As with most things, the opinions expressed in this post are my own. Consider this as just one data point, and not as a guide to your career.
I've been working in the Data/AI space for 5 years now and I've seen hundreds of starry eyed people wanting to work in A.I. because they want to work with the latest and coolest cutting edge technology. But I want to share with you a few reasons why A.I. is not a good career choice.

1. A.I. positions could end up like the "data scientist" position. Looking at the history of the data scientist position, in 2010-2020, the hype around data science made it so that millions of people flocked to that position. Companies eventually realized that most them actually didn't need data science, and the impact of the position didn't always help them profit. The demand of the job has plummeted in recent years, leaving millions of aspiring data scientists unemployed or needing to pursue a different career.
2. A.I. positions will be less than .0001% of tech engineering jobs. In the next few decades, the demand for software and data engineering roles will be much more needed at most companies that A.I. roles. Only a small group companies will a be pursuing A.I. initiatives, while the majority of companies will still need software and data engineers. But because 90% of tech news is A.I. related, there will be a massive influx of people trying to enter the space.
3. The barriers to entry are huge. To pursue a career in A.I. and machine learning. A person's understanding of statistics and software engineering need to be extremely high. To get to that level of knowledge requires much more dedication and studying than most people imagine. Becoming a decent software engineer or data professional is already difficult for the average person.

Before you decide to pursue this as a career, it's important to consider some of the cons listed below. Perhaps consider taking a smaller step first and trying to land a job as a software engineer or data analyst. If you're already in a technical field, consider not putting all your eggs into one basket, and making sure you know enough skills to stay gainfully employed in the job market.
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I have recently been getting sick of VSCode, and wanted to switch to a new IDE (Yes, I know VSCode isn't an IDE). I was wondering if there was any free IDE on Linux that has compatibility with Python, C, C#, Javascript, Typescript, HTML, and Java. I tried Netbeans, but I couldn't get Python to work. I hate JetBrains' IDEs. Can anyone recommend a free Linux IDE with all the following criteria? Btw, as a distro, I use Debian.

I'm hoping someone might have a bit of advice on a few points, or may have gone through a similar situation.
We have applied to a rent tribunal after receiving a section 13 with a 22% rent increase we don't agree with considering the poor state of the property (landlord won't repair many issues and stuff they do fix is extremely poor quality). When we sent through the application, property management and everything was dealt with by the estate agents, so they have been put down as the contact on the application documents.
Now, after receiving the tribunal date and the information about the deadlines for sending in our evidence, the landlord has fired the estate agents as their property managers and will be using them solely as rent collection agents. No one is able to tell me if the landlord has received the documents and info regarding the tribunal process and the deadline, his deadline is next week. I have emailed the tribunal to ask and sent them the landlords details, but they just replied saying they can't provide legal advice and to contact citizens advice, which seems like a bizarre response, surely they should confirm if the landlord has been sent the info? I don't know if this is some tactic by the landlord to invalidate the tribunal somehow.
Additionally, the tribunal application states to continue paying our regular rent (although we are putting some aside as they backdate their decision) but today we have been hounded by the estate agents for the additional 'increased' amount, telling us we are now in rent arrears. They don't care that the tribunal process puts a hold on that. Is it possible this will affect my credit rating and what can I do to get them to realise they can't demand this money right now?
(thanks for reading so much!) Forgot to add, I'm in England.

I’m at my wits end and I really need some help or direction. I (28f) have always had issues with my hormones. I’m average height and weight and my family has a history of low hormones but not anything that’s been treated by a doctor.
I didn’t have a period until I was 17 and that was only after multiple sonograms, ultrasounds, blood tests, and putting me on estrogen/progesterone to medically induce a period. Back then, I was told I was too skinny so my body wasn’t producing hormones like it should. There was also talk about possibly having PCOS. Once my body started menstruating on its own with the help of birth control, my periods were awful and painful. I had suicidal ideation while I was on birth control so I stopped taking it.
Afterwards, my periods would start and stop randomly for years. I think I went almost a year without a period and then ended up having one for 6 weeks straight. At this point, I went to an OBGYN and she told me I could have a partial hysterectomy due to my severe side effects of birth control. At 26, I had my uterus removed and that has been one of the best decisions I made. The OBGYN found lots of endometriosis during this process as well.
But lately I’ve become more aware of symptoms that I probably should’ve taken account of before. No libido, extreme fatigue, irritability, really hot sometimes and sweat during the night, muscle weakness and loss.
I had been looking at previous hormone tests and they all fall in the “normal” range. I’ll be honest, I don’t know how to read all of them but the testosterone test. My T serum test peaked at 19 years old with 25 ng/dL. My most recent serum test before my hysterectomy was 14 ng/dL and records show it has steadily dropped over the years. I recently had a free testosterone direct blood test done and it came back as 0.8 pg/mL.
Every single test has been labeled as normal but I still have all these weird symptoms. I have an appointment with an endocrinologist next month but I’m afraid they’ll say the same thing. I know google doesn’t hold much weight but everything I’ve looked at has said at least my testosterone is low. But no doctor has said anything is low.
I just want to live a normal life and feel good in my body again. Please help or give advice, anything at all!! I feel so alone and like I’m going nuts.

