TeamLiquid Naturally Expands
By Eddie Sam (6/2/14)
     TeamLiquid is one of the most well-known organizations for eSports. Since 2001, they have covered all events in StarCraft II and StarCraft: Brood War. TeamLiquid has attracted thousands of users and has been regarded as the central user hub for StarCraft and Dota 2 information regarding recent tournaments, events, and news in the eSports community. TeamLiquid has also formed its own professional teams for competitive StarCraft II and Dota 2 respectively. The players on the TeamLiquid StarCraft II roster are big fan favorites like Dario ‘TLO’ Wünsch, Song ‘HerO’ Hyeon Deok, and Yun ‘TaeJa’ Young Seo, who make huge strides in the StarCraft II scene, placing in the top 5 in many premier tournaments. Their Dota 2 team of five has also made some achievements by placing in the top 5 in Dota 2 based tournaments within the past year. With the succession of both their StarCraft II and Dota 2 team divisions, TeamLiquid looked to expand to another franchise, Super Smash Bros. Melee.
“Liquid Smash Brothers”
     On March 19th, TeamLiquid announced their new division for Super Smash Bros. Melee with Ken ‘SephirothKen’ Huang and Daniel ‘Korean DJ’ Jung heading the team. After the release of The Smash Brothers documentary that followed the competitive scene of Super Smash Bros. and the players, Victor ‘Liquid`Nazgul’ Goosens, the founder of TeamLiquid site and divisions felt compelled to sponsor and make Super Smash Bros. Melee an eSport.  
     I was blown away by the depth of this game and that it was still going strong after so many years without any support. The scene that is behind Smash is amazing. The game is 13 years old and has stood the test of time over and over again. The game is deep and deserving of being an eSport,” Liquid`Nazgul announced in his TeamLiquid post.
The King of Smash
     SephirothKen, now known as Liquid`Ken, was formerly the World Champion of Smash during his prime and referred to as “The King of Smash” due to his impressive tournament record, placing 1st in the majority of his tournaments and defeating opponents all across the world. He took a break from playing Smash competitively after the Evolution 2008 event in Las Vegas. Since then, he has jumped back into the Smash scene, rejuvenated and ready to play in the upcoming Evolution 2014 Super Smash Bros. Melee event. 
     “With the support from my fans, determination, and a little luck, I could possibly pull off a Rocky Balboa,” Liquid`Ken mentions in an OnGamers interview.
DJ Rising
     Korean DJ was known for his ever-increasing skill while playing Super Smash Bros. Melee. He was infamous for betting and competing (otherwise known as “money matching”) against other high-skill level players to improve his own game play. His skill began to snowball as he continued to lose match after match to players, but this allowed him to progress and become a threat in the Smash community. He has become a rising star by defeating big names in the community, such as Mew2King, PC Chris, and Ken in Major League Gaming tournaments. He decided to take a break from going to National Smash tournaments for a while and hasn’t been active in the scene for long time. Korean DJ returns to the Smash scene under a new handle, “Liquid`KDJ,” and is looking to play in the Evolution 2014 Super Smash Bros. Melee event in July. 
     “With EVO hosting a Melee tournament and the documentary featuring Melee's awesome community, I feel very motivated to return to the scene,” Liquid`KDJ says in an OnGamers interview.

