Austin R Ryan | TL Plyff
@austinrryan.bsky.social
Managing editor for Team Liquid. 💙🤍🐴I strive to make a living writing dope things. She/They pls. 🏳️⚧️
austinryan@teamliquid.com 📬 for inquiries, pitches, etc.
austinryan@teamliquid.com 📬 for inquiries, pitches, etc.
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reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book
October 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book
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Think about it. Modern games journalism would never publish something like this
teamliquid.com/articles/tra...
teamliquid.com/articles/tra...
Trans people in sports and how to fix a problem that doesn't exist
Transgender people are under a microscope, in sports and esports especially. How should we handle the over-visibility?
teamliquid.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Think about it. Modern games journalism would never publish something like this
teamliquid.com/articles/tra...
teamliquid.com/articles/tra...
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I went to EVO and then got a chance to write for @teamliquid.com about the upcoming tag fighter resurgence in the FGC.
S/O to @strawberryeclair.bsky.social and @unconkable.bsky.social for talking with me!
Also thanks to @austinrryan.bsky.social for the opportunity!!
teamliquid.com/news/why-so-...
S/O to @strawberryeclair.bsky.social and @unconkable.bsky.social for talking with me!
Also thanks to @austinrryan.bsky.social for the opportunity!!
teamliquid.com/news/why-so-...
Why are there so many tag fighters?
Marvel Tokon, Invincible VS, 2XKO, the tag fighter is back! We talk to the games' developers (and Majin Obama) to learn why - and how the games stand apart.
teamliquid.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I went to EVO and then got a chance to write for @teamliquid.com about the upcoming tag fighter resurgence in the FGC.
S/O to @strawberryeclair.bsky.social and @unconkable.bsky.social for talking with me!
Also thanks to @austinrryan.bsky.social for the opportunity!!
teamliquid.com/news/why-so-...
S/O to @strawberryeclair.bsky.social and @unconkable.bsky.social for talking with me!
Also thanks to @austinrryan.bsky.social for the opportunity!!
teamliquid.com/news/why-so-...
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Saw the Supernova reveal but still want to learn more?
Check out the article of the top 10 players of SSBMRank Summer 2025 to read up on the best players the year has to offer: start.gg/SSBMRank
Check out the article of the top 10 players of SSBMRank Summer 2025 to read up on the best players the year has to offer: start.gg/SSBMRank
August 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Saw the Supernova reveal but still want to learn more?
Check out the article of the top 10 players of SSBMRank Summer 2025 to read up on the best players the year has to offer: start.gg/SSBMRank
Check out the article of the top 10 players of SSBMRank Summer 2025 to read up on the best players the year has to offer: start.gg/SSBMRank
Currently looking for a good MLBB writer! Email open, please reach out if you cover MLBB/MLBB esports or know someone who does.
August 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Currently looking for a good MLBB writer! Email open, please reach out if you cover MLBB/MLBB esports or know someone who does.
A lot of people talk about bluesky losing to twitter cause of embarrassing lib posting. But honestly I think it didn't catch because they made 0 improvements to the site.
No saving drafts, no scheduling posts, no bookmarks, no open DM settings... Idk dude, I think these QoL things matter!
No saving drafts, no scheduling posts, no bookmarks, no open DM settings... Idk dude, I think these QoL things matter!
August 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
A lot of people talk about bluesky losing to twitter cause of embarrassing lib posting. But honestly I think it didn't catch because they made 0 improvements to the site.
No saving drafts, no scheduling posts, no bookmarks, no open DM settings... Idk dude, I think these QoL things matter!
No saving drafts, no scheduling posts, no bookmarks, no open DM settings... Idk dude, I think these QoL things matter!
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Move over "for sale: baby shoes, never worn" - there's a new king in town
July 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Move over "for sale: baby shoes, never worn" - there's a new king in town
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Congrats to SDJ for winning Gaylee Takes Flight!
Thanks to @teamliquid.com for sponsoring the event! Look forward to them flying SDJ out to a major soon!
And thanks to all gay players! Happy pride month 💜
Thanks to @teamliquid.com for sponsoring the event! Look forward to them flying SDJ out to a major soon!
And thanks to all gay players! Happy pride month 💜
June 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Congrats to SDJ for winning Gaylee Takes Flight!
