I wrote a brief piece to acknowledge everybody who's contributed over the years, in my best attempt to mourn what's been lost. reddit.com/r/CompetitiveApex…

any esports production / tournament admin folks in Las Vegas? - admin, camera ops, audio, TD, engineer, lighting, etc. send a DM so I have your info

EMEA: end on game nine Americas: flipped caster rotation, ends on game eight bruh 😔

obviously planned in advance because there was an associated graphic but oof that bit on ALGS maincast with cutting the caster mic did not hit for me

all that for (checks scoreboard) six points

special ordered shoes for the vegas ALGS lan that are literally the fanciest shoes I have ever bought in my entire life and they arrived today 👀 not very esport vibe but i figured i should bring at least one outfit that wasn't either boring or logo merch lol

ngl when i said i want to spend money on esports i was thinking like, esports merch sold in women's sizes or a monthly sub to a tourney organizer to get fun behind the scenes content not, uh, dynamic pricing to buy an org sticker

The sticker update with it's dynamic pricing is as predatory as it is with TicketMaster. The ethical use of dynamic pricing is to reduce demand in order to preserve supply, not maximizing profits on an infinite supply. Fans are no longer determining the price amongst themselves within a marketplace. For them to approach their NY lawsuit stating they're no different than any collectible/trading card system, they're sure doing everything they can to change the system being attacked. I worry that; not dissimilar to how VALVE have altered the Compendium in DOTA 2, that their solution in Counterstrike is at odds with what fans would understand to be reasonable changes.

Open reddit. Look at the comp sub. Close reddit. ...i don't even have standing to say anything because i missed the vote this week rip

completely forgot there were Challenger Circuit finals yesterday apex comp doesn't hit the same when there's no main broadcast 😔😢

now should i throw my opinion on maincast vs costream on here like everybody else or save it for the DMs 🤔

unironically i would rather pay cash money for a monthly subscription to get counterstrike streams than tune in for free on kick i'm genuinely willing to pay for eports for long tern sustainability, and yet everything is either getting cut for budget reasons or a gambling advert

the schedules don't usually align for a clean 3/3 of all my esports on a single weekend, but what with the unofficial asian rmr for cs, crossfire west league, and the return of algs pro league, that was an absolutely packed weekend of viewing lol

NEW #ALGS CASTER: @esports_DiA's cat 🐈

The fact that SemperFi's odds of making the Major are being this affected by a weird FF in a completely different tourney is absurd. Just bring back RMRs and let teams fight each other for the slots fairly.

irl valk ult

to this day i still remember the first time i discovered the depths of the AFL/rugby region-based cultural divide One mix up between the Brisbane Lions and the Brisbane Broncos and @GENOMEgg *immediately* called me out for being too influenced by @Elfishguy. 😔

Y4 CHAMPS HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY 🏆😍

The two DFrag LANs being back-to-back was fantastic for me because for a week solid I had fun Oce CS every single night and like esports can be such a roller coaster of experience it's nice to get a chance to just vibe and enjoy watching some games.

Mzinho has an important message today for all the women out there:

We just had a role for an Associate Brand Manager open up over on the Apex Team for any LA locals! I know there were a number of layoffs here recently in the industry, hoping this reaches one of the impacted. Share around! lnkd.in/gy-PaPVT