I am waiting to start RE9 until Mindy is both 1. home and 2. has the energy to enjoy it with me—and I’m pretty sure that’s how you say “please stay forever” in gaymer because who TF else would I wait on for this? I’m even more excited because she wants to be part of it.

It feels weird missing Limit Break tomorrow for the second month in a row due to Lightning Dome finals. I normally always choose offline over online, but when I qualified for the Dome finals over months, I have to see it through. Hope everyone has fun at Limit Break.

Probably gonna be playing RE9 really slow so I can include my girlfriend as my backseat driver. No spoilers, please, unless you have advice for getting through the spider boss without spiritually shitting myself.

I’m so pleased to share my first blurbs for my forthcoming sapphic YA sci-fi, BETWEEN SUN AND SHADOW! 🩷💜💙 Thank you, Ashley and Louangie, for your beautiful words, and for making room in your hearts for my quirky cast of characters. 📖 #yascifi #yafantasy #queerbooks

I am once again way too tired to play Doom tonight, BUT! I worked an hour of overtime, I ate 3 meals today and started settling my stomach after last night, I finished a side project, I knocked out some paperwork, I had a great call with my agent, I labbed Sagat... Not a bad day.

Is there a reliable way (other than asking everyone) to check if a gamertag you made up has ever been recognizably used by anyone else? I'm not saying I want to write a book about fighting games, but... I want to write a book about fighting games.

Caught up with a writing friend from like 5 years back. Casually mentioned having put it together that I’m autistic. Apparently EVERYBODY close to me thought I knew. I cannot stop laughing. “Did you not know?” 😭

More news coverage. #FREELUD FULL ARTICLE LINKED BELOW.

They took one of our own. He was there to renew his work VISA. He was doing things “the right way,” and they took him anyway. We will not rest until we get him home. #FREELUD Full article linked below.

FUCK ICE Chun Li sticker up on my 3tzy, 100% of the proceeds go to #FREELUD

Thank you Big Mo for the room invite yesterday even though I was a week out of practice, and Sledge and Double Process for kicking my teeth in with Sagat. I went through the replays over lunch break, figured out the problem sequences, and think I have solutions now.

We have our first formal press coverage! Ludovic went to the immigration office to renew his work permit—instead, he was abducted from his family and friends by ICE. #FREELUD AMPLIFY THIS: aftermath.site/ice-ludovic-...

Still on my homemade breakfast smoothie kick and tried one with dragonfruit for the first time today. The good news? INCREDIBLE. The bad? It looks like I emulsified Peppa Pig.

Does anyone have advice on dealing with common Sagat blockstrings with Marisa, without trying to bust out with an armor move? I feel like I’m constantly going, okay I blocked all the MPs, I can press now, and then somehow I get hit by a low. Frustrating MU.

Ran some unplanned sets in Big Mo’s custom room earlier, and my week off the game and pinwheel mental are really showing. Hoping I can find my footing again and put up a decent performance in Lightning Dome finals on stream Saturday.

Weird night. Got to do my most beginner coaching yet, introducing core mechanics, what buttons do, that sort of thing, which went really well… until my stomach rebelled and I got sick right after ending the session… uploaded the VOD, then registered for CB. You know what? Sure.

Important updates: - Actual media coverage is in progress. - Please focus on #FREELUD and do not become distracted by agitators. - Outside people are fishing for info on *an active legal case*—do not provide it, block, and move on.

It has been 24 hours, and the publicist thing has been topped. I just got an email asking my opinion on which ✨ voice actors ✨ narrate my alternating POVs in the audiobook. THE AUDIOBOOK.

I wanted to play more Doom Eternal tonight, but I spent a lot of the night in my own head, then needed to prep the Rashid stuff for Metafy, so. I am too tired now. I can play after work tomorrow, but I need sleep.

#FREELUD UPDATES: - Lud finally spoke with his lawyer - Lawyer presents the asylum case to a judge tomorrow - Press coverage in progress; stay tuned - Raised $$$ are enough for current/potential future legal fees, and to help Lud recover once he is freed; GoFundMe remaining open

Going through Rashid’s in-game guides to shore up my memory for a coaching session with a total beginner tomorrow, and… I have never seen anyone use OD eagle spike? Ever?

The head of Paragon texted me today with “I thought your new profile pic was wearing a MAGA hat and I was so confused” LMFAOOOOOO Marisa’s hair strikes again

*rubs hands* It's time for a DEVOlution fighting game tournament. Going back to the real basics. The primal instincts. The OG fighting game of Rock, Itchy Leaf, Big Stick.

I have a room in the event hotel still seeking one more person! Female or non-binary, AGAB irrelevant, we are three people so far and I am the only one who is cis. Would be $180 per person if we find one more!!

