Emma Witkowski
@ekwitkowski
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Esports, networked teamplay research & sports stuff. Snr. lecturer @rmitgames, RMIT University, Melbourne, AU. AESA board member. My tweets, all me me me.
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined March 2008
I did get around to the follow up piece amidst this week's chaos @ybika! A full take on diversity & esports that moves beyond "get inspired" & "persevere through toxicity": "Going Solo" (a work in progress for some online conference in some distant future)
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Every idea needs a Medium
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🚨 Two time VCT Game Changers Champion florescent has reportedly reached a verbal agreement with Apeks to sign for the 2025 VCT Season The first Game Changers player to sign and compete in Tier 1 VALORANT (via: @anonimotum / @Sheep_Esports)
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We are now listening to the second keynote from the legendary @ekwitkowski with the topic of “Collisions, Context & Coming Together: Exploring the Intersection of Traditional Sports & Esports”. She was introduced by @NicoBesombes #ERNC2024
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If you had fomo for the #paxaus2024 panel I was on, fomonomore! Overshare: Handling Mental Health Topics in Stream Chat is now up on YouTube. Thanks to @ekwitkowski @KahlsTV @PastorSKAR @pixelsmixel and @Sociologyzombie for their great insights into an important topic. Link below
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Big Sunday @paxaus 🌞Aussie livestreamers speaking about their XP in handling mental health topics on livestreamed chat - look for @PastorSKAR @ToastRackTV @pixelsmixel @KahlsTV on the 2:30pm panel titled "Overshare”.
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🪿🔔Honk! Untitled Goose Exhibition is now open at @ACMI 🔔🪿 What a bizarre and lovely thing to see 18 months of spreadsheets and big ideas turn into an actual *room* - a big, beautiful, silly exhibition about a small, beautiful silly game. Can't wait for you to visit ✨✨
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Chance often plays a major role in important scientific discoveries. For @timeshighered, @MatthewReiszTHE spoke with Professor Pievani about his new book, "Serendipity: The Unexpected in Science," and the case for slower, smaller research.
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Italian biologist makes the case for slower and smaller research
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Philosophy and gamedev occasionally overlap
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Earmarking for final research course
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On attitude, on perspective
'Hopefulness is not a neutral position. It is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism. Each redemptive or loving act, as small as you like – such as reading to your little boy... keeps the Devil down in the hole.' Nick Cave.
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"Free User Ojisan" (無課金おじさん) is trending in Japan as netizens react to 51-year-old Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikec winning a silver medal without fancy eye gear. They're describing him like a gamer who wins without spending any money on freemium games.
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Reminded of Nokia/Tricia Wang
Epic post on how Nike lost $25B in a day by trying to make everything data-driven: "Nike invested billions into something that was less effective but easier to measure vs something that was more effective but less easy to measure. In conclusion: an impressive waste of money."
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Olympic PR X rules X hahaha
HK won a fencing gold over Italy & the Italian olympic committee submitted an official complaint claiming that the judges (from Taiwan & S Korea) were biased because of geographical closeness. In response, Pizza Hut HK is offering free pineapple on pizza until 6pm tomorrow lmaoo
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Want this skin in every FPS
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