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Quarta Asa (The Empyrean, #1)

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Raising the Stakes: E-sports and the Professionalization of Computer Gaming

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

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― Mahatma Gandhi

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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
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