I posted earlier that Lightning Dome finals are Friday… they’re Saturday… but I will still hopefully see everyone then! And maybe we’ll even have finally disassembled the XMas tree lmao.

I had my first meeting with my assigned ✨ publicist ✨ today, and that’s going right on the list of most surreal moments I’ve experienced, for sure. BOOK SOON!!! 📖🩷💜💙

Wading back into my usual book promo today. BETWEEN SUN AND SHADOW is less than 3 months away from being a real hardcover than you can find on real shelves. 🩷💜💙 #yafantasy #yascifi #queerbooks

No TNS for me tomorrow because I’m teaching a coaching session on Metafy! Lightning Dome finals are on Friday. I will hopefully stream that.

Why is Red Bull Kumite the only major event (that I’m aware of) for SF6 that changes countries every year? Is it because it’s an invitational? I think it would be cool if we had a recurring major event that was hosted by different countries every year like the Olympics.

Multiple things can be true. I want FGC events around the world. I think calling them all “EVO” dilutes the specialness for everyone. I also don’t want any events used for government sportswashing. I will also go scorched earth if the US gov ever tries to sponsor a FG event.

I have a room at the Combo Breaker hotel with myself and 1 other. If we can find 2 more occupants, price per person for the weekend drops to $180. Specifically looking for other women and/or non-binary folks, AGAB irrelevant (I usually end up as the only cis person lol.)

I heard a rumor of spider content in RE9. I am trying to avoid detailed spoilers, but I am highly arachnophobic and kinda need to know what this aspect entails, if anyone can fill me in.

Booked my flights to Combo Breaker. ❤️ Confident I can stream enough before then to raise the remainder for projected costs. Now I just need to get myself registered. SEE Y’ALL IN CHICAGO!!!

New day, boost

Somebody booked a Metafy session for the first time in several months 🥹 I needed that pick-me-up, plus that goes straight towards Combo Breaker… looking forward to Wednesday!

Breaking news: Your birthday is now EVERY MONTH. Better yet, we’ll have more goodie bags than ever thanks to a generous buyout (er, donation) from Darth Sidious and the Galactic Empire! Doesn’t that sound even more fun? …This is what the EVO announcement sounds like to me.

Chun Li has raised $390 for #freelud after 24 hours 💪

Mindy got a snow day from her job. She is outside, shoveling, in her yellow hoodie and overalls, and y’all… the woman I love… fully looks like a Minion. A very practically and emotionally supportive Minion, but a Minion nonetheless.

GUESS WHO got the day off for the March 17th balance patch (and a friend’s book club that same day)? ME YES IT’S ME BE VERY JEALOUS (I do not make a living wage, but the PTO is pretty good lmao)

#FREELUD UPDATES: - He spoke to some loved ones. - Discord created! Message David Hazlewood for a join link: gofund.me/d4f06783d - If you have media connections, also message David. - Lawyers presenting in court early next week to formally reopen his old case and secure bond.

It might be a minute before I do another stream. I am not doing well emotionally. And I don’t want to embarrass myself on camera. I may just purchase my plane tickets to CB and circle back to raising the last $300 in a few weeks. Be excellent to each other.

FGC, I love you so fucking much.

So how long before we get a Street Fighter ice skating performance in the Olympics because that Mortal Kombat skate was SO COOL

Watching high-level guides for Doom Eternal and convinced that this quick-switching weapon combos on console shit is harder than motion inputs. GodDAMN. I will continue happily bumbling through UltraViolence difficulty.

It's very funny and awesome that this happened right at the apex of Twitter very pointedly trying to make the point that Mortal Kombat had no cultural impact or legacy compared to other fighting games lmfao.

Genuinely don’t have words for the disgust I feel at the mental image of ICE chaining human beings together for the duration of a WORK SHIFT and flying them all over the goddamn country just to make them lose hope. With our tax dollars. This is what they’re doing with our taxes.

#FREELUD UPDATE: - Lud and others were *chained for 7 hrs* before being flown to Georgia, the 2nd move in 2 days in defiance of his lawyers’ habeas corpus & a court order. - The GoFundMe organizers are moving to contact media to boost the story and help #FREELUD. KEEP POSTING.

I don’t really want to touch SF6 ranked again until the balance patch. Besides TNS and Lightning Dome finals… Would people join/watch if I streamed a custom lobby at some point? Alternatively, I am playing a fresh Doom Eternal save and could stream something new, too.

Looking at the forecast, I’m really sad but don’t think a 4-hour round trip to north Jersey for @irongridfgc.bsky.social is a safe decision for me. They’re say up to a foot and a half of snow, and 45mph winds. And I’d be driving home in the dark with the storm ongoing. Bummed tf OUT.