Corporate Warfare
By Eddie Sam (6/2/14)
     Many high tech companies are known for having rivalries with other Internet giants, such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Apple. These companies try to outperform one another by releasing new products or implementing new ideas that grab a consumer’s attention. What if these companies actually went head-to-head with fists raised in the air and ready to duke it out? That’s exactly what the After Hours Gaming League (AHGL) is for.
     The After Hours Gaming League is a team-based gaming league organized by Day[9]TV’s Sean Plott and Eric Burkhart, and sponsored by Redbull eSports. AHGL focuses on allowing companies like Twitter, Amazon, and other companies to compete with one another in computer games for charity. Whoever wins at the end of the league’s season will be able to donate $5,000 to a charity of their choice. The AHGL can be considered reminiscent of a softball or basketball corporate sports league which provides an arena for friendly competition between companies.
Season One
     In the first season of the AHGL, eight teams participated; Amazon, Dropbox, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Twitter, Yelp, and Zynga. The grand finals for the game StarCraft II were held on the Palo Alto, California Facebook Campus with 100,000 users viewing online. The tech-giant Microsoft won and donated $5,000 to Amnesty International, which is an organization dedicated to protecting human rights.  
Season Two
     The second season of the AHGL was split into two divisions; StarCraft II and League of Legends, with over 40 different teams participating. This season’s grand finals would be held in the Redbull Headquarters in Santa Monica, California. The number of teams was quickly whittled down as the online bookstore Amazon claimed first place for the League of Legends division and donated to the Child’s Play, an organization that is dedicated to improving children’s lives in hospitals with toys and video games. The video game company Epic also secured first place in the StarCraft II division, donating to the charity Doctors Without Borders, an organization that aims to help people in need of medical aid worldwide.
Season Three
     Season 3 of the AHGL blew up as many other companies began to participate including lesser known companies. The AHGL by itself was split even further with both divisions of the games StarCraft II and League of Legends. Both game divisions were broken up into two different leagues for each game, an A league and a B league. In StarCraft II’s A League, Microsoft reigned supreme donating to Against Malaria Foundation, which is a foundation that raises money to help protect people from malaria. In the B league, the business review site Yelp ascended to victory, donating to the Girls Who Code organization, which is working to close the gender gap in technology and engineering areas of study. While following the League of Legends division, thirteen teams competed in the A league and the Internet giant Google rose to the top, donating to the Charity: Water organization that focuses on bringing clean, safe water to people who need it. The leader and provider of merchant data security SecurityMetrics surpassed twenty-three companies in the League of Legends B league, donating to the Make-A-Wish foundation, which helps children through life-threatening medical conditions.

The Powerhouse Computer: To Buy or Not to Buy?
By Elly Nuy (5/16/14)
     With the rise in the need for a computer, standard PCs have been becoming cheaper. However, gamers seem to be trending in the other direction, spending big bucks on powerhouse computers that have the latest graphics card, retailing over well over $400. 
     The reason for this is that the demand for powerhouse computers is less common than people who don't ask much out of their computer and are willing to settle for the standard.
     However, this affects a lot of PC gamers. We want to play the latest games from Dark Souls 2 to Destiny, but the question of the matter is: do we need that much power?
     For those about to go to college, it really depends on what you need. Generally, you’ll need a laptop for portability to bring to classes to take notes. If you’re not a gamer, you could just settle for a chromebook if you really want to stay focused. But if you are a gamer, the options are endless and confusing. 
     If you’re willing to spend the money, you can spend about $1500 on a really good gaming laptop, but for $1500 you could build a cheaper desktop (so the theory goes). So then, why wouldn’t you get the desktop? Oh yeah, you're going to college. Well, there goes $1500 down the drain on a computer that won’t even last through class because it drains so much energy.
      That’s the thing I hate about PC elitists. If you want to play games, you always need the highest specs, always have to be up to date and have the latest graphics card. Well, sorry to tell you “PC Kings”, but some of us just don’t have that kind of money and skill. Not everyone can build their own computer. Not only that, but some of us can barely afford a laptop, and you expect us to spend $1500? Well, I’m here to bust this myth:
1. You do not need a desktop to play video games.
2. Your computer doesn’t need to have the latest specifications.
a. The market for PC parts change very very quickly so having a system that is completely up to date is very difficult at the moment unless you devote your money, time ,and effort to making sure your PC is following the standards
3. Buying pre-built doesn’t make you any less of a gamer.
4. You can play games on laptops, but that’s a bit of an oxymoron. But still it’s okay.
5. Don’t be ignorant about other specs and options.
6. Intel is subjectively better in terms of processing power but that does not mean completely shutting down other options. 
7. So, so, about the whole Intel vs AMD Debate: I need everyone to shut up for a moment because seriously, Intel is subjectively better in terms of benchmarks and superior and whatnot, but I feel like everyone shuts AMD down because they can’t stack up to Intel. AMD is still pretty good. Yes Intel > AMD, but that does not mean completely shutting out AMD. The only people who say “Intel > AMD” are the people who don’t even understand the benchmarks in the first place or know what a budget is. AMD has created a bunch of budget affordable products to get you into PC Gaming as a start especially with their “A-Series” processors which are cheap, affordable and can play certain games at medium settings without the need of GPU. You could build a system that is around ~$300 and still be able to play majority of the games on the market right now. Yes, we know Intel is better than AMD, you guys stretch it way too much. -Pheerish (member of the pc gaming community offended by pc elitists).
8. Now the people who think they understand RAM; specifying RAM almost like a marketing tactic, they draw you in that a computer offers like “8GBs of RAM” yes more RAM is good but it depends on the clock speeds (800/1333/1600/1866/2133) because the clock speeds depend how fast that RAM is able to pull and process data, having more RAM doesn’t exactly mean anything it they’re clocked at slow speeds. Having 16GB of RAM is NOT necessary to run today’s games, in fact it’s almost kind of pointless to have that much RAM anyway because you don’t need it at all. 8GB at speeds 1333mhz and above is optimal in today’s standard.
9. I think one the things that really bug me the most is the fact that people want to force a high-end system on you. Kind of like, “Why aren’t you building/getting the most powerful system on the market?”. People have different situations on how they play video games and calling them a plebeian because they don’t play Triple A titles with godly specs somehow irks them people have budgets, if their budget is under $1000 then yes they’re system is a bit less powerful than a system that can be priced at $1500. Or if you only aim to play games casually, PC elitists cringe because you don’t have amazing specs for a game like League of Legends that requires little to run. 
10. And quit gloating about your specs, 9 times out of 10, you’re probably not using your computer specs optimally anyways. 
YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A PC ELITIST TO CALL YOURSELF A GAMER.