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I have a feeling a lot of us are going to say things like the Moog synths, Hilda, VHS Synth, etc., but I’d love to know what you’re enjoying. These don’t necessarily have to be the best plugins, just the ones you reach for over and over again.
Mine are:
Baby Audio BA-1: It sounds great and has a very straightforward UI. The simplicity means it never takes long to come up with a cool patch.
BLEASS Arpeggiator: This thing is amazing. It’s got a ton of parameters and modulation options. When you start to abuse it, it doesn’t even sound like an arpeggiator anymore. I use it more like a weird generative sequencer than an arpeggiator.
Continua: Great sounding synth with a few more params than BA-1, but still not too bad. I like the way it handles the mod matrix. I’m not crazy about the chorus effect on it; it seems to delay my notes enough that it screws up the feel of typewriter basslines. But I can always slap a chorus plugin after it, so it’s not a huge deal.
Drum Computer: I love the range of sounds I can get out of it. The randomization feature is surprisingly effective at giving me good drum sounds.
Factory: Picked this one up recently on sale, but I like the range of sounds. The randomization on the mod matrix is a quick way to get interesting stuff. You’d think that would quickly descend into unusable madness, but it’s actually pretty good.
Hilda: Reminds me a lot of my Ø-Coast and Strega hardware synths. Absolutely fantastic.
Nerd Synth: Tons of great sounds and easy to tweak.
Phosphor 3: An emulation of one of the first softsynths ever made. It’s relatively simple, but I love the sound of it.
Zeeon: Dagger’s big brother. I love how they cleverly tucked wave folding and FM into it to let you experiment with some different forms of synthesis.
Atom Piano Roll: Great for getting more intricate with sequencing. The ghost note feature is great. I often record my OXI One into it so I can instantly recall my OXI One songs without even needing the hardware.
Fugue Machine: Lots of fun for coming up with unexpected polyphonic sequences.
Harmony Bloom: This generates sequences so gorgeous that it feels like cheating.
Neon: My favorite generative sequencer of all time, and I should note that I have about $3,000 worth of hardware sequencers sitting on my desk as I write this. Neon beats them all.
Velocity KB: Basically the MPE functionality from an Ableton Push 3 at a tiny fraction of the price. Works way better than I expected.
Reverbs: Too many favorites to list individually. Blackhole, Alteza, Crystalline, and Cascade are my go-to reverbs. All are wonderful for different reasons.
Dials: I love the way this fattens everything up.
Enso: Great for recording things and mangling them.
Looperator: Great for injecting some life into otherwise boring sequences.
Other Desert Cities: I use it in every single song. Maybe my favorite delay of all time.
Rymdigare: Fantastically weird little ambient maker.
Volcano: Often used to subtly bring things in and out of the mix over time. Great for ambient.
Weeping Wall: Fantastic for making sparse sequences sound emotional.
So what are you using all the time?

