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The greatest rivalry that Liquid ever had in esports was the one in StarCraft 2 between us and Evil Geniuses. In the early days before the scene really developed, the sentiment was that TL was the community darling building talent from the ground up and EG was the evil empire buying players left and right to buy themselves trophies. In those early days, I did not know the people behind the organization.
We competed in all the big tournaments against each other, and when HuK was at his peak, one of the most difficult moments in our organization's history happened when he made the switch to EG. Yet despite the rough start to our relationship, throughout the variety of events that we both attended, Alex Garfield and I ended up spending more and more time together. While we always remained fierce competitors and enemies on the battlefield, I had started to see him as a friend and incredibly skilled rival, peer, colleague, and eventually, ally.
In order to make it in this space, organizations such as Liquid and EG need to work together, and in those years it felt like we were having a positive impact and building a healthier ecosystem for all. Eventually we created the Holy Alliance: bitter rivals teaming up to take on the Korean professional teams on ProLeague was a reflection of the ambition of both of our organizations, as much as it was a statement on the development of our work together behind the scenes.
In my 25 years in esports I can say without a doubt that Alex was one of the most brilliant people I have worked with. Even with investment dollars coming in, new founders coming up and experienced CEOs entering from outside the industry, I will forever hold Alex’s strategy and understanding of the space in the highest regard.
It is sad to see that Evil Geniuses is finally closing its doors and I feel especially for all of its staff and players. However, not all is lost. I know this is a business, and ultimately it is up to those who now own the brand, but I would really like to urge the current owners of the brand to do all of esports a favor and allow for a transfer to Alex. Or in the words of HuK: “GG's, give the brand or sell it super cheap back to @alexgarfield please and thanks” 🙏
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The Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering teams at Wizards of the Coast have just announced they're unionizing. In a letter of demands, the union has urged Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast leaders to stop pushing generative AI. bit.ly/4hMhPzG
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We are a point with the 2XKO conversion where everyone is looking for someone or something to blame for what happened. What we could've done, where who went wrong when, etc.
Please do not get distracted. What happened is the same thing that's happening across the whole of the ever industry right now and it's corporate greed. The decision was not caused by player decisions. It was a few suits in an office pointing their thumbs down because their pockets didn't get fatter than they already were.
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There's a lot of people really happy to dunk on 2XKO and I'm gonna keep a whole ass 100 with you gang of idiots:
Any time an FG fails, the scene loses.
Every time.
2XKO dying is a bad end for everybody. If you're happy about this, you're just dumb as all fuck, is what it is.
Cynda retweeted
bro riot is inane
It feels like mark marrell has the company in a chokehold where if their game doesn’t make 1 billion dollars instantly he shuts it down
No community building, no thought of making a beautiful game just pure profit or die
With a heavy heart, the @Play2XKO team shares an update about the future.
- Active development will end in December.
- The final content patch goes live in October.
- Servers stay online.
- In-game purchases made before August 20 will be refunded.
riot.com/4zvjsK0
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It feels like typical AI-generated work.
The amount and density of information, as well as the overall quality, increase every year, but somehow it all seems to be heading in the same direction. In any case, it still hasn’t reached a level where it can express any real creative taste, so it’s rejected.
The real battle will begin when an engineer indistinguishable from a human developer is typing away at a keyboard, and a Terminator shows up completely naked to kill me and my grandchildren.
In Japan, we already have cat-eared robots delivering food at family restaurants—but they’re still on wheels. Evolution is way too slow. At this rate, I’ll die of old age before AI ever comes to kill me.
People trying to make money from viral videos have been making a huge fuss about how amazing AI is since around 2020, but honestly, its progress feels slow enough to make me yawn. Both software-based AI and physical AI need to hurry the hell up.
Just yesterday, I still had to clean my car windows myself.
This isn’t the future I was told about when I was in elementary school.
According to the books about the 21st century that I read as a child, we should have had robot chefs in our homes by now. Nuclear-powered jumbo jets should have been flying through the skies. Android tutors equipped with artificial intelligence should have been coming to help children with their summer vacation homework. Cars shouldn’t merely have been self-driving—they should have been flying along sky highways. Fathers should have been commuting to work from cities beneath the ocean. Humanity should already have begun colonizing Mars. Every movie should have featured incredible three-dimensional imagery without the need for 3D glasses. Game developers shouldn’t even exist anymore—you should have been able to shout, “I want to play an amazing game!” and then play GTA 6 on your wristwatch for about two dollars’ worth of electricity. And above all, it was supposed to be a peaceful world where crime was something you could experience only inside video games.
And yet, what does the modern world actually look like?
In Paris and Tokyo, we still live through day after day of dog owners failing to pick up their dogs’ shit while out on walks.
This isn’t the future I was promised.
