EPT[Show] Inside The Game - Official Thread - Page 388
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R3m3mb3rM3
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blagoonga123
United States2068 Posts
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Whitewing
United States7483 Posts
On January 16 2013 10:33 Exarl25 wrote: There is more to "good for esports" than just "good for the teams". Slasher has been breaking this news on Gamespot. That's a huge site, that reaches a huge number of people, and has showed little interest in esports in the past. Just how happy are Gamespot with the page views Slasher's articles are getting? Pretty happy I would expect. Encouraging mainstream gaming sites like Gamespot to get further involved in esports can only be a good thing. Keeping it all limited to reddit and TL is just preaching to the choir. You aren't reaching new eyeballs there. Not to mention that Slasher has his own career to look out for. How many people can make a successful career out of esports journalism? That being possible is an important step forward too. Listening to Alex right now, he is basically saying "if it's not good for us then it's not good for esports". Sour grapes. Journalists pissing people off by leaking information is nothing new. It's an arms race and if teams are losing then that's their problem and it's not Slasher's responsibility to back off for him. Don't expect the fans who just want to get the news to side against Slasher either. The problem is that ESPORTS isn't yet in a position where it can really afford to have information leaked like this as consistently as it is. If companies (teams etc.) can't get traffic to their site with news because someone else beats them to publishing THEIR OWN news, then why should they bother? | ||
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Finrod1
Germany3997 Posts
On January 16 2013 10:36 Dandel Ion wrote: Battle of egos "What you do is not good for us!" "What's good for you is not good for me!" Perfectly summed it up. | ||
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Exarl25
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On January 16 2013 10:35 Finrod1 wrote: I feel the "save esports train" is in full mode. Journalism doesnt needs to justify in front for anyone. Its journalism. It's not endangering any human beeing so its legit... He is being a complete hypocrite by calling Slasher selfish. Alex is also only thinking of his own interests here. Does anyone think for a second that he would be getting this worked up about it if it weren't HIS information being leaked? And justifying it by resorting to the old "killing esports" as if that and his own interests are one and the same. | ||
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Ranir
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On January 16 2013 10:36 dubRa wrote: I'm glad I had the opportunity to meet the real Alex Garfield. Me too! I think in the future slasher will start to lose a lot of his sources. | ||
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Gamegene
United States8308 Posts
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Xaeldaren
Ireland588 Posts
On January 16 2013 10:37 TotalBiscuit wrote: This kind of shit is we can't have real discussions. Ad hominem bullshit and utterly shallow off-the-cuff opinions by forum posters. As someone who was directly affected by this issue and the person in question with the Alicia/Heart announcement I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter. | ||
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dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
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Integra
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corpuscle
United States1967 Posts
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Dandel Ion
Austria17960 Posts
The "sources" are important | ||
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ratbert
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TTOMZ
United Kingdom156 Posts
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Exarl25
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On January 16 2013 10:33 corpuscle wrote: Alex is just ripping Slasher apart, this is hilarious. He can post it on Gamespot after the team announces it. Other media outlets do it all the time. Breaking the news first is a huge deal. He can write his article after and get a fraction of the views. And that's the basis for Alex's annoyance, that he isn't getting the biggest slice of the pie. | ||
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Tachion
Canada8573 Posts
On January 16 2013 10:40 TTOMZ wrote: Alex is mad butthurt, he's just being a child and insulting Rod for no reason no reason? are you listening? give a little explanation to make a statement like that. | ||
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zev318
Canada4306 Posts
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TTOMZ
United Kingdom156 Posts
On January 16 2013 10:41 Tachion wrote: no reason? are you listening? give a little explanation to make a statement like that. I never said Rod was right, but Alex assaulting his articles and company is pathetic | ||
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ChuCky.Ca
Canada2497 Posts
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Integra
Sweden5626 Posts
On January 16 2013 10:38 Gamegene wrote: incontrol's webcam pretty much sums it up At this point no one is listening to each other, they are only shouting "YOU ARE WRONG" at each other. The discussion is really boring now. | ||
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