If you're serious about improving your game, one decision you'll make more often than any drill or tactic is choosing the right padel racket. I’ve tested dozens of frames across brands and levels, and I still turn to specialist shops—like Bandeja Shop on the French Riviera—when I want expert...
I want to walk you through the exact 90-second comms script that pro teams use to win clutch rounds...
I’ve been chasing stutter and slow level loads in open-world RPGs for years — from dense cities...
I spent the last few weeks tearing through Aim Lab, Valorant (on cloud streaming), and native Steam...
I’m going to cut to the chase: tiny, deliberate tweaks to how you hold your mouse can fix a huge...
I’ve spent months testing 1440p ultrawide monitors in real competitive FPS scenarios to answer a...
I treat LANs and weekend tournaments like modular engineering challenges: how do I carry everything...
I’ve spent more nights than I care to admit juggling framerate, GPU temps, and a messy overlay that looked great on paper but tanked my game. If you’re on a tight PC budget and you want a pro-level streaming overlay that doesn’t cost you frames, I’ve got a workflow that’s practical, tested, and focused on efficiency over flash. Below I’ll walk you through how I build overlays that...
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I spent years chasing the puzzle of how to make aim training actually matter in live matches. Like you, I’ve tried the classics — grind sessions in Kovaak’s, switch to Aim Lab for a week, then wonder why my 1v1 fights still felt off when the pressure was real. Over time I learned that translating aim practice into match performance isn’t about hours logged, it’s about deliberate...
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When I started following the competitive scene more closely, I expected the teams at the top to have massive rosters of staff, flashy facilities, and endless sponsor logos. What surprised me—and kept me fascinated—was how many underdog orgs punch above their weight by doing a few things really well. Over the years of playtesting, coaching friends, and talking with players and team owners,...
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I’ve spent thousands of hours in chairs that promise championship comfort and a handful of chairs that actually delivered. As someone who tests gear, tunes setups, and grinds practice sessions with competitive players, I care about more than just branding and RGB — I’m looking for seating that supports posture, accelerates recovery, and protects long-term performance. Here’s what pro...
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I’ve spent the last few weeks putting an RTX 4070 through its paces at 1440p high-refresh play — the kind of testing that matters if you want consistently high frame rates for competitive shooters or smooth, immersive visuals in AAA games. I’m going to walk you through what the 4070 really delivers, where it surprises, what its limits are, and how to get the most out of it for 1440p 120Hz+...
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I treat patch notes like a map. Not the glossy, hand-holding kind—more like a topo map that shows where the cliffs, rivers, and safe paths are. Read the wrong way, they’re just noise. Read them like a pro and you can predict which champions, weapons, or strategies are about to explode in tournaments and ranked ladders. Below are the mental models, practical steps, and tools I use to turn a...
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When I set out to tune my mouse DPI and sensitivity for pixel-perfect aim in CS2, I treated it like any other optimization: measure, iterate, and test in the real world. This isn’t magic — it’s deliberate practice paired with the right settings. Below I’ll walk you through the exact things I tune, why they matter, and step-by-step tests and drills I use to turn settings into consistent,...
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I build competitive rigs for a living — not just fast ones, but machines that stay quiet under pressure so I can focus on callouts and crosshair placement without a noisy distraction. Below I walk you through a practical, step-by-step guide to building a quiet, budget esports PC that still performs at tournament level. I’ll share specific part suggestions, acoustic tricks, and tuning steps I...
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I upgraded my PS5 storage last year and learned a lot the hard way — from buying a drive that technically met Sony’s specs but didn’t fit once a heatsink was added, to nearly losing a day of gaming because I hadn’t backed up my save data. If you’ve been holding off on expanding your PS5’s SSD because the choices and caveats are confusing, this guide cuts through the noise. I’ll walk...
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I ran a practical RAM benchmarking series to answer a question I get asked a lot: does faster memory reduce stutter in Cyberpunk 2077 and other big RPGs? As someone who obsessively tunes rigs for smoother, more responsive gameplay, I wanted a clear, repeatable look at how memory frequency and timings affect both average FPS and the kinds of microstutters that actually ruin immersion.Why this...
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