Chronicles of Elyria – Regional Launch Servers & Kingdoms Named, Recruitment Channels Announced

The Chronicles of Elyria site has been updated with a new post that details Regional Kingdom launch servers. Kingdoms within a region have specific goals or certain tribes that will be prominently featured. As a result, recruitment for regional kingdoms is starting now, in a sense. Each Regional server has a number of Kingdoms identified that have recruitment threads on the official forums as well as dedicated Discord channels.

Xian talks to Channel News Asia about the struggles of becoming a professional gamer

Razer|Xian is one of the most recognizable faces in the FGC today. Having won Evo 2013 off the strength of an underappreciated character in Gen, Xian seemed to be on top of the world. According to him, however, that was only another step in his struggles.

In a recent interview with Channel News Asia, Xian talked about his drive to become a top player — which involved walking away from jobs he disdained, to winning the biggest event of the year, only to have just enough money to survive a few months afterward. He also talks of his partnership with Lenn Yang, who helped give him the finances to make it to various events before he found sponsorship in Razer.

Below is an accompanying video, which goes into additional detail.

Source: CSA Insider

MK_REO discusses how terrifying Injustice 2’s “background bounce” mechanic makes Brainiac

It’s a generally accepted fact that Injustice 2‘s Brainiac is a coin-flipping monster once he pins you down in the corner. With access to unreactable combo-starting options from both a 9-frame overhead and a 7-frame low, jockeying for position becomes incredibly important in order to beat the “Collector of Worlds.”

MK_REO, a NRS content creator and Method Gaming -sponsored player, observed that this isn’t enough to build a gameplan off of, when fighting Brainiac. The reason for this is because the “background bounce” mechanic allows him to setup the same unseeable, high-damage mix-up mid-screen on certain stages — which, as REO notes, is half the stage list of the game.

Source: MK_REO