That was awesome! Really well done, I try to cover all of these bases when I'm making "the pitch" to people that aren't into esports and you did an amazing job in front of an audience!

Pantagruel

United States1427 Posts

March 28 2012 05:16 GMT

#42

Really great video man, I enjoyed it. I know its not always easy to give a talk like that, you did a great job speaking to a crowd that may not have a great deal of knowledge about esports.

I'm just wondering. I'm a friend of Aubrey de Grey who does a lot of TED talks about technology, is this the same organization? If so, thats's really impressive that you made the opportunity to represent that, its not a small thing.

Anyhow, I enjoyed that and great job.

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

March 28 2012 05:20 GMT

#43

I love this, I just watched the iNcontrol's interview, but this is amazing just as much!

bkrow

Australia8532 Posts

March 28 2012 05:23 GMT

#44

On March 28 2012 14:20 Torte de Lini wrote:
I love this, I just watched the iNcontrol's interview, but this is amazing just as much!

Lol i also watched this after the iNcontrol interview and i feel so happy with such amazing content =)

iNcontrol is a seasoned performer in front of the camera and speaks mainly to the esports fan; i loved shindigs delivery to the general population; it was pretty good in terms of covering material and selling esports to the regular bystander

Brutaxilos

United States2629 Posts

March 28 2012 06:01 GMT

#45

Well done! You were a bit nervous at times but i can forgive that. I'm sending this to my dad in hopes that he'll appreciate my gaming a bit more... but I sorta doubt that. I would have liked to see more videos during the presentation (maybe to help people understand a little bit more of just how deep the game gets). But overall great presentation! Would love to see more of this.

ertecs

Germany29 Posts

March 28 2012 06:12 GMT

#46

Very nice talk. Let's use it to spread the SC2 love!

Kira__

Sweden2672 Posts

March 28 2012 06:18 GMT

#47

it's the younger gretorp, traveling in time and informing soon-to-be-nerds about esports!

VictorJones

United States235 Posts

March 28 2012 06:31 GMT

#48

Awesome! <3

Grohg

United States243 Posts

March 28 2012 06:34 GMT

#49

What a well constructed talk...sometimes I feel like a lot of people on the inside of this eSports bubble don't have a pragmatic way to explain how they feel about it. Judging by the crowd reaction at the start to the end, I feel like you gave them an inside view of the StarCraft scene without presenting it as a fringe hobby. Obviously, the game isn't mainstream at all but the talk has a great tone which says, "Hey this is honestly something everyone could enjoy if they wanted to give it a try." It wasn't focusing on anything which would make it feel like it's just a waste of time and energy to play this game and you deserve a lot of respect for pulling that off. Games still have some stigma even if a ton of people play them. For instance, you still get people who even play SC2 that will BM you in game telling you that you must have no life and all you must do is play all day. This stigma, that playing video games is mindless and counter-productive, stems from all the negative press about games in our culture but you made the case that it's both social and worthwhile.

Many kudos sir, you gained a fan.

blabber

United States4448 Posts

March 28 2012 06:35 GMT

#50

On March 28 2012 14:23 bkrow wrote:

Show nested quote +

link to said interview?

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

March 28 2012 07:51 GMT

#51

Highways

Australia6103 Posts

March 28 2012 08:15 GMT

#52

Good job!

Master_Blaster

United Kingdom269 Posts

March 28 2012 08:16 GMT

#53

I think it's overall good, but you were all over the place with the topics. You didn't seem to have a main central point.

Good job though!

Secret05

United States342 Posts

March 28 2012 08:20 GMT

#54

awesome speech man, you did a really good job, how many people were in the crowd?

randomsaint

42 Posts

March 28 2012 08:32 GMT

#55

I personally feel like you made a mistake describing professional FPS and the fighting game community (or perhaps how you chose to not describe them). They shake hands, are mannered, etc. at their events too. Other than that, I think you did a good job on bringing awareness that such a scene even exists, which is what I think what you were trying to do.

ShiroKaisen

United States1082 Posts

March 28 2012 08:39 GMT

#56

Bona fide hero of eSports right here. Nice work, Tim.

Hollow

Canada2180 Posts

March 28 2012 11:25 GMT

#57

Nice work! You looked a bit nervous, but it came out pretty well. I think you could've done a better job "hyping" the game for the people who don't know it by showing it on screen for a bit and explaining, but I understand the time limit. Congrats anyhow!

Greem

730 Posts

March 28 2012 11:28 GMT

#58

just amazing, esports and sc2 made it to the TED talks, job well done of promoting esports! GG

Scereye

Austria154 Posts

March 28 2012 13:06 GMT

#59

Super Mario e-sports! No Problem.

;D

Nice talk. I love how u spread the word at your University and put hard work into your passion!
Much kudos!

lorcasTV

Canada100 Posts

March 28 2012 13:07 GMT

#60

Great talk. The whole collegial league segment was very interesting as I didn't know it was this big and this intense. You can be sure I'll keep an eye out for events like these.

You really sold the competitive aspect but didn't really touch the spectator aspect. I would have liked a bit more on what the spectator sees and why it's thrilling (asymmetric information, seeing behind the mind games, casters...). Also, I don't know if this was supposed to be a SC2 only talk, but if it was about esports as a whole, a bit more information on FPS and fighting games/arcade would have been great.

I really like the huge segment on the collegial league as it can encourage people to play even if they are not the top players of the world, you could build a league of "lesser players" and have a great competition.

Overall very pleased with this. Such a huge field to cover with so little time, you did great. Hope you get to do another one, or two.