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Freelance video games journalist specializing in FFXIV. Journalism professor @RowanUniversity . Contact: jessicascharnagle @gmail

Philadelphia, PA
Joined July 2016
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Jessica Scharnagle
6 months
"They're beautiful, they're well-rounded, and they're so well written, but they are who they are in the game because they're together." Read more about what #FFXIV voice actors @Bwalkerj and @ColinRyan think about the twins!
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If you or someone you know has been harassed in a game (especially VALORANT) because of your gender, please DM me or email me. I want to talk to you. RTs for visibility appreciated.
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2 years
Riot has confirmed that XSET did not ask for the last round of their match against FPX to be replayed. Read more 👇
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2 years
I still think partnered VALORANT teams should be forced to field a Game Changers roster.
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Jessica Scharnagle
3 years
I've never interviewed someone from Rise before but @Shanks_TTV thanked me for interviewing him and now staying up till 1am to work was worth it 🥺
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Jessica Scharnagle
5 months
Calling all #FFXIV players! Fanbyte is hiring job specialists! I am looking for experts in the following jobs: Warrior Dark Knight Samurai Reaper Black Mage Summoner Machinist Red Mage Pictomancer White Mage Sage Dragoon No writing experience is required (continued below)
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2 months
GIVEAWAY! I purchased 2 sets, set aside some for me and friends. Figured I'd give the rest away to you lovely people! #FFXIV Rules: 1. Must follow me 2. Must RT this 3. Must like this 4. Must post a picture of your blorbo (character) Ends: 7/27, 3 winners, will send anywhere
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Dear #FFXIV fans... what expansion would you give anything to experience for the first time? For me it's Shadowbringers. I went to the Crystarium for poetics gear and it just brought back so many good memories...
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I don't know how to tell y'all this, but voice actors are allowed to have friends, and they're allowed to have made those friends via the work they've done. Stop being weird.
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6 months
The prettiest babygirl. @The_Ben_Starr
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Jessica Scharnagle
2 years
Hey fam it's that time again, where students in my esports reporting class need to reach out to a professional in the industry to interview them. If you would like to help my students, please comment here with where to be contacted and I'll add you to the list!
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2 years
Just throwing this out there....if you have a female colleague in the esports scene today, maybe check in on her and make sure she's okay. We're not, but the reminder that we aren't alone is nice.
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3 years
Shanghai Dragons late to the press conference because they're celebrating with McDonalds....I'm lovin' it LOL
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2 years
Question: What did you do during the pause yesterday? @zekken :
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Jessica Scharnagle
5 months
In celebration of the new blacklist features coming in Dawntrail, I want to do a sweepstakes to give away a Digital Collector's Edition copy of Dawntrail! Rules: 1. You must be following me 2. Like and RT this post 3. Comment your #FFXIV memory (1/2)
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2 years
Please RT for visibility! I'm curious, how many of you got emails for the #FFXIV Fan Fest? I feel like SO few people got it. Need lots of responses for a possible article <3
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2 years
From Riot: VCT Game Changers NA age requirement will NOT change going forward. Read more 👇
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Jessica Scharnagle
1 year
It's that time of year again. My students for their Esports Reporting class must interview someone working in esports. If you are available and willing, please post your info in this tweet. I'm going to share it with them. Please RT for visibility! Thank you in advance!
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Dear #FFXIV community, I am doing an article on the in-game reporting, in-game tools for blocking/reporting. I'm looking for stories of those who have experienced harassment within the game and have exhausted all measures to block people and still get harassed. DMs open. Plz RT.
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Jessica Scharnagle
2 years
If you are a competitor in VCT Game Changers and you have opinions on Riot's enforcement of the rules in NA, please reach out via DM. Will be conducting interviews next week. #VCTGameChangers
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Jessica Scharnagle
3 years
Happy to formally announce that I've accepted a job at @DotEsports as a senior staff writer, focusing on general games. I'll still be in/around the esports space too though! Been working towards full-time for four years, so super stoked it finally happened! 🎉🎉🎉
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2 years
One last nugget from the presser with @XSET featuring: @BcJFPS @zekkenVAL and @dephhgg (ignore my laughter plz)
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Jessica Scharnagle
5 years
Really grateful to @MLGPuckett and @Soembie for their role in making our wedding day super special! Really glad to catch up with you guys today!
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3 years
I always like to ask players/coaches/staff what their team does better than anyone else and @Aid_OW @DallasFuel just gave the most wholesome answer!!! "We really like having fun with each other. We're really close"😭😭😭😭😭
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2 years
@thegameawards It's @SOKENsquareenix and it's not even close.
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Jessica Scharnagle
6 years
@GreyyOW @SecondWindGG @ParisEternal This is how your players act on social media???
