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my suggestion

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it's a period that's more or less already started since a lot of teams don't have any VCT tournaments to play in until next year. Teams are trying out new people and forming new cores to play in weeklies/monthlies/one-off tournaments/etc

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when possible I actually try to not read the manga before watching the anime since the expectation of having everything in the story included in the final show makes me feel like I'm constantly judging it rather than watching it and seeing how much I enjoy the storyline in the anime, even if it's not completely true to the original storyline

I've seen a lot of shows that are 9/10s and 10/10s but if I were to restrict it to 5 here are my picks

honorable mentions for this list could be 3-4 times as long there are a lot of good shows I've seen

anything trying to do world record

I'd imagine that RNG are at least interested but that's purely speculation on my part

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7th from the top

reporter and manager for Who Cars?

from my limited knowledge of the korean scene, there aren't really that many acad rosters so the DRX acad announcement is a first

as for the flappy news, I'm honestly not sure

I'll be sure to include it in next week's recap

orgs put clear wording in announcement challenge: IMPOSSIBLE EDITION

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2 errors in 1 headline I'm off my game today

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must've slipped by when I was doing a final check of everything

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Thank you!

normally I don't put practice reports in because practice/scrimming with a team doesn't mean a deal is done but since "is likely joining (Acend)" was used, that justified it being included

we're working on an article for that

Sounds like they've got the ordering of these things backwards. The Overwatch League really proved to everyone that a top-down esports structure does not work, and basically ensures that the T2 scene gets turned into a wasteland where very few amazing up and coming talents rise to the top

Even something like "hey we liked how VRLs/VRCs worked in EMEA, so we're going to try and replicate it in the other regions" is better than nothing. I'm hopeful that things will still work out, but I'm not going to get my hopes completely up until something is actually announced

On Riot's end, it allows them to partner with bigger brands and host bigger events, assuming it's done right

The biggest question mark is what's happening with the T2 and below scene since no insight (to my knowledge) has been given on what's the future going to be like for the orgs and rosters that don't make it into franchising. If Riot were to make regional leagues like what's in place in EMEA right now there'd be less panic and uncertainty, but there's really nothing to go off for the future, so people are assuming the worst

He is, but what he said crossed a line of what's appropriate and what isn't.

You've frequently pushed the boundaries of what's acceptable and what's unacceptable in what you post. The mods understand that you have very strong opinions about people like keznit, but when you say "karma :)" in response to him going to the hospital for something, you've crossed a line.

Discussion and banter is perfectly fine and welcome, but issues arise when you cross that line.

From what I've learned, Monte and Thorin (and RLewis previously but he's not in the game anymore) are people whose advice/criticism should be almost always taken with a grain of salt and the core message of what they're saying should really be analyzed more than their dramatics that come after it, which is what people tend to hang on to than the core message.

His point that a lot of people are going to go back and play CS once the game releases on Source2? Quite valid. Does it mean that there's suddenly going to be a massive exodus of players like what people were saying about CS when Valorant came out? Unlikely in my opinion. Source2 for CS doesn't mean Valve suddenly overhauls everything in terms of cheaters, ranked ladder quality, the esports ecosystem in NA being in a poor state, etc.

If people play Valorant as their 'main' game, then they'll stick with it. If they want to go back to CS, that's their choice. All I see are people trying to stoke the flames of the CS vs Val argument because they think they've got something to prove when both titles are successful and enjoyable in their own right.

there's no way this doesn't become a legendary thread

also buena suerte Onur y Leviatán en su proximo partido!

Happy birthday!

I didn't include him in the final roster since he's technically inactive, but no shade was meant to be thrown by that lol

supposedly it's Kanpeki according to Dot Esports but it hasn't been announced yet

good catch

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once we get a photo from Sentinels we will update it

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It's been a while since I've written three news stories in a day lol

It could increase further depending on what other news there is to write about

I've been at my desk for over 15 hours doing writing related things and I didn't even get to work on News Almost Missed at all today

I feel like the embodiment of the pepeW emote right now

Thank you for the kind words though ❤

become a full-time esports/video game journalist with notoriety similar to other big names currently out there

either that or join a game company like riot and help make an esports ecosystem that's sustainable and profitable for both orgs and the parent company

Sorry this week's recap is a day late. I was out for most of the day yesterday but I did get to meet one of the other VLR writers :)

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ty for pointing it out

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the fact that this evolved into a copypasta is hilarious LOL

yeah we were a bit late getting started on this

there's been like nothing in the news for the past few days and it's been weird

still in NA

Mob Psycho 100
Gintama
Evangelion

honorable mentions: HxH, FMAB, Monogatari, Grand Blue, Vinland Saga, Golden Kamuy

RARE WORLD TRIGGER ENJOYER SPOTTED

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I think the general consensus is that S1 was an okay adaptation but after that everything falls off pretty hard in terms of story quality and animations

the only way to explain Togashi's hiatus