EPTCheck6 Gaming Signs Jeff "MaximusBlack" Johnston - Page 4
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bluehawky
United Kingdom183 Posts
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EnderSword
Canada669 Posts
But I'm sure he's not intended to be a competitive player or anything, he just got into Masters this season, but he's also not bad enough that it's a totally useless player. He's a personality with a large fan base, He'll benefit from this as a player and personality and the team will benefit from his fan base and stuff. He pretty much spells out the plan in the video that I'm sure like 5% of people actually watched. | ||
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Dusty
United States3359 Posts
It's really obvious that he's there to draw attention to the team... | ||
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GhandiEAGLE
United States20754 Posts
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Glurkenspurk
United States1915 Posts
On January 13 2012 05:55 KeyHunt wrote: I would say this is a decent explanation; but I wish people would look more into the "why" teams do this. There is obviously a reason right? We're not just aimlessly picking up players. Also, we're not strictly in it for "entertainment". We have great players, we have players we see potential in, we have casters, we have media people...the small return we have from others we have to make up somewhere. We sent over 30 people to MLG's last season..all of which are GM players except 1 who beat players like KawaiiRice, Demuslim, Choya, Attero and more. You know who got us the most exposure? Julia. So, as I said before we have to find a fine balance for both our sponsors, fans and ourselves. Every smart organization does this, some just have more luxury than others to make it less noticeable...trust me. The fact that a random diamond girl got the most publicity for a pro gaming team just shows how much of a disgrace the sc2 community is. I'm honestly very disappointed. I really wish teams didn't have to have a weird balance between community figures and actual good players. | ||
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WinterTV
United States297 Posts
On January 13 2012 11:03 Odal wrote: The fact that a random diamond girl got the most publicity for a pro gaming team just shows how much of a disgrace the sc2 community is. I'm honestly very disappointed. I really wish teams didn't have to have a weird balance between community figures and actual good players. Well unfortunately the fact of the matter is that finding this balance is a necessity for most teams. The goal for a professional team in this industry is to gain sponsors. The best way to do that is to prove to sponsors you can gain them enough exposure with your organization to make the money they give to you worth their while. They want to see a return on their investment. In Lamens: Views + publicity = exposure = sponsorship = monetary support = better players = better team. The reality is that the current SC2 player market is quite inflated. Not every team has the budget of EG and the means to pick up players like Huk and Idra. Instead those organizations must use what funds they have to find an alternative way to make a return on their investment (in the same aspect that sponsors seek to do so). Buying top tier players who will or may post top results is not the only model to running a succesful team and is certainly not the only way to gain exposure. | ||
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RespectTheNerd
Sweden64 Posts
On January 13 2012 05:38 KeyHunt wrote: Where is our return for picking up just random GM players? Picking up players; even those we don't send to MLG still costs...it's not exactly free. Ok i can see where u are coming from with the economics and that but i dont see how you could call yourself a professional team if you just want players for publicity and even there its kinda idiotic there are really many good players out there who can give you more publicity if you gave them a chance, for instance the players RunA and SortOf have beaten top players many times both on ladder and in online cups but they never get a chance to be seen because they need a team to support them to get to events like MLG. I doubt it that they would like to get 6times their worth to be on a team too, most people i know would jump on the chance to join a pro team (even tought check6 dosnt seem to be much off a pro team now) but to your logic if they want to be on a team they instead have to bm people on ladder while streaming to get your intresst because thats apperantly were this community is headed. | ||
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YouinashouRi
Canada76 Posts
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KeyHunt
United States218 Posts
On January 14 2012 01:52 RespectTheNerd wrote: Ok i can see where u are coming from with the economics and that but i dont see how you could call yourself a professional team if you just want players for publicity and even there its kinda idiotic there are really many good players out there who can give you more publicity if you gave them a chance, for instance the players RunA and SortOf have beaten top players many times both on ladder and in online cups but they never get a chance to be seen because they need a team to support them to get to events like MLG. I doubt it that they would like to get 6times their worth to be on a team too, most people i know would jump on the chance to join a pro team (even tought check6 dosnt seem to be much off a pro team now) but to your logic if they want to be on a team they instead have to bm people on ladder while streaming to get your intresst because thats apperantly were this community is headed. There are a ton of players that deserve a chance. However, the bigger chance we take..the more likely we are to fail. We have to get players that bring the numbers either via wins or other ways to support our team and sponsors. Unfortunately, taking a chance on a few players strictly based on skill we have done for over a year in Starcraft and it hasn't worked out as well as we need ( despite doing very well I think ). Also, realize that everyone saying how our team doesn't seem "pro" anymore is proving my point. We still have Ver, Mystik, Suppy, Juan, Syckness and many more players that have done extremely well at both MLG and online..and by saying we're a team full of only media people is proving my point that people only pay attention to those with huge media attention and not those that have done consistently well in everything they have played in. On January 14 2012 02:03 YouinashouRi wrote: Honestly some top master/gm players would be willing to join a pro team for free, just to practice and get exposure for themselves. Free is never actually free; trust me. | ||
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riverkim09
United States291 Posts
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Sumahi
Guam5609 Posts
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Kmonx
United States102 Posts
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GeorgeyBeats
United Kingdom338 Posts
Very happy for him! Best of luck in your future endeavours Check6 and Maximus! | ||
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ElmOaid
Sudan41 Posts
 Gl and congrats on ur recruit | ||
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TheSubtleArt
Canada2527 Posts
On January 13 2012 11:03 Odal wrote: The fact that a random diamond girl got the most publicity for a pro gaming team just shows how much of a disgrace the sc2 community is. I'm honestly very disappointed. I really wish teams didn't have to have a weird balance between community figures and actual good players. Except Maximus is a very entertaining personality and does a lot of good work with LAGtv. I think it's unfair to lump him in the same category as Julia, who literally only received the attention she did for being female lol. GL to maximus, hope he does well. | ||
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sWs
United States409 Posts
eh this came off a little mean, good luck to you x6, and maximus. I love me some when cheese fails | ||
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StrikeNova
Canada47 Posts
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rbkl
772 Posts
On February 14 2012 07:23 TOdesKaMpF wrote: Why does x6 keep signing people that have absolutely no potential to win tournaments? I'm not trying to be BM, or be an asshole, but it just doesn't make any sense to me. eh this came off a little mean, good luck to you x6, and maximus. I love me some when cheese fails While winning tournaments is definitely what we are doing at heart (trust me we're trying constantly to get better), sponsors still care greatly about overall exposure; and at the end of the day they keep us afloat. | ||
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snively
United States1159 Posts
On February 14 2012 07:35 rbkl wrote: While winning tournaments is definitely what we are doing at heart (trust me we're trying constantly to get better), sponsors still care greatly about overall exposure; and at the end of the day they keep us afloat. well said, well said. gogo checksix! | ||
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Dusen
Denmark68 Posts
Cant stand teams like this, ruining E-sport with your stupid media shit. This actually makes me mad, cause i know a ton of amazing players(compared to Mr. Black at least) who is figthing to get a chance like this, and then they get overlooked for at MOST a low master. How depressing, get your act together ffs! | ||
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