Settling For Second, How To Get Competitive: FAQ
By Eddie Sam (5/16/14)
     Some games come out with a winner and a loser, especially if you plan on doing anything at a competitive level. If you are a person who strives for the best and wants to defeat all the rest, there is one thing you need to consider: losing.
     Those hours of dedication and work you put in only to come out in second place gives you the most heartbreaking feeling and it’s hard to live down. Handling a loss is somewhat difficult because so many people cannot cope with the fact they have been defeated. Get comfortable with losing, because it is all a part of the path to success. To get better at anything first you gotta dip your feet in “Loser Sauce”.
Q: How do I get better at something? First, you have to get destroyed at your own game. Let’s say you want to get better at Chess, so you play a game of Chess with John the park ranger. You’ve managed to somehow coax John into a game of Chess in the middle of a park, but John has to get back to work so he defeats you in four moves (he totally just did a scholar's mate on you). Your first thoughts would probably go along the lines of, “I must be horrible at Chess to be beaten in four moves”. This is probably accurate, because you might not even play Chess in the first place. But if you do, I can’t believe you just got scholar’d. 
Q: How do I stop losing? They always say, “There’s always room for improvement,” but what exactly do you improve on? Now let’s say you lose every game of Chess from that time you got scholar’d by your park ranger. Hurts, doesn’t it? But to get up, first you gotta get down. Kind of like disco. 
     When you have confidence and persistence, you keep trying to improve no matter how many times you get knocked down. One of my personal favorite quotes is by a Ukrainian competitive StarCraft player named Aleksey ‘WhiteRa’ Krupnyk, who says, “When I starting play, I very disappointing and very sad after my lose. If you want to make one goal to win you must lose. You can’t win all games. You’re not computer. And if you understand your mistake when you lose you just can make analysis game and continue play try to fix it, and it’s no problem.” Okay so besides the broken English, he has a good point; don’t consider every loss as a ticket to the “I’m a horrible player” train that is about to send you to “Loser Town”; consider them lessons to help you improve. Reflect on the game and figure out what you could’ve done better. Learning, analyzing, and reflecting on what just happened can help prevent it from happening again. It’s a matter of trial and error and questioning, “What did I do wrong and how could I have done that better?” No one wins all the time even when they've done all they could to prevent themselves from losing, because losing is all a part of the competitive experience. Sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose. Just don’t be too hard on yourself.
Q: How do I keep winning? Remember that you won’t be able to win all your games all the time, as stated before. Don’t think too much about winning; it’s not the overall goal when you’re learning how to get better at something. Think about how a match can increase your skill level even if you lose. Practice different techniques and see what kinds of strategies and experiments you can implement next time you play, to improve your overall skill and to increase your knowledge of the game itself. Be creative and innovative; think of new strategies to tackle a situation. Keep setting the bar higher and higher; there is no limit to how high a skill level you can attain. Remember to reflect on your wins and not just your losses. Analyze why you won if you’re not sure how you managed to secure a victory over your opponent. Don’t play to maintain something like a win streak because it makes the game less fun and more stressful. Play to play, not just to win.
Q: I’ve defeated the park ranger and my friends! Am I now the greatest? Your ego is enormous if you think you are a champion now. Don’t think that because you’ve won a couple times you’re on top of the world, because now you’re going “undefeated”. This means you’ve made good progress and are on the right track, but this doesn’t mean you’ve mastered everything there is to learn. Think about this way; you’re a hermit crab looking for food. You continue to eat so you grow bigger and bigger. At some point, you’re too big for your own shell and you have to leave and find a bigger shell so you can continue to grow. What I'm saying is that maybe you’re able to beat people locally, but there is still an entire world where people most likely have a higher skill level than you. Meeting more opponents means obtaining more skill. 
     Play against opponents who have strategies that are unfamiliar to you. Don’t be afraid to challenge players that may have a higher skill level than you and ask questions; you may learn something to improve your own game.
Q: You’re a true hero! How can I repay you? Well, you can start by giving me a sandwich and a dollar. Follow that by giving me a back massage. No, you don’t actually have to do this. But a high-five may suffice.
     If you have any other questions or want more advice email me here.

