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Slay the Spire Beginner Guide

January 11, 2024 by Adam

About Slay the Spire Slay the Spire (StS) is a roguelike deckbuilding dungeon crawler. Your goal is to build a deck of cards to defeat progressively harder enemies. If you die, you’ll have to start over from the beginning. The game has an incredible amount of depth for an indie...

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SIG Sponsors World’s Largest Collegiate Chess League

September 14, 2023 by Emily

We are excited to announce that SIG is the Presenting Sponsor for Chess.com’s Collegiate Chess League (CCL) and their College Ambassador Program, helping to grow the game on campuses across the U.S. and beyond. Universities from around the world compete in Chess.com’s prestigious CCL tournament. Through this partnership, we hope to...

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How Game Theory Applies to Trapwords

May 8, 2023 by Tommy

Trapwords is a fantasy themed word-guessing game which takes a twist on the classic game Taboo. In this article, I’ll explain the game, dive into some basic strategy, and close with more advanced strategies you can try during your next game night. Rules of the Game Two teams compete in...

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How to Snowball in League of Legends

January 17, 2023 by Lawrence Lin 'eXyu' Xu

What do you think of when you hear the term “snowballing?” Perhaps it brings to mind the image of a snowball rolling down a hill, collecting more snow until it’s massive. Snowballing is the term used in League of Legends when a player gets an advantage and maintains their momentum...

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A Guide to Advanced Mechanics To Win in Rocket League

December 8, 2022 by Andrew ‘Andy’ Nolan

As you climb the ranks in Rocket League, you will eventually hit a point where high-level mechanics simply can’t be overlooked. Things like positioning and game sense are incredibly important, but eventually, you’ll most likely need to have some flair in order to separate yourself from the pack. In this...

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The Best Champions to Win Long Games in League of Legends

November 4, 2022 by Gamsu

There’s more than one way to play League of Legends. From one-tricking your favorite Champion, to maining a certain role, rotating between highly competitive meta picks, or refining yourself down to a unique playstyle. Today, I’m going to talk about playstyle and narrow it down towards Champions that keep swinging...

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Rolling in Teamfight Tactics

September 16, 2022 by Andy

A note from SIG: Andy is a Duke University graduate and Quantitative Trader at SIG. Despite starting TFT only a year ago, Andy had the best average placement in NA across all three Dragonlands events and has become first North American representative for the Dragonlands Championship! Introduction Before going into...

Q&A With SIG Trading Intern Andrew Tang aka penguingm1

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Q+A with Bullet Chess Player and SIG Trading Intern, Andrew Tang

August 29, 2022 by Emily

Andrew Tang is known online as “penguingm1” and is widely regarded as one of the top bullet chess players. Andrew joined SIG this summer as a Trading Intern in our Bala Cynwyd office and will be returning as a full time Quantitative Trader in our New York office after graduation....

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League of Legends Drafting Strategy

May 10, 2022 by Dignitas LCS Team

Drafting team compositions is an essential part of League of Legends, and is crucial to the success of your game. Dignitas LCS team professionals Biofrost, Blue, Enatron, and Mabrey explain the importance of the draft and illustrate drafting strategies that will help you improve your game.

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Ladies Knight Podcast Appearance

February 11, 2022 by Ella

As part of SIG’s sponsorship of U.S. Chess, I recently joined Jennifer Shahade, two-time U.S. Women’s Chess Champion, on her chess podcast, Ladies Knight. Tune in to hear our conversation, where we talk about gender in chess, rating distribution, differences between human chess players and AI chess players and how...