When I was young, my family was (comparatively) poor. My parents were immigrants; my dad was still finishing a post-doctorate, and both of them made a university salary. But when you are young, it is possible to be poor and not realize it, or at least it was that way…

For six years, through all of high school and two years of college, I was part of the debate team. My high school was an NFL institution (that’s National Forensic League, which would change its name in 2014 to the less confusing National Speech and Debate Association), but my college…

The weekend after spring split finals, I went to D.C. for a bachelorette party. On Sunday we went to Nellie’s, a sports bar that my friend described to me as “a gay bar for straight people,” for their drag brunch. For about an hour and a half, we watched a…

There are limits to what I can tell you about the teams I love the most. For instance, I don’t have any inside information about KT Rolster. I can’t tell you why Score is no longer playing, if it is a problem of results, age, synergy, enthusiasm, meta, a transition…

Legend says Saint Valentine was a martyr. Legend says Saint Valentine married Christian soldiers in secret. Legend says he cut hearts from red paper to remind men of their love, that he wore an amethyst ring, and that’s how he was recognized, and that’s why amethysts are now associated with…

This post is obscenely late for one reason and one reason only: because content is a mistake. Some people seem to like making content of their own — art, memes, highlight videos, whatever. As strange as it may be coming from a person who has a whole blog devoted…

Here is the affirmation: Esports is suffering. Esports is a mistake. Esports, here we go — another goddamn year of this. I have been a fan of the best team in the league. I have been a fan of the worst team in the league. I have been a fan…

Editor’s note: In September 2018, I asked friends and other members of the LCK Legion to write some words about their favorite intros, outros, and promo vids from OGN and SpoTV to celebrate the last few years of broadcasting Korean League of Legends. It’s been a few months, but better…

Things Doublelift Taught Me (About Love and Everything Else). It is possible to grow as a person. It may take years, it may take getting famously kicked off a famous roster, it may take many iterations, many relationships, many mistakes. People may continue to hate you for the mistakes you’ve…