"Holy fuck, no way Belgium's a real place. I don't believe that. Thanks for tuning all the way from Belgium, appreciate you, man."
"Faker being the greatest player who will ever play this game."
"At its core, Overwatch 2 is a competitive game, so it's important that for the core systems and competitive system to be as intuitive and accessible as possible."
"Twilight Struggle has the distinction of having occupied the number one spot on BoardGameGeek.com for many, many years."
"I'm so happy I finally have a team I could trust this event."
"Mega Adino EX, which was used by Japanese player Shintaro Ito to win the 2016 World Championship, pretty much everyone considered that card to be completely useless, and it clearly wasn't designed to be that good, but a creative player found a way to use it in an unexpected way."
"Instead, Zygarde fell to UU, where it was much more successful, its stat spread dwarfing its new colleagues."
"Overall, Zygarde may have been deprived of its own Pokémon game, but at least it's been incredibly successful in the competitive scene."
"Perfecting that style of playing things safe and making sure that they take the correct fights at the right time."
"Valorant, along with several new agents, cemented itself as an absolute juggernaut in the competitive shooter industry."
"Ash Greninja shaped the entire tier, and one had to go out of their way to be incredibly safe against it defensively, or they would just get crushed."
"Clan Elysium secures their third consecutive world's first win, making them the only team to ever do this."
"I had 15 competitive Brawl Stars players vote on the best star power for every brawler."
"Barley has two really amazing star powers to choose from, and you can't go wrong with either one."
"Injection star power is so much better and helps Byron a lot in team fights."
"The amount of healing that M's can do with Hype is just crazy useful."
"100% of the pros voted for Serve Ice Cold as the better star power for Surge."
"I was honestly surprised to see more pros actually voted for Well Oiled as the better option for Tick."
"Imagine dropping 42 frags and not winning the game. Has to be heartbreaking for Cam."
"It's a kill that pretty much decided the outcome of this match."
"Moment 37 is everything that esports should be and to this day continues to embody the spirit of competitive gaming."
"When PvP comes around, having high IVs definitely will be worth the effort."
"Competitive Pokémon is entirely double battles, and Gyarados's Intimidate ability lowers the attack of both opposing Pokémon every single time Gyarados hits the field."
"Arguably the best restricted Pokémon of all time, Kyogre has won not one but two World Championships."
"Their preparation is one of the best that we'll ever see in the Overwatch League."
"New York, going for the attempt again, shows resilience."
"The Dragons are flawless; the coalescence comes out, New York Excelsior falling one by one."
"The morale for New York was just decimated after falling down in the series."
"Ding played the better Echo overall throughout the longer series and stuck with it the entire time."
"We've entered real fighting game lobbies. We've entered the end state of fighting games where only one person has fun, and everybody else is just lying to themselves."
"This is a team with pedigree and so much talent on the roster."
"This is exactly the high-level Overwatch match we were hoping it would be, and I'm getting chills, man, because this is reaching epic levels of Temple of Anubis."
"I'm the greatest 1v1 player of all time, especially on this map."
"If both teams play really well, it should be favored in it, but Jake does some 200 IQ movement here."
"In its current form, the deck was certainly competitive and it certainly felt really good untapping with Waste Not and just going absolutely insane."
"I think that the race to world first and Blizzard's fixation on creating competitive content has ruined the game."
"I think mental strength is actually quite an important part and aspect of League of Legends."
"It's only the global pandemic that's prevented him from making more LAN grand finals in a row for RLCS."
"That's stunning. What a huge win for Team Liquid."
"He knows ZywOo's outside, who just popped a flash, and Dupreeh has popped the face of Apex."
"Pac-Man quickly bred a competitive scene with competitions popping up all over America."
"Hans Neeman won his first ever Title Tuesday tournament, then trash-talked Magnus and challenged Hikaru to a $10,000 Blitz match."
"The most difficult position to win is the one where you're winning."
"Here he comes once again. The first face is AdreN. He's going to hit the ground there's cold...oh wow! It's a jumping double from Cold!"
"1080p still remains a super popular resolution for budget monitor buyers and at the higher end, 1080p also offers a great experience for competitive gamers thanks to the high refresh rates that are possible."
"Competitive gaming is just as demanding as physical sport."
"Competitive gaming, when you want to attach your name to a world record, when you want your name written into history, you have to pay the price."
"Leon wasn't even worried... very humble in victory."
"Tier lists are only supposed to represent each character's strength in the hands of the absolute best of the best."
"If you think you're the next Westdoor, pick your Fizz blind into Faker."
"NA is more centered around the strategical aspect of the game."
"We are committed to keeping the PvP of Overwatch as competitive as possible."