Thanks to @teamliquid.com for sponsoring the event! Look forward to them flying SDJ out to a major soon!
And thanks to all gay players! Happy pride month 💜
Thanks to @teamliquid.com for sponsoring the event! Look forward to them flying SDJ out to a major soon!
And thanks to all gay players! Happy pride month 💜
About a year and a half into transition, I feel overly visible. All the eyes, all the opinions on you - it weighs a lot.
But you carry it for everyone who comes after you. To make a world where they're seen simply as they are. Full article in the quoted tweet.
But you carry it for everyone who comes after you. To make a world where they're seen simply as they are. Full article in the quoted tweet.
June 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
About a year and a half into transition, I feel overly visible. All the eyes, all the opinions on you - it weighs a lot.
But you carry it for everyone who comes after you. To make a world where they're seen simply as they are. Full article in the quoted tweet.
But you carry it for everyone who comes after you. To make a world where they're seen simply as they are. Full article in the quoted tweet.
What a blast! It was super fun to work with
@ssbgaylee.bsky.social
@meleesadposts.bsky.social & @devdogg.online
to put this tournament together.
Really hope we can do this again next year, even better.
Huge ups to the competitors, insane (esp edgeguards) melee from @mightbesdj.bsky.social
@ssbgaylee.bsky.social
@meleesadposts.bsky.social & @devdogg.online
to put this tournament together.
Really hope we can do this again next year, even better.
Huge ups to the competitors, insane (esp edgeguards) melee from @mightbesdj.bsky.social
Clawing back from Losers Bracket, SDJ wins Gaylee Takes Flight for they/them floaties everywhere 🏆
You'll get to see more of Melee's fastest rising/resting Puff because we'll be flying them out to an NA major.
Ty for tuning in and happy Pride! 🌈💖
You'll get to see more of Melee's fastest rising/resting Puff because we'll be flying them out to an NA major.
Ty for tuning in and happy Pride! 🌈💖
June 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
What a blast! It was super fun to work with
@ssbgaylee.bsky.social
@meleesadposts.bsky.social & @devdogg.online
to put this tournament together.
Really hope we can do this again next year, even better.
Huge ups to the competitors, insane (esp edgeguards) melee from @mightbesdj.bsky.social
@ssbgaylee.bsky.social
@meleesadposts.bsky.social & @devdogg.online
to put this tournament together.
Really hope we can do this again next year, even better.
Huge ups to the competitors, insane (esp edgeguards) melee from @mightbesdj.bsky.social
Didn't think we were done with Pride, did you??
I wanted to go bigger and gayer this year and a queer tourney felt like the next step. Hope this will be good news and good fun for Melee and the queer community.
Huge s/o's to @ssbgaylee.bsky.social @devdogg.online and @meleesadposts.bsky.social !
I wanted to go bigger and gayer this year and a queer tourney felt like the next step. Hope this will be good news and good fun for Melee and the queer community.
Huge s/o's to @ssbgaylee.bsky.social @devdogg.online and @meleesadposts.bsky.social !
This year, Pride is taking flight! We're sponsoring Gaylee to host one last 2025 Pride tournament—the winner wins a trip to the NA Major ✈️
Tune in on 6/29 @ 7PM PST for some damn good, damn gay Melee 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
(1/2) ⬇️
Tune in on 6/29 @ 7PM PST for some damn good, damn gay Melee 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
(1/2) ⬇️
June 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Didn't think we were done with Pride, did you??
I wanted to go bigger and gayer this year and a queer tourney felt like the next step. Hope this will be good news and good fun for Melee and the queer community.
Huge s/o's to @ssbgaylee.bsky.social @devdogg.online and @meleesadposts.bsky.social !
I wanted to go bigger and gayer this year and a queer tourney felt like the next step. Hope this will be good news and good fun for Melee and the queer community.
Huge s/o's to @ssbgaylee.bsky.social @devdogg.online and @meleesadposts.bsky.social !
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One last pride month event...
Winner gets flown out to a major by @teamliquid.com!
Sign up now! Bracket is this Sunday!
and yes, the lgbt tourney is exclusive..
Winner gets flown out to a major by @teamliquid.com!
Sign up now! Bracket is this Sunday!
and yes, the lgbt tourney is exclusive..
