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tamagao Emery Winter

An Overwatch writer since 2017 and a Valorant writer since 2020. Followed both games since their launches. On top of writing for over.gg and VLR.gg, Emery has written OWL features for Blizzard and writes fact-checks for a national network of local TV news stations. Based in Charlotte, NC. Pronouns are they/them.

@tamagaoo

Country:	United States
Registered:	April 25, 2020
Last post:	July 15, 2023 at 1:29 PM
Posts:	41

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Goldenboy: Commentating for the love of the game

Goldenboy shared how Valorant piqued his interest, his thoughts about his commentating style, and the challenges of adapting to a new style of game.

• August 12, 2020 • by tamagao

T1 sign Korean Valorant team

The organization has picked up the RESET roster after they qualified with the second seed for the Clan Masters playoffs.

• August 11, 2020 • by tamagao

FaZe sign BABYBAY, Rawkus

FaZe Clan's full Valorant roster has four former Overwatch League players.

• August 4, 2020 • by tamagao

JasonR and FaZe mutually part ways

FaZe Clan and jasonR are parting ways after suspicions of a break-up first began emerging following comments by jasonR on his personal stream.

• August 2, 2020 • by tamagao

Prospects disband

JoshRT and BabyJ will look for a new team together but are open to individual offers.

• July 31, 2020 • by tamagao

yXo and strike on casting in Valorant and CS:GO

A pair of storied Russian-language WePlay! casters talk about similarities and differences between casting Valorant and CS:GO.

• July 28, 2020 • by tamagao

FaZe Clan sign ZachaREEE

He is the second retired Overwatch League player to join FaZe Clan's Valorant roster.

• July 24, 2020 • by tamagao

PAX Arena Invitational: Viewer's Guide

The next Ignition Series event will be fought between 16 pro teams and four influencer-led teams.

• July 21, 2020 • by tamagao

nolpenki make swap from m1KKO to Destrian permanent

Destrian made his debut as nolpenki's Sage this week during the WePlay! Invitiational.

• July 18, 2020 • by tamagao

Pulse Invitational ends with group stage rematch

Gen.G and Cloud9 met in the grand finals after first playing against each other in the group stage.

• July 13, 2020 • by tamagao

G2 Esports makes strong debut in Vitality European Open

Riot's first Ignition Series event between professional European teams has left the region with a team head and shoulders above the rest.

• July 12, 2020 • by tamagao

Vitality European Open: Viewer's Guide

The Vitality European Open will be the tournament debut for G2 Esports.

• July 10, 2020 • by tamagao

T1 x NSG Showdown ends with a showdown between early titans

A tournament of firsts ended with a victory by a familiar team over a familiar rival.

• June 29, 2020 • by tamagao

Absolute Jupiter roll through competition in RAGE Invitational

A dominant performance in Japan's biggest tournament to date has solidified Absolute Jupiter as the giants of Japan's blossoming VALORANT scene.

• June 22, 2020 • by tamagao

VLR.gg coverage of the T1 x NSG qualifiers

Here's what to expect from vlr.gg coverage of the T1 x Nerd Street Gamers VALORANT Showdown qualifiers this weekend.

• June 19, 2020 • by tamagao

Mixwell joins G2

Mixwell will leave the star-studded Prodigy lineup to become the captain of G2's new VALORANT team.

• June 16, 2020 • by tamagao

T1 sign four players to academy roster

T1 is the first major organization to sign a VALORANT academy team.

• June 11, 2020 • by tamagao

Vision Strikers first professional South Korean team to enter VALORANT

The team features five players and two coaches from MVP's CS:GO team, plus two more players.

• June 8, 2020 • by tamagao

Hafficool joins Absolute Legends Blue

The former TF2 and Overwatch pro has reunited with an old teammate.

• June 6, 2020 • by tamagao

Former CS:GO major champion Skadoodle joins T1

Skadoodle will reunite with brax and AZK, who he played alongside while on iBuyPower before the latter two were banned from CS:GO competition for match fixing.

• June 4, 2020 • by tamagao

Valorant patch notes 1.0

Riot has released the patch notes for the game's launch.

• June 1, 2020 • by tamagao

Immortals add Gunba as coach

Immortals have brought over a coach from their Overwatch League franchise.

• May 29, 2020 • by tamagao

Riot and Twitch reveal $200,000 launch weekend tournament

Twitch Rivals will host a $200,000 tournament spanning multiple regions on opening weekend following the game's launch on June 2.

• May 28, 2020 • by tamagao

TSM and Immortals both enter VALORANT scene

TSM has signed a full five-player roster and coach while Immortals have added four players.

• May 25, 2020 • by tamagao

He is the fourth player to join T1.

• May 11, 2020 • by tamagao

T1 add fRoD as head coach

fRoD has a long history in Counter-Strike and has spent much of the last decade in coaching and management.

• May 8, 2020 • by tamagao

Beta roster previews: Ninjas in Pyjamas

Ninjas in Pyjamas have brought their championship Paladins roster to VALORANT.

• May 6, 2020 • by tamagao

Beta roster previews: Sentinels

The team currently has just four players on their roster, but they're all big names.

• May 6, 2020 • by tamagao

Beta roster previews: T1

Currently the T1 organization has just three players. But they're big names.

• May 1, 2020 • by tamagao

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