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I'm heading to law school next September and for awhile now I have pondered the ways in which I could contribute to Esports during my "year off" where I am working to pay my hefty tuition. I graduated with an honours degree in English and it will help me in some ways in my future studies but for the most part it will not apply. A project I have been thinking about is an biography on a popular player. I actually have an email prepared where I go into much greater detail about how I would go about doing this and why I believe it could be a great project. (The email is actually addressed to SirScoots ^__^). I'm being incredibly vague right now and have many ideas but am in a rush at the moment. Carmac recently tweeted that he believes players need more exposure and he blames a lack of esports coverage.
Now, I do not mean an interview online or a writeup. I mean a published work.
I wouldn't mind some input on this. I've only been dreaming up ideas for content but find myself intrigued by the possibilities.
Edit: Hey awesome you mention player agents! I started a thread about that a few weeks ago and it sort of fell to the wayside. However, there was some excellent feedback and I received several PMs about it. Did you happen to read it Geoff?
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Geoff that English major is showing...
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This is a great blog that should be a manditory read for everyone in the SC2 community.
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This is awesome, iNcontroL. I've already gone ahead and retweeted it as well as linked to it on facebook. It's a fantastic write-up that I think people should definitely make use of as a resource for getting involved. Hope it gets spotlighted.
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I am going to become the Ari Gold of SC2.... Incontrol you always inspire.
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Don't just be a fan, be a defiler and research CONSUME.
5/5 great article.
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This is a topic that's been around for a while now. It's been brought up by numerous parties and major characters in the scene.
But you took all of that and you brought it together, tied it together, wrapped it up with great writing, and backed it up with some powerful emotion. Well done Incontrol. You have inspired me and I hope a great many others.
Onward! For eSports!
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This is very well written and inspiring. Dream big, Geoff! I know I am, too :D
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Wow, everything makes sense now, your the best Inconctrol. 5/5
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Awesome write up man! I can a test to many of the points that you outlined here.
Let me just share something really quick here. I recently started up a small SC2 new shows called SC2 in review a few months ago and have been posting it here on TL, reddit and wellplayed. We do okay for ourselves and are still learning and going through growing pains but overall the response has been good. The slam dunk point here is that we couldn't have done it if it wasn't for the thoughtful comments from viewers, upvotes on reddit and views on TL. I feel like without that support and the communties patience with us we would have quit a long time ago. Fast forward to this past week at MLG where I got a chance to interact with a large number of players, coaches and other media as well as a few fans of my own and I can honestly say WOW. Small actions add up guys, thoughtful comments, well deserved critisms and overall support really make the difference. So please go out and support the people/organizations that you feel are doing a good job. You vote with your dollars and with your time. So thanks to all those who have helped us out in the past and have been helping us move forward.
Couldn't have said it better InControl, also thanks for the interview :D
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Speaking of graphic design, I had at one point re-designed the StarTale logo for fun (you know, just jumping on the bandwagon because I thought they'd start changing it every week at that point)...
On a more serious note, great write-up. The growth of Starcraft 2 since it came out has been mind-boggling. I remember watching the GSL for the first time and thinking that was a huge deal. That a live audience of a couple hundred in the finals was a lot (obviously, I never followed Brood War).
I can honestly say that seeing the crowd at Blizzcon, hearing the chant for MMA when he beat MVP in the GSL October finals... I had shivers running down my spine. I wasn't even there live. I was sitting at home, watching on my cell phone because I forgot my laptop in my car that night. If that's how big this sport has become in such a short amount of time... the possibilities are endless.
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not. - Barry, "Dinner for Schmucks"
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Brood War could use this too. I love it more than SC2, but it deserves the same sort of recognition; because without that core of passionate players that it had, SC2 would have not had the platform and early push it needed to get this far.
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Couldn't agree more Geoff. Here's to 2012! I can't attend any events in person but will be sure to buy as many virtual stream tickets as I can, ala my 2011 :-D
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Geoff, this was a fantastic post. You are one of my favorite players and always will be. The passion you have is contagious.
