I may be neither player nor event organiser, but I think I could do something to help you with your public image issues in the SC2 community. What I’m going to suggest here might seem a little drastic, but I assure you, it’s been well considered. It’s counter-intuitive, but I’m going to have to ask you to bear with me, I am an expert marketing consultant.*
Since the whole debacle with PR around Team EG’s acquisition of Puma from TSL, there’s been an impression that EG is slow to respond to situations. Moreover, the ill feeling generated by the glacial slowness of the official response was exacerbated by the way that independent third parties (hobbyists, for want of a better word) were treated by EG’s management. I’ll put my hands up now and say that I’m not going to take sides, but these are things to keep in mind.
Similarly, whether correctly or incorrectly, EG has managed to garner a fair bit of bad feeling over its presentation of the acquisition of HuK from Liquid. While many have said that this is just the way business works in esports, there are others who’ve taken the whole affair a lot more personally. Again, let’s not judge anyone here, let’s just be honest about where everyone stands.
I suppose the summation of all this is that Team EG has managed to generate a fair bit of bad blood with some sizeable segments of the community.
Now, you might doubt me, but when it comes to business I’ve always been told it’s good to work to your strengths, so what I have to ask is this:
If Team EG is so good at being perceived as villainous without trying, why not go the whole hog? I mean, if you really drove at it, how evil could you be?
Albeit for me to sit here and pontificate, but can you imagine the draw it would have? No matter who EG was playing against, there would be the Good vs Evil angle to play off. Can you imagine the sheer exultation of fans? Now I don’t mean to sit here and say that being villainous is going to net you more fans; that’s probably not the case… but if you really embraced being an evil-to-the-core team, you’d attract that viewership that just desperately wants to see their team as the good guys.
Be blacker than black. Don’t shy away from being called evil.
Can you imagine the PR opportunities? Can you imagine the criticism?
Team EG is just so evil, I hate them. Please stop being so unrelentingly, irredeemably evil. Please leave us alone, EG.
Can you imagine the responses? Can you imagine the PR?
If I could drink your tears, I would.
It would give EG players carte blanche to behave atrociously at events. Consider the value, not of fame or victory, but of unadulterated infamy, of notoriety beyond compare. Never Surrender, Never GG.
You needn’t stop at being a bit evil though; really run with it. To achieve full supervillain status, EG players may need to spend more time in the gym, but this would synergise well with the new costumes you could roll out if you were fielding a pure evil SC2 team. You could equally have a player like InControL dress in a grey suit, stroking a cat throughout play, à la Ernst Stavro Blofeld.*
Here is a quick mockup of EGBlofeld:
Of course, you have access to real EG players, so your own results will likely be better than these.
In fact, maybe even change player names to resemble those of spy-movie villains to round out that Evil Genius feel? All you need to do is become a team that people can really honestly hate, not this watered down hate that comes with drama and just being a little BM, but whole heartedly hate, without any redeeming characteristics.
Embrace the villainy. Embrace the ill repute. Embrace the BM.
This post is a joke right? If you actually wanted to write a letter to EG, you would PM Alex, not make a comic post on a public forum. I'm not even going to bother to point out the obvious holes in your argument, because this post doesn't even belong here in the first place.
On August 19 2011 23:09 Drizzt3 wrote: This post is a joke right? If you actually wanted to write a letter to EG, you would PM Alex, not make a comic post on a public forum. I'm not even going to bother to point out the obvious holes in your argument, because this post doesn't even belong here in the first place.
I agree wholeheartedly with this poster. I don't think your flawed arguments are going to be very useful here on the forums (not that it would make any difference if you emailed Alex anyway since your logic is bad and full of holes).
Your writing style is also really bad and you don't seem to have any knowledge of StarCraft II. Everyone knows that EG is the best foreign team out there and I feel it's wrong for you to give them advice on how to run things. They seem to be doing a pretty damn good job as it is. Until another team accomplishes even half of what EG has then you have no right to tell them how to improve.
