You're a good guy, Geoff. The fact you acknowledge your failings as well as your successes means you're a well balanced person.

Hope married life treats you well and best of luck for your SC2 in 2013

Meadowlark

United States349 Posts

January 01 2013 15:24 GMT

#43

Great read and happy new year!

HeeroFX

United States2704 Posts

January 01 2013 15:39 GMT

#44

Enjoyed reading your post and I have to admit I have my doubts that esports will grow much this year. IT takes time. 2012 saw huge growth. Viewership for LoL and Dota 2 had some incredible numbers. But the one number that really was interesting to me is how many tournaments they had this year, it seemed like every weekend there was something that paid out prize money. I hope that they do less tournaments but more quality events with big prize pools. I also hope 2013 is the year of the foreigner :D

radscorpion9

Canada2252 Posts

January 01 2013 15:52 GMT

#45

And I guess a big chunk of it will come down to Blizzard's actions, but that the main message for us is to "try our best anyway". Also I know SC2 is really big and important to people, but I'm really glad you pointed out that e-sports is about making pro-gaming more legitimate as a whole.

Blizzard isn't the only company making good games...we shoot ourselves in the foot by insulting other games that we may deem to be not as "good" as our own. And when the community derides a game collectively, I think it can be pretty damaging over time because it reflects on our maturity level. Maybe the LoL community is doing a fine job of that itself, but why would you add to it and give the perception that that immaturity exists in SC2 as well?

Once e-sports is considered more legitimate, there is the room for countless incredible games to grow in the future that we aren't yet aware of. If we want to move in that direction, we need to put our best foot forward. Realistically though I think the audiences will watch based on how entertaining the game is, and not necessarily because there are a few loud mouthed kids or trolls which probably exist in football as well as other real sports. So it probably doesn't matter that much anyway

NKB

United Kingdom608 Posts

January 01 2013 16:16 GMT

#46

Happy new year Geoff, thanks for the long post, it was an interesting read

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

January 01 2013 19:56 GMT

#47

Nice blog, happy new year Geoff

May 2013 be the year of the Robinson's and your new family

Just a slight point, you do not need to go down the "sponsor a player route" when you are (as far as i still know) the captain of EG? You have ALL of those players (especially in the Lair) to keep on top of their schedules, help improve them, and make them the best they can be. (Possible you pick the line ups for team league games aswell)
If you wanted more responsibility, you should put yourself forward to being the EG Coach or even the EG Manager (of like players if you didn't want to take someone elses' position) and get yourself in that role, and before you know it you can find yourself in the EG Lab helping out the SPL side of things etcetc. I'd much rather you did more things for EG (i know you do a lot, but by the sounds of it you want even more to do) so please put your time into more EG things :D

felisconcolori

United States6168 Posts

January 01 2013 20:05 GMT

#48

Wonderful words Mr. Robinson. Now put them into action, and become the person you want to be.

Also, best wishes for you and Anna in the New Year.

Also, I just watched the wedding highlight video. A great video, and yes there was a man tear. Beautiful setting, beautiful church, gorgeous bride, and a groom that cleans up well.

+ Show Spoiler +

Yes, I'm kinda jelly.

Deleuze

United Kingdom2102 Posts

January 01 2013 20:23 GMT

#49

Great blog iNcontrol, 2013 is going to be such a badass year.

MoonPieMat

United States96 Posts

January 01 2013 21:50 GMT

#50

Wow, amazing stuff Geoff! Happy new year and a good year every year to you and yours. can't wait to see everything you're involved in 2013!!

RUFinalBoss

United States266 Posts

January 01 2013 22:58 GMT

#51

For the last month or so i have postponed my adventure of sc2 after starting in bronze i made it to diamond in less than a year shortly before my 14th birthday, i took sc2 insanely seriously i would scream and yell when id lose id get way to emotional, than i received a dota 2 beta from a fine fellow FXOboss, i have not played sc2 since but here comes my point, when i play dota 2 i have this feeling of oh well when we lose, we have no emotional connection to the game that we dont watch all tournaments, watch streams chase them around for autographs or scream win we lose, sc2 has something else than dota 2.

MarcusWC

Canada55 Posts

January 01 2013 23:30 GMT

#52

Thanks for the post Geoff. I really like the idea of your youtube channel dawg. Keep on keeping on.

Just_a_Moth

Canada1968 Posts

January 01 2013 23:41 GMT

#53

You are one of the best casters in my opinion. I especially remember a solo cast of the EG team league. I tuned in midway through a game and one of the first things i thought was wow this caster rocks. When the game was over I was hey it's Incontrol and I realized he is a very good caster.

milllo

2 Posts

January 01 2013 23:46 GMT

#54

Youtube may be great and all but it seems so yesterday. Live streaming is the future imho so a SCHEDULED stream with rebroadcasts shown at different times of the week is the best hope for advancing esports and your career.

Grats and good luck to you and Anna

Alryk

United States2718 Posts

January 02 2013 01:19 GMT

#55

Happy new years Geoff and everybody! Excellent post.

LastDance

New Zealand510 Posts

January 02 2013 04:53 GMT

#56

Great blog. I'll do my best to keep supporting sc2 in 2013

Battleaxe

United States843 Posts

January 02 2013 04:59 GMT

#57

Good stuff. as someone who has recently been watching more DOTA2 I'm excited to see where 2013 brings SC2, and I think the rise of other games being played a highly competitive level can only help the growth of SC2.

Happy new year sir, good luck this year

EtherealDeath

United States8366 Posts

January 02 2013 06:28 GMT

#58

You know you are hopelessly protoss when the first things your eyes pick up in a long blog are "1a. 2a. 3a."

MattTheKat

United States2 Posts

January 02 2013 07:27 GMT

#59

Nice post Geoff! Happy New Year!

Cele

Germany4016 Posts

January 02 2013 14:30 GMT

#60

it always strikes me if people like you talk about their/our 12 year old heritage or Legacy. First of all, its not like their is one game called "Starcraft", it's two games and very different ones as you know. By just mentioning "Starcraft" i feel you are taking away credibility from BW still beeing an active and lively game. Dont make us part of your history, but of your present. Or in other words: Don't just respect Dota, respect BW.