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Julie Moraine
Lead AuthorWith 4 years experience as an analyst, Julie—or ‘Jewels’, as we aptly refer to her in the office—is nothing short of a marvel-worthy in her attention to the forex and cryptocurrency space as she quickly became the first pick to co-pilot education to the masses with Mike.
Esports
February 11, 2019
AI Beats Humans at Esports: Should We Despair?
AI continually takes the fight to human designers. Neural networks such as OpenAI and DeepMind have successfully defeated some of the world’s best esports players with apparent effortlessness. Artificial intelligence: The Deus Ex Machina of Esports Google’s in the habit of breaking a few eggs when it has to. In 2017, AlphaGo faced off with […]
Esports
February 9, 2019
Esports and Healthy Lifestyle Aren’t Mutually Exclusive
Esports in itself isn’t detrimental to health. Still, there are certain practices that can be taught to mitigate most, if not all, damage that overexposure to a computer screen and a sedentary lifestyle entail. 3 Reasons Why Esports Is Better Than Sports Last month, esports insider Rod “Slasher” Breslau shared his two pence on why […]
Esports
February 8, 2019
Why Facebook’s Esports Streaming Hopes Were Dashed
Facebook’s attempts to establish itself as a viable alternative to other streaming giants have been largely met with unsuccess. The reason? The esports & gaming community don’t stand for empty promises. Facebook’s Unfulfilled Esports Ambitions In November 2016, Facebook announced plans to enter a new and exciting market – esports streaming. Looking to bank on […]
Esports
February 6, 2019
Pennsylvania Holds Esports Day, February Is Esports Month
Pennsylvania votes and passes House Resolution 66 February is official Esports Month in Pennsylvania Today, February 6, is Pennsylvania’s first Esports Day Pennsylvania has a very active approach towards video gaming and esports. After the state announced that February is an official “Esports Month”, lawmakers are now sorting out taxes. The Month of Esports Love […]
Esports
February 4, 2019
Gfinity Adds Black Ops as an Official Esports Competition
Gfinity will host a Call of Duty event, after the series were long gone from the tournament format, with the company hosting the third event for the 2019 Call of Duty World League season. Call of Duty Returns to Gfinity in 2019 Popular tournament platform & host Gfinity had an important statement to make, announcing […]
Esports
February 1, 2019
$8m Won by 10 Mobile Esports Gamers on Skillz in 2018, Seven Were Women
Skillz paid out $8 million in prize money to the 10 best users on the platform in 2018. Among the 10, seven were female gamers. Female Esports Players Dominate Skillz’ 2018 List of Top Earners Esports mobile platform Skillz rewards gaming prowess, but not necessarily in games such as the all-familiar Fortnite, League of Legends, […]
Sports
January 31, 2019
Virginia Going Ahead with Two New Bills after SB 1126
Virginia is now looking at two new sports betting bills, SB 1238 and SB 1356, with both pieces of legislation promising to chart a legal course of action for the state’s wagering industry. Virginia’s Sports Betting Industry and Its Many Bills Virginia’s seeing a curious influx of proposed sports betting legislation. Last week, we saw […]
Esports
January 29, 2019
NCAA President Cautions Against Mixing Esports with Betting
NCAA President Mark Emmert outlined the dangerous of mingling competitive video gaming with esports, and introducing them to high-school and college students. Esports and Betting Don’t Mingle Well, Mark Emmert Thinks Late last week, NCAA President Mark Emmert talked about what a fully-legal sports betting industry allowing bets on college sports and esports would mean. […]
Esports
January 27, 2019
DeepMind Played 200 Years to Defeat StarCraft Pros
Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence (AI) project has accepted a new challenge – defeating world-class players at StarCraft 2. With the score going 10-1 in favor of the AI, it was a true sight to behold. What made it all tick, though? DeepMind’s AI Beats Team Liquid at StarCraft 2 We’ve all played versus agents (PCs […]
Sports
January 24, 2019
Virginia Clears Hurdles Ahead of Sports Betting Bill
Virginia has made another step towards the legalization of its sports betting industry. Using existing legislation to establish a detailed bill to guide placing wagers on sports competitions in the state. Virginia Clears One Senate Hurdle – Sports Betting on the Cards Virginia still has some catching up to do. In December, its sister state […]