Keeping a beneficial training mindset: The Philocypher talks to RobTV

Is your own mindset hindering your progress?

In the latest episode of FGC Philosophy, The Philocypher chats with YouTuber and Street Fighter V competitor RobTV about the “limiting mindset”: how players may place conscious — or subconscious — limitations on their own game by believing that they can’t improve.

They discuss “tilting” — and the importance of avoiding it — as well as how technique that is difficult to the beginner becomes second nature to the expert, freeing up mental resources; what seems impossible now can become automatic with practice. If you pay attention to your weak areas and work to strengthen your game there, you can always do better!

Check out the full discussion below.

Source: The Philocypher

Yahoo! Esports website shutting down due to AOL merger

There’s one power gaming websites are still vulnerable to: corporate direction and sponsorship. In a surprising letter published today, Yahoo! Esports — who covered not only fighting games, but also other big esports titles like League of Legends and Counter Strike: GO — announced its closure.

“Unfortunately, Yahoo Esports will no longer be updated after this Friday (June 16th),” writes Travis Gafford, Head of Esports Media at the site. “As Yahoo Sports becomes part of Oath, they are focusing on aligning with the new company strategy and are focused on growing the Yahoo Sports brand.”

An offshoot of many Yahoo! websites, the esport-dedicated site launched on March 2nd, 2016. SRK frequently linked back to their fighting game coverage, particularly Conversations and Fireballs segments, such as those with Fable|Kizzie Kay and CYG BST’s PR Balrog.

Verizon recently acquired Yahoo! for a $4.48 billion price tag. The company, alongside Huffington Post media sites, will be merged with AOL under a new company called Oath. According to Gafford, the “company strategy” leaves out the esports site in order to focus more on other assets.

Our team at Shoryuken would like to offer our gratitude to the staff at Yahoo! Esports, for their hard work in bringing more exposure to fighting games and esports at large. We wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors.

Sources: Yahoo! Esports; Heavy

Dark and Light – New Video Spotlights Nvidia’s Ansel Technology

During E3, Snail Games partnered with Nvidia to create a brand new Dark & Light video created using Ansel technology. With Ansel, players can literally take a screen, freeze time in game and apply filters, enhance the image and save it in a huge number of ways including panorama, wallpaper and “massive gigapixel” size.