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Gene Chorba

2 years

Startup founders in gaming and entertainment tech have very little in the way of a safety net or support system compared to traditional tech. If you are a founder and need help or just someone to talk to, feel free to reach out.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

Have you ever wanted to see the @LeagueOfLegends scoreboard while watching streams on Twitch? Starting February 20th you can.

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@gchorba

4 years

Please stop telling students a college major defines your career. Nobody cares what your degree was in once you've started working.

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@gchorba

4 years

Riot GameSSSS

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Hey streamers, the @PlayVALORANT has heard you. Drops are now available to streamers of all sizes. You can enable them in your Twitch console. -Click Drops -Create a Drops Campaign. -Click Enable Campaign Viewers now get notifications that Drops are available.

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Who is going to be the first person to complete the Riot Games Grand Slam. Challenger in @TFT Master in @PlayRuneterra Radiant in @PlayVALORANT Challenger in @LeagueOfLegends All at the same time

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

So the Disney build your own lightsaber system uses RFID codes to tell the lightsaber what color to display. Which means if you have an RFID read/writer you can swap through all the colors without buying each crystal.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

With the holidays coming up I have some RP to giveaway. Tell me your best League of Legends joke. I'll pick the 10 best and give each 1k RP.

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@gchorba

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Today is @LeagueOfLegends 10 year anniversary! In honor of today tell me your favorite 3rd party tools you use while playing and why and I'll send you some RP. #League10

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@gchorba

3 years

A co-worker just asked me to give them the "Lore" on why a decision was made. They had forgotten the word "Context" I will now be describing all documentation as lore from now on.

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@gchorba

3 years

I just heard multiple small studio heads say "I wouldn't hire someone who treats their work at a studio as a 9-5" on clubhouse 🤢

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@gchorba

2 years

I hope this Atlanta @lolesports event puts “The South doesn’t care about esports” narrative to bed for good. This is an underserved region that doesn’t get the respect it deserved.

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@gchorba

4 years

Hi folks, DMing me on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Reddit will not get you access to @PlayVALORANT . Please stop.

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@gchorba

4 years

A student I mentor just had their advisor tell them that they would never have the career they wanted with their major. They want my job.. I don't have that major either. 🤔

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

The @LeagueOfLegends Twitch extension is now live. You can use it to see the scoreboard and more about a streamers current game.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

2 years

Today is my last day at @riotgames . It's been a wild ride building and scaling the developer program with Riot going from 1 game to many. I'm very thankful for the opportunities & the support I’ve gotten from Rioters, Developers and Partners.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

The @PlayVALORANT API is ready to launch. We will be providing access to a very limited amount of products at this time. So when you apply for access please be as clear as possible about what your use case is and how you will use data.

VALORANT API Launch and Policies

We’re launching our first set of API’s for VALORANT today, and we have some details to cover with you.

www.riotgames.com

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@gchorba

4 years

So when are we adding this as a soundtrack in game for @TFT

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@gchorba

4 years

With this patch vertical slices make vertical marks! Best change ever.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

2 years

Mariah is inevitable.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

We have enabled submissions for @PlayVALORANT products on . If you are interested in developing for VALORANT, please submit your ideas/products and I'll get back to you.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

Now we are on glorifying crunch and celebrating people who are doing 100+ hours of work

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

So are @Cloud9 , @invgaming , @T1 , and @FPX_Esports group E?

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

What is the most ridiculous example of gatekeeping you have seen in gaming?

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

Today is my 3 year anniversary at @riotgames 🎉 My goals joining were to grow the ecosystem around Riot, help more developers, and launch games. ✅ 100s of companies making money around Riot ✅ Tens of thousands of active developers ✅ VAL, TFT, LoR Just getting started

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

Here are some fun 3d versions of @LeagueOfLegends art that came out of an experiment I'm doing.

