Let me explain it for the gamers:
This is a Mythic boss encounter. Don't take unnecessary damage so the healers—our doctors and nurses—can preserve mana for the unavoidable damage spikes. If you mess up a mechanic the entire raid will wipe.
Stay home when possible. Be safe.
Both factions are gathering at the Stormwind Cathedral on many servers to pay respects to one of the greatest to ever play the game. LFG populated with custom "Reckful Memorial" groups.
RIP. Hope the CC chains are long and all your abilities Crit where you are.
If I spent $60MM to participate in what was billed as the future of esports and my league lost its commissioner and its marquee broadcast talent in the same year, I’m feeling not that good right now.
The departure of Nate Nanzer from OWL led to irreconcilable creative and philosophical differences between myself and the league’s current leadership, and all parties will be better served by parting ways. (2/12)
WoW is the the best esport because it is understood that 98% of pros are playing despite the game being a net negative to their income and/or personal well being. Because of this there aren’t ever any admin issues because in some ways being eliminated from a tourney is a relief.
It will be interesting to see what, if any, measures Blizzy puts in place to stop OWL pros from playing Valorant. A footnote in esports history: Riot briefly wouldn’t allow LCS players to play games like Hearthstone on stream.
@Slasher
broke that story and Riot walked it back.
Today marks one year since I last drank alcohol. The most profound takeaway from this experience has been rediscovering that life is super fucking boring.
Digital creators be like “I need $40K an hour to play this game I was going to play anyway” and Tony Hawk out here doing a fucking McTwist with a full glass in his hand trying to get that milk money, LMAO.
Folks that don’t wear masks are like three times more likely than average to be enthusiastic supporters of city based, franchised esports leagues, I just know it.
My wife—despite my repeated insistence she pass—has become the Esports Coach at the high school she works at.
I had to explain to her today that MOBA was short for multiplayer online battle arena and tbh I don't think I can ever forgive you idiots for making me do that.
@Slasher
The documentary they're replacing the Apex content with is about a real life bus crash that killed sixteen young people and permanently affected those families. Surely this must be more triggering for those grieving?
The most effective way to get your feedback to Riot about the Saudi Arabia corporate partnership is to put your thoughts in a notepad file called cheats.dll so Vanguard will send it to a priority queue.
Some exciting personal news: Much to the chagrin of all the gamers that have called me a virgin online, Elinore and I are expecting our first child at the tail end of March!
We're very excited. We cannot wait to welcome them into the world and into our lives. 😍
On January 1st, 1918 my 3x-great-grandfather wrote the superintendent of Carlisle Indian School, the United States' most notorious Indian boarding school, pleading to get his daughters back. He'd been doing so for the last three years, with no luck, but he just kept trying.
Listen man, they told me I could move the truck outside the SS ANNE and find Pikablu. I learned the practical skills at nine years old I needed to not fall for Qanon. I have zero sympathy for these people lmao.
Well, we made it 2.5 weeks into El’s cancer treatment before our insurance company said “yooo this $7K shot that y’all need six times…hahahah—this might be crazy—but what if YOU GUYS covered that one.”
The Echo Fox news is disgusting. League subreddit a joke.
Worth broadly considering all the times, which are getting innumerable,
@RLewisReports
has broken the big, important stories. This isn't even his day job and he still does it like no other.
There's an insidious defense of silence being passed around the livestreaming space and I gotta cut that shit down at the knees right now.
The most common excuse for silence right now is that people are concerned that this will make them less attractive to brands or platforms.
Getting old as fuck so I'm treating myself to a 2080TI, 9900K rig to make myself feel better and I'm STOOOOOKED.
Also I play WoW exclusively so all of this is complete overkill.
Today marks five years at
@Twitch
. In a few months from now I will have worked in esports full time for a decade.
The clearest take away from this ever growing portion of my life is that esports is mostly bad.
I left my AirPods at the park over the weekend. I used the Find My app and saw that they’d been grabbed and moved to a nearby house. I went by to assess the likelihood of me getting murdered based on the front of the crib.
Yeah—we’re just going to take this L.
Today marks six years at Twitch. That’s just south of 20% of my life.
I’ve had the opportunity to help a lot of really passionate and creative Partners do cool things. I’ve also irritated people that deserved to be irritated. These are equally fulfilling responsibilities.
Two years sober today. It’s always easy to remember because it’s the day after the North American CS fans celebrate the Boston Major.
Welcoming baby Conners to the world in two months and I 100% would not be up to the task if I was still living like I used to.
Today marks one year since I last drank alcohol. The most profound takeaway from this experience has been rediscovering that life is super fucking boring.
I've been speaking with a constitutional scholar all morning and I'm now prepared to draw a map of succession that clearly illustrates that, if some truly zany things happen, the best preforming LCS midlaner at Worlds could become president. Buckle in—this is a doozy.
(1/46)
Esports Seinfeld (S3E05): "The Region"
George convinces a reluctant Jerry to meet with the General Manager of a popular LCS team shortly after they've had a controversial interview with Travis Gafford.
Sources tell ESPN that Riot Games is considering holding
#Worlds2020
using a bubble system similar to the one the NBA is using to continue its season. As of now, the developer is still planning to hold the event.
Everyone is hyped for the Nickelodeon fighter but highkey it’s just going to ruin your favorite cartoons from your childhood when the world’s best Rocko player or whatever posts a twitlonger responding to his sexual harassment allegations.
Hi.
I so seldom tweet these days—to y'alls immense disappointment, I know—so this feels kind of strange but I figured I would share that I'm no longer working at Twitch.
This, 100%. Volunteering for a team/publication/forum/content creator/etc is a great way to get your name out there and learn what you like doing/are good at. The next best alternative is to build something yourself from the ground up.
I think if you really want to take this VALORANT thing seriously the best thing you can do is sign a contract for no money, with a ridiculous buyout clause, with an org no one has ever heard of in this week.
Imagine being a pro in a game that hasn’t yet had competitions? Huge.
Timing for Blizzard is not great. Viewership down week over week, beta landing mid-season when games are least interesting. The put up or shut up season is already trying to navigate a global health crisis (in which they’ve responded responsibly and correctly imo).
I was able to put my hand against El and feel my daughter kicking this morning which was a extremely emotional experience. The crazy thing was she tapped the Morse code for “esports bubble.”
Exciting news! I'm hiring for a Strategic Partnerships Manager in the world of Music. I've long had a hunch that
@Twitch
could be a powerful tool for musicians, labels, festivals and I'm looking to bring on someone to help us figure that out.
I was at a friend's house in 2008 when the most beautiful girl I had ever seen walked into the room. So beautiful, in fact, that I was surprised my friend knew her.
I clearly remember thinking to myself, "Yo, I need to date this girl."
Lucked out.
HVD
@darlingdarling
A group of about 11 mostly-armed demonstrators protesting the stay at home order marched around downtown Raleigh and ordered sandwiches at a Subway.
#Covid_19
#ncpol
#MealTeamSix
Mfw when it’s a meme stock for a failing, archaic, brick and mortar video game business—not people using GoFundMe to get insulin—that radicalizes millions of people against capitalism.