AISLE SEAT WITH NO ONE NEXT TO ME ON THE TEN HOUR FLIGHT

Middle seat on flight one of a 24 hour travel day

I'm really excited about SQ Gold and restarting the local-scale SQs generally. Beyond that, it's pretty damn cool that there are so many opportunities to play anime games in NC.

Wearing SQ merch in the wild is very funny because sometimes someone will innocently ask "what's SQ?" and I suddenly find myself explaining the entire concept of fighting games and what makes the FGC so special.

Interesting changes for Tōkon that feel very in-line with the general complaints I heard and felt myself from the betas. I do wonder about the wall break changes in particular, but for everything else I am pretty happy with the direction they're going.

I flew 5000+ miles and had a 24+ hour long travel day just to look out over the Adriatic Sea at night and think about anime fighting games.

god I love regionals #MAXMODE2026

Please don't fuck up this evolution line...

My fear is that grassroots events that were rightfully getting tour spots around the world are about to be choked out by Evo becoming the default stops everywhere.

I'm gonna be doing some comms for Uni 2 top 8 at Ibashocon tonight around 7 pm! Excited to get on the mic for the first time in quite a while. twitch.tv/ibashowdown

Get ready for EVO Riyadh, planned and organized via LLM.

Work has been absolutely kicking my ass this week, fortunately a night in with cookout and some Melty has revived me.

Uni on top... God bless.

Played through Control this weekend on a whim. Really dug the first three hours or so, but I was pretty over it through the last third or so. Felt like a world that had really interesting questions and then gave underwhelming answers.

Hey wait a minute

Oh you mean the company funded by PETER THIEL?

I have been saying that there was no chance Tōkon was out in 2026. And now it's out right before CEO 😭

Who wants *another* extraction shooter? And one from Bungie, no less?

I did not have a new version of DoA6 on my bingo card, let alone a new entry. Add rollback to 6 and we're cooking.

Let's see what this state of play has going on.

We're doubling down on the NC Anime FGC. Registration is live for SQ: GOLD 💰 🗓️ Saturday, March 14! 🕹️ Featuring DNFD GBVSR GG+R GGST MBAACC UNI2 & WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! 📍 See you at @xepherarcade.com in Durham. [ Let it ride ] ➡️ start.gg/SQG

Today is a good day to reflect on your community & the shared knowledge that has been curated within it. It is more valuable than a single platform, location, point in time and level of official support. Figure out what you need to do to treat it that way.

I'm really sad to hear about the layoffs at Riot. Extremely disappointing to cut the legs out from under the 2XKO team after a successful first major at Frosty, and I hope everyone lands on their feet.

Just got back a positive Flu-A test, so if you're feeling sick after Frosty you might want to take a test! I feel so stupid, this is the first year I've missed a flu shot since high school (the last time I got the flu) and I am paying for it.

Central Florida New Regional FGC Event The Juicy Jamboree is taking place on March 28-29th at the Tru by Hilton Orlando Convention Center Area Sign up NOW before weekend badges increase on February 17th. start.gg/JuicyJam

2XKO is a funny game, because I really don't know what Riot wants that game to be other than "profitable." It really does feel like there's not a cohesive vision otherwise.

Finally got to watch last week's JJK (I was not about to watch it on my phone while I was at Frosty) and man they're absolutely cooking this season. The single-shot conversation between Yuji and Hakari was such a good visual choice

Kenna is protesting the Weston's 50 pound weight limit on dogs.

An incredibly busy, incredibly rewarding Frosty comes to an end. A weekend of community was exactly what I needed.

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Granblue's treatment at Frosty this year is gonna have to be studied

Doing violent, unspeakable things to a Lou Malnatti's pizza rn

Out of Strive at 97th (even though the bracket is reported incorrectly.) Hoping 2.0 sparks some joy again, because I really do enjoy this game offline.

They call me Mr. Bracket Runner (running KOF pools without any Spanish and extremely limited Japanese is hard)

The early morning hours at Frosty are so funny, because it's a perfect blend of people who woke up early and people who never went to bed.

I love having biometrics on my watch because you can *see* when I'm in bracket sets. And also when I go hide in my hotel room.

My very long stint in the venue is finally over. 9 am to 5:30 pm between working two pools then playing two. 3-2 in uni despite hellish seeding, a pleasant 2-2 in Melty.

On the plane to Chicago! If y'all could just bump the thermostat up a few degrees for me that would be great.

Getting ready for Frosty, and I can say with confidence that this will be my busiest major yet *and* the major where I care about my individual results the least. That deep dish pizza tomorrow night after a travel day is about to hit different.

THAT'S MY GOAT

Last day of work before Frosty. It's so close...

My Frosty schedule is comedically busy on Friday, running two waves of KOF and then immediately going into my Uni and Melty pools back-to-back. The saving grace is that my Strive pool is on Saturday so I can get some casuals and rest in beforehand.

Local-sized SQs are back and SQXL is on the way. Live from my home office, it's the SQ 2026 Schedule Update.

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Heading back to CEO this August! Hopefully travel to and from Orlando will treat me better this time around 😅

It's almost time! #CEO2026 Registration & Hotel Reservation Block launches Tonight at 6 pm EST! Our 2nd year at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando will be even bigger & better! All event applications will also go live at this time. Join discord.gg/ceogaming

Abolish ICE, prosecute and imprison its leaders, impeach and remove the President from office. This is the only sane reaction to a group of armed men kidnapping and gunning down our neighbors in the street.

The only thing keeping me moving today is knowing what the JJK episode is going to be covering.

You son of a bitch, I'm in.

Looking like I will be snowed/iced in this weekend, so I guess there will be some last minute Frosty grind? Might even stream a bit