Oh Diablo!

By Aaron Vidro (4/2/14)
     Ever wanted to go toe to toe with beasts and creatures of Hell? Give hope to humanity and defeat the roots of all evil? Try Blizzard Entertainment’s “Diablo 3”, Blizzard’s third installment of a fantastic series involving hordes of grotesque beings of Hell’s core, the Archangels of Heaven’s council, and you! You are the hero, a Nephalem (half-demon and half-angel) who fights to save Sanctuary, the world in which the human race exists.
     Blizzard Entertainment, known for one of the most-played Massive Multiplayer Online games ever created, called World Of Warcraft, has brought an expansion to Diablo 3 called the “Reaper Of Souls”. They've added more content to the product; there will be more legendary and epic items (or “loot”) you will be able to discover while defeating masses of enemies, treasure hunting through Nephalem obelisks, exploring dungeons, and defeating boss levels as you progress through the story. In addition, it's adding a new class to its roster of characters who have amazing powers and abilities different from each other. For example, the Crusader, a holy warrior dedicated to his order and to bringing justice to the unjust, is guided by the organization's creator and master, the former Archangel of Justice himself, Tyrael. 
     Time has passed since the destruction of the Prime Evil, a demon who was a major threat to humanity’s survival and Heaven itself. Now a new threat arises--Malthael, the Archangel of Wisdom, former leader of the Angiris Council has gone rogue and joined the Reapers, a covenant of death. Malthael has taken the Soulstone that contains the evil that once plagued Sanctuary and threatened the survival of both angels and humans. He is planning to use the Soulstone to completely wipe the demons and humans from existence (contradictory, right?). With good intentions yet a horrific deed to be done, Mathael seeks to destroy the chaos and bring order and peace within the realm of Diablo 3, taking on his new position as The Angel of Death.
     Blizzard Entertainment has made numerous games that many are fond of, becoming one of the most successful gaming companies around the world. I would like to offer you (the reader!) a look at Blizzard's computer graphics in their most beautiful form. Blizzard has made magnificent displays of CGI effects to use when it creates cinematics to introduce their games or new content. Whether you are a gamer, a Graphic design major, or even a normal person, I think you'll  be amazed and impressed by the capability of Blizzard Entertainment’s development teams!
     Here is a link to Diablo 3: The Reaper of Souls cinematic trailer

• Battle.net official Blizzard Entertainment site: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/reaper-of-souls/
  

     And if you would love to know more about Diablo 3’s lore, check out the fanmade wikia below.

