Official State of the Game Podcast Thread - Page 2249

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smallerk

897 Posts

May 14 2012 03:12 GMT

#44961

On May 14 2012 04:27 Torte de Lini wrote:

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Then start a show and do it yourself, jobs will fly in your direction.

Like any bubble, there is a limited amount of exploration you can do.Sadly esports is already cashed out on.

kamkerx

United States264 Posts

May 14 2012 03:19 GMT

#44962

state of the game is awesome i watch every episode and im grateful. Nothing but love and respect for you guys at sotg, keep making the dream a reality.

ScarSSBM

United States21 Posts

May 14 2012 03:40 GMT

#44963

Ditto @ above, just wanted to say I love SotG, and to offer my sincere thanks to all the regulars and guests for such a great show.

RifleCow

Canada637 Posts

May 14 2012 03:43 GMT

#44964

Wow that poll is just embaressing. I can't believe people in this community are so negative now. Between the caster criticism and the witch hunts, the starcraft community's path is starting to look grim.

Keep doing what you do JP, huge service, very entertaining!

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

May 14 2012 03:47 GMT

#44965

On May 14 2012 12:12 smallerk wrote:

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Like any bubble, there is a limited amount of exploration you can do.Sadly esports is already cashed out on.

Defeatist attitude in a blooming scene o_O

FuriousHam

Sweden20 Posts

May 14 2012 03:49 GMT

#44966

Just want to ad my thanks for a great show and say that i love your work JP :-)

zefreak

United States2731 Posts

May 14 2012 03:57 GMT

#44967

I like how the poll swung from 91% in favor with several hundred people to what it is now.. gee I wonder what happened..

This community is so childish and entitled. I hope JP understands the kind of people that complain and vote no in the poll, and doesn't actually care about what they think.

jmbthirteen

United States10734 Posts

May 14 2012 04:29 GMT

#44968

On May 14 2012 07:49 Dexington wrote:
I'd like JP more if he would give up his irrational hate on NASL and bringing up any and every opportunity to shit all over them. We get it, the first two seasons weren't great, but this one is.

And really, the show does spend most of the time talking about MLG when there are tonnes of other events going on. Other than DH coverage since they had Thorzain on the show, every other event (save GSL) gets like 5 minutes.

guess you completely missed on JP saying how improved NASL is this season and that everyone should watch it.

of course MLG gets the most coverage. You know why? Its the only event all the hosts are actually at. Why did DH get a ton of coverage? Because Geoff and Thorzain were there! Most of the events, the hosts aren't even at and half of the time they didn't even see it.

I wish people would think

DyEnasTy

United States3720 Posts

May 14 2012 05:04 GMT

#44969

On May 14 2012 13:29 jmbthirteen wrote:

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Good point. Well said.

DiuLaSing

Hong Kong225 Posts

May 14 2012 05:56 GMT

#44970

JP great job pulling the special stog together, i constantly drive from GA and KY for work, and without your show I will be bored to death.

Hundisilm

Estonia99 Posts

May 14 2012 06:07 GMT

#44971

In this bizarre world we live in, the only person MLG's PPV choice hurt is JP...

Sundance should pay him for damages.

zaii

Guam2611 Posts

May 14 2012 07:28 GMT

#44972

On May 14 2012 13:29 jmbthirteen wrote:

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and ppl will ignore your post and keep shitting on SOTG for being MLG centric.

schaf

Germany1326 Posts

May 14 2012 07:51 GMT

#44973

On May 14 2012 06:58 TestSubject893 wrote:

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On May 14 2012 06:11 fraktoasters wrote:

On May 14 2012 05:47 TestSubject893 wrote:

On May 14 2012 05:35 draumr wrote:

On May 14 2012 05:23 TestSubject893 wrote:

On May 14 2012 04:30 DyEnasTy wrote:

On May 14 2012 04:12 smallerk wrote:

On May 14 2012 04:07 framtidenskrig wrote:
That is fucking ridiculous, damn this community is ungrateful...

I love how people throw around that we should be "grateful" , like everyone is doing the show out of the kindness of their heart.

SoTG is the only reason JP got a fucking job, stop trying to act like they are some kind of charity and have no benefit doing the show.

You are an ass. Have you forgotten that this shit IS FREE???
Please go bitch on reddit, or to your mom.

You do realize JP's job at MLG is not to be a caster or a host? He is suppose to be a behind the scene guy that we don't know about. The only reason he has the hosting/casting job at MLG is because when SC2 was about to be released JP really wanted MLG to pick it up, and basically did quite a bit of the heavy lifting himself. He said in the SOTG before this last one that hopefully he wont have to cast anymore at MLG soon.

