*shaking my damn head*

Your other choices if your username is flagged, aside from submitting to the testing, is to either stick with the new name that Riot picks for you, or pay Riot a fee to change your name to something else that you want.

(Personally, I say that if you show any interest in playing LoL at all, at this point, then you should be ( Read more... )

Hrm.

On the one hand, it's like... are we really doing that whole "here's a sale based on some random D-list Youtube 'celebrity's' favorite games" thing even on GOG now? *weary sigh* (On the bright side, I guess, at least it'sAt this point I'd actually rather it not be TotalBiscuit[1] and not fuckingand instead be Pew Die Pie[2] this time. [But ( Read more... )

Okay, this is going to be the last time I post about this (fak)e-sports bullshit (EDIT) for a while (/EDIT). There's only so many ways to say " e-sports are not sports" and I'm sure it's already past the point of being stale. E-sports are bullshit, plain and simple, as is seemingly everyone who participates in them. That has been proven to my ( Read more... )

"It's a sign that things have got out of hand when you start offering people rewards for staying within the law. Riot Games' recent decision to give exclusive League of Legends character skins to those who hadn't been banned in the previous 12 months has the air of a dystopian future where good people get sent to prison because it’s the safest ( Read more... )

There's just no stopping this shit, is there. (Fak)e-sports really are a Thing™ now and here to stay, I guess. *weary sigh*

Ha ha ha ha ha ha no. I really don't get why they even bother to do these things when there is clearly an objectively correct answer. *eye-roll* (Pro-tip: the answer is "yes.") At least this time, that Evan guy got to be the sensible one for once, rather than the one who ends up looking like a damn fool(EDIT ( Read more... )

Here's some more serious fucking business surrounding video games, related to that other serious fucking business. The very fact that a video game developer is, apparently, able to levy the USD equivalent of a $5701.33 fine (or any amount at all that isn't in make believe video game money) against players, even "professional" players like this, ( Read more... )

I found this Penny Arcade comic amusing[1], at first, but then I found out (via the associated blog) that this ridiculous Open Letter to Parents of League of Legends Players was an actual thing that an actual human had actually written, which just made the comic even more amusing. I'm just going to say it straight out: MOBAs like League of ( Read more... )

Because this "e-sports" bullshit is serious fucking business, amirite?

Here is a story about the video game (fak)e-sports equivalent of getting caught doping in real sports.