pro gamers

“Gamer apartments” available to rent for under US$350 a month, comes with full gaming PC set up

The ‘e-room‘ comes complete with gaming PCs, desk, chair and more.

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Japanese pro gamer kicked off e-sports team after saying short men shouldn’t have human rights

Tekken pro asks guys under 170 centimeters (67 inches) tall to “please live your life with the idea ‘I have no human rights’ in your mind.”

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Japan to open its first-ever esports gym in Tokyo, with options to pay for professional training

A new venue where anyone can train to be a pro gamer!

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Want to get better at Smash Bros.? Japanese player plans to open ‘Smash Bros. Prep School’

Veteran player wants to bring less-experienced players up to the top ranks.

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Pro gamer has perfect comeback to Sega exec’s “He looks like he eats cheese beef bowls” insult

Rolling with the punches when going out to eat.

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Japan’s first dedicated e-sports hotel to open this spring with three full floors of gaming gear

A place for digital competitors to stay in the birthplace of the Japanese fighting game community.

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Immigration officer has surprising questions for Japanese pro Smash Bros. player traveling abroad

”What’s the purpose of your visit?” is a common question to get asked at immigration. “Who do you main?” is not.

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Tokyo has a share house for people who want to be pro gamers, comes furnished with gaming PCs

Live the life in Tokyo while pursuing your dreams of e-sports glory.

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Gamer father showed his power, but the Japanese Internet thinks he might not have displayed much wisdom.

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Japanese magazine claims pro gamers “are like children” and “have no value to society”

Do you think Magic: The Gathering and shogi players are “wasting their lives on just a game?”

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Pro gamer Daigo Umehara donates tournament winnings to New York University like a shoryuken Santa

Daigo Umehara may be famous for playing video game Street Fighter as Evil Ryu, but he just did a very good deed.

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