People blindly assuming shit about him is really annoying. He has done an amazing job in the community. What have all of you people complaining done besides soak in all the amazing content people produce?

I did not know that, thanks for clarifying. I do wonder why he does end up casting so much then... (See my second edit for my previous post.)

I'm not sure if you're trying to include me in "all of you people complaining" or not, but I'm most certainly not complaining about content, as you seem to imply. My reason for jumping into this discussion is based on his comments about wanting to quit, that felt to me like a threat, albeit an empty one. There are tons of people who want to break into the scene, and the fact that he feels like he deserves special treatment on top of the position he is in just rubs me the wrong way. I'd be willing to bet there are dozens of people who would be glad to do what he does and take twice the criticism.

And what, why haven't those dozens of people broken in and done what JP has done? maybe they haven't broken in because they're not willing to put in the time and effort to do what JP has done. .

Because he already has all the fame and works for MLG... That's my point. I'm not claiming he doesn't work hard, he does. I'm claiming he is replaceable, which nothing you are saying refutes.

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Asking not to be criticized harshly on the internet is asking for special treatment. The best of the best get given all sorts of shit by the droves of anonymous trolls looking to rile people up. JP implying that he specifically should be less subject to it than others is silly.

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On May 14 2012 05:23 TestSubject893 wrote:

On May 14 2012 04:30 DyEnasTy wrote:

On May 14 2012 04:12 smallerk wrote:

On May 14 2012 04:07 framtidenskrig wrote:
That is fucking ridiculous, damn this community is ungrateful...

You are an ass. Have you forgotten that this shit IS FREE???
Please go bitch on reddit, or to your mom.

He may have been a little rude, but I think his point is worth discussing. Are there a lot of people out there that really like JP's casting as opposed to the casting of others? I mean, I could see Tyler or Artosis being justified making the comments JP made, but JP's only value to MLG is his celebrity. If he is unpopular he is useless to them. He's one dimensional (the only thing he's go going for him is being a good "host") and because of that, he could be easily replaced. It just seems odd that he'd feel entitled to disproportionally positive feedback compared to others, when considering the skill set he posses.

edit: clarified some wording

edit 2: The more I think about this, the more I realize I think of JP as somewhat expendable to MLG because of some moments that stood out to be during his casting in which he was acting as an analytical caster, paired with the likes of Rob Simpson. These moments are characterized by either incorrect analysis of the game/strategy, or the casters missing key moments in the game (such as a certain tech, a drop, possibly a unusual expansion) that even as a viewer I was about to pick up on, just from the minimap or production tab. After reflecting on this, I've come to a much bigger concern: why on earth is JP in that role to begin with? Who at MLG is putting him in this situation? As far as I know, JP does not claim to be a top tier player or analyst, so why do these situations seem so prevalent?

And your edit 2 just exemplifies the crappy stance people have against JP. Why are people so against JP. You do realize MLG has a lot of SC2 casters right? And pretty much all of them except the usual Tastosis, Day9, Husky, and yes, JP are terrible. Can you stop acting like there's an army of people better than JP in every way waiting to step in if only we criticize him more.

I'm not against JP at all. Day9, Tastless, Artosis, and even Husky have skills and talents that JP doesn't. That doesn't mean he's bad, its just means that he is easier to replace. As I've said repeatedly, I just think he's not in a position to threaten to quit just because people made him angry.

Apparently this is hard to understand, but to clarify, I hold the opinion that JP's comments were out of line because he lacks any unique and irreplaceable talent, therefore threatening to quit is childish AND I love State of the Game, appreciate how much work JP and people like him put in for the community, and hope JP continues to be successful. In my opinion, his comments were counterproductive to his own personal career growth.

Dude, wtf?

State of the Game is not a news show. Nor is it a talk show. It's a show about a few friends chilling together, discussing certain topics because they all work in the same industry. And this buddy-flair is what makes SotG so good.

It's not about how it could be more efficient or stuff. Great job guys, keep up the good work!

Garmer

1286 Posts

May 14 2012 08:03 GMT

#44974

i'm not able to find the episode with artosis, where they talked about BW

oldie8

8 Posts

May 14 2012 08:22 GMT

#44975

On May 13 2012 13:23 WolfintheSheep wrote:

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On May 13 2012 12:31 Chytilova wrote:

On May 13 2012 12:10 NeMeSiS3 wrote:
All of this "community" reminds me of old time religious folk who usto hunt witches (women) for fun and do whatever the ring leader (insert idiot who msgs sponsors) told them too...

Time to stop being mindless and do as JP said, stay off the fucking kool-aid.

