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After Ivette is gifted an old game console, she becomes interested in speedrunning an old game called The Shattered Blade. So interested, in fact, that she enters an amateur speedrunning contest. As Ivette travels to the competition, news breaks that online gamer Quick Silver has broken the speedrun record once again. Can Ivette discover the glitches and techniques to put her in competition with the best?
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"In twelve-year-old Reyna Cheng's world, gaming is everything. Professional esports teams are the mainstream celebrities. Kids begin training from a young age, aspiring for the big leagues. Reyna is the up-and-coming junior amateur Dayhold gamer, competing in a VR battle royale against AI monsters and human players. But despite Reyna's rising popularity and skills, no one knows who she is. Gaming is still a boys' club and to protect herself against...
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Francis is spending the week at an esports camp, with the hopes of becoming even better at Red Card Racers, his best and favorite game. But it doesn't take long for Francis to realize that the camp competition is tough. Frustrated by his game performance, Francis struggles to make progress and even has to deal with a bad-mouthing competitor. Will Francis find a way to move past his early losses to take advantage of all that camp has to offer?
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Samuel is a longtime fan of the classic world-building game Buildtopia, playing it years after his friends have forgotten about it. So he's excited to learn that a big game update has reignited interest in the video game. Now with new in-game challenges, Buildtopia is getting an eSports competition. Will Samuel turn his love of the game into an opportunity to compete and connect with new friends?
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Jae Cho isn't very good at games. Whether it's board games, card games, or anything else, she usually doesn't have much luck. But when she watches her brother, Dal, playing Castle Crusaders 5, she's fascinated by the strategy of destroying the opponent's forces and taking out the enemy's castle. When Dal rushes off and leaves the game running on his computer, Jae can't resist the temptation to try playing for herself. Before long she's hooked on the...
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No one is more surprised by Thema Turner's new interest in a video game than the bookworm herself. The battle game Shrinking Island Showdown reminds Thema of one of her favorite book trilogies, and the novels' plots inspire how she plays the game. Her first tries are rough, and she struggles to last long in 100-player rounds, but she's determined to get better. With her younger twin brothers' help, she improves enough to compete in an esports SIS...
9) Ooze escape!
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Thirteen-year-old Kendall's favorite game is Ooze Escape, but he has never managed to make it to the top level, so when he is invited to participate in an eSports tournament, Kendall knows he has to step-up his game and learn some strategy before he embarrasses himself.
11) Gridiron gamer
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Being in a wheelchair prevents Iako from hitting the real gridiron, but he makes up for it by being a whiz at the video game, Football Blitz, so when the opportunity arises, Iako enters an eSports tournament to prove he can compete as well as anyone else.
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By day, Emilia is a field hockey star with a popular boyfriend and a mother obsessed with her academic future. By night, she's kicking virtual butt as the only female member of a highly competitive eSports team. Emilia has mastered the art of keeping her two worlds thriving, which hinges on them staying completely separate. When a major eSports tournament comes to her city, Emilia is determined to prove herself to the male-dominated gaming community....
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"Aya, Mio, and friends attend a prim-and-proper academy where video games are banned and the punishment for playing them is severe. Now, they're duking it out at Japan's biggest fighting game tournament! After defeating a pro gamer in the losers bracket, Mio's scheduled for a grudge match against Arisa, the tiny spitfire. What follows is the culmination of their tempestuous tourney relationship and a no-holds-barred fight to the death! (And maybe,...
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"Aya and 'Shirayuri-sama' are a lot of things: Gamers, rivals. . . and now friends. They turn the school upside down looking for the perfect place to game in secret, but just when they think they've found the solution, their cover is blown by two members of the Dormitory Affairs Committee. Video games are strictly prohibited at their prim and proper school, and being caught with a fight stick carries dire penalties. Threatened with expulsion, they...
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"Aya, Mio, Yuu, and Tamaki are all students at a prim-and-proper academy for young ladies, one where video games are outright banned. That hasn't stopped them from following their fighting game passions all the way to EX Japan, one of the biggest e-sports championships in the world! But to have a spot in the main event, you've got to prove your worth in the preliminary qualifiers. Each young lady will have to prevail in a do-or-die battle in the qualifying...
16) DPS only!
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"High school student Vicky Tan lives a secret life. To most, she is a meek pushover, often in the shadow of her e-sports superstar of a brother, Virgil. Unknown to anyone, however, she dons a secret identity when she logs on to play Xenith Orion, the multiplayer game dominating the e-sports scene. She knows firsthand the harassment female gamers often experience, but when an opportunity arises in a local tournament, Vicky--mask in hand--can't resist...