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Interview with Sundance DiGiovanni - Page 5

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JMDj
Profile Joined September 2010
United States454 Posts
November 21 2011 02:56 GMT
#81
Sundance r00lz
moltenlead
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada866 Posts
November 21 2011 02:59 GMT
#82
I'm around halfway through, and he seems to keep hinting at new MLGs next year. I'm interested in seeing where they go from here.
Mr Showtime
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1353 Posts
November 21 2011 03:08 GMT
#83
Awesome interview! Sooooo pumped for what 2012 has to offer!
paradoxOO9
Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom1123 Posts
November 21 2011 03:16 GMT
#84
On November 20 2011 23:42 soulist wrote:
Hmm Sundance said something about 185 million of bottles of dr pepper. I didn't really understand that. What did he say?

One of their Halo players Tsquared was on bottles of Dr.Pepper in 08/09 to raise awareness of mlg.
LOVE what Sundance is doing, have been following MLG for years and it keeps on improving, 2012 is looking to be incredible!
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
November 21 2011 03:22 GMT
#85
Hmm, great interview!
liftlift > tsm
Fkyx
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States109 Posts
November 21 2011 03:34 GMT
#86
Interview was cool, but having to read the questions sucked. I don't want to stare at Sundance for 20 minutes... I have better things to do.
Sup son? ¯\__(ツ)__/¯
DyEnasTy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States3714 Posts
November 21 2011 03:38 GMT
#87
On November 21 2011 12:34 Fkyx wrote:
Interview was cool, but having to read the questions sucked. I don't want to stare at Sundance for 20 minutes... I have better things to do.


Like posting about it?

Thanks for the interview!
Much better to die an awesome Terran than to live as a magic wielding fairy or a mindless sac of biological goop. -Manifesto7
iky43210
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States2099 Posts
November 21 2011 03:41 GMT
#88
surprised to hear about 90k LoL viewers just as they started up, I wonder what was LoL's and sc2's highest peak
Xirt
Profile Joined April 2009
Scotland52 Posts
November 21 2011 03:50 GMT
#89
Great interview, answers for future expansion understandably vauge and otherwise nice to hear about a side of esports that is often skimmed over.
Poyo
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada790 Posts
November 21 2011 04:04 GMT
#90
Thank you, great stuff!
Poyo! poyo! poyo! poyo! poyo!
SwizzY
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1549 Posts
November 21 2011 04:33 GMT
#91
The thing that really impresses me about this guy is not only his eloquence in answering the questions, but the general scope of MLG's plans with SC2. The bit about NOT converting people but instead creating an environment that raises young'uns into Esports sounds brilliant.

I'm glad that one of the heads of arguably the most legitimate Western Esports scene is a pretty level-headed guy and not some money-grubbing douche.

I would like to see more in-depths interviews by MLG of the players - shown specifically during the tournament so that more of a personality is formed from each of the players. Even though it was basically fictitious, the Naniwa-Nestea drama was one of the most interesting "rivalries" in SC2 to date, and it was only known because Artosis decided to tell the viewers. If MLG could facilitate more public interviews, things like these would be more frequent and thus make an MLG viewing experience that much better.
All that glitters is not gold, all that wander are not lost, the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by frost.
DeadPixels
Profile Joined October 2010
United States78 Posts
November 21 2011 04:51 GMT
#92
On November 20 2011 23:46 soulist wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 20 2011 23:17 TBO wrote:
On November 20 2011 23:13 jinixxx123 wrote:
wouldn't the new surge of barcrafts take a big dent out of the concurrent viewers? like for e.g Montreal barcraft i hear is 1500 ppl, thats 1500 views potentially .. Lots of people get together and watch from 1 view so i not sure why hes aiming for a specific viewer number.


as long as they get the numbers from the barcrafts, it's not problem for them to add them up. 1500 people bunching up in a bar to watch MLG is probably even more interesting for sponsors than 1500 running streams from people at home (who might be or might be not at their computer).


I think its better for the sponsors because if there are people together while an advertisement then people can talk about it and be like "oh wow i really like hotpockets, do you?" and this conversation erupts about it. Rather than 1 person at home not giving a shit about the sponsors becuase its taking up their time from watching a starcraft game.


Yea, and also because one guy watching a stream at home can hit the 'mute' button every time a commercial comes on or switch to another window or something, but you can't mute the tv in a bar. So this guarantees that the commercial is actually on and being watched/listened to. And if they can get more and more sponsors, they won't have to play the same 5 commercials over the course of the entire weekend, which would mean that fewer people would be muting the stream because they don't want to watch some dumb bitch be a "Lady Cop" for the thousandth time.
Shel
Profile Joined December 2010
United States104 Posts
November 21 2011 05:19 GMT
#93
Thank you SO much for asking the "Sex sells" question. I've been harping on this all over the place and I'm happy that he addressed it. At there were no female hosts this tourney, which I think is awesome. And they're interviewing guys for some position, I'm guessing as interviewer/hosts. Is there any way you could reply with what the actual question was?
There is no spoon
Clank
Profile Joined April 2011
United States548 Posts
November 21 2011 05:20 GMT
#94
really like what he was saying about getting exposure to the players, and how 18 days over 10 months isnt enough, which i agree with. MLGs trying to become more GSL like i have a feeling, which i like a lot.
Ciraxis
Profile Joined June 2010
Australia400 Posts
November 21 2011 05:23 GMT
#95
Sundance is heading in the right direction with MLG. Good luck for 2012!
TheToast
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4808 Posts
November 21 2011 05:36 GMT
#96
Wow, every one of these interviews Kennigit does gets better than the last!

I'm a little annoyed Sundance couldn't tell us more about next season, but I understand why they want to wait.

I have to say, he really comes off as someone who truly understands the Esports community and what we want to see. Very excited to hear more about next season!
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly's a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
Goibon
Profile Joined May 2010
New Zealand8185 Posts
November 21 2011 05:37 GMT
#97
Geez he gave some good answers. Shows he knows the deal.

I particularly loved his answers at around 15 and 17 minutes. The whole growing ESPORTS for future generations as opposed to trying to convert people, and the bit about needing a structure in place for the US scene so these guys can actually be full time and treat it as such.

Really good interview. Bring on 2012~!
Leenock =^_^= Ryung =^_^= Parting =^_^= herO =^_^= Guilty
bode927
Profile Joined April 2011
United States164 Posts
November 21 2011 05:47 GMT
#98
I'm glad we have someone as smart and involved as Sundance leading the charge at MLG. The guy knows what he's talking about and actually cares about seeing esports grow. Can't ask for better than that.
MichaelDonovan
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1453 Posts
November 21 2011 05:52 GMT
#99
On November 20 2011 22:40 Boundz(DarKo) wrote:
Lol how have u guys had the time to watch a 23min interview in 2 mins? Beats me...

Anyways watching now Cheers!


People who respond without viewing the content in the OP should be banned or something. But I guess it's better than them just posting "FIRST!"
Audio
Profile Joined March 2010
United States60 Posts
November 21 2011 06:14 GMT
#100
Very very interesting.. The competitions heating up and i was beginning to think IPL was going to leave MLG in the dust, but the recent MLGs are keeping up, and i'm looking forward to 2012. Seems like mainstream esports is becoming more of a reality very quickly.
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