EPTESPN interviews Gordon Hayward about StarCraft! - Page 4
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FILM
United States663 Posts
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Ownos
United States2147 Posts
On September 10 2011 07:32 AZKziek wrote: Why is this guy getting so much publicity... I'm sure he's not the first person to start playing an online game from a sports background. He's not even "good" at the game so it's not like there's anything he has to show for it. Word got out that he was streaming for the lols and people flocked to see. Some community sites have decided to reached out since then like IGN, WP.org and TL. It's not unusual to see celebs/athletes get interviewed about their gaming at gaming events when they show up. In this case, he showed his interest by streaming. You don't usually see non-gaming outlets ask people about what games they play or whatever. | ||
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KatuStarcraft
Canada161 Posts
User was warned for this post Sorry, didn't think I needed clarification. Clearly ESPN was being pretty demeaning of esports and I quote "an organization that refers to their competitions as esports" and was even poking fun at Gordon Hayward stating he was odd for playing Starcraft while others play COD and NBA 2k. Read the sentence, that's how he states it. Maybe I'm overly defensive, or the writer doesn't know how to write. Either way I don't like the interview. If you think I'm reading into the subtext then why is Starcraft in quotation marks everytime, and why is Hayward answering defensively? | ||
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Terranist
United States2496 Posts
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Cyanocyst
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Gordon Hayward, is really starting to be a something like ambassador of sorts between traditional sports, and Esports. Damn Starcraft starting to get so legit. Barcraft in the wall-street journal, Day9 being interviewed by Forbes, to this. Really exciting stuff. | ||
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zoLo
United States5896 Posts
EDIT I wish he didn't say that progamers played 18 hours a day.... Such exaggeration. | ||
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Indez
Australia37 Posts
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Sandro
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On September 10 2011 08:43 zoLo wrote: I wish he didn't say that progamers played 18 hours a day.... Such exaggeration. I thought broodwar pros sometimes played 18 hours in a day. Or perhaps I am mistaken. | ||
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Acritter
Syria7637 Posts
Imagine a future, if you will, where the nerds become jocks. That's where I want to live. | ||
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seumdwa
United States133 Posts
On September 10 2011 08:50 Sandro wrote: I thought broodwar pros sometimes played 18 hours in a day. Or perhaps I am mistaken. 12-14 is closer to the real number I think. | ||
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critique
United States135 Posts
I propose "we" make it the theme of the "weekend." | ||
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MichaelJLowell
United States610 Posts
On September 10 2011 08:50 Acritter wrote: Good article. I wouldn't have expected this of ESPN, but they have broken my prejudice. This is one more step in the process of Esports becoming widely accepted. Imagine a future, if you will, where the nerds become jocks. That's where I want to live. We all know competitive gaming is going to get big at some point, whether the game to lead the charge is StarCraft II or not. I'm sure whomever is sitting up in a skybox somewhere calling the shots at Disney doesn't want to piss off this gigantic potential audience, particularly with NBCUniversal looking to push Versus as a force to compete with ESPN. | ||
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Bloog
United States44 Posts
Also, I liked how the interview's main focus was Starcraft and esports, not some paragraph buried in an NBA lockout article. | ||
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FragRaptor
United States184 Posts
On September 10 2011 08:38 Terranist wrote: this was the smartest thing IPL has ever done. so many new people are exposed to sc2 and gordon hayward does a great job explaining that it isn't just for kids and a waste of time. Well, we still have to see what happens when ESPN Realizes that won't do amazingly well. This could either A: be really good for eSports because ESPN Would be watching Hayward and in effect watching the entire event and realize how awesome starcraft 2 is (Depending on how much fun the crowd is having) or B: Hayward would lose like he probably will in a very embarrassing series and ESPN won't look at StarCraft 2 ever again and eSports credibility is hurt again... Let's hope for the former... | ||
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Robonord
United States311 Posts
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Avanar1
Australia44 Posts
On September 10 2011 07:32 AZKziek wrote: Why is this guy getting so much publicity... I'm sure he's not the first person to start playing an online game from a sports background. He's not even "good" at the game so it's not like there's anything he has to show for it. Zanooku shutup i hate how people are dissing him even though hes giving Esports so much publicity, im sure he knows hes not going to win it but its for fun and he knows that. | ||
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PHILtheTANK
United States1834 Posts
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Engore
United States1916 Posts
On September 10 2011 06:28 iyoume wrote: :D thanks to Gordon Hayward for growing ESPORTS! when do we get on sportscenter? ;d I was actually watching all the talk shows this afternoon hoping one would be like "well during the NBA lockout one player is finding something interesting to do.. starcraft 2" but none that i saw  soon though.. soon. Thanks IPL and Gordon! And espn for such a good interview. Love watching me some espn everyday. Can't wait for ipl3 and all this exposure is amazing <3 | ||
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Ownos
United States2147 Posts
On September 10 2011 09:10 Robonord wrote: ESPN has more of an open mind towards e-sports because they had to go through all this shit when they started showing WSOP and people complained that poker wasn't a "real sport". Good for them. Wasn't there supposed to be a partnership between MLG and ESPN? I've read that somewhere. Anyway, pretty sure people froth at the mouth at auto racing being a sport too and so they just call it "motor sports" now. But I wonder what they'd call horse racing? Some people think "sport" means an exclusive set of activities that involve a ball i.e. basketball, football, soccer. | ||
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tyCe
Australia2542 Posts
On September 10 2011 08:51 seumdwa wrote: 12-14 is closer to the real number I think. Some BW players have mentioned that they practiced 18 hours a day to prepare for an event (though not for more than a few days straight ofc) but that includes time spent watching replays and roughing out contingency strategies etc. They still probably practiced maybe 14-15 hrs a day for a few days though. | ||
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