On May 13 2012 11:45 oldie8 wrote:

On May 12 2012 12:30 itmeJP wrote:
You people are so fucking ignorant and ungrateful. I have the unique opportunity to bring Sundance on the show because I work in the office with him. The "show" was going to be a quick one-off about a huge thing that happened in the world of eSports yesterday, and then you shit on him and the "show" because he can't answer (business wise) the questions iNcontrol asked.

The show was literally planned 15 minutes prior to going on air and I'm in NYC with zero SotG assets except for the vid intro and intro/outro music -- no art. Production was terrible but the content was there and I would of rather have the exclusivity (LOL) / timeliness of the topic rather then waiting a week to discuss it.

The idiocy and pure bullshit this community feeds its personalities makes people want to quit on a daily basis. If I didn't have friends on the show that made me enjoy it and was just doing this myself, I would of quit long, long ago. Lay off the fucking kool-aid and think for yourself rather then joining the mob, getting pitchforks, and making people / tournaments / organizations drop all interactivity on social media.

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hm i dont understand how you can write such a post as an employee of MLG. I mean MLG wants to sell a product to the audience you are insulting here and in addition you are telling them to either stop complaining about things they dont like about the product or to go away. It doesnt matter if the community is right with what they are complaining about or not, you just have to deliver, thats what people in all kind of media have to deal with. Either you can deal with that or you are the wrong guy to be in front of a camera.

Hahahaha, why don't you message MLG's sponsors and bring MLG down, and then when you're at it... Well Gretorp said bitch once, so message his sponsors and kill NASL, and when you're all finished you can come on TL with no esports left and say how proud you are that you're part of the "audience" that he was insulting and YOU SURE SHOWED HIM...

LOL why are you guys jumping on oldie8? He makes a good point about how to react towards customers in a business. He isn't even close to whining or overreacting. Your anger is misplaced dude.

No, he wants to have his cake and eat it to. Do you want community figures or do you want spokespeople?

You're fortunate to have JP, and other players and progaming representatives, involved in the community in a direct and personal manner. If you abuse that privilege, expect to be called out on it. If you want professional spokespeople, then enjoy your complete and total separation from every progaming figure in the industry, apart from extremely carefully worded announcements and press releases.

oldie8 has no point. If he wants to be treated like a customer talking to an employee, then he'd better call up MLG's support services and talk to their help desk. You don't get to act like a whiny, spoiled brat to a person, and then start pretending that it's their job to be polite to you.

Pretty funny that you think you know what i want, because you are actually completely wrong. I did not say in a single word that i WANT spokespeople instead of community figures, nor did i say i WANT to be treated as a customer. All im saying is that business works that way, people WILL contact your sonsors and they WILL contact your employer for stuff they dont like, and the players/casters/community figures have to learn how to deal with that, since telling the community to stop doing that doesn't work. But to make it clear to some people: I personally love watching sotg with JP on it,and telling people you like what you think they did wrong is not hating. I do not contact sponsors or anything like that and i dont support people that do so. Having an opinion on how audiences/communities are going to act is not the same as agreeing with what they do.

figq

12519 Posts

May 14 2012 08:32 GMT

#44976

On May 14 2012 17:03 Garmer wrote:
i'm not able to find the episode with artosis, where they talked about BW

50?
http://s3.majorleaguegaming.com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/sotg/SotGEP50.mp3
http://blip.tv/sotg/starcraft-2-state-of-the-game-ep50-5573225

La1

United Kingdom659 Posts

May 14 2012 09:03 GMT

#44977

@Incontrol - your comments on positivty from casters was amazing

Now you have pointed it out its annoying me everytime i see a caster saying how bad a player for making x mistake

HUGE props - keep up the good work

immanentblue

Denmark110 Posts

May 14 2012 09:39 GMT

#44978

Hey jp
I am an avid listener of the show since back in the beta, yet i have never posted comments in this thread, on twitter, or even reddit about the show. I can remember, when the show was audio only, with a very varied cast, and without regular air-time, and i just want to say i really apreciate all the improvements you have brought to the show, productionwise, and contentwise. I myself have worked with independent radio broadcasting, and i pay my deepest respect for the amount of no-budget unspripted quality airtime you put out there on a regular basis. The only critizism i have of the show is that the drama-seeking and uninformed loudness of reddit (and some people in this thread) through time has seized so much attention of the show, now to the point where you feel frustrated, and feel like taking the show off air... That would be a genuinely sad thing, if that were to be the case. I would much rather see a less interactive show, that deals more with whats going on in the game itself, and briefly covers the larger scale politics of esports (and doesnt deal at all with random drama in the community) than i would see it taken off the air...

bgx

Poland6595 Posts

May 14 2012 10:01 GMT

#44979

When we finally see all pillars of SOTG again?