Every day, I’m reminded that we’re still the ones who have to keep pushing things forward.
Cynda retweeted
Pokémon fire starters dancing to promote the new ANA Pokémon airplane in Japan!
via @poke_times
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to celebrate our 1 million copies sold, we’re giving away 10 Steam keys 🗝️🎉
enter now by:
🔹 following @paralivesgame
🔹 reposting this post
winners will be contacted on June 26th through our official account, make sure your DMs are open!
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I don't like how the narrative has been about Daigo's age.
It's not his age, it's the game. Other 40+ yr old players have done well in SF6.
SF6's design just doesn't jive with his playstyle & it makes me sad that this one particularly volatile SF has him considering retirement.
Daigo on stream talking about Kemonomichi. He says he seriously planned on retiring if he lost to Mena. The reason being that since SF6 release he has not felt “strong” or the motivation to improve like in his youth in the arcade days. But after 3 months of training, in the final week before the match he thought, “Wait a minute. Am I strong again? This is what it felt like back in the day.”
He was incredibly stressed the day before the match and couldn’t eat, and said just walking outside felt like he was already in the fight. He thought he wouldn’t be able to sleep due to stress, but surprisingly fell asleep easily - however when he woke up he had tears in his eyes. He doesn’t know why, but he thinks it’s because he had a dream where he quit Fighting Games.
After he lost to Mena, he still thought it was time to retire. But in the taxi ride back to Tokyo, Eita kept bothering him and begging him not to. Daigo agreed just to shut him up, but then he thought back on that feeling of being strong in the last week and thought if he could keep that same motivation and approach he had for Kemonomichi, he could become strong again.
For now he has decided to continue competing, but is taking a short rest after the set.
Cynda retweeted
Daigo on stream talking about Kemonomichi. He says he seriously planned on retiring if he lost to Mena. The reason being that since SF6 release he has not felt “strong” or the motivation to improve like in his youth in the arcade days. But after 3 months of training, in the final week before the match he thought, “Wait a minute. Am I strong again? This is what it felt like back in the day.”
He was incredibly stressed the day before the match and couldn’t eat, and said just walking outside felt like he was already in the fight. He thought he wouldn’t be able to sleep due to stress, but surprisingly fell asleep easily - however when he woke up he had tears in his eyes. He doesn’t know why, but he thinks it’s because he had a dream where he quit Fighting Games.
After he lost to Mena, he still thought it was time to retire. But in the taxi ride back to Tokyo, Eita kept bothering him and begging him not to. Daigo agreed just to shut him up, but then he thought back on that feeling of being strong in the last week and thought if he could keep that same motivation and approach he had for Kemonomichi, he could become strong again.
For now he has decided to continue competing, but is taking a short rest after the set.
Cynda retweeted
So daigo took 6 games off the best player in the world on a low tier while almost 50? GOAAAAATTTTTT
Cynda retweeted
Triste que o Daigo perdeu, mas muito feliz de ver geral que desacreditava comendo a língua com ele nos 44 fazendo 6-10 no maior jogador da atualidade
Esse cara segue provando ser a maior lenda da história e não tem como assistir sem ficar motivado. Levarei esse set pra vida
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‼️ 2XKO GIVEAWAY ‼️
To celebrate the global launch of 2XKO, we’re giving away 5 Frame Perfect megabundles!
👍 Like + Retweet
🏃♂️ Follow @2XKOIntel
💬 Winners will be selected randomly via Discord (link below!)
📅 Ends January 29
Cynda retweeted
Our players and coaches for the BoxJam Slam! #BoxJamSlam
You can watch all their training begin this week!
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CONTROLLER GIVEAWAY!
Now that I've joined Science’s Esports Team, BASILISK and I are giving away this signed @Mavercade Controller to celebrate entering the FGC!
To enter:
• Follow @BASILISK_gg and @Mavercade
• RT
• Reply tagging 2 friends!
(Winner drawn in one week)
Cynda retweeted
09.21.2025
Alas nuwebe sa Luneta
Alas dos sa EDSA
TAYO ANG SOLUSYON!
Grabbed from PUP Memes (FB)
#TrillionPesoMarch #BahaSaLuneta
Cynda retweeted
🚨 GIVEAWAY TIME 🚨
We’ve got 50 @Play2XKO Beta Codes!
To enter:
1️⃣ Follow us
2️⃣ RT this post
3️⃣ Tell us how bad you want in 👀
We’ll DM 50 winners tomorrow!
Cynda retweeted
Giving away 50 more, same rules apply! 🙌
HAPPY 2XKO DAY! 👊
I’ve got 50 2XKO access codes to give away 🎉
To be eligible: ✅
- Like and RT this post!
- Must be following @2XKOIntel
- Comment your favorite champ below if you’d like!
