You're right. Actually most of why people previously regarded "nerds" as social scrubs was due to us not expressing our passions clearly enough. Any encouragement of that has my full support. Change the view of the scene for the better in any way possible. I'll do as much as I can!

BFCrimson

United States176 Posts

November 22 2011 05:35 GMT

#106

Has anyone considered how amazingly equipped the Dallas Cowboys Stadium would be for an event? The main stage right in the middle of the field with in house barcrafts going on. The hugest screen I've ever seen capable of broadcasting the game to the masses we could pack in that stadium. I bet you someone has to have thought of this before me.

Cowboys Stadium (Wiki)

Jmorrow

United States32 Posts

November 22 2011 05:35 GMT

#107

So well thought out, glad Geoff was the one to actually state it. If I could upvote I would, but I will spread it none the less.

Thanks Geoff for all your contributions.

LytR

Canada75 Posts

November 22 2011 05:36 GMT

#108

Great article Geoff! 5/5
2012 is going to be even more kickass too! Can't wait.

Siliticx

Canada206 Posts

November 22 2011 05:41 GMT

#109

Geoff, i just tweeted at you. I love your drive, your passion and your ideas. We need to talk man.

Zeppelin535

Canada262 Posts

November 22 2011 05:45 GMT

#110

On November 22 2011 14:32 mattjkim wrote:
we are not your personal army.

He's not asking for a personal army, he's asking for an eSports army. If you don't comply, you're killing eSports!

PraiseB

Australia135 Posts

November 22 2011 05:46 GMT

#111

Great post, Player agents was something I was talking to a couple of people about, specially after the reports that came out a couple of weeks ago about tournament winnings taking forever to get paid. It's a situation that just would not happen in other professional sports, no ones going to go through the effort and hardships to qualify for a grand slam if they know there is a chance it will take a year to get paid if you get paid at all.

The training required to get to the top level and stay there means you don't always have the mental capacity or time to chase these people up and it's something organizers know, they know they won't get calls and emails day in day out asking for owed money because none of the players are represented in any way shape or form. If players were represented and had the office full of people behind them giving their all for their clients the way other sporting agencies do you can guarantee event organizations will be going out of their way to ensure players get payed as they just don't want to have to deal with the agents, followed by debt collectors being sent after them.

Jaia

United States4 Posts

November 22 2011 05:46 GMT

#112

reading this gave me the sickest nerdchills.

very eloquently and passionately written. and i think you've done a great job illustrating not just what we can do, but why the world of esports (and sc2 in particular) is so exciting. especially now. it's in such a tremendous time of growth and achievement that all of us can participate in...and know that we are really contributing to something amazing.

my husband and i were already planning to introduce my parents/siblings to sc2 when we go visit them for xmas this year. reading this got me even more stoked to do that.

SMoriak

6 Posts

November 22 2011 05:46 GMT

#113

I admit to being a "lurker" to TL, and the SC2 scene, for quite some time. But after reading this post, I went and registered on TL just so I could reply and start getting more involved.

As someone who would love to see eSports grow, and someone who has a degree in Sport Management and extensive work in traditional sports and media relations, I know I have skills that could be useful to the community, but am unsure where and how to apply them.

I'll begin with searching for jobs with the well-known players in the industry, mainly because that's the only place I know to look. But maybe there are other possibilities of getting involved that I don't know of, or are overlooking, and would appreciate any help that people could offer.

I want to believe that the ceiling for eSports is much higher than what all of us could believe or imagine. Thanks for the call to action iNcontroL.

PhiliBiRD

United States2643 Posts

November 22 2011 05:48 GMT

#114

good post and good thoughts

everyone can help, big or small, helping is helping

vtbarrera

United States46 Posts

November 22 2011 05:48 GMT

#115

This is why I love INconttrol! You put into words something that many of us think about but don't talk about. Bravo for formulating your thoughts in a way that will truly get people to be part of the eSports revolution. =)

IrOnKaL

United States340 Posts

November 22 2011 05:49 GMT

#116

Amazing read Geoff, thanks so much for taking the time to write this up.

klatch

Canada1 Post

November 22 2011 05:51 GMT

#117

Registered just to reply to this article. Good read. First off, let me say that I have never played SC I or II. In the past few months I've become very engrossed in watching streams but haven't really felt the need to play the game myself, though it would obviously help me understand the game more. For me, this is like watching football, which I also do, and can see esports really coming in to their own. I am SHOCKED that the players don't have agents. Seriously: SHOCKED. I had thought of this a few months ago but assumed that they did have agents since they were on teams and such. Unreal. I had considered looking at being a sports agent after law school but decided that was a bit of a pipe dream for me and opted against it. I'm so tempted to look into doing something in the e-sports arena but there are so many moving parts and the massive international scene causes so many complications, some big, some small. Wow. There may not be agents but I would have to assume that players are taking significant contracts to a lawyer right? How are teams handling the sponsorships - Are players getting a cut or is their cut already put into their salary? Do tournament winnings go entirely to the player or does the player have to pay some to the team? Do players have incentive laced contracts? I don't expect (or want) a player to spill everything in public here per se but there are so many questions I have in this area... Yikes.

Ruyguy

Canada988 Posts

November 22 2011 05:53 GMT

#118

Im with yea iNcontrol. 5/5

sl0v

Norway51 Posts

November 22 2011 05:53 GMT

#119

100% Agree with everything you say here, and I truly hope you inspire action from dormant content-creators. Good tournaments, getting sponsors for more online stuff, perhaps just organizing a local LAN at your school, getting co-workers "addicted" and supporting companies who participate in the growth of E-sports. Re-tweeted your blog, told friends about it, and I hope to do the scene proud in some way or other come 2012.

5 star

SleepTech

United States222 Posts

November 22 2011 05:54 GMT

#120

On November 22 2011 14:35 BFCrimson wrote:
Has anyone considered how amazingly equipped the Dallas Cowboys Stadium would be for an event? The main stage right in the middle of the field with in house barcrafts going on. The hugest screen I've ever seen capable of broadcasting the game to the masses we could pack in that stadium. I bet you someone has to have thought of this before me.

Cowboys Stadium (Wiki)

It costs like $24,000 PER HOUR to rent the stadium.