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How the Media Makes it Hard for Female Politicians to Get Dressed
W hen it comes to fashion, female politicians are trapped in a lose-lose situation
Photo by Christian Fregnan on Unsplash
When it comes to fashion, female politicians are trapped in a lose-lose situation. Whether it be a pantsuit, a dress, or somethin... | ['Hillary Clinton', 'Alexandria Ocasio Cortez', 'Politics', 'Fashion', 'Media'] |
Last week, President Barack Obama introduced Kanye West before his performance at the Democratic National Convention. Obama jokingly referred to Kanye’s presidential run in 2020, going so far to offer him some cheeky advice for his campaign. Kanye West has been to the White House before, and as both he and the Presiden... | ['Entertainment', 'Barack Obama', 'Hillary Clinton'] |
Barack Obama’s Kenyan Connections
by Thomas Stilson
Over the course of the 2008 presidential election, the public has become acquainted with several of Barack Obama’s family members and past associates. But not all of his associations, however, have been given such publicity. The Democratic candidate’s family, by his... | ['Politics', 'Hillary Clinton'] |
The New-Old Organizing Tool Perfect for Hillary Supporters
In recent campaigns, whether it’s a congressional campaign or presidential campaign, the fundamentals of voter contact are phoning and canvassing. It’s how I began as a volunteer (running a volunteer phone bank) and it’s what we measure in our contacts with vo... | ['Hillary Clinton', 'Iowa Caucus'] |
I read Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg (SS) last weekend. I found it accessible, compulsive reading and surprisingly radical. I would recommend it to both women and men as it’s full of enlightening and useful insights as well as constructive advice.
A lot of what SS says chimed with me. I don’t believe we have perfect equa... | ['Angela Merkel', 'Feminism', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Lean In'] |
Image Credit: Secretary Clinton on Wordpress
This morning, a woman I am following on Twitter ~ @goldenlady ~ posted this tweet:
Commentary: Clinton changes her tune on sexism http://bit.ly/kChh
{What do you think about this? I’m seeing both sides — outraged and not.}
The article is an editorial by CNN’s Campbell Br... | ['Politics', 'Feminism', 'Hillary Clinton'] |
Prosecuting Opponents — Stuff of Dictators
Terry H. Schwadron
Nov. 23, 2018
The import of what President Trump had in mind in wanting to prosecute his political opponents criminally is still sinking in.
Such an action certainly would be a deep abuse of power and probably grounds for impeachment. Yet, in the current... | ['Hillary Clinton', 'Trump', 'Justice', 'Criminal Justice', 'Dictatorship'] |
The second Democratic debate, hosted by CBS News, proved fast-paced driven by productive, tough questioning toward the three Democratic candidates: former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, and former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley.
After the tragic Paris attacks the prior evening, ... | ['Politics', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Bernie Sanders'] |
Campus Activism Before and During Election Day
by Paul Craft
Campus political activism spiked with the coming of the national election. Despite some obvious pre-election fatigue in some quarters, many Stanford students were nonetheless energized by the California Propositions 4 and 8 and, of course, Barack Obama. The... | ['Politics', 'Hillary Clinton'] |
Win or Lose, Bernie Will Benefit the Most From Last Night’s Debate
Via Five Thirty Eight
If you vote Democrat and your name is not Joe Biden, chances are good that you went to bed happy after CNN’s Democratic debate last night.
That’s because unlike the Thunder Dome-style Republican debates, there were no clear-cut ... | ['Politics', 'Bernie Sanders', 'Hillary Clinton'] |
Charles Ferguson and CNN Films Cancel Hillary Clinton Documentary
CNN’s controversial documentary about Hillary Clinton has been canceled. The project, which was commissioned by the news network’s CNN Films division under the direction of Oscar winner Charles Ferguson (No End In Sight; Inside Job), received a good amo... | ['Featured', 'News', 'Hillary Clinton'] |
Penn Jillette on the Clintons: Quote of the Day
“Why do people who support Hillary think that what she’s saying is to manipulate other people and not to manipulate them?” Daniel Bier Follow Oct 15, 2015 · 3 min read
On his weekly podcast, libertarian magician and skeptic Penn Jillette gave an incisive take on Hillary... | ['Skepticism', 'Politics', 'Democracy', 'Voters', 'Hillary Clinton'] |
by Staff
On a near-daily basis now, New York Times columnists and MSNBC anchors gush about Obama’s latest “inspired” or “statesmanlike” cabinet pick. But while the mainstream media’s love-fest continues unabated, the rest of us are left wondering why the new administration looks so much like the one that left office e... | ['Politics', 'Hillary Clinton'] |
If you’re wondering why Republicans are still fixated on the September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya — even though it happened almost eight months ago, even though election season is over, and even though they’ve already ginned up an exhaustive volume of conspiracy theories — there’s a painful... | ['Politics', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Benghazi', 'Republicans'] |
Penn Jillette on the Clintons: Quote of the Day | Anything Peaceful
On his weekly podcast, libertarian magician and skeptic Penn Jillette gave an incisive take on Hillary and Bill Clinton.
