Michael D. Ivey
@gweezlebur.com
Principal Software Engineer at @riotgames.com working on 2XKO (@2xko.riotgames.com) Formerly Legends of Runeterra and League of Legends.
@[email protected] on Fediverse
https://gweezlebur.com
Was @ivey on Twitter
@[email protected] on Fediverse
https://gweezlebur.com
Was @ivey on Twitter
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you can def network vertically, but prioritize networking horizontally
surround yourself with kind, hardworking, and talented friends, and it’s only a matter of time before your careers go places
also: if you can’t take an opportunity, pass it on to a friend who’d do just as well if not better
surround yourself with kind, hardworking, and talented friends, and it’s only a matter of time before your careers go places
also: if you can’t take an opportunity, pass it on to a friend who’d do just as well if not better
Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question:
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
December 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
you can def network vertically, but prioritize networking horizontally
surround yourself with kind, hardworking, and talented friends, and it’s only a matter of time before your careers go places
also: if you can’t take an opportunity, pass it on to a friend who’d do just as well if not better
surround yourself with kind, hardworking, and talented friends, and it’s only a matter of time before your careers go places
also: if you can’t take an opportunity, pass it on to a friend who’d do just as well if not better
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December 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Exciting news: I’m running a free 15-day Manager Reset Challenge for senior ICs + managers starting Jan 5! 🎉
One short prompt each weekday to reset how you communicate, delegate, prioritize, and lead in 2026.
Join here 👉 modernleader.is/reset
One short prompt each weekday to reset how you communicate, delegate, prioritize, and lead in 2026.
Join here 👉 modernleader.is/reset
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Listing any one of her accomplishments feels like it it does it justice, and listing all of them would take hours. What a legend, what a loss.
Obituary: Interplay co-founder Rebecca Heineman has passed away at 62
Obituary: Interplay co-founder Rebecca Heineman has passed away at 62
The ground-breaking programmer and game designer heralded as the 'first-ever video game champion' has passed away.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Listing any one of her accomplishments feels like it it does it justice, and listing all of them would take hours. What a legend, what a loss.
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TO ALL @2xko.riotgames.com ORGANIZERS:
The official channel posted this form on the other site so I want to make sure it's here too: riot.com/49KFRII
password is letsgo
#2xko #FGC
The official channel posted this form on the other site so I want to make sure it's here too: riot.com/49KFRII
password is letsgo
#2xko #FGC
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TO ALL @2xko.riotgames.com ORGANIZERS:
The official channel posted this form on the other site so I want to make sure it's here too: riot.com/49KFRII
password is letsgo
#2xko #FGC
The official channel posted this form on the other site so I want to make sure it's here too: riot.com/49KFRII
password is letsgo
#2xko #FGC
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Legendary to see Blacksky represented at the IETF (internet engineering task force)
They’re the architects of the modern internet who designed the standards of how computers talk to each other
TY @torrho.blacksky.team for representing our team as atproto works through the standardization process
They’re the architects of the modern internet who designed the standards of how computers talk to each other
TY @torrho.blacksky.team for representing our team as atproto works through the standardization process
November 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Legendary to see Blacksky represented at the IETF (internet engineering task force)
They’re the architects of the modern internet who designed the standards of how computers talk to each other
TY @torrho.blacksky.team for representing our team as atproto works through the standardization process
They’re the architects of the modern internet who designed the standards of how computers talk to each other
TY @torrho.blacksky.team for representing our team as atproto works through the standardization process
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I am begging you, take organizer training run by actual union members before trying to organize your workplace.
If you don't have tight opsec or open your private spaces to someone who isn't a guaranteed yes vote, without making sure they understand the need for opsec... you've already failed.
If you don't have tight opsec or open your private spaces to someone who isn't a guaranteed yes vote, without making sure they understand the need for opsec... you've already failed.
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says between 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I am begging you, take organizer training run by actual union members before trying to organize your workplace.
If you don't have tight opsec or open your private spaces to someone who isn't a guaranteed yes vote, without making sure they understand the need for opsec... you've already failed.
If you don't have tight opsec or open your private spaces to someone who isn't a guaranteed yes vote, without making sure they understand the need for opsec... you've already failed.