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Jessica Scharnagle
3 years
I took out all of my summer clothes today and uh.... @Fusion gear much? This isn't even all of it.... Nacho approves.
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2 years
Sara is the GOAT and I can't wait to tell y'all what she and the VAL team are cooking up to combat this type of stuff!
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🌱 Sara Dadafshar
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@JakeSucky This is a huge yikes and we do NOT want players like this in our community at all. I went ahead and perma banned this player from VALORANT, as well as all other Riot Games. Thanks for raising this. Please keep raising stuff like this and reporting so we can make VAL safer. 🔨🔥
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2 years
I remember asking @MamaZekken "what happens if they make it to an international event?" "We'll go with him," she said. Read more about how Mama Zee and @HwystarP have been an incredible boon to @zekkenVAL 's professional VALORANT career via @DotEsports ⬇️
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Jessica Scharnagle
5 years
Wearing my @poko Jersey to the Phillies game tonight. Spreading the @Fusion love all over Philadelphia! #esports
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5 months
I'm going to cry #FFXIV is finally making the blacklist ACCOUNT WIDE. I have been screaming about this for 2 YEARS. To anyone who has ever supported me in my quest to get the blacklist fixed, THANK YOU. If you want to read the article that started it all:
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Jessica Scharnagle
2 years
Gaming organization Andbox has rebranded to NYXL and invested the high end of 7 figures into the NY gaming community. Their VALORANT team will change their name to the NY Fury as a result. Read more @DotEsports
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Jessica Scharnagle
1 year
Contract signed - I'd now like to tell you all where I'm headed! I've accepted a position at Fanbyte as the FFXIV Content Coordinator. I'll likely still be creating written content, but this role is a step up from just being a journalist. I'm very ready for the challenge!
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3 years
Super excited to announce that I've accepted a position at @DotEsports as a games writer! Super excited to work with @JacobWolf and the team. Can't wait to bring you guys ALL the gaming news!!!
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@jailskey @GreyyOW @SecondWindGG @ParisEternal A girl was picked up on a contenders team and had to quit because players and fans and essentially pushed her out of the community with toxicity and sexism.
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Jessica Scharnagle
2 years
#VCTGameChangers recap so far: 1. C9W were dq'd and now will obliterate the lower bracket crushing the dreams of teams who didn't think they'd have to face them so early on 2. CLG Red loses its footing and will miss the main event this year at the hands of @_TeamOpulence 1/2
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@JessScharnagle
Jessica Scharnagle
5 months
Today I was told I'm being let go from Fanbyte effective May 31. I can take a full-time or freelance position at any time. If your site needs someone to pump out general #FFXIV and Dawntrail guides, who already has a content plan, DMs are open.
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@JessScharnagle
Jessica Scharnagle
2 months
I've been loving looking at everyone's #FFXIV blorbo in my giveaway! If you are new here, I'm a FFXIV journalist bringing you all sorts of exclusive content from various sites (IGN, PCgamesN to name a few). Stay tuned for more FFXIV interviews! 👀 Here's my blorbo!
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Jessica Scharnagle
2 years
If you plan to watch #VCTGameChangers please note that the dates changed!!!! As far as I am aware, no announcement was made. But dates are now April 6-9 instead of 7-10. I'm assuming this was changed because @ValorantEsports Masters starts on the 10th.
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Yoshi-P: "We decided to implement this a little over half a year ago" This article was published about a year ago. So 6 months after my article. I don't know if it had an impact at all, but I'd like to think it did. I'd like to think something I did helped players.
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I'm going to cry #FFXIV is finally making the blacklist ACCOUNT WIDE. I have been screaming about this for 2 YEARS. To anyone who has ever supported me in my quest to get the blacklist fixed, THANK YOU. If you want to read the article that started it all:
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Jessica Scharnagle
8 months
I had the amazing opportunity to sit down with the incredibly talented @SingingAmanda to talk about the dress she wears on stage! Read more: A Dress that Flows as Beautifully as Her Voice - How FFXIV's Amanda Achen Designed the Iconic Hydaelyn Dress
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Jessica Scharnagle
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If you've written anything for #NaNoWriMo in the past... I'm now worried about them using the work I've written there to teach AI... so just to be safe I deleted every single project. Just a heads up that you can, too.
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Jessica Scharnagle
2 years
For anyone curious what the @NYXL rebrand means for the VALORANT team: I've been told that the team is going to compete under the name NY Fury, not NYXL. I don't know why.
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@ladylawga This was already in the ToS. Nothing changed about this. I don't think they enforce it much!