We have Hillary Clinton — while you were alive, while you were sexually active, three years ago — saying marriage is just between... | ['Hillary Clinton', 'Politics'] |
Alexandra Chalupa
Here is a short post attempting to describe some small, yet significant details of the former Democratic National Committee (DNC) operative Alexandra Chalupa. She is the woman mentioned by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) last Wednesday in his opening statement before witnesses testified in open impeachment h... | ['Hillary Clinton'] |
Imagining the “King-Chavez” Coalition
by Staff
On April 23 in Kresge Auditorium, Stanford witnessed the fourteenth annual commemorative celebration “¡Viva César Chávez!” co-sponsored by El Centro Chicano, MEChA, the ASSU Speakers Bureau, VPSA, and the César Chávez Commemorative Committee.
The auditorium’s walls were... | ['Politics', 'Hillary Clinton'] |
Senator Kerry has been great on so many of our issues, perhaps that’s because he is also the proud father of two remarkable daughters.
Senator John Kerry (D-Mass) had the tables turned on him today. After 29 years as part of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today he sat facing the dais (instead of behind it) at... | ['Hillary Clinton', 'John Kerry'] |
Last night, Bernie Sanders asked why Hillary Clinton’s foremost campaign donors have been Wall Street banks. I’ve linked a video of the exchange below, but here’s a transcript of what he said:
I have never heard a candidate — never — who has received yuuuge amounts of money from oil, from coal, from Wall Street, from ... | ['Politics', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Debate'] |
By Kaufman & Hacker
Come with us to the good old days…
Come with us to 2014…
Come with us to DemocracyLand™, the nation’s only theme park dedicated to preserving the ideals of the American Republic.
Your Blended Family Freedom Pass is waiting for you at the gate. Everyone is guaranteed the right to ride, the right ... | ['Democracy', 'Constitution', 'Amusement Parks', 'Gay Rights', 'Hillary Clinton'] |
Trump or Hillary: why I just can’t.
Written October 2016
Well I’ve done it: Jumped on the bandwagon with all the other masses of people who love to render unsolicited advice. And of all topics, I chose the ever-depressing, ever-impending 2016 presidential election.
In a nutshell: I can’t vote for Hillary and I can’t... | ['Politics', 'Abortion', 'Trump', 'Hillary Clinton', 'Us Election 2016'] |
CONGRESSMAN MO BROOKS’ SPECIOUS ARGUMENTS FOR IMPEACHING HILARY CLINTON SHOULD SHE BE ELECTED PRESIDENT:
October 26, 2015
Dr. Ward Welty
Huntsville, AL 35803–2426
Dear Dr. Welty:
Thank you for sharing your views with me regarding former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s commission of high crimes and misdemeanor... | ['Hillary Clinton', 'Politics', '2016 Election'] |
Sen. Chuck Grassley Joins the Hillary Email Non-Scandal Circus
The Right-Wing Congressional Circus has a new ringmaster: Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley.
Since the House Benghazi Committee, led by Trey Gowdy, failed so spectacularly in its attempt to find any wrongdoing in Secretary Clinton’s emails (because there wasn’t... | ['Hillary Clinton', 'Politics', 'Republican Party'] |
by Chris Seck
Leading Republicans and Democrats generally agree that America should have an interventionist foreign policy, although they differ on the details. The post-Iraq mood of the American people, however, hints at a future return to isolationism.
For all their differences over Iraq, the leading Republican and... | ['Hillary Clinton', 'Politics'] |
The Inauthenticating of Hillary Clinton: Who’s a Phony?
Discussed in this feature: Hillary Clinton in the News: Gender and Authenticity in American Politics by Shawn J. Parry-Giles. Forthcoming from University of Illinois Press, February 2014, 242 pages. Pre-order at U of Illinois P or Amazon.
