Out of the twelve teams, maybe three of them have had noteworthy PR issues with players, and it’s mostly been centered on the Dallas Fuel specifically, which can likely be attributed to a few different things (players are young, immature, and/or frustrated, some were signed more because of their popularity than how…

I mean, if he had been 19 and she was 16, or she were 17 and he were 20, there’s some allowance to be made when both are young and immature and are still below the age of full mental development.

Yep. As I started reading the article it reminded me of the stupid, embarassing shit my friends would IM back and forth when I was a teenager, and like, if the difference in ages had been a bit more narrow it might have been understandable, but a 21-year-old engaging in that kind of discussion with 14 and…

If he could set them on real machines, live and in person, he would have done it. IIRC, the video evidence suggests that he may have gone as far as having his runs be machine-assisted, since there are strange irregularities at various points.

Not from scratch in a professional league. There’s a developmental league with open registrations (Contenders).

That’s not really how it works. Female players who are aspiring to go pro need to follow the same steps Geguri did and the same steps all the other players do — join/register a team, start competing in the Contenders open division, streaming, etc.

Sports are ultimately a meritocracy, and with an online game like Overwatch I don’t think it’s feasible to expect talent scouts to find you if you aren’t making a concerted effort to get your name out there. Either find an established team or seek out other players to form a new team, then start registering for…

As far as I know, Geguri is the only top-500 GM-ranked female player who has gotten her name out there enough to be considered a high-profile player.

What are some of your other favorite books?

NieR Automata’s probably a bit more than the Switch can reasonably handle, if the PC port is anything to go by.

There is very little in a video game that affects me more than a sequence where the gameplay systems themselves resonate and reinforce the narrative. NieR Automata does this in a lot of minor ways, and it makes the game’s more abstract elements — user interface, save files, etc. — into very real things that glue the…

To be fair, I believe she and Carpe are rocking the same hairstyle now and both have glasses. Asian men tend to have more feminine features anyway, so it’s not like it’s actually that harsh of a statement. Thicc is also usually used in a positive context.

I continue to advise low expectations. She got signed to the worst team in the league, which is currently at 0 wins, 22 losses, and her professional experience in Apex was limited at best. On top of that, Chinese is a second language for her, she’s a young kid living away from home in a foreign country for the first…

By all accounts, Nomura was never allocated the staff necessary to go into full development on Versus/XV. His team kept getting split up and diverted to other projects like the FFXIII trilogy.

No, to the best of my knowledge there was only one lawsuit, it was over the name, and it was settled. That’s why it’s called “Dota 2" and why the Warcraft 3 mod is still “Defense of the Ancients.”

I would guess he’s afraid of becoming the center of yet another OWL controversy. When people start taking offense to everything, people will start apologizing for everything.

Kotaku seems to be equal(?) parts quota journalism, personal blog, pr mouthpiece, and insightful journalism. I’d prefer more of the latter but, hey, it’s a dying industry and people have to eat.

I’m hoping Blackwatch-centric since they have Blackwatch skins for Reaper, Genji, and McCree which weren’t used during last year’s “lore mission” as well as a Blackwatch Moira design from her origin video.

Thanks for reminding me why I’ve stopped reading AV Club since you got bought by Kinja or whatever the fuck happened that resulted in you hooking up with those click-hungry scumbags.

Okay, so blame all gamers for a few offensive remarks from two players out of the entire league, which has dozens of players. And nevermind that mainstream sports is full of scumbags of all sorts.