I completely agree. I also suggest all EG players should be incredibly antagonising when victorious, baiting their opponents and using celebrations such as this one:
On August 19 2011 23:09 Drizzt3 wrote: This post is a joke right? If you actually wanted to write a letter to EG, you would PM Alex, not make a comic post on a public forum. I'm not even going to bother to point out the obvious holes in your argument, because this post doesn't even belong here in the first place.
This guy is completely correct.
Have you ever even made a blog post before, SirJolt? What were you thinking!
On August 19 2011 23:09 Drizzt3 wrote: This post is a joke right? If you actually wanted to write a letter to EG, you would PM Alex, not make a comic post on a public forum. I'm not even going to bother to point out the obvious holes in your argument, because this post doesn't even belong here in the first place.
Are you familiar with the concept of an open letter?
In my defense, I did highlight this post to Team EG around the time I posted it:
On August 19 2011 23:09 Drizzt3 wrote: This post is a joke right? If you actually wanted to write a letter to EG, you would PM Alex, not make a comic post on a public forum. I'm not even going to bother to point out the obvious holes in your argument, because this post doesn't even belong here in the first place.
You must not have read any of SirJolt's blog posts before (and seem to be a little slow to boot).
On August 20 2011 00:50 UltimateHurl wrote: I've said it before and I'll say it again: Evil Geniuses. If they weren't named for the 2004 video game I don't know what they were named for:
First, awesome blog. But it got me thinking, you're absolutely right, these teams would be way cooler if they were true to their name. Therefore, in a similar vein, I'm hereby asking for all of Team Liquid's players to be imbued with the superpower ability to turn themselves in to a completely liquid state.
I believe these changes would be great for viewers and if Team Liquid or Evil Geniuses decline, they're doing it purposely to kill ESPORTS!
Interesting...a bold move, but i can see where you're going with your logic here....it's Evil, yet so Genius at the same time. SirJolt, you are quite the maverick in marketing and publicity.
On August 19 2011 23:09 Drizzt3 wrote: This post is a joke right? If you actually wanted to write a letter to EG, you would PM Alex, not make a comic post on a public forum. I'm not even going to bother to point out the obvious holes in your argument, because this post doesn't even belong here in the first place.
i have to agree with this guy.
i hope this was a comical post, nothing serious. i enjoy reading your blogs sirjolt. xD
This is what ive been saying all along. There are advantages of being the bad guy and that is not adhering to standard etiquette. sAvior is a mastermind/beast/maestro but no team will take the reputation risk in acquiring him. While the good teams spend their dollars scouting and breeding talent the right way, EG can bypass all of that and just poach the hell out of everyone good. Imagine adding sAvior, DRG, jjakji, Puzzle to the linup of idra huk and puma. This is already assuming the top tier teams like IM and Slayers have a strong hold on their players.
Guys obviously he was completely serious about this. Why would he PM Alex this information when he could both attach community feedback and advertise his services in all its brilliance at the same time. Also now with witnesses he will get compensated when Incontrol shaves his head.
SirJolt, you realise that Incontrol's good manners and niceness is really just a front for EG's true plans to rule over all of ESPORTS? He humourously and silently and unknowningly seeds ideas of pity for horses in episodes of SOTG and make us look to TL.net for comfort and consolation, where his minion and right-hand Nazgul seeks to control us all and weaken us and turn us over to the dark lord's rule.
Only the SlayerS fellowship, on their long journey from their hobbit huts in Seoul can save us, and restore the true king of the lands Lim Yohwan and his beautiful elven queen, Jessica.
Oh, and I'm picturing Day9 as Gandalf, and it's pure gold.
On August 20 2011 00:50 UltimateHurl wrote: I've said it before and I'll say it again: Evil Geniuses. If they weren't named for the 2004 video game I don't know what they were named for:
You are so right. Thank you for letting out the truth. O the truth.... it feels so good....
EPT
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