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I have finally found the 2025 mystery game I can passionately demand everyone play while enigmatically refusing to tell anyone anything that happens in it to avoid spoilers, driving you as mad as you all drove me
The Seance of Blake Manor is my Blue Prince
aftermath.site/seance-of-blak...
aftermath.site/seance-of-blak...
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I have finally found the 2025 mystery game I can passionately demand everyone play while enigmatically refusing to tell anyone anything that happens in it to avoid spoilers, driving you as mad as you all drove me
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November 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Huge News: @2xko.riotgames.com has joined #FFXVIII2026 as an official partner!
💰Prize Pool is boosted to $50,000!
🏆Top 24 Payout for Mixed Mode, Fri-Sun
🤯Free to enter
💥+$1,000 pot bonus for Duos Thurs. Night!
👉 Register: start.gg/ffxviii
More Info: frostyfaustings.com/2xko
💰Prize Pool is boosted to $50,000!
🏆Top 24 Payout for Mixed Mode, Fri-Sun
🤯Free to enter
💥+$1,000 pot bonus for Duos Thurs. Night!
👉 Register: start.gg/ffxviii
More Info: frostyfaustings.com/2xko
October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Huge News: @2xko.riotgames.com has joined #FFXVIII2026 as an official partner!
💰Prize Pool is boosted to $50,000!
🏆Top 24 Payout for Mixed Mode, Fri-Sun
🤯Free to enter
💥+$1,000 pot bonus for Duos Thurs. Night!
👉 Register: start.gg/ffxviii
More Info: frostyfaustings.com/2xko
💰Prize Pool is boosted to $50,000!
🏆Top 24 Payout for Mixed Mode, Fri-Sun
🤯Free to enter
💥+$1,000 pot bonus for Duos Thurs. Night!
👉 Register: start.gg/ffxviii
More Info: frostyfaustings.com/2xko
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I can’t believe I just watched Hartford Athletic win a trophy. It never felt like a real possibility, especially not two years ago when this team finished in the basement of the USL Championship.
Build a statue of Brendan Burke on Huyshope Avenue.
Build a statue of Brendan Burke on Huyshope Avenue.
October 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I can’t believe I just watched Hartford Athletic win a trophy. It never felt like a real possibility, especially not two years ago when this team finished in the basement of the USL Championship.
Build a statue of Brendan Burke on Huyshope Avenue.
Build a statue of Brendan Burke on Huyshope Avenue.
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i wrote about atproto and why it matters
Open Social — overreacted
The protocol is the API.
overreacted.io
September 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
i wrote about atproto and why it matters
Reposted by Michael D. Ivey
-cease and desist
-null and void
-aid and abet
-free and clear
-ways and means
Why is law stuff like this always two words?
These are called ‘legal doublets’ and we can once again blame the Normans.
🧵⬇️
-null and void
-aid and abet
-free and clear
-ways and means
Why is law stuff like this always two words?
These are called ‘legal doublets’ and we can once again blame the Normans.
🧵⬇️
September 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
-cease and desist
-null and void
-aid and abet
-free and clear
-ways and means
Why is law stuff like this always two words?
These are called ‘legal doublets’ and we can once again blame the Normans.
🧵⬇️
-null and void
-aid and abet
-free and clear
-ways and means
Why is law stuff like this always two words?
These are called ‘legal doublets’ and we can once again blame the Normans.
🧵⬇️
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The deletion of Typepad means that millions of blogs will disappear.
Or, it would normally mean that, if not for Archive Team:
tracker.archiveteam.org/typepad/
Look at them go.
Or, it would normally mean that, if not for Archive Team:
tracker.archiveteam.org/typepad/
Look at them go.
Typepad tracker Dashboard
tracker.archiveteam.org
September 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The deletion of Typepad means that millions of blogs will disappear.
Or, it would normally mean that, if not for Archive Team:
tracker.archiveteam.org/typepad/
Look at them go.
Or, it would normally mean that, if not for Archive Team:
tracker.archiveteam.org/typepad/
Look at them go.