Until now when I used the new gradient tool and made a gradient , the tool had only one point that I could drag around to increase or decrease the amount of the gradient. I don't know what Ive' done, but when I use the tool now there are 4 of these sliders, and for the life of me I don't know what I did to chage this. I'm still using the new gradient tool. Anyone know how to go back to where I only have the one slider? Tks

he broke up with me in mid april. so it's been a little over a month. we went no contact, despite explicitly saying we would. it has been devastating for me. i speculate about what he is doing and torture myself with thoughts of regret and grief. i miss him more than i've ever missed anyone.
i feel better than i did a month ago but only so much. i have been busy with art making and traveling and going out and spending time with friends and meeting new ones. I still think about him several times a day. He is always in the back of my mind. my new attempt to stop hurting so much and detach is to say to myself "i'm not going to let you hurt me anymore." that seems to work, temporarily, but i can't shake the desire to reach out, especially as what would have been our anniversary approaches.
He expressed his feelings at the beginning of March, after I returned from a weekend trip to nyc. I expressed extreme emotions, because I so desperately wanted him to stay with me, and felt so badly for anything and everything I had done to make him feel that way. He wouldn't look me in the eyes when I cried because it was "too much." I called him at some point the next day and asked if we were still together, despite knowing he wanted to break up, he said yes. This was the beginning of a month of mixed signals and reluctance to hang out with me. Looking back, I didn't respect what he wanted and his boundaries, and I regret that deeply. I should have let him go and not made him feel more resentful toward me.
When we had that last conversation in mid April, he said "i don't want to hang out with you anymore." In the last month we were together (March), he also would say he loved me and call me every day (usually greeting me with "hello beautiful") and say he was glad we weren't doing the single thing because dating sucks. Yet, he would make this face, a face that appeared angry or upset at me, right upon greeting me. He would get angry with me over little things, would sulk when he hung out with me, after being sweet minutes before.
He was dealing with depression, major depression, that he has dealt with his entire life. I tink he felt he was depressed because of our relationship. He was also struggling to adjust to the new city. He wasn't making friends as quickly as he thought and was unable to motivate himself to getting started on writing music and go out. I admit that during the winter, our relationship became boring and we would stay in together on the weekends. We would argue too. Neither of us were having much fun during that time, except when we watched movies, went furniture shopping or had sex (lol).
For context: we both moved to the same new city. I was terrified when he said he wanted to move when he got laid off last May. I expressed this sadness and frustration and worry but I made plans to move as well. I moved for him yes, but this city was one I'd been talking about moving to since before I met him and it seemed like the right time to go, for myself but also to continue this relationship.
About a month before I moved, because of being upset and angry with him still for leaving me behind, he attempted to break up with me. I still lived in our home town and he drove all the way back to arrive at my apt, and surprise me by saying "i came to break up." I immediately had a panic attack and begged him to stay with me. He stayed with me, against his will but, after that, everything seemed fine and our relationship suddenly became much better than it was before. He seemed to still love me a lot. He even helped me move out of my apartment and drove the uhaul for me.
I look back and realize how much he probably felt forced or obligated to do. Maybe not everything, or all the time, but out of some kind of love he was trying to still have for me. I know now that you can't make someone stay and I feel terrible for doing that to him. I just loved and still love him more than I've loved anyone. I couldn't, and still can't, let go.
It had been a long time coming. We were incompatible in many ways; I was too anxiously attached and would demand too much of his time and emotional energy. He was avoidant. We would get into petty arguments about things rather frequently. I unfortunately would get angry with him over things that were rooted in my insecurity, which resulted in my own jealousy and possessive issues. I regret acting this way, and not supporting his music in the way he deserved. My regrets are endless.
He also said- "we can't stay together just because you don't want to be abandoned." and while that is true, it wasn't just my fear driving my attachment, i didn't want him to leave because i loved him so much. So, I feel invalidated by that statement now. I feel like so much was blamed on me and i willingly took the blame because i was trying to be better. i recognize what i did and where i went wrong. i really never wanted to hurt him.
i've been trying to analyze why he would reject my intense love for him. and i'm learning a lot. I don't know about you but i imagine that we all want to be loved, and the pain just gets in the way.
and i know all i can do now is respect his boundaries and his need to get away from me. i know i must do everything i can to not contact him and let him go.
i feel so pathetic!!!

