EPTESPN interviews Gordon Hayward about StarCraft! - Page 5
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Badfatpanda
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LXR
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On September 10 2011 07:27 kakaman wrote: It's the name of a video game, you see "Halo" and "Call of Duty". It would look weird without the quotes. I honestly believe Esports will grow to MMA levels within 10 years. This is inevitable. So happy to see it in the beginning stages. that doesn't mean it should be in quotes, that just means they should be capitalized. I, too, wonder why the writer put them in quotes. It's as if he's using the names figuratively, which i doubt is true. As for those complaining that he thinks he has a chance, I think he very well knows he has no chance. At the end of the interview he talks about how he hopes for his sake that they train him well, and that the guys he's going up against have serious skill. He's just doing it for fun and to show gamer nerds that athletes can be nerdy too! | ||
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quaffle
United States249 Posts
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EnderCraft
United States1746 Posts
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AllSalesFinal
United States211 Posts
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onedayclose
United States1145 Posts
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Fox116
United States409 Posts
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legendre20
United States316 Posts
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Kurr
Canada2338 Posts
I guess press is never a terrible thing for the community but I didn't think it was something really significant. I'm out of touch with what other people follow up on it seems. I didn't know who this guy was before he streamed a couple of months ago. | ||
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stokes17
United States1411 Posts
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Valikyr
Sweden2653 Posts
On September 10 2011 10:12 EnderCraft wrote: All in on year guys... Starcraft 2 and ESPORTS has appeared numerous times in Forbes, PC gamer, Giant bomb, ESPN, g4, local newspapers (barcraft mainly), and now ESPN. We've gotten exposure in other places as well. I hope the train doesn't slow down. Yea this is great for SC2  . Mainstream media in Sweden has been streaming the DH invitationals too. Aftonbladet (our biggest newspaper) apparently had 300k viewers on their DH Stockholm stream which is 3% of the entire Swedish population. | ||
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marcesr
Germany1383 Posts
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marcesr
Germany1383 Posts
On September 10 2011 10:45 Valikyr wrote: Yea this is great for SC2 . Mainstream media in Sweden has been streaming the DH invitationals too. Aftonbladet (our biggest newspaper) apparently had 300k viewers on their DH Stockholm stream which is 3% of the entire Swedish population. Do you know if they will also stream the Valencia Invitational? | ||
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Valikyr
Sweden2653 Posts
On September 10 2011 10:46 marcesr wrote: Do you know if they will also stream the Valencia Invitational? They will yes. | ||
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firehand101
Australia3152 Posts
On September 10 2011 07:37 Bozotclown wrote: It's called exposure you goddamn downer. Exactly, this is giving e sports so much publicity it is actually crazy. I've read some of the articles posted by sporting sites and they are absolutely stunned that he calls this 'computer game' as competitive and as hard as actual NBA basketball, and are whinging that the NBA has gotten 'soft' and so on. I dont know if this is good or bad but it sure is getting a lot of people talking about the game, so good on ya gordon! | ||
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AZKziek
Australia64 Posts
On September 10 2011 07:37 Bozotclown wrote: It's called exposure you goddamn downer. Yes, lets get people who know very little about the game (Platinum level knowledge, basically no knowledge) to help represent it. Good idea gov'na, too right tally-ho. | ||
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Geosensation
United States256 Posts
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KOFgokuon
United States14899 Posts
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stokes17
United States1411 Posts
On September 10 2011 11:09 AZKziek wrote: Yes, lets get people who know very little about the game (Platinum level knowledge, basically no knowledge) to help represent it. Good idea gov'na, too right tally-ho. Its not like he's explaining the intricacies of the game's strategy. he's telling people the game is dope, and as hard as NBA basketball, why you got to be such a hater? And yea I think someone as charismatic and universally liked in the sports world as Gordon Hayward is the perfect person to represent eSports to the mainstream sports world. Don't hate yo | ||
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AZKziek
Australia64 Posts
On September 10 2011 11:20 stokes17 wrote: Its not like he's explaining the intricacies of the game's strategy. he's telling people the game is dope, and as hard as NBA basketball, why you got to be such a hater? And yea I think someone as charismatic and universally liked in the sports world as Gordon Hayward is the perfect person to represent eSports to the mainstream sports world. Don't hate yo I beg to differ, look at the shitstorm that has occured. He's representing "eSports" or "StarCraft 2" in all the wrong ways for people to actually realise "hey this isn't just a game anymore, it's a lifestyle for those dedicated". | ||
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