Just one little thing:
D. Create. This is an area where I think I will need to follow up on.. I fancy myself an ideas man. I love coming up with ideas for what we can do differently or new. I discussed this over drinks with Chobopeon, Kim Rom and a few others... (these will just be ideas, but this is a section where I encourage YOU to contribute!) free-lance journalism. We don't have it in SC2.
Well, we didn't have it in SC2 when it started, but I've seen a lot more stuff recently. Forbes.com and a couple of other places did interviews with Day[9]. I've started to see articles about the scene in mainstream places.
And also, in the spirit you mentioned of creating and doing rather than just waiting around, I wrote a couple of my own articles for Ars Technica:
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/03/the-dawn-of-starcraft-e-sports-come-to-the-world-stage.ars
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/for-the-swarm-inside-the-world-of-professional-starcraft-players.ars
In the second article I wrote about how I almost came up and talked to you and Anna at MLG Anaheim, but then chickened out (you were getting ready to play Boxer and I didn't want to disturb you). But anyway, just to say, I still think you're awesome. Keep being awesome.
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On November 22 2011 13:06 iNcontroL wrote: Read it out-loud on your youtube
Do it totalbiscuit!
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By the way, here's the site for the Mayor's office for Providence:
http://providenceri.com/mayor
It has several ways to contact the Mayor's office and I've already sent off a thank you note. Please take the time to do the same, as he and the city of Providence really did step up huge for us. The more positive response we can get to public officials for supporting eSports events, the faster we can become more "legitimate" to the world at large.
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On November 22 2011 13:56 k1mjee wrote:...but the question I pose is, how does one get exposure to help the community? I've interviewed TONS of the top SC2 players in the world (text interviews) and have been posting them on Cadred; I get around ~30 comments per interview from people that don't follow SC2 (they're CS-based). Every single time I've posted a thread on TL, it's been locked for "advertising" when all I want to do is help e-sports and SC2 as a whole... where can a kid like me that's been in e-sports nearly as long as I've been in school get the support I need to make an impact? I'm 18 and have been doing e-sports "stuff" for almost a decade now, whether it be supporting CoD4 PC team leagues, writing for websites, or just helping with community stuff. Thoughts? Geoff? Anyone? Just a few interviews (3 as proof, have nearly 100): http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/155767/ (Destiny) http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/137811/ (HuK) http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/149406/ (MaKaPrime)
i can't get away from you, no matter what forum i post on...
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Nice writeup. I really do agree with your whole talk about sponsors.
You talk about how we should all support the sponsors, how we should tell them how much we value the fact that they're helping e-sports so much, more importantly, how much they're helping our favorite players (I hope people understand, without sponsors, going a full-time pro-gamer just wouldn't be worth it) and our favorite teams. To me, they're what makes most of it happen and without them players wouldn't have the funds to be flown around all the time, to show us great games in different places around the globe. Could you imagine living in America and Europe, following SC2 so much, loving all the players but never managing to see any of the Korean gods like Nestea or MVP unless you go to Korea and watch the GSL yourself? Can you imagine a world in which the Europeans could never come to North America (or vice-versa) to provide us with great LAN games so we can finally conclude who is the better, NA or EU? Yeah, it's not a nice world is it? The sponsors make them come to place, they allow the players to interact with their fans on a more personal level, not just through letters and pictures over the internet.
Sponsors really do mean a lot, and they really should be shown a lot of love and respect for what they're allowing Starcaraft 2 to become; a globally recognized e-sport.
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Awesome article.
I'll throw an idea to the fray. An e-sports writer/journalist linked to an organization or even a freelancer can start a monthly blog/post focusing on and introducing a small scene, like, lets say the japanese community. A meet and greet with its best players, the up and comers, their casters, their esports celebrities etc. You could be aware of stephano long before his flamboyant appearance on major tours. I wanna know more about the Indian or the Argentinian scene and ofc make my own little world (the greek scene) known to others. Also united we form a much bigger audience thus making the industry much more profitable to big corps.
/manhugs incontrol
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I'd love to write some freelance articles, but my question is would TL really want to host articles that spotlight other team members and would they really pay for them? Not that I haven't written for free before, but just a thought. I'd love to do some features.
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