We will hear a lot abou... | ['Essays', 'Bill Clinton', 'Book', 'Gender', 'Hillary Clinton'] |
On Twitter, I’m fairly well-known to many for my anticapitalist tirades and my seemingly inexhaustible well of feminist outrage. My sense of justice is inflamed. I have no fucks left to give for half-ass apologetics.
So when people ask me why I hate Hillary Clinton, the answer should be clear: I think she’s reformist ... | ['Hillary Clinton', 'Politics'] |
We’re starting the New Year just like everyone — with goals and resolutions to make ourselves, this year and Every Mother Counts better than ever.
That’s why, this month, we’re focusing on new beginnings, goals and commitments. We’re grabbing hold of the excitement and renewed dedication that surrounds all of us at ... | ['Hillary Clinton', 'New Beginnings'] |
The US, Canada, and Mexico have officially signed the USMCA, a new agreement governing trade between the three countries.
Although agreement on the deal replacing NAFTA was reached back in October, the official signing had to wait 60 days until the US Congress had a chance to review the text.
The November 30th signin... | ['Trade', 'Canada', 'Mexico', 'Politics', 'Business'] |
The first time I heard about the paradox of tolerance, described by Karl Popper in 1945 stating that “in order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance”. I understood it perfectly inside the context of the Second World War and the consequences from the Holocaust. However, during rec... | ['Migration', 'Society', 'Xenophobia', 'Mexico'] |
Mexico-Teotihuacán-Pyramid of the Sun-Pulqueria los Insurgentes
No visit is complete without a detour to Teotihuacan, an architecturally wonderful ancient city that is located about 40km away from the center of Mexico City. This area is most famous for the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon, as well as the Avenue of the Dea... | ['Travel', 'Mexico'] |
Refreshed 2017
In 2014 I finally took a cruise. Everyone told me I have to try a cruise. Let me first start off by saying if you have a cruise leaving out of another city, please try to leave as early as possible or arrive a day early. I had the worst experience trying to arrive at 11:15 am the day of. I flew from Cha... | ['Cruise', 'Mexico'] |
An Insider’s Guide to LA’s Tastiest Tacos
Let’s taco ’bout it.
We’re not afraid to admit that Los Angeles is, hands down, the best place for tacos in America. And what better way to detox from turkey and stuffing than with a cuisine so opposite from (and lest we say far better than?) traditional holiday eats? Tacos (... | ['Food', 'Los Angeles', 'Mexico', 'Real Estate', 'Foodies'] |
Alleged footprints of early Americans found in volcanic rock in Mexico are either extremely old — more than 1 million years older than other evidence of human presence in the Western Hemisphere — or not footprints at all, according to a new analysis published this week in Nature.
The study was conducted by geologists ... | ['Archaeology', 'Geology', 'Mexico'] |
2014, Chronicle of Truth
The following article was written by Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, and originally published in Spanish on December 11th, 2014 in La Jornada, Mexico City’s leading daily newspaper, considered by many scholars as one of the last remaining independent newspapers in the Americas.
2014 has been one of t... | ['Mexico'] |
“if an amazing new discovery is found I probably will have nothing to say about it” I’m used to being proved wrong, but it would be nice to get through 24 hours before it happens. After posting this on July 5, I flicked across to the BBC news site and found the item Footprints of ‘first Americans’ which is interesting ... | ['Archaeology', 'Mexico'] |
Mexico-CDMX-Parque México-Market Medellin-Mercado Roma-Chapultepec Castle-Museo Nacional de Antropología
Mexico City’s Chapultepec Park is the equivalent of the city’s Central Park (as it is indeed located quite centrally). There are many attractions in the park and surrounding neighborhood that are worth a visit. It ... | ['Travel', 'Mexico City', 'Mexico'] |
SOCIAL IMPACT BLOCKCHAIN PIONEER UULALA OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES GLOBAL FINTECH PLATFORM IN MEXICO
Minority-Owned Software Company Uses Blockchain Technology To Empower The Unbanked
Mexico City, Mexico — Uulala announced today it will initially launch its global financial platform in Mexico; a fintech friendly country wit... | ['Fintech', 'Blockchain', 'Mobile Apps', 'Mexico', 'Unbanked'] |
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Arturito’s girl -Photograph Alex Waterhouse-Hayward
The idea for what promises to be a long blog came to me last Sunday. Both Randy Rampage and
birthday boy Zippy Pinhead kept calling Art Bergmann, Arthur. It struck me that his real friends call him that and for the rest of us Art is eno... | ['Mexico', 'Photography', 'Essay'] |
In Search Of Lost Time In Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma
As time moves forward we find ourselves attempting to recover its fragments. In the earliest youth time can lose its very meaning, but as the years accumulate we then look back, as if trying to find photographs in a vast galaxy of memories. Alfonso Cuaron wants to use th... | ['Film', 'Film Reviews', 'Movies', 'Mexico', 'Mexico City'] |
Rafa Jimenez TV appearance with San Diego Mayor
Rafa, Founder of Alibre.io, was invited to appear on Univision TV along with San Diego, CA Mayor Kevin Faulconer, after winning the San Diego Startup Circle and Plug and Play Tech Center pitch event.