I love seeing all the wild combos on the 2XKO feed, and they really reinforce how good some of the players are, and how not good I am.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
September 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I love seeing all the wild combos on the 2XKO feed, and they really reinforce how good some of the players are, and how not good I am.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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September 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Reposted by Michael D. Ivey
signal boosting from the official LoR twitter:
"Hey folks! Glory Store prices are currently incorrect. Please hold off on spending in the Glory Store until we can send through a fix. We will notify y’all once this comes through!"
"Hey folks! Glory Store prices are currently incorrect. Please hold off on spending in the Glory Store until we can send through a fix. We will notify y’all once this comes through!"
September 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
signal boosting from the official LoR twitter:
"Hey folks! Glory Store prices are currently incorrect. Please hold off on spending in the Glory Store until we can send through a fix. We will notify y’all once this comes through!"
"Hey folks! Glory Store prices are currently incorrect. Please hold off on spending in the Glory Store until we can send through a fix. We will notify y’all once this comes through!"
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Dispatch from fighting game land: 2XKO is out in Closed Beta today, which means for some people it exists forever, and for everyone else it will exist forever soon, and I simply cannot believe it.
I love this game, I am very grateful I got to spend a good chunk of my life making it.
I love this game, I am very grateful I got to spend a good chunk of my life making it.
September 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Dispatch from fighting game land: 2XKO is out in Closed Beta today, which means for some people it exists forever, and for everyone else it will exist forever soon, and I simply cannot believe it.
I love this game, I am very grateful I got to spend a good chunk of my life making it.
I love this game, I am very grateful I got to spend a good chunk of my life making it.
2XKO closed beta starts today
got all my dashboards up to keep an eye on stuff, and making a Dunkin run after lunch
if you get in and want to play (and probably embarrass me) hit me up
got all my dashboards up to keep an eye on stuff, and making a Dunkin run after lunch
if you get in and want to play (and probably embarrass me) hit me up
September 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
2XKO closed beta starts today
got all my dashboards up to keep an eye on stuff, and making a Dunkin run after lunch
if you get in and want to play (and probably embarrass me) hit me up
got all my dashboards up to keep an eye on stuff, and making a Dunkin run after lunch
if you get in and want to play (and probably embarrass me) hit me up
Reposted by Michael D. Ivey
v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
September 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
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Signal Secure Backups are here 🙌
Until now, if you lost or broke your phone, your Signal message history was *gone,* a real challenge for everyone whose most important conversations happen in Signal. So, with careful design and development, we’re rolling out opt-in secure backups.
signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups
signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups
Introducing Signal Secure Backups
In the past, if you broke or lost your phone, your Signal message history was gone. This has been a challenge for people whose most important conversations happen on Signal. Think family photos, sweet...
signal.org
September 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Signal Secure Backups are here 🙌
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Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
Portfolio
emmkid.info
September 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
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new site from ex-polygon folks just launched. hell yeah
Rogue.site is now a reality! Thank you to everyone along the way who helped make it possible.
If you like what you see, and want more of it. Consider pledging your support with a subscription. Your funds will go to support independent games journalism written by humans, for humans.
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Rogue
Ad-free video game news, guides, opinions, history, culture, previews, interviews, and reviews written by humans, for humans
Rogue.site
September 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
new site from ex-polygon folks just launched. hell yeah
I didn’t cut any dahlias this week, leaving them out to enjoy in the yard. Here’s a Walter Hardisty (only bloom I have of this, so far) that someone nibbled on but still looks good.
September 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I didn’t cut any dahlias this week, leaving them out to enjoy in the yard. Here’s a Walter Hardisty (only bloom I have of this, so far) that someone nibbled on but still looks good.
Reposted by Michael D. Ivey
The bsky team is heading to @ietf.org in Montreal in November.
The team has requested a "birds of a feather" (BOF) session at #IETF124 - a part of the process for having ATProto admitted as a standard.
We're also planning community gatherings. RSVP here if you're interested.
The team has requested a "birds of a feather" (BOF) session at #IETF124 - a part of the process for having ATProto admitted as a standard.
We're also planning community gatherings. RSVP here if you're interested.
ATProto Protocol Working Sessions at IETF124
IETF124 is happening in Montreal, Nov 1st to 7th https://www.ietf.org/meeting/124/
Attending the IETF Hackathon is free (date TBD, usually at the beginning), and we'll also plan ATProto working ...
smokesignal.events
August 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM