Whether we’re talking about the earliest days of Justin.tv or Twitch’s current, continuing surge in popularity, online streaming has always been about entertainment. The success stories we see today aren’t just following the trails of early adopters, or esports retirees: they’re people intentionally trying to reach the top. And some of them are using their knowledge of ente

Over the past year, ShahZaM transformed Sentinels into the best Valorant team in NA. But just a few years ago, he was a struggling CS:GO player who had an important decision to make. He could stick with CS, continue playing for middling teams, with middling results, and be the first to get kicked when things went wrong - or he could throw it all away to gamble his reputation on Valorant. ShahZaM w

When Valve first introduced the skin market back in 2013, no one could have predicted that, one day, a skin would sell for six figures. There are plenty of iconic CS:GO skins: the Dragon Lore, the Karambit, the weebtacular Akihabara Accept. But none is more legendary than the M4A4 Howl. For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to theScore esports on YouTube.

Nathan "leaf" Orf was one of most exciting, promising young CS:GO players in the world. He came out of nowhere, and everyone was talking about him.But everything changed when he was accused of cheating after demolishing some of the greatest players of all time. No one was singing him praises. Instead, all he got were death threats. But leaf didn’t take the accusations laying down. He bla

On Twitch, games come and go. The biggest streamers can bring new titles a lot of attention, but most hot games on Twitch are fads, brand new titles that don’t have staying power. But last year, something weird happened. Twitch got hooked on a new game - except it wasn’t new at all. Chess broke all the rules of Twitch. It’s a 1,500 year old game with no graphics, no hype esports

So if you have a favourite Twitch streamer, odds are you’ve subbed to their channel at some point.You pay your five bucks to show a little love and maybe they shout you out as a thank you. They get paid, you feel recognized - everybody wins. But what if you're a streamer and Twitch decided that thousands of YOUR recent subs were fake, they won't pay the $20,000 your favourite streame

Tactical shooters have been a force in online gaming for over two decades. These games have developed a core set of values over the years, with each player filling a specific role for their team. And, being the genre’s new kid on the block, Valorant has chosen to adopt many of these same values.But the thing about rules and tradition, is... well, not everyone is interested in following them.

Chess might be an ancient game, but over the last few months, it’s huge again.You might think that traditional esports are the only games with hype moments and hilarious mistakes but you’d be wrong - chess on Twitch is a gold mine, and here’s the best of the best. Let’s get right into the Top 10 Chess Moments. For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to theScore esports on YouTube.

If you’ve paid attention to Twitch lately, you might be asking: why are so many people watching Old School RuneScape? This 20-year-old MMO is one of most popular games on the internet, pulling in thousands of viewers on a daily basis.But RuneScape has a sequel. RuneScape 3 might be eight years old, but it’s a lot more recent and way less ugly than the game you see all the time. So, how did a 20 ye

There are video game characters we love. There are video game characters we hate. There are even characters we love to hate. But then, there are characters that are loved despite giving the player base every reason to hate them. So, it’s time to admit you drank the Kool-Aid and ask yourself this very important question - why do some of us root for the Vipers, main the Pikachus, or pick the T

When it comes to top tier esports competition, strats win games. But sometimes, you just have to throw all that out the window and do something truly crazy. That’s why we wanted to bring you the top 10 insane esports strats... that actually worked.

Skins can be banned for all kinds of reasons. They can threaten the competitive integrity of a game, they can be at the heart of political controversies, or they can just be too sexy. Here are the Top 10 Banned Skins in esports.For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to theScore esports on YouTube.

Cheating is a cardinal sin in esports, and even just being accused of it can seriously damage a pro player’s career. These are the stories of players who were dragged down by false cheating accusations, but survived and came back swinging. This is the Top 10 Cheaters Who Were Proven Innocent.\For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to theScore esports on YouTube.

Every game has things players love to hate, but sometimes items in the game can be so terrible, so useless, so low-tier that we can’t help but obsess over them. Here are the top 10 terrible, worthless, garbage-tier picks in esports.For more great videos, be sure to subscribe to theScore esports on YouTube.

Valorant might be a pretty new game, but it's constantly evolving. With every month that passes, we see new teams rise, new rivalries start up and new champions crowned. But as the game evolves, so too do its players. They push the limits of what's possible in Valorant by pulling off incredible, unthinkable plays. So many of them have happened in the past few months that we figured it was