Burning it all down - Retiring from esports - Page 3

On December 27 2022 04:34 BreAKerTV wrote:

*sigh* it wasn't mine. mods/admins can verify this, and I welcome it.



Does this look like something I would type? Honestly guys, it's 3 A.M. where I live and I'm drunk AF.

The only thing I will say to support this is when you have casters at a Blizzard event (WCS World Championships in Shanghai in 2012) saying, "Esports is growing." and you have Blizzard spending so much on advertising for a professional gaming league, be it the overwatch league or anything starcraft or anything blizzard-made for that matter, you're feeding a "propaganda" message to everyone that says, "Join us." in whatever way possible, it almost becomes like brainwashing with the old Donkey, Carrot, and Blizzard riding your back meme.

On December 28 2022 05:59 BreakfastBurrito wrote:
honest question, where is the serious allegation?

from what I gather, it just seems Tastosis may have used their influence to get Valdez the job instead of OP, which isnt serious at all since they never owed OP anything and, by OPs own admission he is very rage-y and unlikable. The other casters want to enjoy their co caster and they want the tourneys they cast to be successful, so i'm struggling to see the wrongdoing here. can anyone shed some light?

On December 28 2022 00:22 Qikz wrote:
If anything the other account was Jealous just fueling the fire again lol. I've lost how many accounts he has haha

On January 01 2023 05:38 FlaShFTW wrote:
I'm late to this, but I felt something similar to what I've read in this thread: some form of resentment, maybe jealousy, and no real acknowledgement of the fact that the esports casting industry, especially for a niche game now like Starcraft, is hellish and has almost no room for new casters.

I casted BW. Did some work for AfreecaTV when they held their first couple ASLs when Tastosis came back and took over. Basically held the seat warm for them until Brood War was back to being sustainable. Yeah, took it like a punch in the gut. Got no recognition for my work either which sucked, neither did anyone from Teamliquid who worked hard to keep the foreign BW scene alive (Bisudagger especially). Tried to keep a 2nd stream open to allow me to continue to cast, but it wouldn't be paid and my hours casting from the USA were already so fucked, so I gave up. So yeah, at first I was bitter and angry, felt like Tastosis only did this for the payout instead of passion. Stewed on those thoughts for about a year, realized that no matter what angle you looked at, Afreeca went after the best possible casters for them. They had the following, would generate the most views, and although they were rusty on their game knowledge coming back, they picked it back up pretty quickly. I had to acknowledge all of that, it was a tough pill to swallow.

Niche industries in general are a matter of grinding so so hard, and then realizing that you also need a ton of luck to actually get a foothold in the business. Reminds me of a Bo Burnham segment with Conan about how people should just give up on trying to get into the industry because everyone at the top of those niches are survivorship bias. They all got lucky to be there. There's always another 100 people along with you that are working just as hard as you, and won't get anywhere either. It's not personal, it's just a lot of luck, and probably a lot of nepotism too. And that's that. We realize that our dreams are just that, dreams, and ultimately we find a new profession and career that is actually sustainable and doesn't need that luck to be successful in.

GL in the future though, yeah, it sucks we can't cast professionally and follow those dreams but ultimately, it's just for the best.