Pooyan

Esports and Gaming Coordinator for the University of Tulsa

[Pooyan @PerfectSideDish]

My boy @KenwardSwift sent me this. Just a reminder that @MVD731 and @PG_ESAM carry my scene. LMAO

[Pooyan @PerfectSideDish]

Took the day off to drive 4 hours to see @goodkidband live in Dallas just for my tickets to be stolen out of my @axs account. Someone hacked the account and transferred the tickets last night and I was told they may not get my tickets back before the show. 😞

[Enes Kanter FREEDOM @EnesFreedom]

To my Oklahoma family;
this piece comes straight from the heart.

I hope you’ll take a moment to read it and feel what I felt.
Thank you for allowing me to be a small part of it.

I came to @okcthunder to play basketball. I left carrying 168 lives.

When I was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder, I was thinking about basketball, nothing more.

I didn’t know that before I ever stepped on the court, this place would show me something that would stay with me far longer than any game.

Like any player, my mind was on the game. A new team, a new city, a new opportunity. I expected the usual routine when I landed in Oklahoma City. Physicals, practices, meetings, and a jersey waiting in a locker.

But before any of that, Sam Presti pulled me aside and told me there was somewhere we needed to go.

He didn’t explain much, and I didn’t think to ask. I was focused on the next step in my career.

What I didn’t understand was that, before I could represent the place I was about to play for, I needed to understand it.

So instead of heading to the facility, he took me to the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum.

I walked in without knowing what I was about to see, and within minutes, everything slowed down.

There are 168 chairs at the memorial, each one representing a life lost on April 19, 1995. They are arranged in quiet rows, each engraved with a name, each standing where a person once stood in that building. Then you notice something that is impossible to process the first time you see it. Some of the chairs are smaller.

They belong to children.

There is no speech that prepares you for that, no headline that captures it. You simply stand there, and the silence carries a kind of weight that is hard to describe but impossible to ignore.

As you walk through the memorial, you pass between two gates marked 9:01 and 9:03. At first, they seem like simple numbers, but then you understand what they hold. One marks the last minute before the attack. The other marks the first minute after. And in between those two gates is 9:02, the moment when everything changed.

That minute does not feel like history when you are standing there. It feels present.

The reflecting pool stretches across what used to be a city street, its surface calm and still. When you look into it, you do not just see water. You see yourself standing in a place where unimaginable loss occurred, and for a moment, everything else in your life becomes quieter.

Nearby stands the Survivor Tree, an American elm that was damaged in the blast but endured. It is not untouched. Its scars are part of what it represents. But it is still standing, and in that, it carries a kind of strength that does not need to be explained.

We did not speak much while we were inside. It did not feel like a place for conversation. Some places ask for words. This one asks for reflection.

When we stepped outside, Sam Presti looked me in the eye and said, “This is what this state has been through.”

Then he said something I will never forget.

“Every time you step on that court, you are not just playing in front of fans. You are playing for a state that carries this with it. Give them everything you have. They deserve that.”

In that moment, basketball felt different.

Not smaller, but clearer.

Because what I had just seen was not only about what was lost. It was about what remained. A state that had experienced unimaginable pain and still chose to come together, to rebuild, and to move forward without losing its humanity.

From that day on, every time I stepped on the court, I carried that with me.

On the nights when I was tired, when I was hurt, when I was dealing with challenges that felt heavy in the moment, I would think about those chairs, about that minute, about the people behind those names. And I was reminded that what I was going through did not compare to what this state had endured.
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[SonicFox @SonicFox]

We wanted to leave the fans with one final special moment between us. 💙

Thank you all for your overwhelming support over these last years of DBFZ,

and an ESPECIALLY HUGE thank you to @go13151 for being the greatest rival one could ever ask for!

Till next time everyone~

[ludwig @LudwigAhgren]

YEAH AND U CAN SIGNUP FOR A FREE OPEN QUALIFIER THIS SATURDAY IM GIVING THE TOP 128 A FREE PASS TO EVO AND WHOEVER KNOCKS ME OUT GETS A FREE FLIGHT AND HOTEL AS WELL

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[Donny @DonnnySins]

Yo doods @benbuck346 and I decided to hook it up for everybody and give away a Switch 2 and digital copy of Pokopia. To enter:

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Rolled live for proof (attendance not required) on twitch on 3/21 the final day of Switch Week! Also go follow Ben :]

[Pooyan @PerfectSideDish]

@Theryanneighbor I gave it the old college try but ultimately it will probably stay a more casual game for me. I won't be at Atlanta but I may make it out to another event this year.

[Pooyan @PerfectSideDish]

Got to meet @scarra again and he is still a very kind and friendly person. Thanks for the photo!

[University of Tulsa Esports @utulsaesports]

Our newly formed Marvel Rivals Team is off to a great start with back-to-back 3-0 wins over their first two matches of the season! GGs to our two fantastic opponents! Look forward to catching some streamed matches this semester on our Twitch channel linked in the description! 💪

[Pooyan @PerfectSideDish]

Cookie Run TCG booth is poppin
#CookieRunTCG #cookierun

[Pooyan @PerfectSideDish]

#Codevein is a wild ride @CodeVeinGame

[GUNDAM CARD GAME English Version @GUNDAM_GCG_ENG]

Link the universe, Play the Newtype

The new TCG "Gundam Card Game" by BANDAI CARD GAMES is set for a global release on July 11, 2025.
Build your deck, command your units, and clash in tactical battles across the Gundam universe!

For the latest updates, be sure to check the official website and social media channels.

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#GundamCardGame #GCG

[Dr. Annie Andrews @AnnieAndrewsMD]

I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.

Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. RT if you're with me.

[Pooyan @PerfectSideDish]

@CannonRed_18 Congratulations dude, which character are you playing?

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@intherubedo Bro is working so hard, he drenched it sweat. Very impressed.

[Tafo @tafokints]

If the Dallas Mavs can have the courage to trade Luka, then you too can ask your crush out

[Pooyan @PerfectSideDish]

@LorenzoInaBenz0 Gundam TCG early release

[Pooyan @PerfectSideDish]

#Digimon Another BandaiFest Scavenger Hunt

[Pooyan @PerfectSideDish]

@LorenzoInaBenz0 This is what I'm actually excited about

[Pooyan @PerfectSideDish]

@OfflineTV @secretlabchairs @scarra I'm going to say 15 spins for Scarra to finally admit that he was dizzy but in reality it only took like 4 spins.

[Pooyan @PerfectSideDish]

@moonunyo I have only been able to make time to go to the one in Denver, but I'm planning to hit the ones in Texas sometime this year as well. I've only heard good things about each of them.