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Carbonthief
Profile Joined October 2010
United States289 Posts
May 02 2012 23:42 GMT
#321
Here bro, have all 5 stars.
Spiffeh
Profile Joined May 2010
United States830 Posts
May 02 2012 23:53 GMT
#322
Fun definitely needs to be the central motivation. Otherwise it just takes itself too seriously and looks corny and awkward.

Great post. 5/5
FoeHamr
Profile Joined December 2010
United States489 Posts
May 02 2012 23:53 GMT
#323
I think what hes trying to say that if your offended by Destiny because of his language that is perfectly fine and acceptable. If you are offended by Destiny's language because other people might be offended and in order to preserve ESPORTS he must be banned from TL and shunned by the community is completely ridiculous.
HaRuHi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
1220 Posts
May 02 2012 23:57 GMT
#324
Why do you follow SC2 if you don't enjoy it?
Why do you hate on something nobody forces you to be part in?
Really, I do not get it.
You want a small community and no major industry? -> Go play BW
You experience WoL as stall and hope other people stop enjoying it aswell? ehm...news to you, WoL might not be THE GAME for you. To me you took the title of SC2 to seriously. It is losly based in the same Story setting as SC 1, but might aswell be Starcraft:Ghost, it is a completly different game.
You hoped to relive your golden BW memories with SC2? You might aswell try that with Total War: Shogun 2. Complete different game, you might enjoy that, you might not. But If you don't, you won't atleast feel obligated to spread hate in a community you do not have to be part of because the title of the game fooled you.
Canucklehead
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada5074 Posts
May 02 2012 23:58 GMT
#325
I think this blog is what's wrong with the community, not the things he's talking about. He's looking for an excuse to act like a a kid on the internet and for it to be acceptable. People in the community need to grow up and not excuse and condone immature behaviour. This whole post came off as a whiny post because people don't find certain things acceptable online. What needs to happen is for people like the op to grow up in life and start acting mature online.
Top 10 favourite pros: MKP, MVP, MC, Nestea, DRG, Jaedong, Flash, Life, Creator, Leenock
Justice569
Profile Joined June 2011
United States21 Posts
May 03 2012 00:08 GMT
#326
Well done! My thoughts exactly. Lets enjoy playing our game.
Schandro
Profile Joined May 2011
57 Posts
May 03 2012 00:09 GMT
#327
On May 03 2012 08:53 FoeHamr wrote:
I think what hes trying to say that if your offended by Destiny because of his language that is perfectly fine and acceptable. If you are offended by Destiny's language because other people might be offended and in order to preserve ESPORTS he must be banned from TL and shunned by the community is completely ridiculous.

Its not ridiculous, its the only way to react to a immature "community person".
Angra
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States2652 Posts
May 03 2012 00:13 GMT
#328
Agree with a lot of this blog

I think the main reason I hate the whole "esports" thing though, is because on TL, "esports" has come to mean "SC2", and if you dare talk about any other competitive game, you're shunned to oblivion because SC2 is the almighty game that is the only thing we speak of here and the only true "esport"
Psychobabas
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
2531 Posts
May 03 2012 00:23 GMT
#329
All these positive responses (over 90% by the looks of it) tell me one thing: that SC2 has become stale as shit.

That's what you get for oversaturating the market with so many tournaments, the winners dont even matter.

I actually didnt even know Dreamhack was on until I heard about Thorzain winning it. And I am on TL.net for hours every day.

LOL
Badinoff
Profile Joined August 2010
15 Posts
May 03 2012 00:27 GMT
#330
On May 03 2012 09:09 Schandro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 03 2012 08:53 FoeHamr wrote:
I think what hes trying to say that if your offended by Destiny because of his language that is perfectly fine and acceptable. If you are offended by Destiny's language because other people might be offended and in order to preserve ESPORTS he must be banned from TL and shunned by the community is completely ridiculous.

Its not ridiculous, its the only way to react to a immature "community person".


