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torbull interview

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Artosis *
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States2140 Posts
February 04 2009 05:14 GMT
#1
for those of you who don't know, torbull is the man who ran team 3d (old top CS team), and currently runs lots of events like wcg usa. was just puttering around and found this interview on gotfrag, in which he has a really cool statement about the current state of the economy + how it relates to esports.

"This is one of the worst economic periods anyone has seen in a very long time and I think the timing of the recent events is actually favorable for e-sports. Our entire world has been rebooted and we’ve been thrust back too where we were back in like 2002. This is a great opportunity for the entire community to build a solid foundation so when the economy turns around we have a powerful and meaningful product to then take e-sports to the next level. Players need to re-emerge as superstars, teams need to rebuild their fan bases and communities, and leagues and events need to provide an arena (online or live) for the highest, fairest form of competition that makes all matches accessible to fans. We need smart evolution from the ground up, not a money infused revolution that has already failed."

really cool and intelligent outlook really, when you think about it. people like cgs step in and make a horrible league that can't excite even me (one of the most easily excitable esports people), by just throwing around money. now the people who actually love esports can have more say and more ownership in what goes on. really awesome statement IMO.

http://www.gotfrag.com/cs/story/43790/

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Commentatorhttp://twitter.com/Artosis
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
February 04 2009 05:37 GMT
#2
craig is my main man <3
Rekrul
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Korea (South)17174 Posts
February 04 2009 05:53 GMT
#3
i remember torbull, he's the shit :D
why so 진지해?
Artosis *
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States2140 Posts
February 04 2009 05:59 GMT
#4
did one of you two seriously just give me a 4? who comes into a blog and just leaves a 4? goddamnit.
Commentatorhttp://twitter.com/Artosis
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
February 04 2009 06:02 GMT
#5
I don't rate blogs actually unless it is to give someone a 1 usually. So no.. I didn't do that.
Braintricks
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
137 Posts
February 04 2009 06:07 GMT
#6
Yeah he's a pretty cool guy. He's been working a lot with our tf2 clannies and giving out free accounts to play on esea. Definitely is interested in creating a larger scene.
goddamn nerd rappers
KewlBeanZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
18 Posts
February 04 2009 06:12 GMT
#7
5's'd
81447M4N
iheartgna
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States184 Posts
February 04 2009 06:24 GMT
#8
Yea torbull is really cool, passes out 3 month free memberships just for a pm (legitimate requests) on mIRC. It's nice to see someone care so much for the community
Hell is other people.
SnowFantasy
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
4173 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-04 07:40:30
February 04 2009 07:39 GMT
#9
Since you brought it up I rated it a 4.

But yeah, this seems interesting. I don't have time to read ita ll right now but it I'll check it out in a little bit.
CrownRoyal
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Vatican City State1872 Posts
February 04 2009 12:41 GMT
#10
On February 04 2009 14:59 Artosis wrote:
did one of you two seriously just give me a 4? who comes into a blog and just leaves a 4? goddamnit.

LOL

im still laughing at this and i dont even know why
You're pretty when I'm drunk.
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
February 04 2009 14:16 GMT
#11
hes awesome when not making rules for starcraft tournaments~
http://www.splitreason.com/product/1152 release the gracken tshirt now available
hazz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom570 Posts
February 04 2009 19:29 GMT
#12
good to hear optimism from someone in-the-know

I was starting to think eSports was the industry getting owned the most by the poor economic climate since sponsors were cutting corners and in a relatively new and unknown market they of course chose competitive gaming as the area to cut them in.
ihOpe
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
192 Posts
March 02 2013 21:02 GMT
#13
Interview link is broke :s bye bye part of esports history
terran hots stream ---> http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/iheartEDM
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