[Dec 12th, 2014] Alibre.io earned a spot in the Plug & Play Startup Ca... | ['Fintech', 'San Diego', 'Mexico', 'Tijuana', 'Startup'] |
I don’t even know how to say this…
You guys have provided US with soo much support and have loved us unconditionally. The older I get, the more thankful I am for being RAISED by you guys.
I don’t hold a grudge against my mother for leaving us with you guys, I was too young to understand and to wrapped up in the love ... | ['Grandparents', 'Grandmother', 'Grandfather', 'Mexico', 'Love'] |
I’m in the ice cream shop, sitting in the office in the back when, seeing a man and a woman at the counter, I start walking to the front of the shop and call out hello.
‘Hello,’ I call to the man, who is standing directly in my line of sight, and who is shortish, quite fat and has a grey beard and grey hair and is wea... | ['Ice Cream', 'Mexico', 'Texas'] |
I know I’ve had some sleep recently because last night I dreamt I was in a sleep-deprivation experiment, but I haven’t had much. Therefore you should also visit the other sites listed at the end for more intelligent comment.
A foot and an ancient footprint. Photo from the Mexican Footprints media section.
The dating ... | ['Archaeology', 'Geology', 'Mexico'] |
Merida & Valladolid.
Exploring Chichén Itzá and celebrating Día de Los Muertos in the candy floss towns of Yucatan state.
Día de Los Muertos.
Day of the dead has become super popular around the world since it was in the James Bond film, Spectre. However it’s been ingrained into Mexican culture for centuries, celebra... | ['Mexico', 'Travel', 'Backpacking'] |
Project Sansar: The Seasoned General
Last week I spoke with Ebbe Altberg, Linden Lab’s current CEO, who contacted me after viewing my flowchart on the current VR Ecosystem. He wanted me to know that Linden is a contender in this ecosystem with an entirely new virtual reality world — code named “Project Sansar” — that ... | ['Metaverse', 'Virtual Reality'] |
Is Snapchat Taking Us One Step Closer To The Metaverse?
Snap Inc, the developer of Snapchat, positions itself as a camera company with a mission to “improve the way people live and communicate” by “reinventing the camera”. Founded in 2011, the company has experienced ups and downs over the years but is currently ridin... | ['Snapchat', 'Snap', 'Augmented Reality', 'Filter', 'Metaverse'] |
We have some exciting news to share with the Metaverse community! Before we get into the details of the Metaverse DNA World Tour, I am happy to share that Alex Lightman , an expert in digital thought and transformation, has joined the Metaverse DNA team as Global Strategy Advisor. Alex has over 30 years of experience i... | ['Blockchain', 'Metaverse', 'Dna', 'Digital Identity', 'Etp'] |
Bitident integration in MyETPWallet
Bitident chose Metaverse blockchain as the platform to support its authentication system on the blockchain.
Implemented in MyETPWallet v0.8.0, Bitident protocol enables users to login to compatibles websites or applications in a fully decentralized way, using their Metaverse Avatar... | ['Security', 'Blockchain', 'Metaverse', 'Authentication'] |
What is the Metaverse and why you want to be part of it
The Metaverse is the future of the Internet. The networked dimension of Virtual Reality.
Internet will be in 3D and this is no news. Even thou the concept of the Metaverse has been imagined, described, written and filmed for many years now, it’s only in the rece... | ['Virtual Reality', 'VR', 'Metaverse'] |
Is Snapchat Taking Us One Step Closer To The Metaverse?
