The Gamers’ Edge: Communication

Communication

Every employer will agree that one of the keys to success in any business atmosphere is communication. For people to work well together, they must be able to efficiently communicate problems, in order to find quicker and better solutions. Communication also allows people in a working environment to have better relationships with one-another, but we’ll address that issue later. Read more

Ignite The Flame: A Split E-Sports Community

As an American Counter-Strike or Counter-Strike: Source player, most of us have seen the split between the community as well as the slowly diminishing competitive play that 1.6 players and teams used to have. Read more

CAL vs CEVO

Almost every competitive gamer knows of both CAL and CEVO. Over the last few years, and great debate has emerged; Which is better, CAL or CEVO? Both are outstanding leagues, that organize seasons for multiple games all year long. My feeling on the situation is; neither league is necessarily better than the other, each of them are targeting a different group of gamers. Read more

5 Things CGS is Doing Wrong

I don’t think anyone will debate CGS is doing something great for the esports community. They’re paying players a regular salary and putting competitive esports on international television. Although they are doing a good job thus far, I think they could do a few things differently and make it even better. Read more

Cheaters, Cheaters, Cheaters!!

Cheaters! We’ve all played with one before. They download hacks, use map exploits, utilize user-interface changes that give them an upper hand, and all for what? What is it that makes people go beyond the basis on which the games are formed? What is it that forces people to give themselves an unfair advantage over the others in the game? To answer this question, we must first understand cheating itself. Read more

Top 5 Gamer Freak Outs

Gamers everywhere know the feeling of getting no scoped with an AWP, stuck with a plasma grenade, or worst of all getting knifed in the back. The occasional gamer might scream a little profanity, abuse their headset or hit their desk. As for some gamers, this feeling goes beyond the boundaries and right over the edge into an endless abyss. Over the years gaming and anger have started to take an effect on gamers. The two mesh together nicely and this creates many problems for people as you will see in the videos below. These videos are old but nonetheless still funny. Read more

5 Reasons Why You Hate Gaming

Almost everyone in the world enjoys playing video games. Whether it’s the casual gamer who only plays solitaire for an hour a week or if it’s a hardcore gamer who can’t exist if they don’t put there 60 hours into World of Warcraft every week, everyone enjoys gaming. However, there are several things about gaming that are just plain annoying. These seem to hold true for almost every game. Here are five of them. You can’t say that these aren’t true. Read more

5 Tips on Getting Your Parents Off Your Back

Its CAL-O finals, your mom tells you take the garbage out or she is going unplug your computer. Of course you explain to her how important your match is and that you cannot leave your computer. On a normal basis, your attempts lead to failure. Here are five tips to get your parents off your back. Read more

The Media Attacks Gaming Violence.

The media has been on the video game industry’s back since the advent of violence in video games. Fast forward to the present day, and the fact that major broadcasting companies continually dare to scorn the use of violence and sex in video games is ironic, and has become progressively more so with the release of shows like Stacked(starring Pamela Anderson), and Bones(a violent forensics drama) airing on Fox Network. Read more

E-Sports Vs. Sports: The Ultimate Showdown

I’m sitting here on my computer deafened by the roars of my family watching the Superbowl in the other room. Anyone makes a ten yard run, the room erupts in an explosion of enthusiasm and testosterone unequaled by any other media outlet. Read more

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