I don't have any account set up for microstakes online and the rake is notoriously bad anyway, so I decided to get some practice folding pre on a shitty free app. I played a bunch against the terrible bots they have to max out the amount of chips an account can hold and am now playing against real people (as far as I know). Most tables are limp fests, occasionally they get ruined by someone repeatedly open shoving a 50bb standard buyin. Anyway...
Onto the hand:
6 handed covering the table with over 150bb, on the Button with 22. Limps to me, I decide to overlimp since the blinds and UTG are shorter than 30bb, I don't want to induce. Blinds call/check, 6 ways to a flop.
Which comes AAQ rainbow. Checks around to me, I decide to bet 4bb into 6. I'm not studied on paired boards or limped pots, but I feel like this is for value if a bit low in the range. Blinds and short stacks fold, HJ and CO call. Both have ~100bb effective. Been sitting at this table a while, CO is one of the only players I have met on this app that I thought had a brain in their head, but labelled them a nit after some of their river check-calls with things i would value jam. One of these V's has an Ace, almost 100%.
Turn is a 2, puts out a flush draw. Nice, I can beat a caller with an Ace. Checks to me, I bet 2/3 again, roughly 12 into 16. If they both call, I can shove river at SPR 1ish. Both call.
River is an A. The only card I can possibly stop betting on, even fold to a reasonable sizing from either of them. God dammit. They... both check. I check behind.
All hands are shown at showdown, so I get the pleasure of seeing HJ with KK for the second nuts and CO with AQ for flopped boat and the nuts all 3 streets.

I'm 25 but my dad will still bully me by saying I'm fat or look like an "animal" (I'm normal weight btw)!
I expressed SO many times how upset this makes me, but it keeps happening.
It's almost like he wants me to get triggered and feel bad. I spent so many times crying because of this but now i come to a point where i stopped loving my dad!

Hey everyone, just here for a question and maybe some advice.
I 27M matched with 30F back in Mid-End of April. We exchanged maybe a few texts a day as we both infrequently check the app. After about a week of this I asked for her number and we started texting.
We spent a day over text just sharing anything we felt comfortable sharing then set up our first date. First date went awesome, we met up for dinner and had an awesome conversation along with a lot of laughs. At the end we walked around town a bit and I walked her to her car and the night ended with a kiss. I offered a ride for this date but she wanted to drive instead.
We spoke a bit more and we communicate primarily in the AM to early PM. Nice Good Morning text, just a check in and that's about it.
We just had our second date this past Tuesday and it went even better. She even asked if I would be willing to give her a ride, to which I did. We had an awesome dinner, showed embarssing HS photos of ourselves. We then went hatchet throwing and were talking smack to each other the entire time and laughing. This date also ended in a kiss as well, and both of us expressing in the car that we're having a great time and enjoy it.
We've spoken about our goals and how we don't want to waste anytime because we're just getting "Older".
Oddly enough when I texted her about going on another date and if she wanted to see if there was something there between and keep spending time together. Absolute silence. Which is weird considering our communication patterns.
Is this a case of ghosting? I've been out of the dating world since my ex-fiancee left me in 2021 and jsut really started back up after getting my life in order (Job, Apartment, and Finances).
Feel free to let me know what you're all thinking!

I’m devastated! My ADHD ex broke up because she wanted space to do things that make her feel like herself because she did a lot of things for me and lost herself, but she she never spoke about any accountability to take care of her health which was getting worse
She opened her legs within two weeks for some dude
I found the top part of the condom wrapper on top of the Valentines day card I gave her
All the flowers that I gave her were in the bedroom, the top part of the condom wrapper was on top of the valentines card I wrote for her. She fucked that dude on the mattress I gave her
I found the condom and the remaining wrapper in her trash
She said we weren’t together, I wouldn’ve never cheated
Unfortunately I responded to her message after I dropped off a few of her stuff at her place and left after ringing the bell.
I went to her place to talk and she started getting extremely horny, one thing led to another we had sex on Sunday and she cried and said she still cares a lot of me, loves me, but she actually used me for sex and then said
“I don’t want you to think this meant nothing, this means more to me” LIES! She just said that to make herself feel better
I’m so fucked up in my head
I was carrying a huge guilt thinking may be because of my mistakes this whole thing up was messed up, but holy shit I’m learning that she’s been projecting her deep insecurities on me, and is emotionally unstable because of her anxiety, hasn’t been going to therapy for it, gets so defensive and angry when held accountable for her actions, always plays the victim
I’ve never felt so manipulated in my life

The game opens with constant gunfire and artillery shells bursting, the sound of men yelling as gunfire stifles the darkness of the night. We focus in on a platoon of troops in a foxhole, like lightning a shell hits close to, wiping out most of the men. As the ringing of the remaining ears clear they realize they need to retreat as they can no longer stay in the tight, cramped, flooded hole they've found themselves in and the only way back is up.
Every player must roll a d10, the player with the lowest role finds a piece of wood stuck within their leg, not bleeding but obstructing the ability to run without help, the players decide to deal with the issue there and then or deal with assisting the injured player in the retreat to try and fix it in a safer location.
As the players leave the foxhole a machine gun fire begins to target the group
Triggers a sequence
Flairs shoot lighting up the battlefield as you hear a whistle from the enemy blows They're crossing no man's land.
This sequence where the players must make a 200-250yd dash for a trench behind the foxhole.
Players take priority in turn rotation

