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ciaiei
Finland41 Posts
someone else see the similarity? | ||
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FXOpen
Australia1844 Posts
I was kind of preparing something similar. I was sort of fine about the situation until I heard Alex on WOC... He made me quite disturbed. And my personal feeling was that he is "taking advantage" of those who can't particularly look out for themselves.... I feel sorry for Puma to be in the middle of this, because he is being taken advantage of. The players association is going to tighten up now. There may be a risk of Koreans not going to foreign events or something along those lines. As I have said before, we should all love korea, because without korea starcraft is just a hobby. | ||
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daxile
Canada829 Posts
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GhchD
Hungary52 Posts
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Akilleus
Sweden82 Posts
growth of e-sports. In "real" sports this is not accepted at all. Not even in non professional low level divisions. | ||
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Zinnwaldite
Norway1567 Posts
On July 22 2011 20:33 TBO wrote: not sure if it was a mistake but why did you post this same text on the Puma Topic (where it is relevant) and also here on this blog (where it is not relevant, which you might see yourself you had read the text) It was an accident actually. I have far to many tabs open and i've slept far too little. First i wrote it in the GSTL thread. And after that i sorta messed things up a bit. I can hardly even read at this point xD guess it would be best if i removed it from this one eh? ^_^ Sorry about that =/ | ||
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TheButtonmen
Canada1403 Posts
On July 22 2011 20:38 FXOpen wrote: As I have said before, we should all love korea, because without korea starcraft is just a hobby. I'd love a chance to hear industry insiders such as yourself discuss what Koreas role in the SC2 scene is and how you see it changing in the future as to the newer generation such as myself that weren't part of BW Korea has never been the corner stone of the E-sports scenes growth; it's been dominated by the Western scene. Edit: To clarify what i meant as that's incredibly long winded; Have you / other people in your role ever written anything about the role of Korea in the SC2 scene, it's future and its current state in a way that people could understand without a history with BW? | ||
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HaXXspetten
Sweden15718 Posts
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TheButtonmen
Canada1403 Posts
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zeru
8156 Posts
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skyride
Scotland103 Posts
At the end of the day, your aim as a business is always going to be making money, but it's still nice to be able to look at yourself in the morning. | ||
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LaserLynx
United States36 Posts
They did not make themselves look good by waiting so long to release a statement or talk about it at all until the Weapon of Choice debacle. Instead of calmly and rationally explaining their position, they had Alex Garfield aggressively assert their position and went out of his way to attack Milkis, further alienating the community. The fact that this isn't the first time a miscommunication has occurred with EG and it seems to be something of a recurring trend, I think EG management needs to re-evaluate how they interact with the community in regards to their actions. EDIT: To tie it into TLO's position, I guess my view isn't entirely compatible with his, but I completely respect his position. TLO's response is intelligent and well thought-out (as to be expected from him) but I do disagree on a few points. I would argue that their actions haven't necessarily been wrong, but just kind of stupid from a PR standpoint. | ||
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mikesaysno
United States85 Posts
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moxley
United States65 Posts
Alex Garfield, in both "discussions", seemed arrogant, unapologetic and, frankly, cold. I felt very uncomfortable for Milkis, and it definitely seemed like Alex was defending himself by attacking Milkis because he was the only person in the room that didn't share the same opinion. I'm sure Scoots probably doesn't want to be the face of these types of discussions because he doesn't want to tarnish his rapport with the community.. but Alex seems all too eager to play the cold, know-it-all businessman.. and in a community like this that has a lot of passion and interest in the personal side of things, touting your business savvy and turning arguments around on people by trying to explain to them why they're not as smart as you is not going to go a long way towards EG's likeability. This isn't a courtroom.. | ||
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FXOpen
Australia1844 Posts
On July 22 2011 20:41 TheButtonmen wrote: I'd love a chance to hear industry insiders such as yourself discuss what Koreas role in the SC2 scene is and how you see it changing in the future as to the newer generation such as myself that weren't part of BW Korea has never been the corner stone of the E-sports scenes growth; it's been dominated by the Western scene. Edit: To clarify what i meant as that's incredibly long winded; Have you / other people in your role ever written anything about the role of Korea in the SC2 scene, it's future and its current state in a way that people could understand without a history with BW? IF you PM me a series of Q's I will be happy to answer them. You are welcome to post them publically also. | ||
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kedinik
United States352 Posts
Nearly everything he said was rude, double talky and intellectually dishonest. | ||
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SxYSpAz
United States1451 Posts
must watch. ty for input TLO. couldn't agree more | ||
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Itsmedudeman
United States19229 Posts
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divito
Canada1213 Posts
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kmkg
Japan186 Posts
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