"This is my journey to reclaim the title I won those years ago, a journey full of heartache, discovery, highs, lows."
"You're going to begin some of the best players to ever touch Call of Duty. You push them all the way to the very end."
"Play to win, don't be that guy... Take pride in your hobbies, dammit."
"This is a new Dallas Fuel that we're seeing, and it is very exciting."
"Adaptation... that's definitely the name of the game."
"No one can touch me in this game, I am the best Tekken player going."
"If you have a game that is a competitive game and you can get an advantage by spending money or by playing the game longer that is a problem, it's just that simple."
"Glory is at the doorstep of a world championship crown... He's climbed with effectively on ladder, a deck that he's done well with in grand masters for the Asia pacific region."
"The more we talk about polarization in this way, the more polarized we seem to become."
"You almost feel the shift in this game as that round the swing the two-time champion karma kills the two-time champion j-cap."
"That was huge, you saw Vivid he dropped down ice and had that one-on-one play with that guy that usually plays that ASD."
"Atlanta FaZe, without question one of the most dominant Call of Duty teams we have seen for a long time." - Commentary
"We're going to express, we're going to a game five."
"You cannot rely on one guy to be a team like after gaming it's just way too difficult they're too good from top to bottom."
"When we make new killers like this, we tend to try to fill in gaps or bring in something that's different or shake the meta."
"This one like last week between Mike and I this is this is for a lot of marbles if you lose this game Andy sayonara you're out see you later."
"Traffic's won last season's FNCS on EU. He won the most recent trio cash cup as well as the cash cup extra, and he consistently places in solos. What more can you want from a guy?"
"Wolfies has been the best EU controller player for a while. That is where he just won a solo cash cup, plays top two in a cash cup extra, and he almost auto qualified for grands. I'm glad to see you back on top, Wolfies."
"Charizard y quickly established itself as one of the top three megas in the game."
"Reubenstock is getting his legend video for a reason right so most of my focus here is going to be on Reubenstock and I'm going to talk about exactly why this strategy can work"
"If you are looking to grind rank this season, Watson is going to be a great pick."
"Landorus is an OU icon and VGC icon of course."
"A good seer will mean the difference between easy squad vipes... making aggressive plays."
"I'm saying 'there we go' a lot. I tend to do that in ranked, I don't know why."
"For our most competitive players, I think they're going to have a real good challenge on their hands. I think it'll be a lot of fun."
"She actually has one of the best neutrals in the entire game."
"Here we go on to turn 7. The AZ knots have been eradicated. It's the first tabling we have seen since a tradition have started on the channel."
"Neither of our decks look even remotely playable, but historically they have become household names among Goat Format players."
"Empty jar is a deck that has shown up while library FTK. I don't know if it's so good that people just don't want to play because it's so boring or if it just actually loses to things that empty jar doesn't."
"This is how Halo rose to the top of the esports world."
"The Tao took advantage of these targets and managed to sneak a cheeky win." - Tom
"It's always written, so is Chovy. Gen.G destroys Damwon and another series goes the full distance."
"A well-planned strategy and key press combos can make the difference between winning and losing battles."
"Riley's NATO's win you games, bro. I swear, Riley's NATO's win you games."
"Revitalize the OverWatch 2 experience with major changes to gameplay and competitive play. Are you ready for the revolution?"
"Legit is back in beast mode. His DMR is on fire and he really looks like the legit we saw back with straighter if it had so much success back in 2008."
"Instinct making it look easy, two caps in five minutes. Just an absolutely impressive play from this instinct squad."
"Roy witnessed shots on fire, no one's gonna stop them."
"He is one of the best support Slayers in the game."
"This run was called one of the greatest speed runs ever performed."
"DK's run sat on top of the leaderboard for years."
"One hit means you're dead. But there's a select group of gamers who can do even better."
"Gets old from 3b2 but because of the experience experience discrepancy they were unable to find the plate as Perks and Caps trading in mid."
"Ultimately, the only way you can increase your rating is to win more matches than you lose."
"I think it's time to unlock stacking, to be honest. I know that people have said for the longest time they're like, 'Oh, stacking really removes like you know how the quality of matches are, but like also though...'"
"We played him like a fiddle, I love to see it, love to see it."
"Fnatic closed out the game 33 minutes in, despite being behind in gold."
"They found the kills, they found the objectives, and they found the win."
"It's just these moments that Optic was thrown away weeks ago that they've completely fixed today. The teamwork is there, they're clicking, and they're on fire."
"New York Subliners have wrestled control back from FaZe."
"You understand the risk you take when queuing up in Pokemon Unite."