Fleeing is (Mov x 5 =x yd) 

Every player must make a dex roll on their turn
-a critical success allows them to run uninhibited
-a regular success causes equipment to get snagged on barbed wire causing them to get slowed
-a failure causes you pouches or bags to rip dropping a small amount of ammunition
-a critical failure causes you to get cut by barbed wire dealing 1d4 damage
Players carrying injured role with penalty die
On the machine guns turn roll to full auto at players but role with triple penalty dice due to multiple shots, out of range, and fast targets. You can decide volley size and damage per shot, BE NICE it's just the beginning
Once all players have made it across no mans land they will arrive at the door of a rather large bunker, they bang on the door and request assistance. After a bit of pleas a slot on the large door opens with a bun barrel sticking out. A rather shooken young man asks the players to tell him “where are you from” clearly trying to see if the players are enemies. A player can say anything but the second the man hears perfect english or french he swings open the door. The players see a young man with a shotgun, couldnt be over 20 years old. He commands the players to get in fast. As all the players enter he immediately goes to slam the door shut seeming to struggle to do so.
You meet Bert Newman a strapping young man from new york a very charming quick witted kid, he's always there to boost morale and is always ready to get work done. Its best to slowly show off his personality with small talk while he leads you down the winding halls.
After a few turns and twists you arrive at a sort of check point with a man with a british bren gun points his barrel down the hall, directly at Bert and the players.
You meet Rook a very large man sporting a very clean uniform, he seems concerned and Isn't too welcoming to the new residents, hes a harsh with his words, and presents himself as no nonsense, he does have a soft spot for Bert, able to handle his constant cracks and stories. I recommend making some dialogue for them to have every now and then to show their relationship.
After the players are done interacting have rook notice the player with the injury if it hasnt been taken care of he’ll direct the players to go to the infirmary to get fixed up. Have Bert offer to show them where to go. On the way to the infirmary try to keep engaging with the players as Bert
As the players arrive they will notice a large room with a few injured men, a very poor sight to behold. Once you arrive at the entrance you will meet a beautiful young lady dressed in a nurses gown
This is Louise, say hi to Louise :D. A pretty woman with a caring face, but with a hint of concern and fear.
She welcomes you and immediately notices the protruding fragments sticking out of the injured player, she looks back up and tells them to take a seat. The players can interact with Bert more, with each other, or Louise. Try to have Bert and Louise interact if you can, they are great friends.
After the player is patched up they can leave. They can follow Bert back to rook where Rook will give you the task to retrieve barbed wire from the armory as they want to start adding more defenses for the door incase of being invaded. Bert will again offer to guide the players
You begin your journey to the armory, once again try to interact if you can, mention what could have brought Bert to the war and his family. At a certain point Bert will trip a grenade wire trap, everyone roles a dex or dodge role. Bert is killed in the blast anyplayer that fails gets knocked to prone, you can determine if they were close enough to take damage. After all the dust clears the players see Bert's body slumped against a wall lifeless,they can't save him. If the players decide to search him they will find a mostly burnt map of the bunker, some ammo for a shotgun and a letter addressed to what you can assume is his family.
If the players continue to go and retrieve the barbed wire they will get a chance to change their weapons if they choose. As they return they notice Bert’s body is now gone, with a blood trail leading around an separate hallway
Thank you for reading!!!

