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Eric Van Allen
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Freelance writer, Dota enthusiast, Texan.

I had to go to sleep after the EG vs NP matches, but Game 2 of that series was absolutely insane. Read more

Even if the resolution was the issue then why didn’t he address the issue before the match started? I’m pretty sure they let him mess with the system settings (AKA: the resolution of the system) before he starts the match. If I was an elite pro Tekken player, I would be able to see the resolution problems long before Read more

Digital Foundry will be all over it with a comparison video. I got my doubts that this suffers frame drops. The other fighting games this gen that have used Unreal (both 3 and 4) have performed just fine at 60fps and 1080p, and Namco’s fighting game team isn’t exactly known for releasing games with shoddy performance. Read more

I’ve never paid attention to the pro Tekken scene, but Tanukana is awesome. She’s had an interesting day for sure. Read more

Okay, I’ve never heard of her before today’s 2 articles, nor do I know anything about competitive Tekken, but she is now my favorite and I want her to win everything Read more

Here’s some cheese to go along with that whine, KoDee.

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For all the people who harp on people hanging on to a 16 year old game named SSBM, it’s not that long of a timeline compared to those in the FGC who still hang on to games like 3S, Super Turbo, A3, etc. Yet, you never see Kotaku editorials about how people need to move on to SFV, merely because it’s the latest game Read more

It’s the people with the positive attitude that come out on top. Read more

The woman seems to be enjoying the fact she got a double KO, the guy on the other hand is way to serious about it. I know its a tournament but when something crazy like this happens you might as well just laugh. Read more

Because I’m not really into the FPS or MOBA scene this was my first real experience with esports and I enjoyed it watching it for the most part (the matches anyway, the color analysts all sucked). Despite not knowing really any of the competitors outside of a few names via passing whispers I walked away with a bit of Read more

Fun match to watch. But I found the First to 4 format, and 1 match advantage to winner weird. Why not the standard bracket-reset etc format CPT uses? Read more

So I’m guessing there’s no easy way to go about this to get unpaid wagesin Korea like in the US? Read more

Not being paid on time? Ownership breaking promises all over the place? I’m glad League is having precisely the same issues Baseball had 100 years ago. Read more

Newly elected Congressman Greg Gianforte is hiring for his D.C. staff. These guys appear to have all the right credentials.
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On a side note, I’m just glad to see people actually acknowledging Pinoy gamers and the gaming scene in Manila for once.
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Oh, singles is fun, but I wanna see team ragequits. Imagine the wombo-combos people could inflict on their hardware.
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