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What would The International’s crowd-funding model look like in traditional sports?
Esports leads the way.
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Dota 2 as religious experience
For spectators, The International 4 was sublime.
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Day 4 at the International: So what happens when you win $5 million playing a videogame?
A champion is crowned. Now what?
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The International, Day 2 and 3: The Wily, Genius, Totally Average Superstars of Tournament Play
Do we worship the player? Or do we worship the game?
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Melee the masterpiece, Melee the demon
An alternate look at Nintendo’s red-headed stepchild.
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Esports could learn a lot from the World Cup
Turning games into global events.
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On learning to play Ultra Street Fighter IV
Blind yourself.
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How server farms power your favorite esport
It’s more straightforward than you might think.
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You guys watched a freakish amount of esports last year
We totally get that the Internet is a fantastic place for binging DOTA 2 matches and all, but got-damn did you people consume a lot of it in 2013. A new report from IHS Technology, people who track this sort of thing, has found that a cumulative amount of 2.4 billion hours were streamed to your eyeh
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This absurd 247-hit beat-down is possibly Street Fighter 4’s longest combo
Clocking in at a devastating 247 hits, this has a high likelihood of being the longest, most pain-inducing combo ever dealt to a brainless dummy opponent in Street Fighter 4. The move set is a minute and 37 seconds of Chun Li spamming icrouching blows, the occasional blue fireball, and that oh-so-an
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World of Tanks and the diplomatic impulse in videogames
What are we playing here?
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Huzzah! The X Games are giving esports a trial run in June
The X Games will be hosting an inaugural esports tournament when they come through Austin on June 6-8, spotlighting pro gamers alongside the likes of professional skaters and motorcrossers. They’ll even be awarded X Game medals. See, Bryant Gumbel: we told you that esports were cool. The move makes