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@gchorba

4 years

Poros, music, fabulous visuals and more. I want this as a soundtrack while playing @PlayRuneterra

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@gchorba

3 years

Apparently, I am not as passionate as other developers.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

I think I can do Gold in all of them

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

@Slasher one IP/Licensing lawyer away from a bad day

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

Honestly my favorite thing about the LCS this split is @syanne77 on twitter supporting @Pobelter and trolling everyone else.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

Y'all got me 😭. All the messages from Rioters, players, developers and industry folks about voting for me are amazing.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

More details here:

Welcome to League Week on Twitch: Watch, Compete, and Improve Your Game

If you love League of Legends like we do, there’s no such thing as too much League. That’s why all week long, we’re tripling down on new stuff to do in Summoner’s Rift. Together with Riot Games,...

blog.twitch.tv

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

There are even some unreleased colors you can swap to. Unreleased Lightsaber Blade Color Codes: 3074 Orange 3077 Teal

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

Good employees quit shitty bosses

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

Me trying to get my single friends dates

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

We don't stop 😤

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

Mark Zuckerberg has shutdown Facebook, Whatsapp, and Instagram until he gets a win in League of Legends.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

An amazing moment for the @wildrift team and Riot. So many teams and people worked on making this a reality. Just launched in China and it's already number 1.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

2 years

So this is what I’ve been doing for the last 3 months. I’m the Head of Developer Relations at @Roku .

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

The Worlds song is a BANGER! esports fight anime has me ready for NA winning #Worlds2021 ! 🇺🇸🇨🇦

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

Unfortunately due to Covid-19 @CaseyTreb and I are postponing our wedding. We don't want our wedding to possibly hurt anyone.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

It's the last day of No Nuance November, what's your hottest take about the gaming industry with no explanation?

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

It looks like @awscloud has launched Twitch as a Service with their new IVS product. Now anyone can build their own streaming site and not have to build out their own infrastructure. Brilliant move to sell Twitch tech and make $$$ off of it.

Interactive Video Software - Amazon Interactive Video Service - AWS

Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) is a managed live streaming solution that makes low-latency or real-time video available to viewers around the world, allowing you to create engaging...

aws.amazon.com

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

Challenge coins to celebrate launches of @TFT @PlayRuneterra @PlayVALORANT along with my @LeagueOfLegends one.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

Today is Global Privacy Day and all the food at @riotgames is privacy themed. Right to Beef Forgotten Data Breach Salad Anonymous Slice Burger of Consumer Protection Two-Taco Authentication Opt-in Opt-Out Sando End-User Vegan Agreement

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

Not every game needs to be an esport

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

All I want for Christmas is a @FallGuysGame API. I wanna build heat maps, leaderboards, tracking, records and more.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

@FionnOnFire If there are features you think are super important like this, please continue to give us feedback

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

Congratulations to @PlayVALORANT for launching. Years ago when I was interviewing at Riot it was the thing that excited me most about the future of the company. It's been a blast working with the team and I can't wait to support them for the next 10+ years

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

Just got back from my vacation 😱

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

My belief system is that everyone is is good and to see the best in people. My beliefs are falling apart today.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

If you are interested in developing tools around Riot Games like this, come join

Discord - A New Way to Chat with Friends & Communities

Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text. Chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.

discord.com

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

Biggest Red Flags 🚩 when someone pitches a gaming business. - Misspelling common terms (esports). This is the quickest way for me to zone out - Not talking about your gaming background. Tell me why you care about games. WoW guild leader, Addicted to LoL, FIFA pro, etc..

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

A toxic individual can ruin your community. Don't be afraid to remove them quickly.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

Today is my 4 year anniversary at @riotgames 🎉 When I joined my goals were to launch new games, grow the ecosystem around Riot, and empower devs to build their dreams. ✅ VAL, TFT, LoR, WR launched ✅ 1000s of companies making money ✅ Massive global developer ecosystem

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@gchorba

3 years

Hindsight is 2020 😆

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

People are sleeping on this part of the NA Amateur system announcement. Compensation payments mean that it could be profitable to just run training teams and orgs. Can't wait to see the various business models from orgs and teams that will evolve in this space.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

Remember these three rules: 1) Always use the right tool for the job. 2) A hammer is always the right tool. 3) Anything can be a hammer.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

@SkinSpotlights To mess with you , 😝

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@gchorba

4 years

The Valorant game between @TSM and @Sentinels was the longest overtime game in @PlayVALORANT professional history

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4 years

I cant believe I made an editing error

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@gchorba

4 years

FPS games are just point and click adventures

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

Get yourself a friend like @MartinWongPhoto who takes better photos than your wedding photographer.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

2 years

Pain 😐

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

1 year

Hey @DestinyTheGame loving friends. I have a bunch of Destiny stuff from when they redecorated the Activision office. Anyone want these? Would have to be LA based as they are heavy.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

So impressed with what @TeamLiquid is doing with Liquid+. This is really well thought through and designed. This is very likely the future of fan engagement in esports.