• http://diablo.wikia.com/wiki/Diablo_II  
  

Skill Rest
By Elly Nuy 3/26/14)
     Though many of us would rather spend our time playing video games all day, it’s important to keep our health in mind. Playing video games all day takes a lot of time away from doing other things like eating, sleeping, or just getting outside. Even though the game is our top priority when playing, it’s important to take other things into account.
Skill: Rest
     Congratulations! You have obtained the rest skill. Resting is very important in order to maintain daily functions that allow you to get through your day so you can play video games. The reason why I bring up rest is because gamers, including myself, end up losing a lot of sleep from staying up all night to finish "that one thing." It would be fine if we could just sleep in and our sleep schedule was built around us playing video games, but the reality is that most of us are still in school and have to wake up early.
     I highly recommend trying to get the suggested amount of eight hours of sleep. It helps you get through the day and prevents you from being groggy and easily agitated. 
     Being half awake doesn’t help you get through the game either, unless your objective is to dive a billion times.
Skill: Cooking
     Congratulations! you have obtained the cooking skill.
     In all honesty, if you’re not eating, you don’t have energy and you’re probably not completely focused. Without food, I’m not really sure how you’re getting through the day, let alone your game. It's not a myth; food actually does give you energy, though it really is true. It also keeps you healthy if you’re eating the right things, and that benefits both your mind and body. Who knows, maybe if you start eating healthy you’ll figure out how to get past the part you’re stuck on in your game.
     Anyway, eat food; cook it if you have to. Three meals a day keeps the sickness away, and who wants to get sick?
Sick?
     Yeah, I know I’m not your mother, and I can’t tell you what to do, but will you listen to me for a second? Dude, Dudette, if you are sick in bed, you shouldn’t be playing video games all day. It takes away from time that you should be spending resting. 
     Video games are great and all, but isn’t the general idea to beat the video game or win? 
     When you’re sick you can’t really do that because you aren’t on your A game. It would be better if you spent your time resting so you can be your best later on. 
     The longer you spend doing something other than resting, the longer it will take for you to get better. It’s really counter-productive and not only takes away from playing video games well, but also it takes away from your school work, which is when it becomes a problem. 
     Being sick isn’t an excuse for not playing your best or losing a game. Rather a factor that should be tended to. You can be the best at a game, but you’re nothing if you’re sick all the time. A real gamer takes cares of his skills in the game, but also takes care of herself. Life is a game within itself, just not one we can customize.

New App For "Losers"
By Elly Nuy (3/26/14)
     Have you ever lost something of importance? Ever wanted to stop losing those pesky keys? How's you like to not losing anything again?
     Well let me introduce Gatekeeper. 
     Gatekeeper is a new invention by CoolCAS Electronics based in Maryland. Gatekeeper is a bluetooth proximity tag. What this means is that you can find out where your things are via app, and can also autolock various devices. Yes. It’s literally a tag.
     The idea is that you keep the tag on an object of your choosing. For our first example, let’s use keys. If you lose track of your keys, you can open your app to find where the tag is and you will get a response back on your app if you’re getting closer or farther away. Their demo video shows that the farther away you get, the louder the sound the app will make.
     However, Gatekeeper doesn’t stop there. The Gatekeeper also has a lock feature. So, if you have it on your computer and you walk away, it will automatically turn off the screen. For extra security, when you return to the device you can have it require a password in order to access the device.
     Keep tabs on this cool invention to see when it actually comes out. Who knows, maybe it will save you from burning 55 minutes a day searching for missing items. Check out Gatekeeper at: www.gkchain.com

League Player of the Week
By Elly Nuy (3/26/14)
     Saturday, March 15, 2014 was the IEM (Intel Extreme Masters) Championship finals. Facing off was KTB (KT Rolster Bullets, KT Bullets for short) and Fnatic. They took to the stage in a game of League of Legends to determine who was better on the lines, EU or Korea.
     The reason I bring up IEM is because we get to see a player that we don’t normally see on the stage, Insec. Known for his Lee-Sin skills, respectfully called Insec mechanics, Insec brought something new to the stage during IEM.
     Focusing on game one vs Fnatic, during IEM, Insec pulled out Kha’zix. What's interesting about this is that Kha’zix is known to be a high damage dealing assassin. It seems really out of Insec’s play style, considering Lee-sin is far from being an assassin. Under the veil of being a high damage, high priority target, Insec’s Kha’zix was far from that. A tank in disguise.
     It is important to take note that Kha’Zix’s ultimate reduces the damage taken by 50%. That being said, it technically increases the efficiency of shields and hp, taking anywhere from 1/4 to 1/6 of the damage he would normally take, thanks to this skill. That being said, Insec could go in and disrupt the positioning of the enemy team to allow his team to get the kills. By playing a usually high damage character, Insec hid under that disguise to be a tanky disrupter. Very different from what C9’s Will ‘Meteos’ Hartman pulled off in game two against Fanatic. 

