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You can watch him livestream some incredible shit. He's absolutely the real deal. Yes, he's big on social media, but every niche hobby like this has a standout who's great on media (Hikaru comes to mind for chess) that does great things for promoting the community.

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I think the majority of Hikaru's popularity comes from how dominant he is at chess, particularly faster time formats like blitz/bullet.

Seems to me he still commonly demonstrates a level of sportsmanship such that the online chess "Sportsmanship Award" is named after him.

Oddly enough that os also what georainbolt is known for in the community!

It warms my heart whenever people are rewarded for being 1. Amazingly skilled at a thing, 2. Kind-hearted, and 3. Good at video production. No need for clickbait, outrage, trash talking, etc. Just quality content of someone doing something well and being nice about it.

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