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Sean Wetselaar

@seanwetselaar.bsky.social

Writer and producer. I used to work full-time in esports. Words elsewhere. SFF fanatic. Professional nerd, basically.

81 Followers  |  155 Following  |  62 Posts  |  Joined: 25.07.2023
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Write what you know!

08.03.2026 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It took me basically exactly a month to produce the next one, which feels like a SLOW pace, and I'd like to go faster. But a lot of hours go into each of these, so I can't make any promises. Hopefully all that work comes through!

07.03.2026 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Turning My Greatest Failures Into Stories
YouTube video by Sean Wetselaar Turning My Greatest Failures Into Stories

My second longform video is up! In which we talk about my incredible athletic skills, taking Ls, and what to do afterwards.

I've been learning a LOT making these, and I think there's a lot of room to improve but I'm happy with how it turned out: youtu.be/mGvV3ReGlEo?...

07.03.2026 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

People can say it’s utopian or dreamy but it’s a fact that you have to believe new things are possible, fundamentally, in order to make them real. You have to make the choice to believe that more than this is possible & not be resigned to this being the way things have to be because it’s not at all.

19.02.2026 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2319    πŸ” 964    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 23

(I will be posting on Friday. I am pleased.)

18.02.2026 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So as part of my personal video projects, I've been trying to write 30 mins of flash fiction a week based on a random word. Seems silly but it has been very fun.

And guys. Just wrote the coolest shit. Feels amazing. Writing is so good. Words are good.

18.02.2026 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

FUCK ICE

18.02.2026 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 417    πŸ” 267    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

18.02.2026 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 14704    πŸ” 2448    πŸ’¬ 211    πŸ“Œ 192
The dye in Doritos can make mice transparent (Popular Science)

The dye in Doritos can make mice transparent (Popular Science)

Roses are red
Vice is inherent

15.02.2026 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1768    πŸ” 494    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 42

Kids these days

15.02.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At this point does anyone even have a job anymore

11.02.2026 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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life lessons

02.02.2026 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 676    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ˜‡

06.02.2026 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

men really will do anything instead of going to therapy, smh

06.02.2026 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
I Turned My Layoff into An Esports Fantasy Story
YouTube video by Sean Wetselaar I Turned My Layoff into An Esports Fantasy Story

I've decided to take a serious run at a solo YouTube channel.

For now, it's going to exist at the intersection of my two great loves: gaming and fantasy fiction. If you like esports, fireballs or all of the above, come hang: youtu.be/W2vKZ6BMKmI?...

06.02.2026 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This sounds an awful lot like reading more though. Suspicious.

05.02.2026 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

who the hell called them "podcast hosts with whom I've developed an unhealthy parasocial relationship" and not

. . .

earbuds.

03.02.2026 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1580    πŸ” 297    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 25

I've started seeing people online say "you can tell it's AI because it used lists of three." First em dashes now this!! Gang, the AI models copy what HUMANS write! Our brains like groups of three!! I really have to write more and more like a robot so humans don't think I am one

03.02.2026 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of WhatsApp:

Ash: SebastiΓ‘n, I have one very pressing question.
SebastiΓ‘n Di Martino: Let me know
Ash: Are jaguar soft?
SebastiΓ‘n Di Martino: They are very soft (two hearts on the answer)

A screenshot of WhatsApp: Ash: SebastiΓ‘n, I have one very pressing question. SebastiΓ‘n Di Martino: Let me know Ash: Are jaguar soft? SebastiΓ‘n Di Martino: They are very soft (two hearts on the answer)

Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.

25.01.2026 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 15181    πŸ” 2858    πŸ’¬ 209    πŸ“Œ 224

❀️❀️❀️

16.01.2026 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyways, this will almost certainly be my last post on here about my former workplace, and sorry for the long thread.

If you follow me here because of my previous job: thanks again for watching.

16.01.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm happy to get to share Doran and Guma's story after so many interviews and events and hours and hours of work. And my understanding is that this may well be the very last video on the channel. I guess it's a nice way to go out, with a video that meant a lot to me and my colleagues.

16.01.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It also went live exactly a month after the layoffs, which is truly a bizarre feeling. Bittersweet, to say the least. But in spite of everything, I'm glad it's out in the world.

One of my first thoughts after we got let go was that all this work would be for nothing.

16.01.2026 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This was, literally, the last thing I did there. I finished the script the day before we all got laid off. A friend and former colleague was brought in to edit it freelance, and he did a great job.

But it's super weird to have a big piece like this come together with no insight into the cut.

16.01.2026 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Unfathomable: T1 Did It Again
YouTube video by theScore esports Unfathomable: T1 Did It Again

I wasn't sure if I was going to post about it because, honestly, I'm still not entirely sure how I feel. But my last video for theScore, our Worlds doc, has been up for a couple of weeks.

A year of work and travel and reporting went into this project: youtu.be/82naZ9LdNqw?...

16.01.2026 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

You know what's good? Books.

29.12.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 768    πŸ” 170    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 12

Love you, fuck this

21.11.2025 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

After a decade of working my dream job, it's over. I was laid off from theScore esports today. Gonna take some time to mourn and be offline. I'll probably have more thoughts later, but for now if you know anyone who needs a writer, producer, or video host, please let me know.

20.11.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 1

After 10 amazing years, today is my last day at theScore esports.

It's been an amazing ride, and I'm so grateful for the career I've had and the people I've met.

This isn't the ending that I would have chosen, but in this industry you don't always get to choose your ending.

21.11.2025 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

This is a really great thread that very much encapsulates how I and, I think, many other folks are feeling today.

I'm pretty sad, but I do really appreciate the optimism here.

02.09.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0