"Midship is one of the best 4v4 arena maps ever made."
"We saw such a diversity of team comps, we saw such a diversity of players and you know I only expect this to be even more diverse coming into Splatoon 3."
"We're starting to take it back actually I've got my Crosshair back now which is nice to take out some of these guys good goods we're actually turning the tides of the battle here good job everybody."
"He's got it guys! Yuda 14 coming in here and getting the perfect war after a killer queen charge."
"You can't stop him, you can't stop him. You don't give him the heal transfer, you take out his whole army before he even starts to attack, and he still triples anyways. What is happening?"
"Trust the process of what you're going through right now because all is good in the future."
"Tai with the one star defense and the three star attack beautifully done from him."
"His achievements in the game would peak on september 3rd 2013 when he beat white heiress's seemingly unbeatable 16 star record with his own time of 15 minutes and 22 seconds."
"Michael Deep in you showing his class and pulling in the three star for log masters just to put one on the board for them."
"The game has a huge skill cap and a very competitive esports scene."
"He solidified their spawn, he just got taken out there by Liar, but he really opened the door for them to get that first capture and that's so big."
"It doesn't matter how old you are, you can be 14, you can be 12, you can be 67 and you can compete at these tournaments and then it is so awesome."
"I'm taking a sledgehammer to my monitor if we lose."
"Hippowdon's high physical bulk made it one of the few Pokemon who could take Kangaskhan's hits easily."
"Massive round from simple gets the all power"
"Unbelievable, from the LAN cafes and local tournaments, now side by side, Hoopsy joins their ranks and they make the strongest start of the year, taken as a unit, champions of 2023 Intel Extreme Masters, baby, it's G2 for the win!"
"Nico's got another, I don't know if you realize, Zippix is here, he's looking for one more, Zipp waiting for it, and he's got the headshot underneath."
"One's crossed over, oh and Alexey's got that coming through the smoke, he knows there's one trapped outside B, Astralis is going to lose everything, this round was never even close to being in contention for them."
"Develop good habits early on, like learning how to get over your mistakes quickly and get back into the flow of the match."
"G2 will continue their streak on nuke and they take themselves a 2-0 victory."
"That potency up made all the difference in the world."
"Absolutely no way to win this round, nice move from Misuta."
"What a disgusting shutdown, what a way to win this series."
"I'm on a mission to become the best Rocket League player in the world."
"Ferrothorn achieved immense success in Ubers once again, holding it together against monstrous new threats."
"Nothing beats the thrill of kicking your family's ass by having an empire that spans the board of houses and hotels."
"Korea proved their strategy was best by winning League's World Championship back to back to back to back."
"If we hit a Sleep Powder here, I think this game is just big over."
"I've always been very vocal and adamant that I believe that champions should get buffed instead of nerfed."
"The Korean age of dominance and international League of Legends."
"Regardless of what you're doing going forward, you'll almost always put a button behind it because it's both the fastest way to travel, the furthest way to travel, and forces your opponent to either block or contest."
"Oh, the shepherd's staff takes down the goat and he takes simple out of the round to give it to G2, unbelievable to find all three. How fast is this guy?"
"What a win, what a statement from G2 to start out this series, 13 to 2 at half, they lost both pistol rounds. What a dominant performance, everyone chiming in."
"Killer Instinct absolutely nailed accessibility without alienating high-level play."
"You don't have to worry about your character being completely unviable. They're all good."
"Final Shine Attack: Reliable, powerful, and always a top contender."
"Align the reward system... make the DZ the battleground it's supposed to be."
"Power Rangers Battle for the Grid: Better than you realize."
"Number one rule for not losing this game is you're not allowed to die. If you die and give your Bounty, you lose your Tempo. I swear to God you will lose 100% of the time."
"People think League sometimes like they're like, 'oh it's a skill game it's how you huge ultimate.' We find eil dude League is so much more of a mental game than you guys realize unironically."
"An amazing series and an amazing final hardpoint!"
"Oh, also last arena he strung together 23 wins in a row. Are we gonna see a repeat of that? That would be something."
"Competitive gaming, like school, doesn't really matter. Making the test easier just because you failed doesn't make you smarter or more knowledgeable on that subject. Only studying and learning will."
"Leftovers - the definitive competitive item, it gives even Pokemon that don’t have recovery moves a way to stay healthy throughout a game."
"Tri-gate wizard see so much competitive play despite the fact that it's actually kind of hard to get its negate because if you can activate its negate then you have a really good setup that your opponent is gonna have a hard time getting over."
"What's fun for me for the long term is a game it's competitive a game that has its high skill ceiling a game that I can grind and feel like I get rewarded for getting better at."
