Esports
The PUBG Vietnam Bans: An Empty Evidence Notebook and a Full Notebook of Emotion
The Himass–Tan Vuu Lifetime Ban: When the Verdict Outgrew the Rulebook
The Yoru Shot, the Empty Chair, and the Exit Rumours: Day One of Valorant Champions 2026
No License, No Lobby: Vietnam's Quiet Suspension of PUBG PC
Vietnamese Gamers Turn Their Backs, PUBG Sees Sharp Player Decline Amid KRAFTON Governance Crisis
36, 68, 36: Why a 20,000-Gold Lead Was the Autopsy of 1win's PGL Wallachia Run
Vietnamese Gamers Turn Their Backs, PUBG Sees Sharp Player Decline Amid KRAFTON Governance CrisisAnyone watching Steam's concurrent player graph over the past 24-48 hours has...
36, 68, 36: Why a 20,000-Gold Lead Was the Autopsy of 1win's PGL Wallachia RunIt is just past two in the morning on a balcony in Barishal, headphones in,...
4.1 Million Signatures and One Permanent Ban: Where PUBG's Governance Grammar BrokeSeoul, half past midnight. I was refreshing a Korean esports forum, and the...
A Permanent Ban From a Friendly Match: KRAFTON's Proportionality Test in PUBGNew York, close to two in the morning on September 24. I was scrubbing the VO...
Nine Dimensions, Zero Input: The Crisis of Fake Certainty in Esports Analysis and the Blockchain-Era Chain of EvidenceAt 2:47 a.m., a junior producer in Boston sent me a file with no caption. I...
Champions 2026 Day One: A 3-13 on Sunset, Paper Rex's 58-33, and the Mispricing of the Word 'Shock'What Happened on Sunset Was Not a Story About Skill The scoreboard on Sunset...
The Calendar They Deleted: Vietnam's PUBG Ecosystem and a 24-Hour SilenceSeptember 24, 2026, morning in Vietnam. A fan opens his phone looking for a...
The PUBG Vietnam Bans: An Empty Evidence Notebook and a Full Notebook of EmotionAt 3 a.m. Melbourne time I sat down with the broadcast of the Asian exchange...
The Himass–Tan Vuu Lifetime Ban: When the Verdict Outgrew the RulebookSomewhere around three in the morning, a screenshot started circulating throu...
Permanent Bans From a Friendly Match: Who Actually Adjudicates PUBG Esports?Hook The Hupu thread opened at 2 a.m. Melbourne time. A user in Chengdu was...
The Yoru Shot, the Empty Chair, and the Exit Rumours: Day One of Valorant Champions 2026Two scores from day one look like dry news copy. Paper Rex beat Team Liquid...
A Permanent Ban From a Friendly Match: Is PUBG Losing Its Own Governance Credibility?I reopened the VOD of that match last night. The Asian exchange tournament —...
No License, No Lobby: Vietnam's Quiet Suspension of PUBG PCI refreshed the calendar three times in one afternoon. The rows where PUBG...
PUBG's Vietnam Ecosystem: A Calendar Emptied in 24 HoursTwo tabs stay open on my laptop at all times. One is my own board — a...
Three Questions and a Locked Account: PUBG's Governance CrisisThe Hupu thread ignited overnight. Two screenshots, two locked accounts, two...
KRAFTON's Account Ban: Two Vietnamese Accounts, One Unruled Tournament, and the Procedural Hole in Esports GovernanceThe stage had a name: PUBG Asia Stars 2026. A friendly international exchange...