This year, Pride is taking flight! We're sponsoring Gaylee to host one last 2025 Pride tournament—the winner wins a trip to the NA Major ✈️
Tune in on 6/29 @ 7PM PST for some damn good, damn gay Melee 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
(1/2) ⬇️
Tune in on 6/29 @ 7PM PST for some damn good, damn gay Melee 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
(1/2) ⬇️
June 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
One last pride month event...
Winner gets flown out to a major by @teamliquid.com!
Sign up now! Bracket is this Sunday!
and yes, the lgbt tourney is exclusive..
Winner gets flown out to a major by @teamliquid.com!
Sign up now! Bracket is this Sunday!
and yes, the lgbt tourney is exclusive..
Last call for mural submissions! Get your cool, gay art in before it's too late.
I think the diamond pattern this year is gonna look really good
I think the diamond pattern this year is gonna look really good
Last call to submit your entry for our 2025 Pride Mural! 📢🗣️
Get the template, submit your entry, and collect points 👇
Pride Mural 2025: tl.gg/pride2025 🎨
Quest: tl.gg/pridemural2025
2024 Mural wallpapers: tl.gg/2024mural
Get the template, submit your entry, and collect points 👇
Pride Mural 2025: tl.gg/pride2025 🎨
Quest: tl.gg/pridemural2025
2024 Mural wallpapers: tl.gg/2024mural
June 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Last call for mural submissions! Get your cool, gay art in before it's too late.
I think the diamond pattern this year is gonna look really good
I think the diamond pattern this year is gonna look really good
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Hungrybox was in Winners Finals of CEO, and then, the disaster every Melee professional fears... his controller stops working 💀
Read about how Hungrybox won CEO with a broken controller 🎮
teamliquid.com/news/how-hun...
Read about how Hungrybox won CEO with a broken controller 🎮
teamliquid.com/news/how-hun...
How Hungrybox won CEO with a broken controller
Following the worst performance of his professional career, Hbox was looking for a redemption - until disaster struck.
teamliquid.com
June 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Hungrybox was in Winners Finals of CEO, and then, the disaster every Melee professional fears... his controller stops working 💀
Read about how Hungrybox won CEO with a broken controller 🎮
teamliquid.com/news/how-hun...
Read about how Hungrybox won CEO with a broken controller 🎮
teamliquid.com/news/how-hun...
I am literally just trying to watch the game (in a legal and normal way)
June 17, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I am literally just trying to watch the game (in a legal and normal way)
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June 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
My heart hurts so badly these days that sometimes it's hard to move. How could anyone have wanted a world like this?
June 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
My heart hurts so badly these days that sometimes it's hard to move. How could anyone have wanted a world like this?
Be gay, do art!
The Pride Mural is one of my favorite things each year. It's so sweet seeing all the great art that TL fans come up with - reminds me that esports is a world worth fighting for, a world for us too.
The Pride Mural is one of my favorite things each year. It's so sweet seeing all the great art that TL fans come up with - reminds me that esports is a world worth fighting for, a world for us too.
Another Pride, another mural!
Since 2022, we've asked TL fans to help us celebrate Pride. Check out the mural we made from last year's gorgeous submissions 🎉
If you missed out, don't worry! There's still plenty of room for you this year!
Check the link below to join 🌈
Since 2022, we've asked TL fans to help us celebrate Pride. Check out the mural we made from last year's gorgeous submissions 🎉
If you missed out, don't worry! There's still plenty of room for you this year!
Check the link below to join 🌈
June 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Be gay, do art!
The Pride Mural is one of my favorite things each year. It's so sweet seeing all the great art that TL fans come up with - reminds me that esports is a world worth fighting for, a world for us too.
The Pride Mural is one of my favorite things each year. It's so sweet seeing all the great art that TL fans come up with - reminds me that esports is a world worth fighting for, a world for us too.
Reposted by Austin R Ryan | TL Plyff
Another Pride, another mural!
Since 2022, we've asked TL fans to help us celebrate Pride. Check out the mural we made from last year's gorgeous submissions 🎉
If you missed out, don't worry! There's still plenty of room for you this year!
Check the link below to join 🌈
Since 2022, we've asked TL fans to help us celebrate Pride. Check out the mural we made from last year's gorgeous submissions 🎉
If you missed out, don't worry! There's still plenty of room for you this year!