I've put around 500 hours into it so far, 200 of these were added within the last 6 weeks. Had some problems adjusting, had to invest some money to get one of the 88 managers, invested some more because one of my favorite players of all time was added to the game. Got to div2 for the first time by basically just skipping every hard matchup.
Now I am experiencing severe input delay to the point that I can't use match up, can't do propre passes. My internet is fine, every other games works fine, my controller works fine. This resulted in me loosing around 90% of the last nearly 50 matches. Especially the match up delay is effing me.
How do I know it's a delay issue? Yes, very easy to find out: If I use the free training feature, everything works like a charm. Passing, shooting, match ups and even player switching. What absolutely confirms the delay is that I can produce a free kick knuckle shot 9 times out of 10 in training mode and in the last 50 matches or so, every time I tried to do a knuckle shot, it flew to the moon.
This game isn't respecting the player base and I am ashamed that I have spent money on it. If I could get a refund I would.
Konami is living the corporate greed dream and that's because of us. I really hope that more will realize what a scam this is. And to those who don't realize it, have fun at least.
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Hi,
I was due to start IVF treatment this week, after trying to conceive for 3 years (2 years of infertility investigations during this time), but during my baseline scan at my IVF clinic which is based in Prague, they found a suspicious looking mass in my left ovary. They decided that we couldn't proceed with treatment, and advised us to go to our GP back in the UK for investigations fairly urgently. They did some blood tests including CA125 and CA19-9, which both came back elevated.
I called my GP as soon as we were back and they booked me in for a blood test and ultrasound in the UK. I'm even more confused now, as I seem to be receiving conflicting information between the UK and Prague.
Can anyone advise whether I need to be worried? I'm concerned that my blood results are elevated, as my CA125 when tested in previous years has always been around 33 IU/mL. Why would my bloods be this elevated if everything is okay? Should I be worried about ovarian cancer and pushing for a 2 week wait referral?
I am considering paying for a private MRI scan to see if it shows anything in more detail, is it worth doing this?
Details about me, and about Prague and UK results are below. I'll attach the ultrasound scans from Prague as well.
Sex - F Age - 37 Medications - I have been taking folic acid, vitamin D, cetirizine, Co-q10
PRAGUE RESULTS CA125 - 65 kU/l CA19-9 - 63,4 kU/l CEA - 0,9 ug/l HE4 - 62,7 pmol/l
She had ultrasound scan done at our clinic today (13.05.2024), please see the images attached.
The left ovary (64x39mm) includes a cystic inhomogeneous mass – 39mm in diameter, possibly dermoid, which is embedded in a hypoechoic larger cystic resistence, that could be a endometrioma.
We have rather took a blood sample and patient was tested for tumour markers CEA, CA 19,9, CA 125, HE4. We will provide the results as soon as we receive them.
The recommendation: To undergo laparascopy (LSK) to further examinte the left ovary and get the complete information about the mass.
UK RESULTS CA125 - 54 IU/mL CA19-9 - 62 U/mL
Exam.: US Pelvis transabdominal & transvaginal Reason for Study: ?mass on ovary
Clinical Information: undergoing private fertility treatment, suspicious mass found on international USS, on ovary, have advised 2ww locally to confirm whether there is a mass on the ovary
US Pelvis TA and Transvaginal : TV scan performed with verbal consent and single use probe cover. Trophon cycle 12213, Room 5.
The uterus is in an anteverted position and measures 8.1cm in length.
The endometrium is regular in appearance and measures 4.6mm.
The right ovary appears normal.
The left ovary contains a previously seen endometrioma measuring 3.9 x 3.1 x 3.5cm. On reviewing the ultrasound images from the International scan, it appears that the likely haemorrhagic cyst is resolving now.
There is an elongated calcification within the left ovary measuring 11x4mm, this could be a small dermoid in origin or a result from a previous endometrioma ablation.
No free fluid in the pelvis.
Impression:
Likely haemorrhagic cyst seen on the International Ultrasound which is now resolving. Known left ovarian endometrioma.
Possible small dermoid calcification on the left ovary.
Thanks in advance for any help and advice.

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For the rest of the world this should be a normal Tuesday, but in Southeast Asia this is a monumental day as Team Liquid enters the biggest and currently most watched (not counting Chinese viewership) Mobile Esports title in the world, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB).
For those who are curious what's going on why TL in SEA is a big thing and all you need to know what's going to happen moving forward.

What is Mobile Legends: Bang Bang?

Mobile Legends Bang Bang or MLBB is a 5v5 Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) that is played on mobile devices. The game itself is easily accessible whenever you are in the world, except for certain areas due to various reasons (mostly geopolitical due to the game being developed by Moonton, a gaming company based in China) but generally it's available in Google Play or in the App Store. It has a average player base of over 70 to 80 Million users monthly and has made over a billion downloads. The game quickly took Southeast Asia by storm and has ever since took over as the biggest game particularly in Indonesia, the Philippines, and in other SEA countries.

What is Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Esports? Why has the esport have gotten that big?

