Course Leader & Lecturer in Esports @UniofSuffolk | Event Coordinator & Online Coverage Lead @TF2Essentials | Games Research and Expertise | Opinions are my own
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Charlie Smith, PhD retweeted
Introducing poLANd.tf 2027! Next February, the best teams from Europe, America and Oceania will descend on Łódź to find out who really is the best!
poland.tf/
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Charlie Smith, PhD retweeted
If you see this and think EWC's fate is any different, you're in for a rude awakening.
Saudi Arabia is realizing these ventures are not profitable, no matter how hard they force it. And when it does collapse, shit is gonna hit the fan real quick for ALL of esports.
Charlie Smith, PhD retweeted
I know games are a business
It's a brutal truth
Because they strain so badly to be something more
I was out in a bar, after fight practice
The Tuesday after layoffs
And someone recognized my shirt
"Oh, have you been playing the new update?" She asked
Excited
(1/3)
Heading to @DreamHack Birmingham this morning! If you are up at the NEC today let me know if you wish to catch up.
Charlie Smith, PhD retweeted
I feel like there’s a lesson in the fact that the two biggest games of this year so far are a cozy Pokémon life sim and a Thomas the tank engine driving game that the industry will inevitably not learn at all.
Charlie Smith, PhD retweeted
Jensen Huang says gamers are ‘completely wrong’ about DLSS 5 backlash
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Charlie Smith, PhD retweeted
Too many words for X, so here's my thoughts on the whole Insomnia74 undeading and redeading...
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Charlie Smith, PhD retweeted
Earlier this summer, the @UniofSuffolk held a launch evening for its BA (Hons) Esports degree course, following an investment of around £1.6m into a building redevelopment. The aim was to recruit 75 students over the 3-year course. In September, just six had signed up to study, plus there's been staff layoffs.
Why were the cohort numbers low, and what reasons are there to be hopeful? I asked course leader @CDSmithGames & students during a visit last month
A new gaming expo coming out of nowhere and renting out an NEC hall was a big red flag. Even still, the images I've seen recently have been beyond what I was expecting. Very disappointing to say the least.
Completely unrelated, but I've heard @EPICLAN 47 is happening in February
To the Moon Expo dubbed as “Dashcon but without the ballpit” on Day 1
✍️ @hannahmariezt
Reviews include:
"A Fyrefest of a vessel of a game expo"
"I've seen graveyards be more alive"
"more barren than the Sahara desert"
Read: esports-news.co.uk/2025/11/1…
Charlie Smith, PhD retweeted
RIP to my old friend Christian "quad" Sørensen. I sadly only just found out that he passed in February. Great human and THE pioneer of cracked tracking aim in TF2.
youtu.be/U553p021pRE
Charlie Smith, PhD retweeted
I'm conducting a research study and looking for participants to take part.
Participation is voluntary, and you may withdraw at any time. All responses will be collected anonymously.
Read the sign up/consent form below:
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> See new "Movement" Shooter
> Look inside
> Slides and Wall Run
Hot Take. Movement should not be "free". Having options on a cooldown, or only active in mid-air, or cost something means you make choices. Skilled movement should not only be about speed, it should also be smart.
Charlie Smith, PhD retweeted
🗣️Call for Proposals
🎮2025 Esports Research Network Conference
⏲️Nov. 12–14
🛜72hr Continuous Online Global Event
☀️Follow the Sun
🌐Americas-EMEA-Asia/Pacific
ℹ️Info: esportsresearch.net/ernc25-c…
📨Submit Proposal: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
⏳Due: Aug. 1
😇Excited to Co-host!
I agree with others here. There are many skeletons in Insomnia's closet at this point, and if I'm correct that theprior owners remain then we need to hear ASAP about their roadmap and why how we could ever trust them again.
TF2 peeps, nothing has changed until otherwise stated.
Gonna try streaming on my terrible, terrible internet. Hop in for my 'reaction': twitch.tv/drhappiness_
I like Demoknight. I play him a lot. There's just one problem. He isn't meta.
Video is finally out:
youtube.com/watch?v=sCevnEZ-…
Charlie Smith, PhD retweeted
.@UniofSuffolk to open new £1.65m esports facility
esports-news.co.uk/2025/04/0…
Charlie Smith, PhD retweeted
Esports News UK site update: 10 years, 6,000+ articles, 1 fantastic community
A message and thank you from site founder @Dom_Sacco
esports-news.co.uk/2025/04/0…
Charlie Smith, PhD retweeted
It all comes down to this at poLANd.tf, MANDEM scrape past /for fence in 3 maps of golden caps and golden mids, all for a rematch in the grand final vs Witness gaming.
Live now, on twitch.tv/essentialstf don't miss it.
