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isM
Profile Joined September 2010
United States735 Posts
December 02 2010 23:00 GMT
#141
doesn't ESPN also cover the Madden Tour thing? Where they go around the country playing Madden games living on a bus.
Loose lips sink ships
Proto_Protoss
Profile Joined September 2010
United States495 Posts
December 02 2010 23:05 GMT
#142
Why don't people try something more reasonable like Spike TV or G4TV I hate to sound pessimistic but this will never even get to the Secretary desk of ESPN. I know alot on TL have accepted E-sports as sports. But we are a small percentage of people who feel that way 95% of Americans feel that Starcraft is just another computer games with Nerds playing.
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up everytime we do." - Confucius
awu25
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2003 Posts
December 02 2010 23:06 GMT
#143
how many people are actually going to tune in to the ESPN channel if they show some SC2 match?
yes casters like day9 and husky have huge number of views because they are videos that are accessible at any time, it's not some number they got to in one week
the day9 dailies get about 10000 viewers live and other people watch it during their free time

now pretend that ESPN is going to show a rerun of a GSL match played the previous night
the viewership is already cut because many people will find the video online before it airs on ESPN
if they show the matches live, they'll be showing it at 5AM EST which will also have a low viewership
the final option is prevent people from posting videos of the match until it is aired on ESPN, and who the hell would want that option

and in response to the person who said that ESPN even shows "timbersports" tournaments
even though no one really cares about it, it still involves people doing things
i would be interested in watching a person running on a log or cutting logs and you can tell that the objective is to make the other person fall off the log or cut the log the fastest, but if someone suddenly flips to ESPN and sees two people sitting in a booth playing a computer game, they're going to flip the channel immediately because they don't understand anything about the game and won't be able to pick it up in a matter of seconds
cyprin
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1105 Posts
December 02 2010 23:08 GMT
#144
On December 03 2010 08:05 Proto_Protoss wrote:
Why don't people try something more reasonable like Spike TV or G4TV I hate to sound pessimistic but this will never even get to the Secretary desk of ESPN. I know alot on TL have accepted E-sports as sports. But we are a small percentage of people who feel that way 95% of Americans feel that Starcraft is just another computer games with Nerds playing.



Why are people suggesting G4?
It's a dying channel that shows reruns of cops and cheaters 24 hours a day.
biskit
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia355 Posts
December 02 2010 23:09 GMT
#145
Good luck! I hope you stay positive in spite all this pessimism and harsh reality talk. There are some good suggestions on this thread as well, so maybe use them to fine tune your original plan. I do hope to watch esports broadcasted straight to my TV, so I wish you all the best.
Trepanation
Profile Joined May 2010
United States111 Posts
December 02 2010 23:10 GMT
#146
Why are you even trying to get ESPN to cover sc2?they wont even cover UFC because its not "MainStream". To get sc2 on tv you will need a non suck gaming channel.
AirbladeOrange
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2573 Posts
December 02 2010 23:11 GMT
#147
I think TV stations do enough research to know what will or will not work as a program with a very high accuracy rate. If a show will bring in the cash the chances are extremely high they have already thought it out.
Baarn
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2702 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-02 23:14:35
December 02 2010 23:11 GMT
#148
ESPN sets up new channels all the time. ESPN 2 currently costs 12.99 per month. You can get premier league on sky for £12.25 extra a month. Networks will broadcast whatever you like but it won't be free unless some big tournament steps up. http://espn.go.com/espn/thelife/videogames/blog/_/name/thegamer/ they do have a blog though.

ABC Sports is bigger and better than ESPN. Can give them a shot with emails and see in a couple months if it gets any traction.
There's no S in KT. :P
Proto_Protoss
Profile Joined September 2010
United States495 Posts
December 02 2010 23:16 GMT
#149
On December 03 2010 08:08 cyprin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 03 2010 08:05 Proto_Protoss wrote:
Why don't people try something more reasonable like Spike TV or G4TV I hate to sound pessimistic but this will never even get to the Secretary desk of ESPN. I know alot on TL have accepted E-sports as sports. But we are a small percentage of people who feel that way 95% of Americans feel that Starcraft is just another computer games with Nerds playing.



Why are people suggesting G4?
It's a dying channel that shows reruns of cops and cheaters 24 hours a day.



Starcraft has a better chance with a dying channel than with an empire. Its better to get some exposure. If G4 announced they would broadcast SC i can bet there would be load of people watching. If on ESPN said ok heres Starcraft many people who are expected some sort of American sport would change the channel at the sight of random alien shit fighting.
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up everytime we do." - Confucius
dofz
Profile Joined October 2010
Norway98 Posts
December 02 2010 23:20 GMT
#150
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?"



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.


I agree with this guy, would be awesome to have a famous e-sport figure contacting them, where as he could point to some kind of petition or just amount of mails he has gotten.

