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Eric Van Allen
ericvanallen
Freelance writer, Dota enthusiast, Texan.
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one of my closest-to-fail aces on my favorite game since december 2015...

Ninja Squid is the best. I love ambushing. I’ve switched over to mostly sniping lately, but those pop-up kills are so much fun.
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The Summit (and to a lesser extent Smash Summit) is the epitome of quality unprofessionalism. It is a great ying to The International’s yang, channeling the Euro Hub from bygones past but with more polish and memory. Read more

He’s also only 18. We’re looking at a legend in the making. Read more

Putting my homeland on the map! What an awesome win, seeing the crowd get behind him was so dope Read more

Very interesting matches and some incredible moments. Happy to see a not so common character making it to the finals. Congratulations to MenaRD! Read more

Pretty good match, lots of plays. Zai on Clockwerk game 3 was like zomg... O_o; Read more

Ahh man, this series... Read more

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I like Battlerite. Its just the Battle. It feels right. I planned to a do a little piece on it for TAY soon. I talked about my times with MOBAs as well. Battlerite has been inching out League on my Mobas rotation Smite is still top notch though.
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Oh, I didn’t realize that they went and made another version! I thought Bloodline Champions (and its studio) just died. Read more

Oh no, I’m saying that MOBA is a loose term, not the other way around. It doesn’t really pertain to anything specific about those games in the way that say, “platform fighter” denotes a specific style of fighting game. Read more

I believe Midone’s father passed away before this tournament. I dunno if Team Secret is the better or best team in the league right now but they sure as shit were the best in this tournament. They all played their hearts out. Read more

Trash talk is a subtle art. Some of my best memories in gaming are trash talking my friends. I’ve also seen grown men cry over smash and everyone feel really bad. Read more

The “whoops” call by the player in game at the end sums that up perfectly. Read more

What the hell is wrong with people on here today? Congrats to the two of them, that was cute and was good Saturday news. Thanks Eric! Read more

He believed in the heart of the cards and was rewarded for it. #yugioh Read more