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Byline: Julia Shen Lawrence 'eXyu' Xu has got his chance. After his free-agency announcement blew up on Twitter, the former Cal League of Legends player was handpicked by Cloud9 CEO [...]

Byline: Julia Shen In Berkeley, there are a lot of reasons your neighbors might be screaming at 5 a.m. Maybe they're having a party that's gotten way out of hand, [...]

Byline: Julia Shen What's black, white and blue all over? No, not a zebra at the north pole. Not a penguin holding its breath, either. It's K/DA, of course! The [...]

Byline: Julia Shen This may be the season of skulls, spiders and ghosts, but don't let anyone tell you Overwatch is dead! The team-based first-person shooter has been a mainstay [...]

Byline: Julia Shen If you've never heard of Team MAJKL, you better learn the name. MAJKL is a new powerhouse in competitive Valorant, a 5v5 tactical shooter video game released [...]

Byline: Julia Shen It's been almost two months since the Bay Area's shelter-in-place order began, and UC Berkeley is deserted. Students have returned to their homes all over the world, [...]

Byline: Julia Shen Something about sports makes even the most rational people believe in the supernatural. Just like baseball's Curse of the Bambino, League of Legends has the Eyes On [...]

Byline: Julia Shen The debate over whether esports are 'real sports' has been ongoing for years. But no one ever asked: What if esports are the only sports? In the [...]

Byline: Julia Shen As of April 7th, the 2020 College League of Legends season has been canceled, and no 'College Champion' will be crowned this year due to concerns over [...]

Byline: Julia Shen Cal League of Legends was slated to play its first playoffs match in the College League of Legends Season against Arizona State University on March 14, but [...]

Byline: Julia Shen At a 2014 awards show, Rihanna debuted her iconic Swarovski crystal-encrusted gown and uttered the equally memorable line, 'She can beat me, but she cannot beat my [...]

Byline: Julia Shen Whether you play video games or not, you probably know what a '1v1' is: Two players going head to head in a fight, possibly with arbitrarily determined [...]

Byline: Julia Shen In 2020, the North America League of Legends Championship Series will have a totally new look. Evil Geniuses, one of the oldest esports brands in the world, [...]

Byline: Julia Shen 'Say hello to the winds of change!' Although Janna's old joke is long gone from League of Legends, its relevance is evergreen. As the League preseason draws [...]

Byline: Julia Shen 2019 was the perfect year for FunPlus Phoenix, or FPX, to win the Summoner's Cup. No, it's not because they were never the tournament favorites, or that [...]

Byline: Julia Shen The idea of France calls a lot to mind. Bread and cheese. The Eiffel Tower. Perhaps the Louvre or the Arc de Triomphe. If you're at the [...]

Byline: Julia Shen 'Every f-- year is the same,' reads a tweet by Team Liquid jungler Jake 'Xmithie' Puchero. It was posted at 10:42 AM on Oct. 20, not even [...]

Byline: Julia Shen They say 'good things come in threes.' Or is it 'bad things come in threes?' Both statements are somewhat popular, according to the vast resources of the [...]

Byline: Julia Shen 'Phoenix,' the theme for the 2019 League of Legends World Championship, is all about rebirth and leaving the past behind. Love the song or hate it, its [...]

Byline: Julia Shen What do politics, the economy and law have in common? They're all fields of study chosen by members of the 2019 Cal men's tennis team, of course. [...]

Byline: Julia Shen In recent years, two teams have been able to knock Cal League of Legends out of the College League of Legends Tournament: UCSD and UBC. Cal overcame [...]

Byline: Julia Shen Cal League of Legends does not take losses lightly. In the past two years, the Bears have only suffered defeat to two teams in the College League [...]

Byline: Julia Shen 'What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.' William Shakespeare must not have been thinking of [...]

Byline: Julia Shen Cal League of Legends kept its playoff hopes alive this weekend, going 2-1 in its series against the University of Colorado Boulder. Teams must have a regular [...]

Byline: Julia Shen Robert 'Roflcopter' Lemons began his collegiate League of Legends, or LoL, career as a starry-eyed, optimistic sophomore, playing support in the University LoL tournament for the very [...]

Byline: Julia ShenThe past few days in Berkeley have been unusually cold, with temperatures reaching lows that are keeping plenty of students indoors. Some might say this is because of [...]

Byline: Julia ShenIn 1917, the Bolshevik Party seized control of the Russian Empire and created Soviet Russia, the world's first Marxist-Leninist state.By the late 20th century, Communist rule had been [...]

Byline: Julia ShenEditor's note: The following is a Q&A between The Daily Californian's esports reporter, Julia Shen, and Ovilee May, interviewer and hostess for the North American League of Legends [...]

Byline: Julia Shen The Summoner's Cup currently resides on the other side of the world, with the top international teams competing in the twilight of the 2018 League of Legends, [...]

Byline: Julia Shen The days when Team Liquid was forever fourth place are a distant memory. But sometimes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. This last [...]

Byline: Julia Shen The North American League of Legends Championship Series is coming home. Andy 'Reginald' Dinh and Jack Etienne, owners of Team SoloMid, or TSM, and Cloud9, or C9, [...]

Byline: Julia Shen The 2018 Summer Split of the North American League of Legends Championship Series was nine weeks of improbability. But this weekend's semifinal matches played out more or [...]

Byline: Julia Shen After a hectic 2018 North American League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split, the playoffs are upon us. At the end of an unusually close regular season, [...]

Byline: Julia Shen Editor's note: The following is a Q&A between The Daily Californian's esports reporter, Julia Shen, and Samson 'Lourlo' Jackson, top laner for the Golden Guardians. Jackson speaks [...]

Byline: Julia Shen The Golden Guardians are looking for redemption. After placing 10th in its inaugural split of the North America League of Legends Championship Series, or NA LCS, the [...]

Byline: Julia Shen Plenty of successful 'League of Legends' players have swapped roles in the past. Professional 'League' player Bora 'YellOwStaR' Kim changed from ADC to support in season three [...]

Byline: Julia Shen Riot Games, the company behind the multiplayer online game 'League of Legends,' will partner with Cal to expand esports opportunities at the university starting fall 2018, as [...]

Byline: Julia Shen It's another week and another competition for the UC Berkeley 'League of Legends' team. After placing third in the Teemo Cup thanks to a loss at the [...]

Byline: Julia Shen When a team needs to 'figure out how to play again,' as support Robert 'Roflcopter' Lemons said of Cal's 'League of Legends' team last weekend, it's usually [...]

Byline: Julia Shen It is commonly said that one should keep their friends close and their enemies closer. Unfortunately, this strategy backfired on the Cal 'League of Legends' team last [...]

Byline: Julia Shen It's no secret that 'League of Legends' players are known for being salty. Unfortunately for the Banana Slugs of UCSC, they didn't stand much of a chance [...]