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Nicholas James

Minneapolis

Staff Writer at WIN.gg

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Esports journalist since 2019, @HotSpawnEsports Socials @aow40k Previously: https://t.co/vzv9Q6UzXd, WIN, TheGamer, Dexerto, G-Loot Esports, Daily Esports, Jaxon, GLM

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  • 5 days ago | hotspawn.com | Nicholas James

    HotSpawn sat down with FlyQuest’s top laner Gabriel “Bwipo” Rau to chat Yorick, Yorick, and why other top laners are too lazy to play Yorick. FlyQuest has been at the forefront of the LTA this year, and top laner Bwipo has been at the forefront of their champion select cookery. Bwipo has always been known for having his pocket picks, but this split, we’ve seen a brand new addition to his roster of rabble-rousers: Yorick.

  • 1 month ago | hotspawn.com | Nicholas James

    Dataleaks have revealed references to a character named Yunara, a new support champion, buried in the upcoming content for LoL ’25 Season 2. With the release of the “Here, Tomorrow” Spirit Blossom Beyond video, we have what appears to be our first look at LoL’s new support, coming later during Season 2. Riot Games reveal new champ, YunaraThe trailer begins with an unseen character, in a grove of lanterns in what appears to be Ionia’s Spirit Realm, letting small lotuses fall onto a river.

  • 2 months ago | hotspawn.com | Nicholas James

    Nick: I personally like Fearless, so pretty good news for me, at least. I think it makes competitive much more fun and you get to play a lot more different champions affects our factors because in scrims teams will adopt the fearless so, yeah, pretty happy with news. Eyla: Yeah, I mean I’m happy that we’re at least not having the whole split best of one.

  • 2 months ago | hotspawn.com | Nicholas James

    Team Liquid have, for over a year now, been the presumptive kings of North America. They’d get passed by FlyQuest at Worlds, but going into every Split, the equine mascot is the most-seen at the top of peoples’ power rankings. And yet, coming out of Split 1, there was a lot of worry and conjecture about UmTi’s level of play, and Team Liquid’s coordination. Until they 3-0’d 100 Thieves in the Split 1 finals, many weren’t sure the blue and white champions would make it that far.

  • 2 months ago | hotspawn.com | Nicholas James

    100 Thieves were the unexpected darlings of Split 1 in the LTA North. The team surged to a first-place regular season placement, and managed to shellac their way to the finals of the inter-conference event between LTA North and LTA Sul. The dream run was not to be, however, and 100T fell in a one-sided 0-3 series to pre-split favorites Team Liquid, in refreshed form.

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Nicholas James
Nicholas James @NicholasISJ
1 Jun 25

The @DSzajnuk crash out is going to be legendary, and warranted

Nicholas James
Nicholas James @NicholasISJ
14 Apr 25

Best part of the Spirit Blossom cinematic is seeing Xin Zhao on Ionia babysitting. https://t.co/5Mv6nwcofL

Nicholas James
Nicholas James @NicholasISJ
29 Mar 25

Had a wonderful time chatting with @100Thieves River about LTA changes, the Naafiri rework, and his thoughts on the meta. Really interesting to hear just how much of a gap in practice Split 1 resulted in for teams who didn't bootcamp in Korea. https://t.co/kbuD6ta4Kj