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Teenage Overwatch player accused of cheating proves she's just that good with Zarya
pcgamer.com ^

Posted on 06/21/2016 4:29:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Blizzard officially cleared her of any wrongdoing a few days after the tournament ended, but that apparently wasn't sufficient to really make the point. To ensure there were no lingering doubts, she took to the stage and put on an hour-long showcase of her talent for all the world to see. I don't speak Korean so I have no idea what anyone's talking about, but the Reader's Digest version appears to be that she kicks ass until someone says no mas.

Interestingly, despite the quality of her performance, she said she could have done even better but she's been under a lot of stress over the past few days because of the accusations. She also wore a mask during her appearance on the stream to hide her identity, which all by itself is a tremendously sad comment on the state of videogaming.

As for the two pros—ELTA and Strobe, from Dizziness—who said they'd quit if she wasn't cheating, they were apparently true to their word, and have left the team.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: bilgewater; insanity; nonsense; wtf
Hoax?
1 posted on 06/21/2016 4:29:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

People laugh but eSports is a multimillion dollar industry around the world. I watch Starcraft games and live it. It’s like any other sport with their own language, strategy, and personalities. I’ve not watched much of Overwatch but I’m blown away how popular it is.


2 posted on 06/21/2016 4:39:24 PM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: rarestia

Were there any safeguards against trans-dimensionality or temporal distorting?


3 posted on 06/21/2016 4:42:53 PM PDT by Gadsden1st
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To: Gadsden1st

Are those ultimates for the class? Or are you poking fun? I’m okay either way.


4 posted on 06/21/2016 4:51:12 PM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: rarestia

Poking fun.

Thanks for taking it in the spirit intended. My last visit with the grandkids was highlighted with them trying to explain the game they were playing. We had great laughs because when they started throwing out all the names of the characters, etc., I hit them back with those kinds of questions.

For a quick few seconds, they thought “Wow” ...for a quick few seconds...then they were overjoyed to discover I was a complete fraud.

It was our first visit since retiring and they thought it would be a great new hobby for me. When they started listing all the equipment I would need for my wife and I to play, I gave up on the idea cause it looked like I would have to go back to work to afford it.


5 posted on 06/21/2016 5:10:50 PM PDT by Gadsden1st
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To: BenLurkin

Who freakin’ cares?


6 posted on 06/21/2016 5:34:30 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: BenLurkin

She has to wear a mask to hide her identity. That sucks. Because she’s right.

Now I can’t make sense of what I saw because like watching the Transformers movies, it just looks like a bunch of trash being smashed against other piles of trash. Seizure inducing to say the least.

But when I skype with strangers about SHTF / WROL stuff I wear a mask too. And I never use my name. When I do radio and podcasts I never use my name either.

So if this girl needs to have the same worries that I do, that’s sad.


7 posted on 06/21/2016 6:02:11 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: BenLurkin

Hackusation karma.


8 posted on 06/21/2016 6:47:34 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: publius911

You must have been as bad at Pong as I was.


9 posted on 06/21/2016 7:27:04 PM PDT by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll eventually get what you deserve)
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