I just received a phone call from MTV in New York. They asked if I was the president of the StarCraft Competitive Gaming club on my campus, at which point I got really excited since I thought they wanted to do a quick documentary of some sort on our club and competitive StarCraft gaming as a whole.
My hype elevates as they tell me that they're coming to my campus to film a TV show, and my expectation shatters to pieces as they tell me it's a TV show focused around student sexuality and LGBT rights hosted by Dan Savage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Savage) and was asking me to spread the word to my club so they can get a diverse group of opinions for their open forum. Throughout the entire conversation I'm trying to figure out what any of this has to do with StarCraft and the club.
I was so confused, but I told her that we were a gaming club and let her know that our campus had a very active LGBT organization, but I was informed that since our club was into gaming and "role-playing" that someone would definitely be interested if I made the announcement.
I am still absolutely confused right now. So much for ESPORTS
This makes MTV look FAR wore than anything they could have done to Esports. "So we heard you guys were into Starcraft 2 roleplaying and you may or may not be homosexual." WHAT? I am actually ashamed this channel is allowed to air anymore considering how stupid this is.
only one thing to do. send your best debater and have him/her explain how the LGBT community is awesome because sexuality does not affect one's ability to play Starcraft and then go off on several subtle tangents to change the topic to one about the future of ESports. I can see it now. "The viewership of this 'MLG' has nothing to do with..." "Are you trying to discredit the fact that an online stream allows anyone with internet connection to watch it? MLG is a clear supporter of anyone who supports Esports. Trust me: I 'role-play.'"
Dan Savage?!?! I'd have been more excited about that, myself. For the record, his show is not just aimed at the LGBT community. Most of the questions he handles (in his shows, column, and blog) come from straight people.
Edit: to put this in Starcraft terms, the dude is the Nada of sex advice columnists.
On October 21 2011 09:18 PraetorialGamer wrote: This is such fail on a scale beyond imaginable-over 9000. MTV really has lost its credibility, hasn't it?
I know, I still remember the days when I got all of my news from mtv and I was smarter than everyone else on earth because of it, what has it become?
Fucking MTV can't understand the difference between being gay, and bromance. That's the only reason I see for them to call the president of a SC club for an LGBT documentary.
So at this point, the correct response is to tell your club, get a bunch of guys there when they're filming, and drown everyone else out with starcraft innuendo.
Playing Husky's SCV love song from someone's iPod hooked up to a set of speakers would be a good start.
On October 21 2011 09:18 PraetorialGamer wrote: This is such fail on a scale beyond imaginable-over 9000. MTV really has lost its credibility, hasn't it?
Don't do anything with MTV, they will try their hardest to make you look like an absolute idiot. Also unless you live under a rock, everything on their shows is staged. Two of my best friends from highschool were on MTV for that show where people would go through each others rooms. Not only did every scene require countless takes to get absolutely perfect, they also were force fed stupid lines and comments meaning that they weren't even really portraying themselves anymore. Even more retarded was the fact that MTV themselves put "interesting" stuff into their rooms to make sure it was actually interesting. After hearing all the details of how the show is put together I lost even more respect for MTV, if that was even possible.
On October 21 2011 10:00 benjammin wrote: dan savage's awesomeness cannot be understood by human minds, go to it!
I only saw him once on Bill Maher and he said 'I wish all Republicans were fucking dead', which is a little strange coming from a guy demanding more tolerance. But in his defense I think he was just trying to be witty/funny and not doing a very good job at it.
EPT
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