It’s not often you see a regular season match feel like a grand final, but when Gen.G face off against T1, it’s always more than just another LCK series.

In their latest clash, Gen.G came out on top with a 2-1 reverse sweep over their long-time rivals, T1. Not only did this win push Gen.G’s season record to a ridiculous 22-1, but it also served up a bit of sweet revenge after T1 ended their 27-series win streak earlier this year.

The match started off rough for Gen.G. T1 came in swinging, completely dominating Game 1 with a 16k gold lead and only giving up two kills. Keria looked unstoppable on Bard, styling on Gen.G and making it look like we were in for a T1 stomp.

T1 are styling for a CLEAN ACE! #LCK pic.twitter.com/4CiOgH6306

— LCK (@LCK) August 7, 2025

But Gen.G weren’t going to let the night slip away that easily.

Game 2 saw the LCK and MSI champs regaining their footing. Ruler built up a solid lead in the bot lane, and despite a decent early game from T1, Gen.G snowballed their way to a win, setting the stage for a decisive Game 3.

If you were hoping for a nail-biting finish, you might’ve been left a bit disappointed. Gen.G came out with fire, and T1 just couldn’t keep up. Canyon, who fans have dubbed the “Friendly Assist Bear”, was absolutely clinical in shutting down T1’s early plays, including a genius countergank that crushed their momentum.

Revenge scored in a reverse sweep for @GenG! #LCK pic.twitter.com/UdTs74pR4z

— LCK (@LCK) August 7, 2025

Oh, and speaking of Canyon, he just became the sixth player (and only the second jungler) in LCK history to hit 4,500 assists. Not bad for a guy who already has a Worlds title under his belt.

Canyon the Friendly Assist Bear 🐻‍❄️🤲

Congratulations to @GenG Canyon for becoming the sixth player and second jungler to earn 4500 #LCK assists! 🎉🎉 pic.twitter.com/IZDV2CnqL9

— LCK (@LCK) August 7, 2025

With Worlds just around the corner, Gen.G are making it loud and clear: they’re not here to slow down. Even though they’ve already locked in their spot at Worlds by winning MSI earlier this year, they’re still steamrolling through the LCK.

Gen.G 🇰🇷 Clinches a Hard-Fought 2-1 Victory Over T1 🇰🇷, Claiming Sweet Revenge and Extending Their Unstoppable Lead at the Top of #LCK with an Impressive 22-1 Record! pic.twitter.com/lkTBYFGq15

— LoL.Bo3.gg (@LoL_Bo3gg) August 7, 2025

But as every League fan knows, regular season dominance doesn’t always translate to international trophies. Last year, Gen.G were also favourites, until they stumbled against Hanwha Life in the LCK final and bowed out to T1 in the Worlds semis.

This time, the story might end differently. Chovy and the boys look hungrier than ever. And if Gen.G can keep this form going, 2025 might just be the year they finally get their hands on the Summoner’s Cup.

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Intel’s NUC is a small and compact powerhouse designed for PC gamers to get a near Rig performance with a minimal desktop footprint.

They are small but super mighty.

Now Intel have unleashed the Beast.

Larger than the traditional NUC this RGB LED emblazoned in an extended black and stealthy looking casing packed with superior gaming grunt that would make even the biggest Rig cower in fear.

The Intel Beast Canyon NUC has more ports at its back than you’ll ever likely need.

A generous six USB 3.0 ports (also two at the front), two USB-C, two HDMI, a single ethernet port and three display ports.

Powering the Beast on for the first time when I received it was an eye candy treat. The NUC Skull logo centred with underside LED lighting – all customizable of course.

The goodness inside also didn’t disappoint.

32GBs of DDR4 RAM coupled with an array of Intel’s i7 11th gen processors crunching the data at 3.20GHz (not overclocked).

A Samsung 1TB SSD is your singular storage. Given that it is solely designed for gaming I actually expected to see at least an other additional SSD in there to really max your games storage.

