Weekly Communication · Issue #024

Todd's Dispatch

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Todd Howard
Game Director & Chief Vision Officer, Bethesda Game Studios
Issue #024
Week of October 20, 2026
On the Competitive Waiting League

Hey everyone. Todd. Here to legitimize a sport.

"The reigning world champion has waited, without once looking away from the countdown timer, for four years. Her prize, should she win again, is early access in 2110. She intends to keep the streak going out of principle. We have never been more honored or more concerned."

I am thrilled to recognize the first professional Elder Scrolls VII Waiting League. Competitors are ranked on a single metric: how long they can wait, doing nothing, for a game that does not exist. It is, we believe, the purest form of competition, and the only esport perfectly matched to our release schedule. The finals will be held in the Waiting Room. There is no prize pool. There is only the wait.

A rival league that permits blinking has been dismissed by purists as 'casual.' We take no official position, but we agree.

Todd Howard
Commissioner, The Competitive Waiting League
Parody. The league is fictional. The waiting, as you are experiencing right now, is real.