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The e-sports manifesto - Prologue - Page 2

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Canucklehead
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Canada5074 Posts
June 01 2012 19:56 GMT
#21
On June 02 2012 04:49 Talin wrote:
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On June 02 2012 04:29 Canucklehead wrote:
On June 02 2012 04:21 Talin wrote:
On June 02 2012 03:57 Canucklehead wrote:
If you really want to go grassroots, then you should just refuse all sponsors and put up like a $100 prizepool and then see how many players show up. It just irks me when people spout anti esports stuff and talk about staying true to their roots, while at the same time accepting sponsors to provide the laptops the players play on and money for the prizepool.


If the sponsors agree to support the event the way it is, then refusing the sponsorship is nonsensical and doesn't prove their point any more than taking the sponsorship does.

It's a win-win situation for them - they get to run events in a casual/friendly gaming atmosphere the way they want to, and there are sponsors who want to pay for it as it is.


That's my point. To accept sponsors, already makes it "esports." To state otherwise, is just marketing. He's marketing it as the feeling you get when you and your buddies used to hold lan parties back in the day. The window dressing presents it as such, but underneath that coating is esports, supported by esports dollars. It's fine to run the event like that, but then don't try to pretend that this isn't esports and you'll never sell out to the man for any price.


How are they pretending that it isn't "esports"? The title itself very much points to the contrary.

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I'm just tired of all the anti esports stuff and people wanting it to remain niche and underground. A scene like that can't support pros and heck pros are barely supported by the scene now.


At the end of the day, what I want out of my hobby is, for me, a much higher priority than somebody else's career.


This is what I don't get. What you want already exists. There are tons of lan tournaments held already locally for people at local pc cafes. If that is what you prefer, then it's already there for you to watch and follow. No need to be anti esports, if that is what you prefer to watch.
Top 10 favourite pros: MKP, MVP, MC, Nestea, DRG, Jaedong, Flash, Life, Creator, Leenock
nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
June 01 2012 22:18 GMT
#22
I always thought the ties were ironical!
teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
June 01 2012 23:03 GMT
#23
On June 01 2012 23:44 TaKeTV wrote:
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„E-sports is dead. And we have killed it.“
            - Some guy called Friedrich


i love that part
Esports historian since 2000. Creator of 'The Universe' and 'The best scrambled Eggs 2013'. Host of 'Star Wars Marathon 2015'. Thinker of 'teddyoojo's Thoughts'. Earths and Moons leading CS:GO expert. Lord of the Rings.
grs
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Germany2339 Posts
June 02 2012 08:06 GMT
#24
On June 02 2012 08:03 teddyoojo wrote:
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On June 01 2012 23:44 TaKeTV wrote:
„E-sports is dead. And we have killed it.“
            - Some guy called Friedrich


i love that part

Take laying down the Nietzsche
I like what you are doing, keep going!
Proseat
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Germany5113 Posts
June 02 2012 12:05 GMT
#25
Nice. Hurray for HomeStory Cup!
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