Check the link below to join 🌈
June 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Another Pride, another mural!
Since 2022, we've asked TL fans to help us celebrate Pride. Check out the mural we made from last year's gorgeous submissions 🎉
If you missed out, don't worry! There's still plenty of room for you this year!
Check the link below to join 🌈
Since 2022, we've asked TL fans to help us celebrate Pride. Check out the mural we made from last year's gorgeous submissions 🎉
If you missed out, don't worry! There's still plenty of room for you this year!
Check the link below to join 🌈
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Em todo jogo. Em todo palco. Sob todos os holofotes.
A Team Liquid vai vestir a Pride Jersey 2025 — e você também pode!
Orgulhe-se! 🏳️🌈
Todo o lucro será revertido para intituições de caridade voltadas as causas LGBTQIAP+.
tl.gg/pridejersey-br
A Team Liquid vai vestir a Pride Jersey 2025 — e você também pode!
Orgulhe-se! 🏳️🌈
Todo o lucro será revertido para intituições de caridade voltadas as causas LGBTQIAP+.
tl.gg/pridejersey-br
June 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Em todo jogo. Em todo palco. Sob todos os holofotes.
A Team Liquid vai vestir a Pride Jersey 2025 — e você também pode!
Orgulhe-se! 🏳️🌈
Todo o lucro será revertido para intituições de caridade voltadas as causas LGBTQIAP+.
tl.gg/pridejersey-br
A Team Liquid vai vestir a Pride Jersey 2025 — e você também pode!
Orgulhe-se! 🏳️🌈
Todo o lucro será revertido para intituições de caridade voltadas as causas LGBTQIAP+.
tl.gg/pridejersey-br
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In every game. On every stage. Under every spotlight.
Team Liquid will wear the 2025 Pride Jersey all summer. You can, too! 🎉
All profits go to local queer charities in LA, São Paulo, and Utrecht.
Stand proud! 🌈 tl.gg/pridejersey
Team Liquid will wear the 2025 Pride Jersey all summer. You can, too! 🎉
All profits go to local queer charities in LA, São Paulo, and Utrecht.
Stand proud! 🌈 tl.gg/pridejersey
June 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In every game. On every stage. Under every spotlight.
Team Liquid will wear the 2025 Pride Jersey all summer. You can, too! 🎉
All profits go to local queer charities in LA, São Paulo, and Utrecht.
Stand proud! 🌈 tl.gg/pridejersey
Team Liquid will wear the 2025 Pride Jersey all summer. You can, too! 🎉
All profits go to local queer charities in LA, São Paulo, and Utrecht.
Stand proud! 🌈 tl.gg/pridejersey
I wanna be so clear here. If it looks like you ChatGPTed your pitch, it's way more likely that you're getting rejected
We're taking pitches at TL! We have some of the best rates in esports, wide range of titles, and the ability to take swings on stuff that isn't just pure qna or news.
Email me (austinryan@teamliquid.com) and Bonnie (bqu@...) - TL or wider industry/scene topics preferred. Details in thread!
Email me (austinryan@teamliquid.com) and Bonnie (bqu@...) - TL or wider industry/scene topics preferred. Details in thread!
May 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I wanna be so clear here. If it looks like you ChatGPTed your pitch, it's way more likely that you're getting rejected
Had (belated) passover today and I think my family's sedar book is clear on how we should think about Palestine.
It's heartbreaking to see any part of my people fight against the genocide and emancipation of another people.
It's heartbreaking to see any part of my people fight against the genocide and emancipation of another people.
April 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Had (belated) passover today and I think my family's sedar book is clear on how we should think about Palestine.
It's heartbreaking to see any part of my people fight against the genocide and emancipation of another people.
It's heartbreaking to see any part of my people fight against the genocide and emancipation of another people.
Garden party + belated passover fit
(Kinda fucked up my eyeliner and forgot to sunscreen my shoulders and can feel the Lobster coming on over them)
(Kinda fucked up my eyeliner and forgot to sunscreen my shoulders and can feel the Lobster coming on over them)
April 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Garden party + belated passover fit
(Kinda fucked up my eyeliner and forgot to sunscreen my shoulders and can feel the Lobster coming on over them)
(Kinda fucked up my eyeliner and forgot to sunscreen my shoulders and can feel the Lobster coming on over them)