Snap Inc, the developer of Snapchat, positions itself as a camera company with a mission to “improve the way people live and communicate” by “reinventing the camera”. Founded in 2011, the company has experienced ups and downs over the years but is currently ridin... | ['Snapchat', 'Snap', 'Augmented Reality', 'Metaverse', 'News And Opinion'] |
The Metaverse as Mediator between Technology, Trends, and the Digital Transformation of Society and Business
Here is an intro abstract and link to a very interesting article, wrote in a collaborative effort between myself and two other Researchers: Sven-Volker Rehm and Lakshmi Goel, for the Journal of Virtual Worlds R... | ['Virtual Reality', 'Metaverse', 'Virtual Worlds'] |
What if the “fight for the metaverse” is actually less like a battle to the finish and more like a foot race in which the competitors have enjoyed different start times and stagger marks? Recall from my last post on “The Fight for the Metaverse, Part 1, I characterized a few companies engaged in an all-out battle for c... | ['Virtual Reality', 'Social Virtual Reality', 'Metaverse'] |
‘SEATTLE — Philip Rosedale wants to build the Metaverse, the virtual reality experience depicted in the Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel Snow Crash so many years ago. His first-generation attempt to do so was Second Life, the virtual world created by his former company Linden Lab…’
This article in Quartz sparked my intere... | ['Reviews', 'Technology', 'Metaverse'] |
Exploring the Metaverse
XR Reseach and Discovery
AR Cloud
Article
What is the most important point?
By far, the ability to visually explore all data about anything in any given real-world scene.
What are you finding challenging, puzzling or difficult to understand?
Thinking of storage and computing power needed ... | ['Virtual Reality', 'VR', 'Metaverse'] |
As most of you know, Amazon is getting closer to delivering your packages via drone. I’m sure everyone is wondering what it will actually be like. Will you have to stand outside when the drone arrives? Will the drone know that your dog is in the yard…and avoid it? How quickly will the drone deliver your much needed bab... | ['Area 51', 'Drones', 'Featured', 'Gadgets', 'Tech'] |
Fem: Who was the poet who inspired you to start writing?
Maddie Christie: Elisabeth Hewer (http://elisabethhewer.tumblr.com). I came across her poem ‘obituary for the princess who forgot to be a fairytale’ and I fell in love with her words; I wanted to create the same feeling in other people as she did in me. I’d alwa... | ['Blog', 'Featured Writers', 'Featured', 'Interview'] |
Twitch is now TSM and Cloud9’s exclusive sponsorship sales representative
The streaming company hopes to bring more revenue to esports organizations and players.
Twitch is turning its considerable revenue machine to esports organizations and players.
Long-standing North American brands TSM and Cloud9 are the first o... | ['Esports', 'Gaming', 'Twitch'] |
Last year, Jimmy “Mr. Naps” Tran made an early exit at the Tekken 7 global final. On Wednesday, he earned an opportunity to make amends.
Mr. Naps took top honors at the King of the Iron Fist North American Finals in San Francisco. He earned $10,000 for his victory as well as, for the second year in a row, a qualifying... | ['Esports', 'Tekken', 'Fgc'] |
Roger Huguet — Sports Rights Sales
Roger Huguet was a part of the New York office at the International Management Group, where he helped focus on sponsorship and television sports rights sales when dealing with the Copa America Tournament and the different South American leagues. Just like others in the media, IMG was... | ['Sports', 'Esports'] |
Snickers Goes After The eSports Audience By Sponsoring ELeague
What Happened
Snickers is going after the young, male Millennials that make up a large part of the eSports audience as the chocolate bar-maker signs on to sponsor ELeague, the professional eSports league co-owned by Turner Broadcasting and talent agency W... | ['General Content', 'Esports'] |
Game 1
In game one, ROX looks to pick a poke heavy comp with Jayce, Caitlyn and Zyra while EDG looked to teamfight with Rumble and Ryze. ROX will look to exploit the top lane match-up because Koro1 has not played since spring and Smeb is arguably the best player in the world. Early aggression mid lane from Scout puts ... | ['League of Legends', 'Esports', 'Sports', 'Chicago'] |
For years hailed as the “Mecca of esports”, recently Korea has been largely overtaken by Overwatch in terms of casual play. As a result we are seeing the first Korean Overwatch tournament, featuring 4 top tier foreign teams (Rogue, NRG, EnVyUS, Reunited) alongside 12 of Korea’s best.