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@gchorba

3 years

Stream viewership does not correlate to playerbase

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@gchorba

4 years

Don't be afraid to ask for help.

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4 years

Someone needs to finish their game of Jumanji

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1 year

Fun stat of the day TSM and CLG have never been 2-0 at the same time before in the @LCSOfficial

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

I just had someone tell me that because I enjoy mobile games, I can't be a "real" gamer.

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@gchorba

2 years

Games and esports are for everyone. Gatekeeping and exclusionary behavior have no place in this industry.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

You don't have to be good at games to work on games.

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Reply with your most controversial gaming opinion that'll get you in this position.

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@gchorba

4 years

Prototyping is prototyping. Nobody cares if it's in Minecraft, Roblox, or anything else. If you are building something amazing using a limited toolset it shows skill.

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Your Minecraft world doesn't belong in your level designer job application

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4 years

NINE. MILLION. FOR. PERKZ. esports money goes brrr

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@gchorba

4 years

There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen

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@gchorba

3 years

The gaming industry runs on spreadsheets and slide decks. Take those away and nothing is being built.

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@gchorba

3 years

Internships are awesome, unpaid internships are garbage. Pay people for their work.

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I posted an opportunity for an unpaid internship and I’m amazed the comments I get. It’s not even for me. It’s for someone else and I would have jumped at it in college. I had 3 unpaid internships in school, double majored and had a job. SMH

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4 years

I would rather have a team that builds thorough processes for working efficiently and systems to deal with emergent work than a team that works 24/7 Successful, scalable organizations cannot exist in a constant stage of burnout

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

If you are struggling to negotiate a salary, feel free to reach out anytime. My favorite hobby is getting people Paid

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

6 years

Happy 404 day everyone!

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

Companies building around the Riot Games API raised a grand total of $304 MILLION DOLLARS this year from Venture Capital. Absolutely insane 🤯

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@gchorba

3 years

Thank you @100Thieves for a wonderful night. It's awesome to see people I've haven't seen since covid.

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'Twas the night before launch day, when all through the team, Not a distraction in sight, not even a meme,

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4 years

@TSMReginald I know I'm bad but you don't have to call me out like that

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@gchorba

4 years

With the @LeagueOfLegends IP, Heimerdinger has been the developer community mascot. Who should the @PlayVALORANT dev community mascot be?

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

From one game to FIVE games in under 12 months It's Riot Gamesssss

League of Legends: Wild Rift

@wildrift

3 years

Wild Rift is available NOW for download in the Americas! ⚡🥳⚡🎉⚡📱⚡🎊⚡🤩⚡ And props if you found the little secret we hid in the website! 🔎

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@gchorba

4 years

Coding: It's not supposed to work but somehow it does Networking: It's supposed to work but somehow it doesn't Printing: It never works 🤡

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

We are working on a new version of Match History for @LeagueOfLegends and want to give you a heads up that match-v5 is coming. Early snippets of it: match-v5.getMatch match-v5.getTimeline

match-v5.getMatch

match-v5.getMatch. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

gist.github.com

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

The hero trailers from @PlayVALORANT are helping me find new music. From @DojaCat to @Apashe_Music , my playlists are bumping

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

Hi, I'm not an access bot

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

Please be careful listening to gaming/esports "experts" on LinkedIn.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

@arkem Off with their heads!

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

Dear Intern, keep your head up. You created the single greatest marketing campaign HBO has ever had. I look forward to your TED talk someday.

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We mistakenly sent out an empty test email to a portion of our HBO Max mailing list this evening. We apologize for the inconvenience, and as the jokes pile in, yes, it was the intern. No, really. And we’re helping them through it. ❤️

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4 years

Incredible, but I'm terrified to wear them and get them dirty

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

What's your best piece of advice for someone just getting started in the gaming industry?

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

4 years

Are we going to see a @TSM vs @T1 rivalry over every @PlayVALORANT tournament? Incredibly impressed by the work that @TSMReginald and @1JWawa have done building out their respective teams.

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@gchorba

4 years

@endercasts at this point just stay unverified for the content

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@gchorba

3 years

The holy texts describe deployment of the developer portal as a 12 step process.

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Gene Chorba

@gchorba

3 years

Pro players complain about ping in game but are using: - Using flat unshielded ethernet cables - have 100ft of ethernet cable in a pile when you need 5ft. - On wifi

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