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Jessica Scharnagle
2 years
@FF_XIV_EN Good job guys, we made Yoshi-P mad. If you're just catching up on the FFXIV drama this morning surrounding The Omega Protocol Ultimate, this article has everything you need to catch up on it. Read more 👇
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3 years
I have a meeting with Riot set for next week. Thank you everyone who has sent messages. I still promise to read them all!!!
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Jessica Scharnagle
2 years
Mutuals: Every year my Esports Journalism class has to reach out to an industry professional and conduct an interview. If any of you are open to speaking with them, please DM me or tell me here where they can reach you! They need to start reaching out next week.
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3 years
Good morning to everyone except people who harass people in games because of their gender.
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Jessica Scharnagle
2 years
"The blacklist in FFXIV is at best a weak deterrent for harassers, and at worst completely ineffective." My investigation into the effectiveness of the Final Fantasy XIV anti-harassment tools is live. Read more here 👇 #FFXIV
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3 months
"Fuckin' dog has fuckin' papers." This is one of my favorite movies of all time and Goodman was EXCELLENT. What a legend.
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Happy 72nd Birthday John Goodman!! 🐐 “SMOKEY THIS IS NOT NAM. THIS IS BOWLING. THERE ARE RULES.” 😂
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2 years
@CalCameron_ It should be a requirement. If you want to be partnered, you need to be open, and enthusiastic about fielding a GC team. Riot should hold partnered teams to a superior standing, and that standing includes supporting marginalized gendered esports competition.
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I'm always so humbled and honored to be able to interview the #FFXIV voice actors. They're so passionate about their crafts and about you guys. Go follow them!!!! @senabryer @LuisBermudezVO @CarinaReeves1 @ColinRyan @Bwalkerj @Bramhill @sportegabiz @JavierPrusky @RobynEthel
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Jessica Scharnagle
2 years
With @GeorgeCGed : @freaks4ugaming is investigating claims made by @melanie_mhs regarding suicide jokes made by a member of F4U staff, pressure to travel, and scheduling issues. Read more via @DotEsports :
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Jessica Scharnagle
3 years
Well this blew up. I have so many messages I don't think I can feasibly respond to all of them. I do promise to read them all, though.
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Jessica Scharnagle
2 years
This story is so cool, you guys. @GuildWars2 is turning a real-life 10-year-old hero into an NPC for @ExtraLife4Kids Game Day 2022! Read more about it, including what the developers had to say about it below! 👇
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@JessScharnagle
Jessica Scharnagle
2 months
After I got laid off from Fanbyte, I struggled a lot with what to do with my career. The video games journalism industry is getting harder and harder to sustain a career in, but I know I want writing to be in my future. So in 2025, I am going for my MFA in writing. Wish me luck!
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Now that I'm starting to get into the swing of things and articles are starting to get approved, I'm happy to share that I will be working with IGN on a freelance basis to cover #FFXIV Dawntrail! Excited to bring the quality and accuracy you're used to from me to IGN.
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Jessica Scharnagle
2 years
I want to do an article for Women's History Month on women in the video game industry we should all know. Who are your favorite women in game dev? Tag them here! I want to talk to them! My faves: @Rubi_ @thepokeflute @camilluddington @Bwalkerj @rhipratchett (and many more)
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3 years
I'll have you know that I hugged the @XSET girls (and @NotDuckyD ) and I only cried like 3 times from joy.
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Jessica Scharnagle
5 years
So I'm trying to convince my fiance that we should walk into the reception to the OWL music...what if I recorded a caster to announce us? He'd totally do it then, right? Any takers? @Soembie , @MLGPuckett , @Malik4Play , @SideshowGaming , @BrenCasts Wanna be a part of my wedding?
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2 years
Looking into doing an article about the #FFXIV club scene. Anyone have some interesting interview subjects? Looking into DJs, club owners (FC's), and RPers. Plz RT for visibility!
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Jessica Scharnagle
2 years
OMFG I MET HIM!!!!!!
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Jessica Scharnagle
2 years
The Dot Esports Valpals in one image:
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Jessica Scharnagle
1 year
Today was my last day at Dot Esports. I grew as a writer there, molded by some really awesome editors and the support of many of my coworkers. I do know where I am going next, I'll announce that next week. But allow me to leave a hint as to what game I'll be focused on...
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@420mango420 It's in the article. I confirmed it with Riot.
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Jessica Scharnagle
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But you should have a strong knowledge in the job's mechanics. Writers will be allowed to have up to 2 jobs. Job entails: - Updating our job guides (includes rotation guides and any future related articles we write) - Keeping those guides fresh for a specified period of time (c)
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Can we have a women's Valorant tournament LAN in Philly, @nerdstreet ? Asking for many friends..... I just want a LAN. SO BAD.
