Great write up. I think that SC2 eSports has more potential to grow than any other marketable activity on Earth. It has a massive community of gamers behind it, a huge majority of whom are well versed with the internet, the information highway. Can you think of any other sport, product, event, anything that could possibly grow faster than we can grow Starcraft 2. The fans are one of the most important parts, some may argue THE most important part.

Split.

Switzerland234 Posts

November 22 2011 18:06 GMT

#384

Nice read, thanks a lot!

mrRoflpwn

United States2618 Posts

November 22 2011 18:07 GMT

#385

wow- that was an emotional think to read.

Openth

Germany2 Posts

November 22 2011 18:12 GMT

#386

awesome blog! - i love it -

spread the word!

Synwave

United States2803 Posts

November 22 2011 18:15 GMT

#387

So far Ive converted 2 friends to watching tournies at least once a month. Its a beginning!

tofucake

Hyrule19197 Posts

November 22 2011 18:20 GMT

#388

incontrol, y u no mention Liquipedia???

Darth Caedus

United States326 Posts

November 22 2011 18:23 GMT

#389

Great post.
Color me inspired!

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I am not the only one.

Xizzo

United States7 Posts

November 22 2011 18:25 GMT

#390

This is such an amazing write up. We owe a lot of the community to you Incontrol, so thank you.

Kon-Tiki

United States402 Posts

November 22 2011 18:27 GMT

#391

Read this in your voice, iNcontroL. :D

Great ideas

xSixGeneralHan

United States528 Posts

November 22 2011 18:29 GMT

#392

I have two friends I converted as well, we stay up and watch gsl finals together. They are both jocks, one of them is a former division 1 athlete and the other is a pro baseball player.

If I can do it you can do it!

Ktk

Korea (South)753 Posts

November 22 2011 18:51 GMT

#393

looking at point 1 i already agree, i want them stadiums. The halls, as we've seen, aren't large enough already. :>

bootoo

United States23 Posts

November 22 2011 18:51 GMT

#394

Does anyone else see what he's done here?

InControl has used Starcraft as an example to politely explain what is required of each citizen for a free market representative democratic system to work.

Think about the world you want to live in. Find other people who share that vision. Watch listen and learn from those who also want to live in that world and share with these people. Support these people. Pay attention to the obstacles to your vision. Do not support the behaviors, systems, institutions and individuals that create these obstacles.

Dont worry about being too small to make a difference. You are not alone.

Gandhi said 'whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it'

Translation...WE ARE LEGION

SugarBear

United States842 Posts

November 22 2011 19:00 GMT

#395

Good post. I definitely find it annoying when the community goes overboard with trash talking players. In some cases its deserved, such as stream cheaters and players who behave poorly on stage, but in a lot of other cases it's completely unwarranted. This especially applies to a lot of things I hear about incontrol, who has done a lot for esports and doesn't get enough credit simply because of poor performances at a few MLG tournaments.

By the way, I look forward to the day I can get your brother to an MLG and maybe even get you two to play against each other in the open bracket!

SCHammer

Italy17 Posts

November 22 2011 19:03 GMT

#396

Great post! Nice read, I agree with what you said there, SC2 is rapidly becoming way more than just a game

HotShizz

France710 Posts

November 22 2011 19:12 GMT

#397

I'm hoping you get a chance to play here in France eventually, you know if we ever have a LAN worth coming too other than ESWC. I'd definitely come say hi. Good luck in the future, and just so you know I also enjoy your work on SOTG and in general as a player and personality you are one of my favorites. Good luck in 2012 and beyond and keep strong win or lose!!

Shel

United States104 Posts

November 22 2011 19:14 GMT

#398

I agree with the sentiment. But some of this really is just a dream. At this point, there is zero reason to think we're not in an eSports bubble. A year of growth is awesome, but we have no metrics to figure out where these people are coming from. Is MLG and the like reaching new players? Is it reaching new people who have never played? At what point will we reach full saturation? Right now, the companies that put on big tournaments are NOT making big money. They're investing heavily in the hopes that the scene continues to grow and eventually becomes highly lucrative. What we've seen in the past year is amazing to us because we've never seen anything like it before. But we've gone from a 2 out of 10 to about a 4 out of 10, we're still little, and we have a long road ahead until we can say that eSports are here to stay and nothing will be able to stop us.

HooK2000

Germany139 Posts

November 22 2011 19:28 GMT

#399

I've done my part. If anyone would like to read a summary in german of this, go to

http://www.mystarcraft.de/de/news/2089-mehr-esport-mit-deiner-hilfe/

Greets from Germany!

Good Blog Geoff!