For today’s match-ups we had the s... | ['Esports', 'Gaming', 'Overwatch', 'Video Games'] |
Terry Crews Wants to Voice The Next Overwatch Hero
Courtesy of WENN
Known for playing NYPD Sergeant Terry Jeffords on the Fox sitcom Brooklyn Nine–Nine and his outrageous Old Spice commercials, Terry Crews recently shared his enthusiasm to join the Overwatch Voice Cast. Reddit user SleepyRicky made a post in the Over... | ['Overwatch', 'Gaming', 'Terry Crews', 'Esports', 'Blizzard Entertainment'] |
G2’s woes continue—what’s next for France’s best?
A loss to OpTic Gaming in the Northern Arena Montreal grand finals adds another layer of disappointment to G2 Esports. Sam Nordmark Nov 14, 2016·2 min read
Photo via Fragbite
For the second time in two weeks, a North American team has successfully won an internationa... | ['Esports', 'Gaming', 'Counter Strike'] |
Everything You Need To Know for the 2016 LoL All-Star Event
Courtesy of Riot Games
What is the 2016 All-Star Event?
Similar to last year’s 2015 All-Star Event in Los Angeles, fans will vote for their favorite players to represent their respective regions. The players with the most votes will then be assigned to Team... | ['Esports', 'League of Legends', 'Riot Games', 'Gaming'] |
In my previous post, I provided an introduction of the 2016 ISTE Standards for Students and how they are exhibited in eSports. In this post, the focus is on the first standard — Empowered Learner
It is important this is the first standard because the end result is all about learning. More specifically, student-driven ... | ['Esports', 'Education', 'League of Legends'] |
Esports teams are becoming a hot commodity. In the past, ownership of a competitive video game organization was for gamers, only. However, influx of capital and ownership from outside the immediate world of gaming is changing that. Yet, this activity outpaces the maturity of techniques used to determine how much teams ... | ['Esports', 'Sports', 'Mergers And Acquisitions', 'Videogames'] |
Some of the hottest sporting action this summer is taking place on computer screens. Crowds of thousands lined the beaches in Busan and Seoul’s Olympic Park recently for separate computer gaming events.
E-sports is more than a kid’s game ― it is a 100 billion won ($107 million) market in Korea, and it nearly doubles i... | ['E Sports'] |
The Golden Brick Road — H2K’s Journey to Semifinals
“The harder I prepare, the luckier I seem to get.”
– Michael Jordan
Huddling together after a victory over Albus NoX Luna in the quarterfinals of the Season 6 World Championship, H2K Gaming clinched a place in the semifinals at Madison Square Garden in New York. Th... | ['Esports', 'League of Legends'] |
CS:GO in Bangladesh has come a long way. According to the data collected by community servers, there are 2214 active steamids in Bangladesh. Around 753 steamids play at least once in any given week. And 1208 steamids play at least once in a month. Since the competitive scene of CS:GO community is kinda stale, some play... | ['Esports', 'Gaming'] |
It’s been over two weeks since Overwatch League was announced. Much of the player hype and debacle has faded, however the industry leaders and decision-makers are still pondering over the ramifications this has for our industry and the culture of eSports or “Esports”. We a-dults now b o y z. This has lead to a chain re... | ['Esports', 'Gaming'] |
Haksal’s Genji and Auston Matthews’ NHL Debut
I am from Sweden and in Sweden we care about three things: coffee, not talking to strangers, and ice hockey. When October comes around, the most hardcore Swedes stay up late, make sure the coffee’s ready and then watch NHL games. Alone.
One game that hockey fans pay extra... | ['Esports', 'Overwatch', 'Hockey'] |
With tickets selling out faster than you can say, “loot box”, there’s no need to fret because you can still enjoy BlizzCon 2016 without being there in person. Blizzard promises that this year’s event will be the most exciting yet, and Twitch — with exclusive rewards and the only destination for foreign language streams... | ['Esports', 'Events', 'Press', 'Twitch'] |
The unlikely key to TSM’s next step forward: Their rookie support
After a disappointing Worlds, Team SoloMid heads into IEM Oakland with an uncertain roster and future.
Team SoloMid win the 2016 Summer Playoffs | Image via Riot Games
Team SoloMid had it all. A nearly flawless Summer Split. Dominant performances in t... | ['Esports', 'League of Legends'] |
Muffin Lightning takes Echo Fox’s spot at the North American ELEAGUE Minor
Image via Valve
One team is getting a second chance to qualify for the North American ELEAGUE minor.
