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Nia Quinn

Nia Quinn

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Nia Quinn is a blogger and esports/gaming journalist who first fell into esports through a friend in 2020. She is known online as smolsh0rtie (a name that has a long story behind it) and is an avid fan of League of Legends and Valorant. She also loves cosy games and watching streams. In her free time she can be found playing video games, drinking boba and squealing about how cute koalas are.

Sentinels Valorant team expands to include SicK for VCT 2023

Sentinels Valorant team expands to include SicK for VCT 2023

After being an inactive part of the main roster of Sentinels last split, SicK will return in the 2023 Valorant season.

Nia Quinn

Nia Quinn
Worlds 2022: How an In-Game Bug Lost TES a Quarterfinals Spot

Worlds 2022: How an In-Game Bug Lost TES a Quarterfinals Spot

A must-win match for Top Esports (TES) was narrowly lost due to an in-game bug that led to a shield not proccing.

Nia Quinn

Nia Quinn

Worlds 2022: GAM eliminated from quarter-finals contention

The VCS hopeful have sadly been eliminated in their first worlds appearance since 2019.
Nia Quinn

Nia Quinn

League of Legends
Worlds 2022: GAM eliminated from quarter-finals contention

Worlds 2022: How G2 Esports fell to DWG KIA

For both DWG KIA and G2 Esports hoping to escape the group stage and having both lost to JDG in the first week of groups; a win here would make escaping the group that much easier. But for G2 Esports it wasn’t meant to be.
Nia Quinn

Nia Quinn

League of Legends
Worlds 2022: How G2 Esports fell to DWG KIA

DWG KIA: The Rise to Glory

The 2020 World champions of DWG KIA are back at Worlds 2022 and ready to reclaim their title, but who is this LCK powerhouse?
Nia Quinn

Nia Quinn

League of Legends
DWG KIA: The Rise to Glory

Worlds 2022: “We just want to prove that NA is a good region and deserves to be a major region” C9 Fudge on win over Fnatic

Will Cloud9 make the miracle run and once again make it out of another Worlds group?
Nia Quinn

Nia Quinn

League of Legends
Worlds 2022: “We just want to prove that NA is a good region and deserves to be a major region” C9 Fudge on win over Fnatic

Red Bull Home Ground announce LAN ticket sales and team invites; Liquid, Vitality and FOKUS Clan

Fans of VALORANT will have a chance to witness it live in Manchester in December at the $100,000 Red Bull Home Ground event.
Nia Quinn

Nia Quinn

Valorant
Red Bull Home Ground announce LAN ticket sales and team invites; Liquid, Vitality and FOKUS Clan

“I’m pretty satisfied with the fact we were able to get a win this time around and played better than expected”: T1 Faker on the 22-minute victory over EDG

T1 are off to a strong start at Worlds 2022, taking down their LPL rival in just 22 minutes.
Nia Quinn

Nia Quinn

League of Legends
“I’m pretty satisfied with the fact we were able to get a win this time around and played better than expected”: T1 Faker on the 22-minute victory over EDG

Worlds 2022: “We were always the one losing to G2 so we turned the table around” DWG KIA’s Showmaker after defeating G2 Esports in the first day of group stage

The featured grudge match of the tournament promised heart-stopping moments that we had come to expect, and it did not fail to deliver. Following the banger match of Cloud9 vs Fnatic, was the Titan of the EU G2 Esports vs Worlds 2020 winner Damwon Gaming Kia.
Nia Quinn

Nia Quinn

League of Legends
Worlds 2022: “We were always the one losing to G2 so we turned the table around” DWG KIA’s Showmaker after defeating G2 Esports in the first day of group stage

Worlds 2022: DFM Secure their first win of Worlds 2022 over Chiefs Esports Club

Recapping LCO Chiefs Esports Club vs. DetonatioN FocusMe (DFM) on day two of the play-ins at Worlds 2022
Nia Quinn

Nia Quinn

League of Legends
Worlds 2022: DFM Secure their first win of Worlds 2022 over Chiefs Esports Club