It is a sad day, friends. Or a happy day, if you aren't my friend and hate seeing my name on the frontpage.

I'm leaving GameRiot.

I won't get into the specifics of what happened, but as of March 31st I'm no longer a staff writer. I know that some people followed me here from LANDodger. And I hate to put you through the hassle, but I'm going back to LANDodger for the time being. Please, won't you be my neighbor?

(By neighbor, I mean dedicated reader and friend, of course.)

I wrote a little more in-de…  More

The official name for the facility sounds like a bad April Fools' joke, but the facility itself is real. The CGS is building a training center for eSports.

You can find the official press release here.

Cliff Notes Version:

"In a groundbreaking move for eSports, Championship Gaming Series, the only worldwide professional gaming league, the government of Wuhan and the Wuhan Hi Tech Group, today announced the creation of the world's premiere eSports training center and professional gaming arena at…  More

I'm gonna mix things up a bit for the last Report Card. Instead of breaking down each pick individually or in smaller groups, we might as well tackle Chicago's whole draft at once since four of them were Source players. Instead of delineating each pick, we'll tackle them as a group.

But before that, let's talk about their new FIFA player, Yfran "Eafra" Garcia.

Chicago picked him up with the last pick in the fourth round, and he shou…  More