2017 is proving to be an intriguing start, as far as esports go.

Hooooo-lyyyyy shieeeeet.

I mean, just look at the esports news dated today(-ish):

Tonight I’ll be recording the first test run of the new Monday episode of the lowercase esports podcast for February, and I’ll try to offer a summary of the recent past and upcoming events of Dota 2 as well as this week’s episode of the Esports Morning podcast with keekerdc.

Spring touchback cleaning skill floors.

A > WHOA
> touchbacks to the 25
> THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING
ME > they should put touchbacks at the 40

B > I agree they should be touchbacks at the 40
> more risk/reward for kicking off closer to touch
ME > make the penalty an actual penalty
B > and would probably ​_actually_​ result in less running at each other at full speed if kickers had to be more conservative
ME > or better yet, let players drop kick the ball forward from their own endzone
> MAKE FOOTBALL FOOT AGAIN
C > MAKE FOOTBALL GREAT AGAIN
B > heh
ME > MAKE FOOTBALL BETTER: RUGBY
B > MAKE FOOTBALL GREAT FINALLY
ME > CRACK HANDEGG, ESTABLISH RUGBY
C > In other news the dota scene is losing its shit over the spring cleaning update cuz muh skill floor