Competitive MLBB got underway in 2017 with tournaments in Southeast Asia eventually leading up to the inaugural MLBB Southeast Asia Cup (MSC) held in Jakarta and was won by I DONOTSLEEP ESPORTS of Thailand. Soon after, in 2018, the MLBB Pro Leagues or MPL were launched in Indonesia, the Philippines, and jointly in Malaysia/Singapore. From there on other regions in SEA slowly grew and more competitive regions develop particularly in regions outside SEA leading up to its inaugural World Championships, now labeled as the M-Series, in 2019. Held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the first edition won by Evos Legends of Indonesia.
The boom in popularity happened in the pandemic when people were engaged on their phones playing the game and eventually found themselves watching the competitive scene after to look how the best players play and do it on their own in ranked games or to get some codes flashed to grab themselves some juicy in game diamonds or skins to show off.
Eventually viewing numbers were growing so fast that it reached to millions particularly in Indonesia where their MPL is averaged to almost a miilion viewers and peak to around two to three million come playoff season.
Today, MLBB Esports is considered to be the most watched mobile esports based on the data from Esports charts with its peak viewership reaching over 5 million during Game 7 of last years World Championship (M5) held in the Philippines between Indonesia's Onic Esports and the Philippines AP Bren. The game became the third most watched of all time (Only surpassed by T1 vs DRX game 5 and T1 vs Weibo Game 4, both at Worlds Finals in suceeding years).

Why Indonesia and the Philippines? Who are Aura and Echo?

Indonesia and the Philippines are considered as the most popular and competitive regions of MLBB. Think of it as the LCK and LPL of the esport as they are the most successful in international competitions. The Philippines, in particular, has won four (4) consecutive World titles and has considered to be the "Korea" of the scene with Filipinos imported to so many regions across the world. Indonesia on the other hand has the biggest viewership as its marquee MPL matches often top the viewership charts even beating out the LCK and the VCT based from data from Esports charts.
Aura and Echo are MLBB teams based in Indonesia and the Philippines. Aura Esports was founded in 2018 and became a part of MPL Indonesia in 2018 when the league adopted a franchised system (similar to how League teams worked at the same time). Unfortunately the team haven't found great success with its highest finish was in season 10 when they placed third, However they have won 2 domestic cups, known as "Piala Presiden" in 2021 and 2023.
Echo on the other hand, stared as a qualified stacked in MPL Philippines Season 3 as No Limit. They placed sixth that season. The following season, the roster was acquired by Sunsparks, a local team in the MLBB scene and took the league by storm. Eventually winning back to back titles including an epic 5 game series against Onic Philippines in the grand finals in Season 4 and a backdoor clincher in season 5). The stack was acquiored by Aura and rebranded as Aura Philippines in seasons 6 and 7. When MPL Philippines adopted the franchise system, the team did another rebrand to distinguish themselves separately from the Aura brand and named themselves Echo.
The team finished in 5th-6th in back to back season which was particularly painful especially in Season 9, when they were dominant for majority of the regular season as a Super team comprised of big names in the Philippines scene including KarlTzy and Yawi (a little more about them later). In season 10, many considered Echo as a middle of the pack team compared to RSG Philippines who were crowned MPL Philippines and MSC Champions and was considered the best team in the world mid season, and Blacklist International, the World Champions of 2021. The team made another promising run with 2 rookies in Sanford and Sanji however, resulted to a different ending. After finishing second in the regular season, they never turned back as they beat RSG Philippines twice in the playoffs to secure the regions second seed in the M4 World Championships to be held in Indonesia.
Both Echo and Blacklist, the regions first seed, found themselves in good forms and eventually met in the upper bracket finals where Blacklist dropped Echo to the lower bracket after a 3-2 win. Echo held themselves on and finally got it all together to steamroll both the lower bracket finals beating Indonesias second seed RRQ Hoshi and in the grand finals, they finally scatter the code with authority by sweeping Blacklist 4-0 in the grand finals to become M4 World Champions. Echo followed that success win a domestic title in Season 11, beating Blacklist again with a 4-0 sweep in the grand finals.

What exactly did TL acquire?

Team Liquid basically acquired the company who handles both Aura and Echo, Stun.GG as they secure not only the MPL teams of Echo and Aura but also they acquired its developmental teams. (similar to TL having an academy in the NACL) Aura and Echo have their respective teams in the MLBB Developmental Leagues or MDL in their respective regions. This means TL have four teams playing in top two competitive regions in MLBB .

