Official blog of the Valorant Draft Circuit, an amateur esports league, covering rule changes, disciplinary post mortems and player spotlights from combine events. Readers get league announcements and community-written commentary on player performance.
Website: https://blog.vdc.gg/
Short essays applying mental models such as incentives, edge and opponent selection to sports, games, investing and consumer markets. Readers get an investor's framework-driven take on how value and competition work, illustrated with concrete examples.
A researcher's blog that summarises recent peer-reviewed studies on gaming and esports science, such as twin studies of playing time, links between gaming addiction and suicidality in Japan, and meta-analyses of escapism. Each post pairs a short highlights list with an accessible explanation of the findings and their limits.
Scott Novis, a former youth baseball and esports league organizer, writes about raising kids who handle competition and video games well, drawing parallels between baseball behaviour and gaming dynamics. Each issue mixes personal anecdotes from coaching with practical observations on resilience, shame, and family connection.
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