Unfortunate circumstances caused the Vietnamese Championship Series Summer 2021 to be postponed to Winter. While we never got to see these teams play on the international stage, it was still a fun watch nonetheless.
If the constant blasting of Chinese New Year (CNY) music in public spaces hasn’t told you already, the Year of the Tiger is here! Sorry gamers, time to log off and visit relatives (or not, COVID-19’s STILL a thing.) Here are some CNY gaming memes to laugh at when you need an escape from all your relatives’ incessant questioning. Gong Xi Fa Cai!
It’s only midway through January and Riot is already treating us well with the release of two new characters: Neon from Valorant and Zeri from League of Legends (LOL). Even better, Neon is canonically Filipino, a huge win for Southeast Asian gamers! But we, like the rest of the internet, are seeing double – Neon and Zeri are practically the same person. Case in point: They are voiced by the same Filipino voice actress, have very similar abilities and look basically identical. We can’t help but think that Riot is trying to hint at something…a Riot multiverse, perhaps? It won’t be too far-fetched, since crossovers between both games have happened and Valorant’s storyline literally revolves around a second Earth from another universe. Alright, that’s enough speculation. This Meme Monday, we bring you PROOF of the Riot-Verse. Well, kinda.
Firstly, yes, I am female. Yes, I have a masculine name. I love playing FPS games, especially team based ones like Overwatch and Valorant, which often require team communication in order to win. However, I rarely talk. Why? Because I am female. Just look up videos talking about or showing the female gaming experience on YouTube and you’ll know exactly why. Rude remarks, people making a big fuss just because I sound like a girl and people blaming me for doing badly solely because of my gender and not because of my lack of skill. The list goes on.
The 2021 Vietnam Championship Series (VCS) Winter Season which took place on 26 December last year, boiled down to a fierce competition between GAM Esports and Cerberus Esports for the highly sought after title of VCS champions. After competing with seven other teams in a round robin group stage and emerging as one of the top four teams which successfully continued on to the playoffs, Cerberus had managed to secure their win with a final score of 17-12.
2021 has been a good year for games. Our wallets might not be, but we’re excited to see what developers have planned for the coming year. So far, Riot Forge, the third-party publishing arm of League of Legends’ developer Riot Games, has announced a new game — Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story, which is set to launch in 2022.
Christmas is around the corner, but that isn’t the only wishlist we have in mind. Riot’s newest game ‘Project L’ is set to release in 2023, and its concept is heavily reliant on the Champions to provide diversity to the League of Legends world. Although some characters like Ahri, Darius and Ekko have already been confirmed, we decided to speed things up by making a Champions wishlist of our own.