Except that Destiny has explicitly stated that he never asked to be a community figure. Putting someone on a pedestal and assuming that they will act as some kind of role model because they're really good at video games is completely delusional. Pro gamers are human beings with human flaws and human emotions. The only thing they necessarily have in common is that they're really good at video games.
Celestia
Profile Joined February 2011
Mexico376 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-03 00:29:31
May 03 2012 00:28 GMT
#331
There's nothing wrong with esports, it's the same old same old thing where humans get competitive over something, like a bunch of guys kicking a ball, shooting a ball through a basket as many times as you can, seeing who runs faster, etc.
DavidLindley
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States84 Posts
May 03 2012 00:44 GMT
#332
This is one of the best blogs I've ever read
BrosephBrostar
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States445 Posts
May 03 2012 00:51 GMT
#333
On May 03 2012 08:19 -Exalt- wrote:
lmao there is such a stark contrast between people in this thread.

you have established gamers like Jinro, EG.lectr who make fun of this whole rant

then, you have the casuals like the OP who enjoy making fun of new bronze players to help mend their egos that have been bruised by the fact they're platinum or something

If you are a casual player who deep inside knows he will never accomplish anything in the game, of course you will say "screw e-sports and those main-stream good players" I just want to play a competitive 1v1 game for "fun" ONLY rawr! *then goes back to watching pro gamers stream for 8 hours*

but otherwise, this blog just embodies a very annoying part of the SC community. they like to generlize EVERYONE as crybabies who cry "killing-esports this" or "hurting sponsors that".. when in reality, that is just the very vocal minority.

anyways, how about you stop condemning the community / forums that you spend so much fucking time paying attention too.. and just go do something else?


In other words you have people who are getting paid by ESPORTS and people who don't give a shit and just want to see good games.
geno
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States1404 Posts
May 03 2012 00:56 GMT
#334
Translation: I miss being part of a niche and insulated community.

Yes, a lot of bad things come along with an expanded community, but there are plenty of good things too. If you overly focus on the bad, they will consume you. I've yet to read a single post in that Destiny thread and have been consistently unfazed by the overly political correct worshipers in the church of esports.

I just watch my favorite players compete in my favorite tournaments, and cheer them on along the way. I play from time to time, but just for fun and usually with friends. Esports is what you make of it, and you seem to be drowning yourself in the things you hate while ignoring the good that is left in the scene, and that's a shame.
Kukaracha
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
France1954 Posts
May 03 2012 00:59 GMT
#335
On May 03 2012 09:51 BrosephBrostar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 03 2012 08:19 -Exalt- wrote:
lmao there is such a stark contrast between people in this thread.

you have established gamers like Jinro, EG.lectr who make fun of this whole rant

then, you have the casuals like the OP who enjoy making fun of new bronze players to help mend their egos that have been bruised by the fact they're platinum or something

If you are a casual player who deep inside knows he will never accomplish anything in the game, of course you will say "screw e-sports and those main-stream good players" I just want to play a competitive 1v1 game for "fun" ONLY rawr! *then goes back to watching pro gamers stream for 8 hours*

but otherwise, this blog just embodies a very annoying part of the SC community. they like to generlize EVERYONE as crybabies who cry "killing-esports this" or "hurting sponsors that".. when in reality, that is just the very vocal minority.

anyways, how about you stop condemning the community / forums that you spend so much fucking time paying attention too.. and just go do something else?


In other words you have people who are getting paid by ESPORTS and people who don't give a shit and just want to see good games.


But we are seeing good games.

This blog is a dramatic response, which is highly ironic because OP condemns drama.
If anyone is sincere about "just wanting to play'", well big news : you can. Just today, I watched some When Cheese fails videos, and laddered a bit. Nobody stopped me. So what exactly is the problem?
Le long pour l'un pour l'autre est court (le mot-à-mot du mot "amour").
Frisco
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia15 Posts
May 03 2012 01:05 GMT
#336
Logged in for the first time in a month to say this.

