EPTOn January 03 2012 07:53 Musketeer wrote:
lol at thinking a master's degree creates great job prospects. He would be lucky to be making 50k with his education.
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On January 03 2012 06:41 CerpinTaxt wrote:
You realize Day[9] has a masters degree and job marketability for ages right? He could pretty much walk into a 6 figure job if he just "wanted money from a full-time occupation." He does work for the SC2 community full-time because that is his hobby. Tournament's and fan donations keep him afloat. Not profit from a product he produces.
On January 03 2012 06:38 BritWrangler wrote:
1. Where in my post did I say that Day9 doesn't love what he does?
2. It's not his hobby, it's his full-time occupation...jesus fucking christ
On January 03 2012 06:35 CerpinTaxt wrote:
This is pretty unjustly said as well. He's trying to expand his business (eSports) because he loves it! Make no mistake, his business goal is not to make as much money as he can. He has always been the first to say it is for the growth of eSports.
-What helps eSports grow?
Well introducing people to Starcraft.
-How do you introduce more people to Starcraft?
Well if I were a person of Day[9]'s stature, the first place i would branch out to were other gaming communitys.
-Oh you mean like Amnesia fans/Skyrimfans?
Oh what a splendid idea!
One of the most disturbing parts of you post is saying "This is not some hobby that Day[9]..." This is so far off basis it hurts. This IS some hobby that Day[9] does. Only he has the courage to do it with everything he has, passionately. If this were just an occupation, he would of done things like charging for the daily when he got out of school, streaming SC2 games for ad revenue, and producing other content for profit.
On January 03 2012 06:23 BritWrangler wrote:
He's trying to expand his business to make more money, you ungrateful dipshit. Day9 doesn't have to continue to make videos that ONLY appeal to a very niche market; by including other games in his daily he will draw in more viewers from different games, and more viewers = more money. This is not some hobby that Day9 does to satisfy the hardcore fans; this is his life, his full-time occupation. The daily is no longer something that runs alongside Day9's education - this is his life, it pays the bills.
Christ some people are SOOOOO fucking ungrateful.
On January 03 2012 06:17 SuperFanBoy wrote:
I have kind of lost a lot of respect for day9, he streams himself playing other games like skyrim and amnesia but doesn't stream himself laddering on sc2, yet 99.9% of his fan base are from sc2. Artosis has put his pride/ego on the side and started streaming his ladder, he doesn't care if it makes him look bad but he does it for the sc2 community anyway, and the community has responded well to this and are very appreciative of it, I wish day9 would do the same, stop hiding behind smurfs and show us your skills day9.. I became your fan through sc2, not skyrim.. If you play other games at least play multiplayer competitive games instead of single player games.
To me it seems like day9 is trying to make himself appeal more to the lower level sc2 community (kinda like husky and hd did in the past) to gain more viewers, his youtube channel is labelled "startcraft 2 and skyrim".. really skyrim? skyrim isn't even an online game man.. skyrim isn't esports.. seems like your using your popularity to gain more viewers from different games, its no longer about sc2 or esports its about how many viewers you get.
I know this sounds like a rant, but I have been following day9 since sc2 beta and I just don't like the way hes going with things, every time I watch him playing other games in his daily I just alt+f4, maybe he lost his passion for sc2, I don't know.. at least try another competitive game like dota2 or something instead of single player games.
Either way, I'm always a fan.
I have kind of lost a lot of respect for day9, he streams himself playing other games like skyrim and amnesia but doesn't stream himself laddering on sc2, yet 99.9% of his fan base are from sc2. Artosis has put his pride/ego on the side and started streaming his ladder, he doesn't care if it makes him look bad but he does it for the sc2 community anyway, and the community has responded well to this and are very appreciative of it, I wish day9 would do the same, stop hiding behind smurfs and show us your skills day9.. I became your fan through sc2, not skyrim.. If you play other games at least play multiplayer competitive games instead of single player games.
To me it seems like day9 is trying to make himself appeal more to the lower level sc2 community (kinda like husky and hd did in the past) to gain more viewers, his youtube channel is labelled "startcraft 2 and skyrim".. really skyrim? skyrim isn't even an online game man.. skyrim isn't esports.. seems like your using your popularity to gain more viewers from different games, its no longer about sc2 or esports its about how many viewers you get.
I know this sounds like a rant, but I have been following day9 since sc2 beta and I just don't like the way hes going with things, every time I watch him playing other games in his daily I just alt+f4, maybe he lost his passion for sc2, I don't know.. at least try another competitive game like dota2 or something instead of single player games.
Either way, I'm always a fan.
He's trying to expand his business to make more money, you ungrateful dipshit. Day9 doesn't have to continue to make videos that ONLY appeal to a very niche market; by including other games in his daily he will draw in more viewers from different games, and more viewers = more money. This is not some hobby that Day9 does to satisfy the hardcore fans; this is his life, his full-time occupation. The daily is no longer something that runs alongside Day9's education - this is his life, it pays the bills.
Christ some people are SOOOOO fucking ungrateful.
This is pretty unjustly said as well. He's trying to expand his business (eSports) because he loves it! Make no mistake, his business goal is not to make as much money as he can. He has always been the first to say it is for the growth of eSports.
-What helps eSports grow?
Well introducing people to Starcraft.
-How do you introduce more people to Starcraft?
Well if I were a person of Day[9]'s stature, the first place i would branch out to were other gaming communitys.
-Oh you mean like Amnesia fans/Skyrimfans?
Oh what a splendid idea!
One of the most disturbing parts of you post is saying "This is not some hobby that Day[9]..." This is so far off basis it hurts. This IS some hobby that Day[9] does. Only he has the courage to do it with everything he has, passionately. If this were just an occupation, he would of done things like charging for the daily when he got out of school, streaming SC2 games for ad revenue, and producing other content for profit.
1. Where in my post did I say that Day9 doesn't love what he does?
2. It's not his hobby, it's his full-time occupation...jesus fucking christ
You realize Day[9] has a masters degree and job marketability for ages right? He could pretty much walk into a 6 figure job if he just "wanted money from a full-time occupation." He does work for the SC2 community full-time because that is his hobby. Tournament's and fan donations keep him afloat. Not profit from a product he produces.
lol at thinking a master's degree creates great job prospects. He would be lucky to be making 50k with his education.
No offense to Day9 but I've always been a little skeptical about degrees in "Interactive Media". It's silly to "academize" video games when there's really nothing academic about it at all.