"If they can do a good ranked playlist that favours high-level competitive play that is balanced this game has the potential of actually keeping my attention and I'll come back to multiplayer and I'll grind that ranked playlist."
"Introducing your teams now from Europe the team that surprised us all making the way through the Challenger Cup... give it up for Titan!"
"This is very big for solo queue and competitive. Can't be understated."
"Always strive to improve in this game. Make sure you know what you can do better, whether it be defending, whether it be attacking."
"These changes are the beginning of our new competitive experience in Overwatch and we'll continue to watch for ways to deliver fair and exciting matches in our core game mode."
"Top 500 leaderboards unlock two weeks into the start of each new season and cross-platform players can view the separate leaderboards by input pool."
"Interesting structure here opposite sides castling bishops' eyes are opened."
"Melee's peak speed is absolutely unparalleled in the series because of the combined speed of its characters and the movement capabilities the game's engine allows."
"The breadth of difficult techniques characters can use to deepen and enhance their play in competitive environments instead make it more suited to tournament play."
"This is exactly what Liquid does, the Yankees of Clash Royale West."
"Pele is insane, probably A+ for all levels of rank."
"Competitive players deserve their own loot pool of weapons, making the game more skill-based and less RNG."
"Trying to skip to the end and just become a professional league when you're clearly not able to based on your game's interest in player base alone was always destined for failure."
"Janice is single-handedly taking this all the way to map three. He wins the opener, he wins the retake as well, and he's done at least two 1v2s already. Is it too much to handle?"
"I'm down for that either way, spectra it's important to build 14 cannons to defeat two chemicals especially cannons that cannot see up."
"This is the highest level play you'll see, completely different from any other competitive mode."
"There's so much to bring to bear to a Battle Royale kind of experience that this was just really fertile for us to put our stamp on it."
"Yu-Gi-Oh has a high bar if you want to get into the game now. Costs for cards are extraordinary, especially if you want to play competitively."
"The most fun heroes in Overwatch are the ones that piss the [ __ ] off of everyone on the other team."
"It's super good to be back super excited for the LCS I wanted to give really quick call us to the other leagues because there's the two teams I'm gonna be watching"
"For ages, Fox stood mightily as Jigglypuff's only hard counter."
"We got all 50 states, Finland, France, Canada, it's cool to see everybody get behind this."
"Level 11, level 16 when you get those huge range spikes on the Kog'maw there's nothing really that a Zoe can do to try and match it in the fights."
"Pain Gaming threw everything at the wall and came tantalizingly close to taking down the Mad Lions."
"Defending world champion indeed, Invictus Gaming."
"BBG again, I can't commend them enough on their game planning and their execution of that strat book."
"Reverse 2k is the goat... reverse 2k has been disrespected for the longest time..."
"Imperial City boasts hundreds of players fighting in one giant map where the game's alliances compete for dominance."
"It wouldn't be the Fusion if we didn't see a game five."
"One tick is all they need, and they will have this."
"That's a dirty old in the end cloud nine eliminating space station gaming and moving on into the playoffs tomorrow."
"Fnatic is a potential powerhouse that has just as much right to get out of this group as SKT and RNG."
"If they're able to play proper lurks, find opening picks, and play progressives..."
"This iteration of g2 is unreal it is almost supernaturally good."
"Let's go! Victory, baby! I can't believe we won! Let's go! W GG!"
"Sentinels is keeping a fast-paced game to not let loud breathe right now."
"TL's individual performers looked great... constantly winning their lane matchups... hard stomping opponents."
"Darkov Tarkov is at its best when you're in an active fight with multiple different players."
"Wow, that is not who you want... to be going to if you're EG."
"perennially the player who's been at the tip-top of it of the ladder has been the Viper this is a guy who's known for his really aggressive tactics relentlessly attacking he's a beautiful beautiful defender as well"
"This is really exciting for NA, but equally, I still think Astralis are hot favorites for the major."
"These guys are playing for a quarter million dollars, for a game of Madden. A million dollars at stake tonight." - Madden Bowl announcer
"How do you respond? Right? That's the key. How do you respond?" - Madden Bowl commentator
"He just made so many defensive plays to even get to this point."
"Leap into Leaf Chase, a mix of capture the flag and Spleef, for some competitive chaos."
"Inkling has the best - in the entire game, has one of the best aerials in the entire game."
"The Daigo parry and inspired an entire generation of players."
"Optic, they managed to seal the deal against Atlanta Faze, absolutely insane stuff."
"Every single player on this team was on point... that's the respawn we expected out of New York."
"He did it man, Mac as well... every single player on this team was on point."
"I think Isabel deserves to win. She's played a good game."