Muffin Lightning has taken over Echo Fox’s slot in the minor after its entire Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster entered free agency. Mu... | ['Esports', 'Gaming', 'Counter Strike'] |
How long does it take to climb a tier if your win rate is 52%?
Let’s say you have a 52% win rate on your main. That would be really good! Very few champions have consistent win rates that high. You’d be OP.
And let’s say you need to win five games more than you lose to get to the next tier.
How long would it take yo... | ['Gaming', 'Esports', 'Winning', 'Probability', 'League of Legends'] |
Just after the official end date of FirstBlood’s successful crowdsale, the Boston-based company shifts focus to development
The crowdsale was over in just a matter of minutes with the goal of $5.5 million worth in Ether, the native cryptographic currency of the Ethereum network, secured.
Now, Boston-based FirstBlood ... | ['Blockchain', 'Ethereum', 'Esports', 'Cryptocurrency'] |
A Majority of kids or even grown ups are playing games every day!
Although not required, develop Clash Royale game to with a huge quality will provide customers various worth the cash compensation objects as soon as you point up. You can certainly ask several other quality a number of people specifically for hand made... | ['Gaming', 'Esports', 'Games'] |
What is lowercase esports?
lowercase esports spawned out of the collection of blog posts and podcast episodes that represent my flippant style of esports cynicism. Until recently, I published opinion pieces about esports on my personal blog or directly under my name. I’ve since had a change of heart about these posts ... | ['Esport', 'Gaming', 'Marketing'] |
Who to Watch for at The Summit 6
The Summit 6 will be the first DOTA 2 event to have the top 3 placed TI6 teams competing against one another since the International.
Courtesy of Beyond The Summit
The teams competing for the $100,000 prize pool are Wings Gaming, Digital Chaos, Evil Geniuses, OG, Team NP, EHOME, Team... | ['Esports', 'Gaming', 'Dota 2', 'Dota'] |
Maddden Mobile Coins Generator, Tips As Well As Cheats — Just How Hack Tool Earns Money
Madden Mobile is a video game which takes place all at once in the duty of instructor, and each players Football. The activity is a great portrayal from Madden NFL 17, which is actually devoted to activity consoles as well as compu... | ['Gaming', 'Esports'] |
Snickers Goes After The eSports Audience By Sponsoring ELeague
What Happened
Snickers is going after the young, male Millennials that make up a large part of the eSports audience as the chocolate bar-maker signs on to sponsor ELeague, the professional eSports league co-owned by Turner Broadcasting and talent agency W... | ['General Content', 'Esports'] |
E-Sports - The Hype is Real.
League of Legends has dominated the online gaming market since approximately 2012. During that time, League of Legends had about 12 million people a day, and around 32 million unique players every month. 4 years later, League of Legends is still growing, and currently has over 70 million p... | ['Esports', 'Gaming', 'Customer Experience', 'Big Data', 'Social Media'] |
Overwatch pros: Hero banning won’t work— yet
We asked a few professional Overwatch players what they think of the format.
Image via Blizzard
Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan isn’t a fan of the hero pick and ban system used in games like League of Legends, at least, not for Overwatch’s competitive modes. He’s not ... | ['Esports', 'Gaming', 'Overwatch'] |
Coca-Cola eSports Is On A Tear
TNL eSports Brand Tracker 044: Coca-Cola
TNL eSports Brand Tracker 044: Coca-Cola (Photo: Battlefy)
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TNL Take: As 2016 starts to wind down thank you — Princ... | ['Esports', 'Gaming', 'Marketing', 'Advertising', 'College'] |
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With team South Korea victorious at BlizzCon, OGN returns for the second portion of the group stage of APEX. In it 12 of Korea’s best Overwatch teams battle 4 top foreign... | ['Gaming', 'Overwatch', 'Video Games', 'Esports'] |
by Rod Machen
It’s one thing to become obsessed with some aspect of nerd culture; it’s another to make a living from it. Such is the world of professional video game players as captured in ProGamer, a new film by Justin Agnew that explores this growing phenomenon.
Like all good documentaries, ProGamer goes beyond its... | ['Esports', 'Gaming', 'In Theaters'] |
Virtual reality startup demos prototype at Berkeley
“Project Aether” puts the player in a virtual forest.
