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I'm not talking about

your neighborhood LAN,

where you get a $15

gift certificate

to the local electronic store...

Or a kickin' rig.

A kickin' Rig.

I'm talking about sponsors.

Sponsorships.

(light orchestral music)

Get you a plane ticket.

Put you in a hotel room.

Pay your admission.

And then you play.

And if you win, we split

the proceeds fifty-fifty.

Who do you think

makes those deals?

Who do you think

puts it all together?

You.

Yeah.

I think I can set you up.

At this stage of your career,

you need to have

somebody with you

who has relationships,

who can call and say,

"Hey, you know, you don't

know who I'm talking about

"right now, but he is gonna

be the next hot thing,

"Tyler Conway."

So you're

gonna make me into a legend?

(laughing)

I'm gonna make you a pro.

The money is in tournaments.

In order to get in

the tournaments,

you gotta be on a team.

If you're willing to keep

this conversation going,

I'm prepared to put

you one of the best.

Who?

Nefarious.

That's Jonathan's team.

Was Jonathan's team.

They've had a little

bit of a falling out.

What do you say?

Partners?

(laughing)

Do you need an attacker?

Dave!

My man!

[Dave] What's going on?

How ya been?

Oh, good good.

So, this is the place?

Yeah, we're

getting an upgrade.

Richard Brixton's

writing the check.

Brixton.

Brixton.

That dude runs

hot and cold, bro.

Oh well, better get

it while we can.

Where do I set up?

Down the hall.

Up the stairs.

There.

(door opening and closing)

Hi.

I know that you probably

don't remember...

[Tyler] Venus water.

Yeah.

Yeah, come in.

We're not open for

business, if ever.

I have tuna.

No, I, um...

Jonathan just got into

this like huge fight

with his manager.

And he trashed the hotel room.

I'm from out of town and

I remembered the name

of your restaurant.

And I know you don't know me,

and I know that I could be

like a serial

killer or something.

Oh.

But, I was hoping that you,

that I could crash here.

Yeah.

Yeah, no problem.

Make yourself at home.

I mean, it's just

gonna be for one night.

Kate, you can stay

as long as you want.

But if you murder me, just

make it quick, okay, 'cause...

Hey dude, I was

wondering if...

Kate, this is Dave Foreman.

Dave, Kate Valery...

Hey.

So, Ty.

When are the others showing up?

(horn honking)

Right about now.

(light rock music)

Tyler Conway.

Yeah, dude.

Yeah, I was at the LAN

when you barbecued Spencer.

(laughing)

Oh my God!

You were like,

you were like pew!

And I was like, "Oh, sh*t!"

And then Jonathan was like,

"F*** this sh*t!"

(laughing)

Dude, thank you,

for pissin' him off and

getting him to rage quit.

Dude, don't sweat it,

Jonathan's a dick.

I was ready to

jump ship, anyway.

Okay, okay.

No, trust me.

I hear you, man, I hear you.

I'm Cranked, by the way.

Or Steve, it doesn't matter.

(laughing)

All right, hey, I'll

post 15 tweets a day,

10 on Facebook, and

I'll throw in a Tumblr

for 250 a week.

(horns honking)

Okay?

Hey, are we a go?

All right, rad rad rad.

I'll send you the bio and

pics and everything else.

Okay.

Ego, we finally meet.

Ah, do me a favor, man.

Call me by real name, Wayne.

Ah, we're trending.

Guess you really took

Spencer down a notch.

I'd get a bodyguard

if I were you.

[Tyler] All right boys,

make yourself at home.

(distant siren wailing)

I didn't even know she

was part of the deal.

Yeah, I'd get two

bodyguards if I were you.

What are you doing?

Hangin' up my sh*t.

Should I put it somewhere else?

Freaky.

(dramatic orchestral music)

(door opening)

(heavy breathing)

(dramatic orchestral

music rising)

Take a deep breath.

Let it out.

Squeeze the trigger slowly.

(gun clicking)

(chuckling)

It's the safety.

All right bud, try it again.

(gun clicking)

(gun firing)

(door opening)

Hey.

You okay?

You ran down here like you

saw a ghost or something.

This place isn't haunted, is it?

No.

Um, sort of.

(laughing)

I grew up here.

I helped out in the

kitchen, bussed tables.

It was the family business.

So, where have

you been living?

I have some friends

and die-hard Diablo nuts.

Been staying with them

and crashing at

my uncle's place.

It's just that

coming back, it's,

it's not home anymore.

Then make it.

(light electronic music)

(keyboard clicking)

Isn't it kinda weird?

Getting take-out

delivered to a restaurant.

Hey, it's not a restaurant.

It's the Conway Gaming House.

I tweeted it out,

Instagrammed a photo,

and we've already

got 10,000 followers.

Did you turn off

location services?

Uh, I'll do that right now.

Too late, man.

Once on the net,

always on the net.

Hey, wait.

What do we call ourselves?

Team Canteen?

What about um,

Shadowfire?

Sounds like a horse.

No, no, wait,

wait, wait, wait.

Omen.

Isn't that kinda dark?

Steve, we're killer robots.

Yeah, what about Bluntbombers?

(laughing)

[Steve] Okay, okay.

I'll go with Omen.

Yeah, Omen.

I like that.

All right, now.

Richard wants me

to be team leader.

Yeah, right.

You got a problem with that?

Yeah, I didn't quit

Jonathan's squad,

just to be bossed around

by some other hotshot.

I've been with the team forever.

So I should be team leader.

You got a problem with that?

All right, Steve.

You can lead.

[Steve] Thank you.

If you beat me one-on-one.

(wind rushing)

(readout sliding and beeping)

(ominous orchestral music)

(thudding)

(readout sliding and beeping)

(laughing)

(guns firing)

Lucky shot.

(guns firing)

(character exploding)

Wait, hold on.

Hold on a second.

Man, I'm just getting started!

(character exploding)

[Tyler] Time out!

Time out!

What is that thing,

from like 1960?

What the hell?

Holy sh*t.

(thudding)

(guns firing)

(bomb landing)

(bomb exploding)

(high pitch

frequency resonating)

(guns firing)

(keyboard clicking)

(bombs exploding)

Best two out of three?

(door opening and closing)

I think it's settled.

Tyler's gonna call the shots.

Sound good?

Sounds like a joke to me.

Where the hell do you

get off stealing my team?

[Steve] Hey, who

left the door open!

Now we've got all

kinds of f***in' trash

drifting in!

Jonathan, get out.

Nice play.

So you took all of it.

(laughing)

(soda pouring)

[Tyler] Are you serious?

[Dave] Hey, hey.

(can dropping)

(grunting)

It's okay, it's okay.

(door opening and closing)

Wayne, location services off.

[Wayne] Off.

Sh*t.

(light electronic music)

All right, thank you.

Nice.

Yeah, I used to play a bit.

But that was Team Fortress.

Wasn't hardcore like Reflex.

How did you start gaming?

I was bored and

I had a computer.

I wasn't was very

social as a kid.

I got made fun of.

People thought I was ugly.

That's hard to believe.

Yeah, I don't know.

Team Fortress I

could be a medic.

I could be a soldier.

It brought me power.

I mean, I dominated.

You still play?

No.

I was in a European

league for a while,

but the time zones

and the all-nighters,

they nearly killed me.

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