontier, and most of our articles focus on the business side of esports. However, the following article takes a look at some of the strategic decisions made within the League of Legends (LoL) professional… Continue reading History Made: Analysis into Team SoloMid’s failure at LoL Worlds 2020
On July 29th, 2020, the League of Legends European Championship (LEC) announced a partnership with Saudi Arabia Future City NEOM, making NEOM the main partner for the LEC summer split. Similarly in the CounterStrike world, esports tournament organiser BLAST announced a partnership with NEOM to develop NEOM as the regional esports hub on July 28th.… Continue reading Contract Coagulation: NEOM Partnership Failure Highlights LEC and BLAST Risk Deficiencies
Jadon Sancho, Kylian Mbappe, Luka Doncic, Zion Williamson – What do all of these football and basketball players have in common? If you have any interest in the sporting world, it is likely that you have heard of these names as some of the most exciting young players who are already contributing to the success… Continue reading Grassroots to Glory: Why esports organisations should develop young players
Before getting into the article below, we at Re:Cover want to apologise for our lack of articles over the last year. While a huge passion of ours, life kept us incredibly busy last year. We both saw growth in professional and personal lives, and with the new year starting, what better time to start up… Continue reading Re:Cover Predicts: Major Esports Growth in 2020
The dust has settled on the Melbourne Esports Open (MEO), a successful event that saw over 12,000 attendees across the two days. MEO hosted two of the largest esports tournaments in Australia, with the Overwatch Contenders finals held on Saturday and the Oceanic Pro League (OPL) finals held on Sunday. The Overwatch Contenders finals ended… Continue reading Re:Cover Reviews: Victoria’s Investment Pays Off with MEO
Mental health concerns in the workplace are nothing new, but are finally gaining mainstream attention. With work-related mental health incidents continuing to rise in the workplace, organisations are now faced with the task of not only preventing these concerns from occurring, but also guiding their employees who may face similar circumstances. Esports, along with nearly… Continue reading What Could Go Wrong: Mental Health
Recently, the World Health Organisation (WHO) introduced gaming disorder as a mental illness, again putting esports under the microscope – another piece of the already convoluted esports puzzle. According to WHO, Gaming Disorder is defined as “a pattern of gaming behaviour (“digital-gaming” or “video-gaming”) characterised by impaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming… Continue reading Breaking the Habit: Changing our Perception of Video Game Addiction
Melbourne will be the host of one of Australia’s biggest esports open tournaments, advertising the Overwatch Contenders Finals and the League of Legends OPL (Oceanic Pro League) finals over two days promised to be packed with excitement. The event has been timed to perfection; occurring during the bye week leading up to the AFL finals.… Continue reading Esports Down Under: Melbourne Excites with Latest Event
Faker, Flash, GeT_RiGhT and Saebyeolbe are or were at one point considered among the best players in the world. All four are known for competence in a number of areas, some excelling in pure technical ability, while others are credited as highly cerebral players. However, the one factor these players all have in common, and… Continue reading Delete Your Tweet: Reputational Risk from an Esports Perspective
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