[Show] Inside The Game - Official Thread - Page 437

On January 17 2013 12:43 Basher_ wrote:
PC Gamer editorial on the Slasher discussion on last night's show. Totally agree. Journalists' responsibility is to their readers. They don't work for EG. Its that simple. If they have a scoop, they publish it, before another journalist does.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/01/16/editorial-does-esports-understand-journalism/

On January 17 2013 19:56 thuracine wrote:
so who lost?

On January 17 2013 19:56 thuracine wrote:
so who lost? slashers early announcements hasn't hurt eg. it is win win both are being discussed, "there is no such thing as bad publicity"

On January 17 2013 20:01 Broodwurst wrote:


ESPORTS, obviously.

On January 17 2013 20:11 thuracine wrote:

but isn't that what everyone is arguing about? this is good, people arguing about esports showing there passion troll or not they care in some way.

On January 17 2013 23:15 iamtheoneneo wrote:


I think people are more concerned on how EGWheat's shows are quickly becoming a ground for various EG members to gang up on an individual in the hope to prove their utterly worthless points. (and the fact that he thought LO3 was a good show this week just astounds me)

Alex needs to sort his team and attitude out, because both stink pretty hard at the moment.

On January 17 2013 23:54 Brawny wrote:

Wow, People are STILL thinking this was a gang up in any way? Wheat never said his opinion and just facilitated. The players barely spoke. It was Alex and then TB, no one else. Get real.
You're the one making drama out of nothing by calling it a gang-up.

On January 17 2013 20:48 Stayback wrote:
Feels like a lot of people criticising Alex Garfield did not see ITG. Let me explain how I understood what happened. First of all Slasher said before Alex came on that he thought that the teams did not mind him telling everyone player signings. Then they invited Alex on to hear his view. He then explained tha

1. t Slasher could not announce the player better than teams because they had a whole team preparing a big announcement, so its not better for the viewer.
2. It's not better for teams because it removes hype and then the teams get less views and less exposure to the sponsors wher 99% of the revenue come from.
3. It do not add any extra information to the viewers because Slasher does not do any real journalism around the news.


Then alex asked Slasher if it wouldn't be better for everyone if he waited until EG/teams announced the signing and then Slasher could used the EG videos etc. on his page, and add extra value with interviews, analysis, etc.Slasher responded with not answering the question, and then he refused to talk about or understand any of the points made by Alex, and he did not want to do anything different if he had another chance. The conclusion of this was that Alex then said that in the future his team and a lot of otter teams would not talk to slasher since he is only thinking about himself, and not cooperating with the community to find the best solution for everyone.

My thoughts about this is that I ratter want to see the announcement from the team and not from slashers tweets or someone posting the tweet on forums etc. For example I loved the Thorzain video,and especially since it came as a big surprise. I do also want to read an interview with for example JaeDong or Alex after EG signed Jeadong. Why slasher don't want to provide this for me is very strange. And when he compare a interview like this with an interview from a tournament it is not at all the same. I think a lot more people would read the interview with Jeadong after he signed, rather than Idra on IPL5. Just as an example. So come on Slasher , talk with the teams and find the solution that's best for everyone.

On January 17 2013 18:19 Rezudox wrote:
I put the mp3's into the thread.

All of my uploads are listed here: Inside The Game / Live On Three

I also put them on my twitter. (@Rezudox)

On January 18 2013 00:16 Malgrif wrote:
why is eg mad at slasher??? he got his information from other sources??? so shouldn't they be mad at these "other sources" instead of the press? ridiculous...

On January 18 2013 01:14 Zane wrote:

They're mad at Slasher because "he only does things that benefit himself and nobody else in esports". This is coming from Alex Garfield, the CEO of the team that's known for buying all their talent. This is coming from the team which poached Puma. Did they think about TSL when they did it? Did they think about esports? No, they were like "you didn't make him sign a contract, fuck you, we're signing him". It's so ridiculous to see them on a EG show, with 3 EG players, all wearing Siberia headphones and drinking Monster at regular intervals, and hearing Alex rage at Slasher because "he only does things which benefit himself and not anybody else".
I don't understand how someone with that kind of mentality is the CEO of the most successful team in esports.