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Escape
Canada306 Posts
On December 03 2010 06:53 AndAgain wrote: ^ Yeah I mean, ESPN? That's like telling CNN to cover the story of your cat stuck in a tree. Funny that you mentioned CNN, they did an interview with idra on e-sports. | ||
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yarkO
Canada810 Posts
To anyone talking about the prize pool not being a good incentive, you have to remember game shows like "Wipeout" (prize $25,000) or "Win Ben Stein's Money" (prize $5000) that have multiple seasons. It's not like people watch these programs to see the monetary gain of another person, it's the game itself that they enjoy. | ||
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jamesr12
United States1549 Posts
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mardi
United States1164 Posts
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rally_point
Canada458 Posts
However, I don't think the audience of SC2 and the viewers of ESPN overlap too much. (It was really surprising to see they broad casted MTG though lol). I would guess that many of ESPN's viewers are 50 year olds who don't really use computers, and probably don't even know sc2 exists. This isn't to say they wouldn't grow to like it - but when they see something like sc2 when what they want is football / hockey / baseball, I don't see it going well. Also, many of the people involved in sc2 are not.... in shape. And although this is really superficial (and I could care less), many of the viewers may not respect that since they're so used to seeing the physiques of professional athletes. I really encourage you to continue writing your letter and will support you all the way, BUT I would suggest you reconsider which group you send it to. For example, you might have a higher chance of success by sending it to MTV, or YTV, or some other station. Hopefully you don't get the wrong idea - I love that you're doing this, just ESPN might not be the ideal recipient of your letter. | ||
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Mr.X
Spain115 Posts
If we only send one mail, I think the ideal would be to collect signatures in the different communities of StarCraft, starting with this. Attach a document with the support of thousands of people, the letter will have much more weight, since it is a statement of a community, not a single request. If They only receive a single e-mail, the first thing they will think will be: "Ok, some nut wants to relay his favorite videogame ... Brenda throw this into the trash can, Ok?" | ||
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Ocedic
United States1808 Posts
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Torture
Canada221 Posts
On December 03 2010 07:05 rally_point wrote: Okay so... I REALLY like esports and I keep up with GSL religiously (also MLG when it's around and other tournaments as well). I also really appreciate your motivation, and will be willing to sign any list you ask me to so that you can send it in with your letter. However, I don't think the audience of SC2 and the viewers of ESPN overlap too much. (It was really surprising to see they broad casted MTG though lol). I would guess that many of ESPN's viewers are 50 year olds who don't really use computers, and probably don't even know sc2 exists. This isn't to say they wouldn't grow to like it - but when they see something like sc2 when what they want is football / hockey / baseball, I don't see it going well. Also, many of the people involved in sc2 are not.... in shape. And although this is really superficial (and I could care less), many of the viewers may not respect that since they're so used to seeing the physiques of professional athletes. I really encourage you to continue writing your letter and will support you all the way, BUT I would suggest you reconsider which group you send it to. For example, you might have a higher chance of success by sending it to MTV, or YTV, or some other station. Hopefully you don't get the wrong idea - I love that you're doing this, just ESPN might not be the ideal recipient of your letter. Yeah, ESPN would just be one recipient. The original Reddit discussion was about ESPN and somebody mentioned making a form email so I took up that challenge. | ||
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Falcor
Canada894 Posts
Also i think with ever year theres a better and better chance of a station picking up a pro gaming league. But idk if we're there quite yet.(Other then CGS being on directv until the recession hit and their experimental advertising budget was cut  ) | ||
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dredd276
United States80 Posts
A letter that just lets ESPN know that there's a big newcomer in e-sports seems plenty worthwhile to me. Nice work. | ||
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
do you REALLY think they are going to appreciate getting thousands of emails of the same thing? do you think they are going to go "oh i just got 10,000 emails of the same thing, well clearly this now has more clout and i should seriously listen!" no. thats not going to happen. they are going to go "wow what the fuck is wrong with these people spamming the shit out of us, don't they realize how hard it is to go through 10,000 fucking emails?" Mr.X's idea is much much better. It's not juvenile and selfish like a bunch of immature kids screaming for attention. i liked what rift had to say about this too. day9 contacting them would be pretty awesome. | ||
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dredd276
United States80 Posts
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Scorch
Austria3371 Posts
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~GhoSt
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wishbones
Canada2600 Posts
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MaxwelsDemoN
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dras
Kazakhstan376 Posts
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kataa
United Kingdom384 Posts
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Falcor
Canada894 Posts
On December 03 2010 07:19 travis wrote: how do you guys not see how stupid it is to spam them with emails. seriously. why aren't more people speaking up about what a terrible idea this is? do you REALLY think they are going to appreciate getting thousands of emails of the same thing? do you think they are going to go "oh i just got 10,000 emails of the same thing, well clearly this now has more clout and i should seriously listen!" no. thats not going to happen. they are going to go "wow what the fuck is wrong with these people spamming the shit out of us, don't they realize how hard it is to go through 10,000 fucking emails?" Obviously if its 10,000 emails from the same dude it will look bad. But really next to supporting a company who supports esports thats the next best thing. Its not like the head of espn looks through the random emails. They have a division of their company whos job it is to go through all the emails, send the important emails on to the higher ups and trash the rest/answer the emails. Since the email would just go to a generic email. So 10,000 emails would definitely get noticed and talked about and hopefully work its way up. Where if you send 1 email with 10,000 signatures its likely that 1 dude will see it and if hes in a bad mood he may just trash it. | ||
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Torture
Canada221 Posts
On December 03 2010 07:22 ~GhoSt wrote: By the way in your first sentence you have "progRamming" and not "progaming", for simplicity's sake it might as well be spelled out "pro-gaming" to not confuse anyone who reads it. It's supposed to be programming not pro-gaming. ....urge you to consider it as a programming option. | ||
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