Twitch Plays Pokemon
By Eddie Sam (3/26/14)
Overview
     Pokemon is a popular franchise that never fails to impress. It has been stable for many years and has not stopped producing games, art, and accessories. The developers of Pokemon are always spinning up ideas to keep impressing their large contagious community, but the community of Pokemon has come up with ideas of their own. TwitchPlaysPokemon is a channel and a “social experiment” where thousands of people watch a livestream on the popular video game streaming site known as Twitch.tv. Users participated and played through Pokemon Red on the Gameboy cooperatively by entering commands (Left, Right, Up, Down, A, B, and Start) into a chat box. Though it sounds straightforward, there is a 20-second delay before chat commands are executed which results in disorganized and erratic character behavior in-game.
Origin of the Stream
     On February 12th 2014, the TwitchPlaysPokemon livestream launched, featuring the game Pokemon Red. The viewer count of the Twitch plays Pokemon stream began to rise as Twitch players completed important milestones in progressing the game, such as defeating Gym leaders for gym badges that allow you to complete the game.      Other video game news sources such as Kotaku, Gamespot, and IGN took part in spreading the word about the stream because of its clever innovation. Another big news source, reddit.com, a social news site where users can submit content, developed a subreddit appropriately named, “/r/TwitchPlaysPokemon”, a subreddit where a majority of user-created TwitchPlaysPokemon fan-art, discussion, and updates went widespread. This caused the stream’s popularity to rise and go viral across the internet. Thousands of viewers were entering commands into the chat box, causing uncoordinated and accidental movement of the character in-game. This made even the simplest task, such as getting from point A to point B, almost impossible.
Cultural Upbringing
     Viewers were inputting commands almost simultaneously, so many incorrect inputs were executed in game causing the character to perform unintentional commands such as entering menus of the game like “Pokedex, Pokemon, and Items.” These commands became so frequent that players began to joke around spawning fan-art and stories created by users of the stream, including the “religious” upbringing of the “Cult of Helix Fossil.” This originated from selecting the “Helix Fossil” item constantly, regardless of the item being completely useless until later in the game. The Helix Fossil became the trademark of the stream, resulting in users considering that this item was their “one true god” and would lead them to victory, or in other words, complete the game. Other instances of this would include their Pokemon--“Pidgeotto,” a flying bird Pokemon they obtained at the beginning of the game. The users began to praise Pidgeotto because it was able to get them through difficult parts in the game. This ultimately resulted in nicknaming Pidgeotto, “Bird Jesus” and became their “lord and savior” who later “ascended” by becoming Pidgeot which is Pidgeotto’s evolved form. The players became attached to some of Pokemon they’d captured or owned, such as “ABBBBBBK" (their “Charmeleon” referred to as “Abby” and “JLVWNNOOOO” their “Rattata” also referred to as “Jay Leno”) who were released and removed from their roster one after another unintentionally by the viewers.
Controversy and Divided Communities
     Soon enough the Twitch players began to divide into different factions. As the channel began to grow in fame, a new system was implemented to assist the users in case they were unable to progress through a certain part of the game. This system was known as “Democracy”, a voting system where users would input a command and if the majority of the people agreed to the same command, the character would execute it. Some of these commands included “right3” which moved the character right three times and allowed movements to be strung together consecutively. Some users did not like this system and found it too bland, too easy, and too slow paced, while others found it useful to get to certain checkpoints. A protest of Twitch players sprung out entering “start9” which is a command that forces the character to use the “Start” command nine times ultimately stopping all progress of the game entirely. The players began to use this method of protest to change the stream back to its original state. The stream later reverted back to the system known as “Anarchy”, the traditional system introduced at the beginning of the stream, where command inputs would be entered as soon as possible. Sometime later, the stream would able to vote on which system between “Anarchy” and “Democracy” and caused segregation between “Anarchists” and “Democrats”.
Completing Pokemon Red
     On March 1st 2014, 16 days and 7 hours since the initial broadcasting, Twitch players completed Pokemon Red by collecting the 8 gym badges, defeating the Pokemon League and entering the game’s Hall of Fame. Twitch users rejoiced as the news spread throughout the internet of the stream’s accomplishment. Later, it was confirmed that completing Pokemon Red would not be the end of the stream and that they would continue to play the sequel Pokemon Crystal for the Gameboy Color.