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Jessica Scharnagle
3 years
Sources: VALORANT EMEA Game Changers event rules prevent certain marginalized genders, including non-binary persons, from competing
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2 years
@JessGOAT Boaster and Benkai in the same press conference should just be a reality show at this point.
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"I want the option to play as a male character." I spent my entire childhood forced into playing a male character most times because that's what dominated games. Hard to have sympathy when the tables have turned. Grow up. Women belong in games. Diversity belongs in games. GROW UP
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Calling all #FFXIV veterans: What do you wish you knew when you were starting the game? Your answer may be featured in an article! (plz RT for viz)
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Feeling so fortunate today. I've interviewed a bunch of people in the #FFXIV space. I'm now getting to know a lot of the voice actors, and they are all so PRECIOUS. Please follow them and give them all the love: @Bwalkerj @ColinRyan @Bramhill @CarinaReeves1 @RobynEthel
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@JessScharnagle
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Please RT for visibility! I'm curious, how many of you got emails for the #FFXIV Fan Fest? I feel like SO few people got it. Need lots of responses for a possible article <3
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If interested, please email me at jscharnagle (at) zam (dot) com. Please include: - The 1-2 jobs you are an expert in - How many hours you've put into FFXIV - Any writing samples - Why you are an expert in your job(s) Please RT and forward if you know someone!
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Have been toying with the idea of making my own FFXIV related website with all the interviews and guides I loved doing. What do you guys think?
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Full circle. 🥰 @Bwalkerj @ColinRyan And tomorrow I'll have to snag one with @Bramhill !
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Yes, I am the kind of journalist who will take 30 minutes to set a FFXIV glam just to take an image to insert into an article. What of it? 🤓
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The #FFXIV community is just the best. Sitting here waiting for special FATE to spawn and they're all talking about their plans for the day. I tell them I have an interview and a ton of messages wishing me luck pop up. I love this place. ❤️
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Jessica Scharnagle
2 years
ICYMI: My report on #FFXIV 's blacklist is out. Please RT and share if you can, because it needs to change. Now that I've finished this, I want to look into the GMs. If you are a current or former NA GM, I want to talk to you (anonymously!)
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@BcJFPS It's such a pleasure to watch you play, my dude. I loved the video about you this morning! 😎
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Also, I've received over 160 messages from all of you describing your experiences. Let's make a difference. 💪
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Jessica Scharnagle
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Life update! Rowan University offered me a 3/4 role. This means I will essentially be teaching part-time, while also making a good salary. This is perfect, since it gives me enough time to pursue my Master's degree, and freelance! Yay!
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It's been over a month since Fanbyte decided to nuke the entire site and I've put in over 30 job applications since then. It's been disheartening to hear NOTHING back. Five years as a successful video game and FFXIV journalist... and nothin. Feeling pretty hopeless rn.
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2 years
☑️ Verified! =D
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@GeorgeCGed I hope he gets the help he needs now.
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- Working independently - Able to take criticism and implement changes - Able to quickly identify how a job has changed using community discussion and be able to verify that information using in-game data - Have a basic knowledge of the English language (c)
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Incredibly grateful to @Bwalkerj @ColinRyan @Bramhill and @The_Ben_Starr for the interviews and coordination of future interviews! Also grateful for all the wonderful friends I saw at Otakon. I'm exhausted but fulfilled. Lots of articles coming soon!
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Smol announcement: I'll be taking on a more involved role at @nerdstreet . I'll be taking over the Esports Meta podcast and working extra hard to bring you guys interesting content on a consistent basis! Big shoutout to @Brian_Bencomo for believing in me!
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Jessica Scharnagle
2 years
Whoever said marriage is hard didn't marry the right person. It's easy with you. Happy 3rd anniversary to my best friend, love of my life, and partner in crime. @imMoonunit
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Roll call #2 electric bugaloo. Please RT for visibility for potential article. For those who wanted one, did you get a #FFXIV Fan Fest ticket? #FanFest2023 #FinalFantasyXIV
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@x0tek I agree with just about everything except for the "work harder" part. Many of these women are in school or have jobs (look at @EMUHLEET she's a MACHINE idk how she does it all) and cannot focus all of the attention they need to on content creation/brand recognition (1/2)
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"When I put on the suit, I just feel so ready to go." @XSET @SyykoNT spoke with me about why he always wears a suit on stage and how it makes him feel on game day. #RepTheSet #VCT #VALORANTChampions Read more about the drip only on @DotEsports 👇
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- Availability to work starting June 28, and for up to two weeks after (it's flexible, but must be able to update guides in a timely manner) - Optional: Have completed level 90 Savage content on your job Fee will be a flat rate and include expectations and deadlines. (c)
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