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  • French government bans English gaming words including esports, pro gamer and streamer to ‘preserve the purity’ of their language, farts in our general direction (BUT, President Macron shows support to esports at special gathering)

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    The Scottish Government’s £1.3m computing in schools pledge can lift esports in the country

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