⌨ 🖥 🖱 ESPORTS Pathways to Pro 🔝🆙 Becoming a PRO esports player starts with Ranked Play & could move through the CLUB-based model or SCHOOL-based model (less common/structured). The "Esports Pipeline Problem" (Partin, 2019) is the esports ecosystem’s failure to... 1/

What can organisations do to avoid #esports injuries? We talked to Dr. Cait McGee, PT, DPT from 1HP to find out. gosugamers.net/entertainment/…

Announcing the Esports Research Network Conference 2024 in London! Join us Oct 30 - Nov 1 at Staffordshire University for "Where Worlds Collide". Explore the intersections of gaming, esports, tech, and society. Details & submission at esportsresearch.net/ernc24/.#ERN20… #EsportsResearch

Almost 19 hours into this year's #BM100 and no Loop 2 completions yet? I'm starting to wonder if this might be another year that Frozen Head (and Laz, let's be honest) wins...

We published our first paper through SIDO last month on quantifying a player's performance in League of Legends using solo queue. This year, we're looking at validating our methods. Here is a thread of what we've done so far 👇

Time to spend the next 6 minutes obsessively refreshing Keith's page #BM100 #smalleuropeanwoman

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO

Our latest publication about Esports and Olympism (specifically the first edition of the Olympic Virtual Series) in the Journal of Media Business Studies with Florian Lefebvre and Nicolas Chanavat ! Thanks to Brian McCauley, Tobias M. Scholz and Maria Törhönen for leading the special issue!

At SIDO we've explored LoL performance as a combination of player's individual stats, how well they enable their teammates and how much resources/potential they deny from opponents. We wrapped it up in a model, our first step towards holistic esports analytics. 📜 in 🧵:

So excited to be at University of Kentucky today for the Gen.G Esports Campus Takeover! I'll be talking about my career journey alongside some amazing folks. Check out campustakeover.gg if you want to tune in!

You are not frail or fragile. Your spine is meant to bend, extend, twist, AND resist motions. You shouldn’t fear a posture or exercise. Explore movements, positions, and gradually progress as you tolerate. Exercise is good for you - even if it doesn’t directly help your back

For one brief moment, PT twitter has set aside all of our differences. Forget the clamshell debate, forget the arguments about manual therapy, forget the disagreements about Maitland/Mulligan/etc. Right now, we all agree that Huberman is super duper wrong about back pain.

My favorite disc analogy is the bacon-wrapped scallop. 90% more delicious than a cream bun (fight me) and decidedly closer to what a disc is like.

Shout-out to Dr. Kevin Ho 👨‍⚕️🎮 and my other Aussie colleagues, courtesy of whom "easy as" has become a standard part of my vocabulary. Asked to take on a new project? Easy as. I don't need to see a patient because neuro gave them the all-clear? Easy as. Thanks, Aussies.