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Eric Van Allen
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Freelance writer, Dota enthusiast, Texan.

You may already know this, but in addition to allowing the muting of all voice chat channels, “Overwatch” has a built-in profanity filter. Certainly, some people will try to get around it, but in my experience, this hardly ever happens. Additionally, the EU servers are apparently exceptionally quiet, so you could play Read more

Well, this seems pretty cut and dry, folks. The whole situation kind of stinks, but it’s hard to feel sorry for the guy when he’s being this stupid in front of a massive audience. Otherwise, I think Toronto Esports did the right thing. Read more

This is a big deal beyond this fake sports league. I am really hesitant for my kids to play games online specifically because of the misplaced profanity and racism. Note, I’m not opposed to well-placed profanity. Read more

win 2 and near reverse sweep? I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Anyone who watched that game 5 must had anxiety attacks. It was truly down to the wire and anything could’ve happened. I feel terrible for Jensen because it may have came down to his misplay once again that leads to a TSM victory in the finals.
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You come at the king, you best not miss. Read more

To be fair the wife and kid probably wanted him to go back to work. I mean could you imagine spending more that a day with that guy? Read more

Just to add that this throne is not just any throne. It’s known as the Bonjwa Throne, a title given to the best esports players in history in Korea, something of a legendary status. Only 4 players I believe ever received this honor (Faker being the 4th) along with BoxeR, iloveoov, and SavioR. Faker received it in Read more

Pumped for Peanut, as he had some up and down performances with the SKT T1 squad this split. Read more

Thanks for the writeup, didn’t know all of this. I’ve been watching Dota for about 1.5 years now, and initially was a huge fan of the free-agent nature of the pro scene ... but lately it seems like its not good for the game or a lot of the players. I’d be a fan of rosters and contracts being set for a year, on both Read more

Here’s the link to the final match between M2K and SFAT if anyone wants to check it out: Read more

Long live Melee, the incredible grassroots phenomenon that continues to be hype af. Read more

Did you know?: You don’t have to click on the article :) Read more

While I dont really care much for Melee competitions since Smash 4 tends to have a lot more variety to its matches, theres something beautiful about the enthusiasm people have for these two all stars that really shows how competitive smash took off. Read more