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Ian Walker
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Mystery Tournament has been a Midwest staple since before the UFGTs. Here’s Webster (DigimonEmperor) and I playing some inverted Alpha 2 back at Midwest Championship (the tournament series Keits’ UFGTs succeeded) ‘08.

Krone is being a spoiled brat. Everyone is treated the same at Combo Breaker, other pros have existing competitions as well, that’s just the way this shit happens. The integrity of the tournament has to be paramount. Read more

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Rounds don’t last two seconds but because there is no health bar, rounds mostly last less than 30

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If you wanna talk Tekken/Trash Talk, you have to mention Pokchop!

i expected to hate this guy from reading the article, but watching the clips i can say that i would actually like him to be on my overwatch team. behind the trash talk, he demonstrates it’s really all about the game to me.
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Where’s my Melty blood? (no, “in the parking lot” is not a valid answer)
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ASMR FGC. I love it. Read more

That was always my favorite part of going to FGC events. You could have your stick, a bottle or 2 of booze to share and just walk down the hallS till you heard the clacking of buttons , play for a couple hours with people from all over the world and make new friends. Read more

Well, you gotta make sure. You wouldn’t want an embarrassing repeat of what happened to Woshige at EVO. Read more

Wait, so Cen-Cal is being fought by a guy from SoCal and a guy from NorCal? Well I’m terrible at fighting games but I’ll begrudgingly admit I’m from Central California so I can fix this. Watch yourself, Maripwnsa is coming and I’m taking you all to Hurts Castle. Read more

there’s actually a manual filter on every website ever. its called don’t click on shit you don’t wanna read. Read more

League statistics don’t accurately reflect a character’s tier placement. Read more

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It’s worth noting that slayer hits like a dump truck and chip zanuff has paper defenses. Which made this particular exchange that much more deadly. Read more

Not that I want to turn this into my own personal photo album, but last July at EVO, I was completely honored to get as close as I did to these players during the Saturday games (since we’re talking about some of these players). Mere peasant among kings huddling just slightly off screen. Also snagged a copy of Daigo’s

Also, doesn’t it seem awfully rude for your character to try to hurt their character? Wouldn’t it be better if they were just friends?
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