So why did TL acquired Aura and Echo in the first place?

As we all know, TL is one of the 30 participating orgs in the Esports World Cup (ESWC) in Saudi Arabia and MLBB is one of the participating titles in this two month long event. Organizations such as Gaimin Gladiators, Team Falcons, Twisted Minds, Band lacklist International do also have MLBB teams which are a part of the ESWC. Team Falcons and Fnatic have also partners with some teams in MPL Philippines with the goal of qualifying to MSC 2024, now rebranded as the MLBB Mid Season Cup as a part of the ESWC. Qualifying to the ESWC means orgs have a shot in gaining points to determine who will be ESWC Overall Champions and acquire financial bonuses from the program. Also MSC 2024 will have the biggest prize pool ever in the esport with three million dollars on deck.
Apart from the ESWC, the acquisition will be historic not just for TL but also for MLBB and Southeast Asian Esports as TL with finally expand their reach in APAC, particularly in SEA as the MLBB teams will be the first TL teams based in SEA. this will also mark the First set of Indonesians to represent the organization. Unfortunately for the Filipino players they aren;t the first from the Philippines as that title belongs to the legendary jungler of the back to back to baclk to back LCS Champions and 2x MSI Runner up Xmithie who is hailed in Iloilo province in the Visayas Region in the Philippines?

So who are the players in TL Aura and TL Echo?

For now I'll only rundown the players of MPL teams of TL .
Before that a quick explainer on MLBB player roles. Its basically composed of an EXP laner (solo laner who plays in the EXP lane, to get more EXP or in League terms the Top laner), Jungler, Mid laner (in MLBB jargon it is also known as Position 4 or Pos 4), Gold laner (the one who plays in the bot lane or ADC. that player plays in the Gold lane for more gold) and Roamer (Support in league)
TL Aura is composed of Aran (EXP), Gugun (jungle), Syndrome (Mid), Kabuki (Gold) and Yawi (Roam) with High (JungleRoam) as sub.
Players to watch will be Gugun, a super rookie who is very high skilled and touted as one of Indonesia's best junglers coming from the developmental scene, and Yawi, the team's Filipino import , who is hailed as one of the best roamers in the World. His signature hero, Chou (modeled similar to Lee SIn in League), was chosen as the signature skin when he won M4 as a part of Echo. He is known for getting pick offs at the right time and great initiator for team fights especially in contests for the major objective
TL Echo is composed of Sanford (EXP), Karltzy (Jungler), Sanji (Mid), Bennyqt (Gold) and Jaypee (Roam) with Zaida (Jungler) and Outplayed (GOld) as subs.
Players to watch will be KarlTzy, known widely as a prodigy who entered the scene at aged 14, and now recognized as one of, if not, the greatest MLBB players of all time, being the first two-time World Champion, first with Bren Esports in 2020-21 then with Echo in 2022-23 and he is only 19 (turning 20 in August). He is initially known as one of the most lethal assassins in the game but eventually expanded himself to a utility player with a team first mindset as the teams shotcaller and leader. Also to watch is the duo of Sanford and Sanji as being the main carries for Echo . They are recognized as the one of the best in the world for their roles in the EXP and Mid lanes. When the team needs a big play ahead, you'll be counting on them on the clutch.

So whats coming up for TL Aura and TL Echo?

The main focus for both TL MPL squads is to qualify for MSC 2024 as top two seeds in MPL Philippines and Indonesia will make the cut, however it wont be that easy.
TL Aura finished fifth in the regular season of MPL Indonesia season 13 and will be facing Evos Glory in the play in round of the playoffs in a do or die best of 5. The winner faces top seed Bigetron Alpha will loser ends its road to Riyadh. The series will happen on June 5th at 18:15 local time (GMT +7)
TL Echo on the other hand are in a much better spot finishing second in the regular season of MPL Philippines Season 13 and will be facing the dangerous RSG Philippines in their opening round of the double elimination bracket scheduled this Thursday, May 23rd at 16:00 PM local time (GMT +8)
There you have it, now you're in the loop in what's up with TL MLBB and we hope for to support their journey towards making it to MSC 2024 and later in the year, the ESL Snapdragon Pro Series and MPL Philippines and Indonesia Season 14, a qualifier for the M6 World Championship in Kuala Lumpur

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