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Before ESPORTS: US National Video Game Team - Page 3

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euroboy
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden536 Posts
July 26 2011 18:53 GMT
#41
this is awesome, hot_bid should be proud.

not so awesome though, the logo looked like a swastika at a first quick glance
mordek
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States12704 Posts
July 26 2011 21:40 GMT
#42
Wow, that was a very cool read. Great 5000th post, thanks Heyoka!
It is vanity to love what passes quickly and not to look ahead where eternal joy abides. Tiberius77 | Mordek #1881 "I took a mint!"
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-26 22:32:34
July 26 2011 22:06 GMT
#43
On July 26 2011 19:09 xtfftc wrote:
Great read. The very last sentence was a bit harsh though as the article didn't focus on what it is exactly that they ended up doing. I wouldn't bet against them still being avid gamers, albeit amateurs.


Most of these guys have been on documentaries over the years, its a mixed bag. A lot of them look on the past fondly but don't have much interest in current games, I get the feeling the majority of them feel like games lost something once gaming culture stopped revolving around arcades. At least a few of them are still avid gamers of course, I think Steve Harris is probably still hanging around the industry.

On July 26 2011 23:22 P00RKID wrote:
It would be cool to get an interview with Walter Day about current E-sports. He could probably relate to games like street fighter or other good competitive arcade games.


Talking to Walter would be pretty interesting. I've spoken to a few people involved with competitive arcade scores and have been really turned off by their world, a lot of them view competition as man vs machine and don't give any credibility to fights that are man vs man. Its really weird, a lot of them refuse to give any legitimacy to what we do here at TL (despite us being a far larger community). Maybe I've spoken to the wrong people though, I suspect Walter specifically is super passionate about the same things we are.

On July 26 2011 23:38 ProxyKnoxy wrote:
On Wikipedia it says the US National Team accepted members in 1994 and 2005? :/

Wait holy crap there is a lot of history here: Todd Rogers the first ever paid programer? Played a game for over 85 hours... thanks for the blog


I'm not clear on what the deal is with that wiki page, it has gone through a few major revisions and the source links died when TG redesigned the site. I assumed those members were kind of an honorary thing as the team certainly didn't exist as an entity by 2005. Todd Rogers is a pretty cool story though that guy is a beast, serious bonjwa of his era. He beat a machine that was designed to play an atari 2600 game perfectly.

On July 27 2011 01:22 t0bs3n wrote:
First of all nice write-up
However I am puzzled about the following "now that we are facing ESPORTS growth in the west".


Yeah it has existed before but now that streaming is so easy it is growing considerably faster and reaching a far wider audience than any of those examples.
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
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Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States5008 Posts
July 27 2011 03:52 GMT
#44
Love this thank you!!!

Give 5 stars everyone!!! or more
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GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
July 27 2011 05:19 GMT
#45
lol did anybody notice how

A: All three dudes looked totally like stereotypical nerds and

B: Most of the people in the crowd were old people XD
Oh, my achin' hands, from rakin' in grands, and breakin' in mic stands
moltenlead
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada866 Posts
July 27 2011 07:51 GMT
#46
5/5 easily. Really interesting read.
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32051 Posts
July 27 2011 13:35 GMT
#47
This thread just reminds me how badly I want an arcade to spring up here, or for a bar to just dump a whole bunch of machines in their place
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Snuggles
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1865 Posts
July 27 2011 17:09 GMT
#48
Extremely interesting read. But does anyone feel a little depressed or find the arcade scene back then a little bizarre? I'm feeling a bit depressed now because hell, maybe this is how we look when we worship E-Sports so religiously.

That MTV Life video did not help either =( Maybe I'm only having these thoughts because E-Sports as a whole isn't exactly mainstream yet.
AirbladeOrange
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2573 Posts
July 28 2011 18:08 GMT
#49
I like how in the video the announcers use the real names of the enemies in the video games. And the kisses on the cheeks at end were a good touch.

I think it's strange how especially back in the day people were supposed to be impressed based on how many points someone achieved in a game. The numbers are arbitrary, varying so much game to game.

Regardless, this is an awesome blog! Informative and well-written. Thanks for sharing.
AGsc
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada120 Posts
July 28 2011 18:40 GMT
#50
Damn, casted from replays >.> They were killing eSports before eSports. Good blog :D
Back off man, I'm a scientist.
p T r
Profile Joined November 2010
United States94 Posts
July 29 2011 06:43 GMT
#51
a tasteful read sir :D
thanks for this!
HEROwithNOlegacy
Profile Joined June 2010
United States850 Posts
July 31 2011 16:09 GMT
#52
I can't believe they had something like this for arcade games, when they are giving live commentary of what's going on it sounds so hilarious, especially on centipede "the spiders got him again, they have to against dragon flies, spiders, bees, and of course the centipede" lol, look how far gaming has come. :D
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Xiphos
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada7507 Posts
August 02 2011 02:03 GMT
#53
I wonder why none of them ever tried playing StarCraft when it came out. I would at least expected SOME of them to keep up their passion....
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