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How to expand ESports to the world.

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LunarC
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States1186 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-03 07:25:53
December 03 2010 07:11 GMT
#1
Get a very famous individual interested or involved in ESports. I'm talking Hollywood famous. This is the fastest way to expose a large number of people to the concept of competitive gaming on a large scale. This growing interest will in turn attract bigger sponsors. Which will inevitably cause ESports to grow.

The alternative would be for someone who is already involved or interested in ESports to take special measures to expand its audience. This means that people that are already interested in ESports and possess substantial assets or social clout should take measures to expose the scene to the general public.

I would love to see the day the likes of Michael Cera or Shia LeBeouf promote ESports or even just express interest in the scene in a passing comment on a talk show.

Yes, it's far-fetched. No, it probably will never happen. But I was thinking about how anything gets exposed to people very quickly and I realized it is always a television personality, a news report, or it is spread virally through the internet via popular websites.

Just a random thought.

EDIT: Hell, we should do our part: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=173711

REEBUH!!!
seRapH
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States9756 Posts
December 03 2010 07:13 GMT
#2
Hm, that might work, but LET'S DO BOLLYWOOD :D
I really really want to hear some Hindi commentators now :3
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NIIINO
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Slovakia1320 Posts
December 03 2010 07:33 GMT
#3
eSport is growing faster than we can imagine and i would be scared if it will grow even faster. just give it a time.
And there is a lot of celebrities playing WoW. i know WoW is not eSport BUT ! famous ppl are playing it. I cant remember who told it but i saw some videos about it.
I had Daniel Redcliff in my guild back than, well not for sure but he sounds like him SO MUCH.
snorlax
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States755 Posts
December 03 2010 07:40 GMT
#4
@seRapH
plus we could have a tastetosis, day9, husky, teamliquid etc... Bollywood dance number!

@NIINO
WoW can be an E-Sport but I know what you mean most of the celebrities who play it don't play competitively
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
December 03 2010 07:43 GMT
#5
I think esports is about as big as it is going to get, (at least in the near future, I think it will definitely continue to grow over time) and I'm ok with that. The people that would be brought to esports by some star mentioning it would be a flash in the pan, and we might retain a small number of them before the next big thing took away the rest of their attention.
ShadeR
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7535 Posts
December 03 2010 08:07 GMT
#6
Start calling progamers by their real names like the Koreans do. That is how to expand and help eSports gain acceptance as a viable sport and career choice.
LunarC
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States1186 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-03 08:25:06
December 03 2010 08:22 GMT
#7
On December 03 2010 16:43 Lemonwalrus wrote:
I think esports is about as big as it is going to get, (at least in the near future, I think it will definitely continue to grow over time) and I'm ok with that. The people that would be brought to esports by some star mentioning it would be a flash in the pan, and we might retain a small number of them before the next big thing took away the rest of their attention.

Well I'm glad you think it's going to grow over time, but there's no system in place which allows for easy access and causal exposure on a massive scale. That is the ideal place to be in for any product in my opinion. I'm just trying to consider the best way to get there for competitive Starcraft. Also, I think you're right about the kind of audience that would be attracted by a star's casual mention of ESports. What I really had in mind was for some figure who already has access to the general public to actively promote ESports.

On December 03 2010 17:07 ShadeR wrote:
Start calling progamers by their real names like the Koreans do. That is how to expand and help eSports gain acceptance as a viable sport and career choice.

Interesting idea. It will certainly help to legitimize ESports in peoples' eyes.
REEBUH!!!
deathgod6
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States5064 Posts
December 03 2010 08:30 GMT
#8
On December 03 2010 16:13 seRapH wrote:
Hm, that might work, but LET'S DO BOLLYWOOD :D
I really really want to hear some Hindi commentators now :3

hahaha I can imagine this. Not sure if it will catch on.
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crazeman
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
664 Posts
December 03 2010 08:50 GMT
#9
On December 03 2010 17:07 ShadeR wrote:
Start calling progamers by their real names like the Koreans do. That is how to expand and help eSports gain acceptance as a viable sport and career choice.


If we call all the koreans by their name as opposed to ID, I would never be able to keep track as to who is who.
ZpuX
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
Sweden1230 Posts
December 03 2010 08:57 GMT
#10
On December 03 2010 17:07 ShadeR wrote:
Start calling progamers by their real names like the Koreans do. That is how to expand and help eSports gain acceptance as a viable sport and career choice.

This is one of the biggest and easiest steps we can take! I have been supporting this opinion like forever! Please all bigger new portals, stop writing just their nicknames, if you have to, write their nicknames between " ", but first and foremost state their real names!
Really, play for fun!
Nairul
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States262 Posts
December 03 2010 09:40 GMT
#11
Big potential in Mila Kunis for celebs who used to play WoW.
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32051 Posts
December 03 2010 15:12 GMT
#12
On December 03 2010 17:07 ShadeR wrote:
Start calling progamers by their real names like the Koreans do. That is how to expand and help eSports gain acceptance as a viable sport and career choice.



How would that change anything?? Most people here can't pronounce the names correctly. How does that make it more legitimate or anything
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Luddite
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2315 Posts
December 03 2010 18:50 GMT
#13
they should make a hollywood movie about boxer lol.
Can't believe I'm still here playing this same game
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