That way we could hopefully get inconctact with them without spamming, aswell as show how many people who'd actually be interested in e-sports shown on tv!
"I'm good at everything" Brett Hull
Brotatolol
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1742 Posts
December 02 2010 23:23 GMT
#151
Prepare to get laughed at.
VenerableSpace
Profile Joined May 2010
United States463 Posts
December 02 2010 23:26 GMT
#152
An interesting aside,

In china the government recently sponsored a 3 month long wc3 tournament. It will be broadcast on all major TV channels and apparently has newspaper coverage.

And as we all know the city of Incheon sponsored the GSL.

Its good to see governments and organizations getting involved, albeit with their own little personal gain attached with advertising.
rebdomine
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
6040 Posts
December 02 2010 23:28 GMT
#153
As much as ESPN is undeniably the biggest sports channel out there, I actually think this might be a bad idea.

I'm an avid sports fan and sometimes I'm just forced to watch stuff on ESPN as there's no alternative. And they have subpar broadcasters too. Their broadcasters always spout a lot of crap on the spot about how X player has grit and heart. Then they just keep repeating that everytime he does a great play. Or how Y player is so talented, and how he is the future of his team.

They rely a lot on sensationalism sometimes, it's almost disgusting. And the lack of coverage of small-market teams until playoff time comes is annoying. They'll focus on the big market teams, and talk about them to death even if the team isn't doing that well.

I really would not like seeing them covering e-sports at this time. Unless they can guarantee us that they will be hiring the best broadcasters in the e-sports scene right now to be the ones covering the games, if they do decide to show them.
"Just because you are correct doesn't mean you are right!"
universalwill
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States654 Posts
December 02 2010 23:29 GMT
#154
sports fans would be outraged by stupid wimpy videogames taking up any of their time slots.

there are probably networks that would be interested in broadcasting it, but i don't think ESPN would.
wishbones
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada2600 Posts
December 02 2010 23:32 GMT
#155
On December 03 2010 07:43 FrostedMiniWeet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 03 2010 07:37 Falcor wrote:
On December 03 2010 07:33 FrostedMiniWeet wrote:
ESPN doesn't care about e-sports, and neither do most of its viewers, who consider sports to be athletic endeavors. It just doesn't jive with their culture, which pretty much unanimously looks down upon video game playing nerds. E-sports needs its own channel.


because poker is and athletic endeavor... Like other people have said espn owns multiple channels, not just espn1. This is going to sound retarded but any one remember the movie dodge ball. Espn "the ocho" showing dodgeball, tractor races etc. Espn do actually have channels that show crazy ass shit lol


Yes, Poker is not an athletic endeavorer, but it is not shunned by the "manly men" who consider poker to be a manly sport. If you actually think ESPN would take e-sports serously, regardless of how many nerds loved it, you're fooling yourself. ESPN is run by, and mostly watched by, the guys who beat you and all your nerd friends up in high school.

yeah after seeing this post, im reminded of this little bio clip of doyle brunson, and how he is pretty much the slayers_boxer of poker, he got it all started i think in a sense, or in his day it was crazy since they needed to carry guns, they played in tournaments that were underground, because i believe gambling at that high amount of money was illegal back then. so the game has evolved and wasn't always just a game of luck/repetition/chips/huge ass prize pools.
joined TL.net in 2006 (aka GMer) - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=41944#2
wishbones
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada2600 Posts
December 02 2010 23:35 GMT
#156
On December 03 2010 07:46 faction123 wrote:
SC2 has sold about as many copies total as ESPN gets viewers on monday night. Why why why do you think they'd care?

Take baby steps, don't waste their time with these emails just yet.

try now, make a huge dent in their inbox, if it fails, try again later if someone else picks this up when its all set and done.
joined TL.net in 2006 (aka GMer) - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=41944#2
Cyanocyst
Profile Joined October 2010
2222 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-02 23:44:56
December 02 2010 23:40 GMT
#157
While i would like to see SC2 on Tv, you have to know that their is absolutely NO way that ESPN picks this up.

Edit: Even if Espn did see Esports as something with potential, their core audience would probably ridicule them, if they were to pick it up.
|| Fruit Dealer | Leenock | Yughio | Coca | Sniper | True | Solar | Dark |
foaming monkey
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada25 Posts
December 02 2010 23:46 GMT
#158
I would suggest starting with G4 or Spike and if it gets enough interest there then you will get an idea of the amount of people who watch it and can use it in an email to ESPN if you decode to do that
I turn the subtitles on when I play video games, so I can tell the ladies I was up reading all night.
Tanith
Profile Joined July 2010
United Kingdom108 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-02 23:48:17
December 02 2010 23:48 GMT
#159
10 / 10 for effort and good luck, but seriously, no chance in hell!
joban
Profile Joined September 2010
179 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-03 00:19:19
December 03 2010 00:18 GMT
#160
I wouldn't even be interested, and I think most of us prefer watching SCII via streams anyways since we actually like being on our computers/surfing. Bleh if SC gets on cable TV.
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