Give me 2 months Gheed. two months.
Who needs charm when you've got Zerglings?
BrosephBrostar
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States445 Posts
May 03 2012 01:14 GMT
#337
On May 03 2012 09:59 Kukaracha wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 03 2012 09:51 BrosephBrostar wrote:
On May 03 2012 08:19 -Exalt- wrote:
lmao there is such a stark contrast between people in this thread.

you have established gamers like Jinro, EG.lectr who make fun of this whole rant

then, you have the casuals like the OP who enjoy making fun of new bronze players to help mend their egos that have been bruised by the fact they're platinum or something

If you are a casual player who deep inside knows he will never accomplish anything in the game, of course you will say "screw e-sports and those main-stream good players" I just want to play a competitive 1v1 game for "fun" ONLY rawr! *then goes back to watching pro gamers stream for 8 hours*

but otherwise, this blog just embodies a very annoying part of the SC community. they like to generlize EVERYONE as crybabies who cry "killing-esports this" or "hurting sponsors that".. when in reality, that is just the very vocal minority.

anyways, how about you stop condemning the community / forums that you spend so much fucking time paying attention too.. and just go do something else?


In other words you have people who are getting paid by ESPORTS and people who don't give a shit and just want to see good games.


But we are seeing good games.

This blog is a dramatic response, which is highly ironic because OP condemns drama.
If anyone is sincere about "just wanting to play'", well big news : you can. Just today, I watched some When Cheese fails videos, and laddered a bit. Nobody stopped me. So what exactly is the problem?


The blog is complaining about people who care more about stupid meta shit than the game itself. Yes, complaining about meta is still meta, but that's not the point.
Kukaracha
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
France1954 Posts
May 03 2012 01:18 GMT
#338
On May 03 2012 10:14 BrosephBrostar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 03 2012 09:59 Kukaracha wrote:
On May 03 2012 09:51 BrosephBrostar wrote:
On May 03 2012 08:19 -Exalt- wrote:
lmao there is such a stark contrast between people in this thread.

you have established gamers like Jinro, EG.lectr who make fun of this whole rant

then, you have the casuals like the OP who enjoy making fun of new bronze players to help mend their egos that have been bruised by the fact they're platinum or something

If you are a casual player who deep inside knows he will never accomplish anything in the game, of course you will say "screw e-sports and those main-stream good players" I just want to play a competitive 1v1 game for "fun" ONLY rawr! *then goes back to watching pro gamers stream for 8 hours*

but otherwise, this blog just embodies a very annoying part of the SC community. they like to generlize EVERYONE as crybabies who cry "killing-esports this" or "hurting sponsors that".. when in reality, that is just the very vocal minority.

anyways, how about you stop condemning the community / forums that you spend so much fucking time paying attention too.. and just go do something else?


In other words you have people who are getting paid by ESPORTS and people who don't give a shit and just want to see good games.


But we are seeing good games.

This blog is a dramatic response, which is highly ironic because OP condemns drama.
If anyone is sincere about "just wanting to play'", well big news : you can. Just today, I watched some When Cheese fails videos, and laddered a bit. Nobody stopped me. So what exactly is the problem?


The blog is complaining about people who care more about stupid meta shit than the game itself. Yes, complaining about meta is still meta, but that's not the point.


But what is there to be done about it, hm?
Like Snoop always said, if you want to do your thang, then nobody is going to stop you from doing your thang. However, if you tell people how to live their life and start to whine about the behaviour of a whole community, than you're not really doing your thang : you simply want the community to fit your liking.
Le long pour l'un pour l'autre est court (le mot-à-mot du mot "amour").
NoctemSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States771 Posts
May 03 2012 01:19 GMT
#339
Well written as usual Gheed, I agree with you on numerous points.
5/5 Would read again.
http://www.twitch.tv/noctemsc <--Most epic fun times
ghrur
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3786 Posts
May 03 2012 01:26 GMT
#340
Great blog. This site's love of BW was what got me so interested in it in the first place, not that I was waiting for SC2 as the next holy grail or eSports or that BW was even an eSport. It's just love of the game.
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