In a three-dimensional virtual forest, archers pop up in the distance and aim their bow and arrow in the player’s direction. In a five by seven-foot square space viewed through a headset, the player picks up rock... | ['Virtual Reality', 'Esports'] |
2016 League of Legends World Championship- The regions
North America:
NA will certainly be looking to improve compared to last year’s World Championship. The region’s most memorable achievement was becoming a meme after the three teams, Counter Logic Gaming, Team Solo Mid and Cloud 9 lost all their games on the last ... | ['Esports', 'League of Legends', 'Gaming', 'PC'] |
Ways To Get Virtual Currency Fast on NBA 2K17.
Anyone who has played NBA 2K17 knows how hard it is to get Virtual Currency (VC) if you don’t know how to earn it. You can use VC points to upgrade your player’s attributes or get new gear to wear on the court. There are several ways to earn points, but I am going to tell... | ['Sports', 'NBA', 'Esports'] |
Dota Cinema
Today we are going to introduce a YouTube channel named DotaCinema. The channel features videos of Dota 2 that were submitted by players. There are some categories of videos on this channel, which we are going to talk about below.
I satisfy my lust for Dota by watching a video or two on this channel if I ... | ['Gaming', 'Esports', 'Dota 2', 'YouTube'] |
About a year ago I was attempting to figure out what could be a suitable improvement of Reddit for Esports. While Reddit is amazing for some things, it poses numerous problems to content creators. The weeklong project lead to a ProductHunt clone called EsportsHunt. Unfortunately there was no way I could “build” the net... | ['Esports', 'Gaming', 'League of Legends', 'Productivity'] |
This is the tipping point of massive esports growth. The competitive gaming industry also has a huge spectator fan base, the third highest viewed sports in the US. The online streamer content flows each day is much larger. People watching, reviewing, interviewing, casting and all other esports content is coming in and ... | ['Esports', 'Gaming', 'Startups', 'Technology', 'Technews'] |
Peacemaker becomes general manager of NRG’s CS:GO division
Photo via Fragbite
After spending the majority of 2016 as a coach, Luis “peacemaker” Tadeu has been brought on as the new general manager and coach of NRG Esports’ Counter-Strike: Global Offensive operations.
Peacemaker’s new role will, presumably, see him t... | ['Esports', 'Gaming', 'Counter Strike'] |
For years hailed as the “Mecca of esports”, recently Korea has been largely overtaken by Overwatch in terms of casual play. As a result we are now seeing the first Korean Overwatch tournament, featuring 4 top tier foreign teams (Rogue, NRG, EnVyUS, Reunited) alongside 12 of Korea’s best.
For today’s match-up we had th... | ['Esports', 'Gaming', 'Video Games', 'Overwatch'] |
SKT Faker Locks in Unexpected Pick Against MVP
Courtesy of Riot Games
PICKS AND BANS
MVP
TOP: ADD on Poppy
JUNGLE: Beyond on Elise
MID: Ian on Viktor
AD: MaHa on Jhin
SUPPORT: Max on Bard
VS.
SKT
TOP: Profit on Rumble
JUNGLE: Bengi on Lee Sin
MID: Faker on Galio
AD: Bang on Ashe
SUPPORT: Wolf on Karma
M... | ['League of Legends', 'Esports', 'Riot Games', 'Gaming', 'Twitch'] |
10-ban system reportedly implemented for Singapore’s League of Legends circuit
Image via Riot Games
There are a lot of champions in League of Legends — more than 100 of them, in fact. That makes developer Riot Games’ three-per-side (so six bans in total) banning system sort of outdated. It looks like that could soon ... | ['Esports', 'Gaming', 'League of Legends'] |
Hauntzer and Svenskeren to stay with TSM for 2017
Bringing back their top lane and jungle duo always felt like the most optimal move, and TSM made it official today.
Hauntzer and Svenskeren get ready to compete at the NA LCS Summer Finals | Photo via Riot Games
Team SoloMid had a great year. World’s disappointment a... | ['Esports', 'League of Legends'] |
We are almost here(finally). We have our tweaks made, our bugs squashed and our concept nailed. Now it’s time to share this idea with everyone so it can reach it’s full potential. We won’t lie, it is long overdue and there were a few unexpected setbacks out of our hands. Like most companies starting out you are advised... | ['Esports', 'Gaming'] |
OGN’s APEX playoffs bracket drawn!
This is mirror for people who use only use medium; for better formatting you can check out the original on twitter.com/RadoNonFire or directly here.
With the group stage of Korea’s first premier Overwatch tournament concluding today, we also had the draw of the brackets play out.
A... | ['Overwatch', 'Esports', 'Gaming', 'Video Games'] |
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