Deadlock's player base is growing, but how long can its esports scene wait for Valve? “There's such a thing as overcooking a product,” warns VirtusPro 🇦🇲 Head of Esports Development Nikita Lutov Can Deadlock become the next big thing in esports? Article by @Coco_VLR ⬇️ sheepesports.com/en/articles…

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Une honte. Apprendre à 23h50 que le patch sur lequel tu devais jouer ton quart de final dans 36h change complètement. On passe du 20.18 au 20.20 pour aucune raison autre que RIOT/EMEA ont mal géré leurs organisations de patch et ils s'en rendent compte maintenant (La Demacia cup se font aussi baiser). Le patch 20.20 est un patch avec énormement de changement (patch des worlds) dont un buff majeur de Aphelios et Draven (on joue contre un joueur d'Aphelios/Draven). On aura donc qu'un scrim pour s'entrainer sur ce patch mais on est chanceux car des teams comme Galio n'auront aucun scrim et joue leur quart de final demain sur ce fameux patch. Ce genre de connerie sur la compétition la plus importante de notre année, je n'ai pas les mots...

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IESF says it has settled every outstanding obligation and is debt-free. It did not say how much, to whom, or where the money came from. Its own events database lists no IESF competition anywhere in 2026. The next championship is Astana in 2027. esportsadvocate.net/2026/08/…

Since Monte seems comfortable taking shots at me publicly, I think it’s only fair to give some context. Monte owes me tens of thousands of dollars, plus my share of Monte’s Major team sticker revenue. I haven’t received any tournament prize money since 2025, and I am also still owed multiple monthly payments and performance bonuses. Multiple former players and the coach are also still owed substantial amounts, to my knowledge. I stayed quiet for a long time because I respected the organization and wanted to give them every chance to sort this out privately and make things right. Payment delays were also a recurring issue throughout my time with Monte. We repeatedly reached out asking why this kept happening and were told it would be fixed, but nothing ever really changed. Over time, that made it harder and harder to trust that things would be handled properly. And to be clear, this had a major impact on my decision not to re-sign with Monte. We’ve seen too many players in esports get burned by organizations that fail to pay what they owe, so I wasn’t willing to put myself in that position. It’s hard to commit your future to an org when situations like this keep happening. The situation at Monte was uncertain. Re-signing would have meant committing to an organization we no longer trusted to consistently meet its financial obligations, with no guarantee that the same roster would even stay together long term. The hate towards Luminosity and the players is unjustified. If anything, Monte’s own actions and failures were a big reason why things ended the way they did. Choosing not to re-sign is not betrayal. After repeated payment issues and everything that had happened, we had every right to make the decision we felt was best for our careers. Calling us “rats” or “traitors” for that doesn’t change the reasons why we chose to move on. If you have time to comment and make videos taking shots at former players, you should probably have time to pay the people who worked for you and earned that money. 😉 P.S. What makes this even harder to understand is that Monte received a very substantial amount of money from buyouts after the Major, while former players and staff are still waiting to be paid what they are owed.