antoine-roquentin:

• Army Entertainment, part of the U.S. Army, will work with MGM Resorts International to host a Street Fighter V competition.

• Qualifiers will be held at various U.S. military bases worldwide and streamed live on the U.S. Army’s official Twitch channel.

• The grand finals will be held at the PAX West gaming festival in Seattle.

esports are going to be a huge vector for american military propaganda over the next few years, given the major switch among young people from traditional sports to esports. so which esport will be the first to do national anthems and which esport will have the first kneeling scandal?

tbh I’m hoping for a hippodrome/Eurosoccer-style setup where things flow the other way and people start making up political factions/reviving local secessionist movements as a way to give their fandom more heft