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Valithor

South Africa6 Posts

May 02 2012 20:12 GMT

It's been a while and I've been out of touch of sorts with nature and all that...

So I felt it time to force some chatter onto you.

I've been looking at the eSports movement for the past few months now, and before you continue, please know that this is done from South-Africa via the capable and wondrous 256Kbps line I have. So I feel that my views will significantly differ from those of you from the EU and Americas.

Baseless and boring are keywords when you are stuck in South-Africa, knowing that you will never have access to all the invigorating and exciting match ups, tournaments and the like. I believe Blizzard have far more important things to do than actually /care about South - Africa at the moment, as we do not at all boast a large enough player compliment to justify any investments. Hey, business is business.

So I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me out with some informationos...

I would love to see a South - African team compete in tournaments at international level, as geological and infrastructural issues does not mean that we don't have great players, who with the right coaching will be able to compete in exciting matchups. I feel it unfair that my beloved country does not have access to such a great environment which has shown so much growth.

The eSports movement has grown exponentially over the past few years and it is already a vastly funded international event and it serves as proof that humanity is moving forward and that possibilities can be explored to no limits (When I was a kid I watched the 1995 World Cup Rugby, never in my life did I foresee that eSports would ever be coming) Our country supports rugby, cricket etc. all manners of physical sports without any doubts or regrets (Even if the initial investment cripple the economy - Think FIFA WC 2010 South Africa) But talk of eSports teams are taboo and shrugged off. Obviously from where I am sitting I do not nearly possess the required funding to initiate such a drive and I probably never will... I have been thinking of getting sponsors locally and laying out a great big old plan to them to help my fellow gamers get on the map. I for one am not nearly near the competitive level (Bronzer, oh no! get the mace) but I do feel that I have enough knowledge of the game and that I would be able to assist in some degree.

But I do strongly feel that there is room for a few of my fellow countrymen to "gooi" a few games at international level with the greats. The problem is that I have not a clue of how to start such a process and if Blizzard or whomever the people are I need to talk to would actually agree to such an arrangement at all. <<Insert emo meme here>>

I implore you to please share any information you have as I carry this close at heart.

Thanks once again for reading.

"gooi" - Informal manner of communication, describing various verbs - Afrikaans language.

Hey Ben, want to gooi some games?
Sure Andy, I'd love to. Just first going to gooi on a jacket, It's a bit cold in here.

Gooi the ball man -> Throw the ball man

Want to know how to pronounce it?
http://www.forvo.com/word/gooi/

TechSc2

Netherlands554 Posts

May 02 2012 20:41 GMT

so i read this,

And i read it again

Then waited 5 more minutes and read it again.

You don't have a clear point to make in this blog, no realy goal to achieve, you simply only expressed your desire to see an african team?

So first of all make yourself clear goals what you want to achieve.

Couple of examples are:

how many players do you want in your team?
do you want them to play at local lans in EU/US?
Do you want them to wear jerseys with sponsors/team logo's?

These are just a few examples but should get you started on the matter.

Once you have alot of info on what you want it to be, then you can start "selling" the team to sponsors and do what you want to do.

Valithor

South Africa6 Posts

May 02 2012 21:03 GMT

Thanks for the reply.

I do agree. Maybe I was a bit without direction in the initial post.

So to add more structure:

* I would like to see a team, consisting of 4 members initially
* Competing in the EU bracket
* Sponsored locally, as we do have some fantastic gaming magazines/hardware resellers/franchises who have already done so much for us locally already
* I believe that the team members will carry the sponsor logo in some manner be it clothing/hardware/etc.
* That the team is given the best possible line speeds to utilize for study and practice
* That players, initially are not paid or given housing, but rather attend daily rigourous training sessions.

The reason for my above mentioned ideas is that currently I do not believe that there will be a sponsor who will agree to getting a clan house and paying players a monthly wage as there are no teams and no method of linking South-African players into the highly ranked competitions at the moment.

Thus i will rephrase:

Where would be a good starting point to have players compete initially to get your foot in the door so to speak?

Thanks again for reading

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