Month: August 2016

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Rift: Producer’s Letter Details Starfall Prophecy

Late last week, a brand new Rift producer’s letter was posted to reveal more details about the upcoming expansion, Starfall Prophecy. It begins with a discussion of the lore background and the fact that players will be able to journey to level 70 and then goes on with further details of the expansion.

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Vanguard Episode 2: Street Fighter V Replays, Results and Interview with EVB|Chris T. and ROM

Vanguard, the second qualifying stop for Red Bull Proving Grounds: Street Fighter V, took place at California’s Orange County Esports Arena on the last weekend of July; it featured top SoCal talent EVB|Chris Tatarian, DS|Stupendous, Brenttiscool, Romance, and many others. Notable players who traveled to compete were ROM, Circa|LPN and PH|Jame from NorCal, and Velociraptor and Driftwood from Arizona.

Even though the second Vanguard monthly had less entrants than the first event, the competition was fiercer than ever with some of the returning Street Fighter veterans ROM and Romfinite, as well as new blood like TatsuShoryu–with his tricky Dhalsim–and Daily Tayne’s unorthodox Birdie, sending to losers (or outright eliminating) some of the currently established players such as Filipinoman, LPN and even Tatarian. You can check out some of these upsets in the videos below.

After the tournament ended, James Chen and Jeremy “Vicious” Lopez interviewed Tatarian and ROM about their grand finals set, their thoughts on where their main characters reside on the tier list so far, and the comparative player skill level between NorCal and SoCal.

Vanguard 2 Street Fighter V Top 16 Results

1st: EVB|Chris Tatarian (Ken)
2nd: ROM (Vega)
3rd: Charlie (Necalli)
4th: Daily Tayne (Birdie)
5th: Brenttiscool (Ken)
5th: DS|Stupendous (Zangief)
7th: Romance (Karin)
7th: Circa|LPN (Alex, Birdie)

9th: Ohf****nuts (Ken)
9th: Romfinite (Ken)
9th: Futile (Laura)
9th: HellFyre (Ken)
13th: TatsuShoryu (Dhalsim)
13th: Driftwood (Karin)
13th: Filipinoman (Chun-Li)
13th: BushinStyle (Rashid)

Sources: Levelupseries; smash.gg; Red Bull

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Pokemon Go: 20-Year-Old Baseball Star Killed While Playing

A young baseball star playing Pokemon Go in a very public place at a reasonable hour of night was shot and killed in what appears to be a random act of violence at a Pokestop on San Francisco’s Aquatic Park near the city’s largest tourist location. 20-year-old Calvin Riley, a budding collegiate baseball star, was shot in the chest and died, despite the efforts of first responders.