Still the SSD that came preinstalled was top class.

Built by Playtech who also added included an NVIDIA GeForce 3070Ti dual port graphics card that has GDDR6X memory.

The NUC’s are a kitset PC, pretty much like any PC. Having one of these does not limit you to what is installed hardware wise. You can add and swap out bits, but just be mindful of any warranties if you’re going to do it yourself.

Needless to say the Intel Beast Canyon NUC was able to play anything. Call of Duty Vanguard, Forza Horizon 5, VR streaming and a current fav of mine Tiny Tina’s Wonderland were flawless.

Nothing needed to be dulled down playing at full 60fps – even Sony’s port to PC of God of War ran super smooth (this is usually a resource gobbler).

If you’re also in to content creation, on the more professional and heavier side the Beast is going to render your 4-8K videos and 3D models in no time.

Small and mighty the Intel Beast Canyon NUC is its namesake – a Beast.

A powerful gaming PC that’s not going to dominate your desk while you dominate the battlefield.

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When you need a killer gaming PC but don’t have desk space – Intel have got your sorted with their NUC’s.

The most recent release, Hades Canyon is such a small form factor that you hardly know it’s there.

Small but oh so vey mighty.

The black box of goodness with a light up skull emblem is about the size of a travel wallet and as slim as it can be given the amount of ports it has.

Featuring dual ethernet for uncompromised LAN and eSports gaming, two USB-C ports, dual HDMI’s, one SSD-USB type port and a whopping five USB 3.0’s which in total is probably more than you’ll ever need, proving that the Intel Hades Canyon NUC is future proofed.

Internally for the one that we had there’s a 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM and x64 BIT i7-8809G Processors clocking in at 3.10GHZ (that’s without overclocking folks).

But the NUC insides don’t stop the turbo factor there. Intel also managed to cram in a Radeon RX Vega GC (Graphics Card) conjointly with the onboard Intel HD 630. All of this tech speak means you’re set for some serious gaming time.

But not just gaming though. The Hades Canyon unit that STG was sent by Intel to try out also performed effortlessly with video and graphic production, making it the one stop mini-center of production and fun times.

The Hades Canyon NUC retains it light-weight and small size by keeping the power supply separate to the unit. The NUCs power supply is a slim power brick. Depending on what you’re putting your NUC through will depend on how much this heats up though.

While the NUC unit does have internal fans to keep everything cool in its snug arrangement, the power supply does not.

I played a couple of hours of Forza Horizon 4 and my favourite ‘testing’ game Gears of War 4, with nothing dumbed down.

The power supply get hot on Forza but only luke ‘normal’ warm on GoW4.

If you invest in one of these bad boys – this is something to be mindful of. If you have a penchant for endless hours of high resolution graphically and processor demanding gameplay on PC make sure that your external power supply is placed somewhere where it can breathe. Placing on carpet would not be ideal.

Nonetheless – I expected the power supply to warm up, they generally do on PC’s internally. So, it’s not a major providing you place everything responsibly.

The Intel Hades Canyon NUC is not a one fits all. Intel know this and supply tools to open up the box so that you can upgrade / swap out components including RAM and SSD.

I’ve always been impressed with the NUC’s. Not due to their prowess in gaming and production, as some are under spec’d if you buy a complete kit (you can also get a bare bones NUC to kit out yourself), but it is the intricate architecture and the small footprint on one’s desk, for what is essentially, if you kit it out to the max, an equivalent to a full sized gaming RIG – without the bulkiness.

Intel NUC’s in general can start at a few hundred dollars, usually for the bare bones ones, and depending on what you place in to it, will ramp up the price tag. NUC’s are designed and tailored to your budget and needs, literally.

Ideal for streamers, LAN goers or those that like to be a darkened room battling away on their MOBA or FPS of choice.

Embrace the skull, go deep within Hades Canyon and take on the big boys and girls in this slim, small form factor, highly portable , esports and VR ready powerhouse.

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