EPTNY Times Runs a Day[9] and eSports Article - Page 2
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xXFireandIceXx
Canada4296 Posts
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revel8
United Kingdom3022 Posts
On November 29 2012 11:49 Dontkillme wrote: Never knew she wanted money from 15 year olds who wanted to win a video game tournament Sounds like Jessica! :7 | ||
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docvoc
United States5491 Posts
On November 29 2012 11:55 AnachronisticAnarchy wrote: I like this article. It isn't "HOLY SHITBALLS GUYZ ARE MAKING MILLIONS IN GAMEZ!!!!11!1!" but it also isn't "HOLY SHITBALLS GUYZ ARE WASTING THEIR LIVES IN GAMEZ!!!!11!1". Very nice piece. Though they are only counting MLG, I do like this approach. Every other one was either very biased to the left or to the right about video games. Especially that peice on MKP from Time, which was absolutely terribad when they said he had video game addiction. I was like... really? No one says Peyton Siva has basketball addiction but he only did that and school for his young life when he was in a bad slum. This peice was MUCH much better, especially the balanced approach they took. All in all I think a lot of the people here are too critical of journalism that occurs within E-Sports because we are so biased due to how many negative peices have come out of journalism concerning E-sports. | ||
TheEmulator
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Sub40APM
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On November 29 2012 11:49 Dontkillme wrote: Never knew she wanted money from 15 year olds who wanted to win a video game tournament probably because she lost her passion... | ||
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darthfoley
United States8004 Posts
On November 29 2012 12:34 Sub40APM wrote: probably because she lost her passion... people like her are killing esports. | ||
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29 fps
United States5725 Posts
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imJealous
United States1382 Posts
On November 29 2012 10:55 Tatari wrote: Oh man... One can only imagine the faces of the Plott brothers when they lost ;____; There's a youtube video of it floating around somewhere. Its pretty emotional to watch if you know the whole back story leading up to it that day9 spoke about in daily 100. | ||
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Cornix
United States220 Posts
On November 29 2012 11:50 GreEny K wrote: Actually bw required way more APM than sc2, it wasn't even spam then. I'd say 300 in sc2 is spamming though... There are certainly times you need to spike considerably higher than 300 especially when certain things are happening in the game. Most of the time though if you're at 300 apm you're spamming somehow in sc2, but you definitely still need to be able to move that fast so why not keep the speed. | ||
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slytown
Korea (South)1411 Posts
On November 29 2012 10:12 Gamegene wrote: Wish the article was more focused on a particular interesting element in our scene rather than trying to cover it's entirety. If I was someone who didn't know about the scene at all, none of this would make me particularly intrigued and hungry to read and learn more about eSports. Fo sho. Sports is so focused on the money you can't be surprised journalists look at e-sports the same way. | ||
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neggro
United States591 Posts
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Sumahi
Guam5609 Posts
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
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mrtomjones
Canada4020 Posts
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lim1017
Canada1278 Posts
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Cor_Malek
Poland61 Posts
So you're telling me that they could be called the LaForge brothers this whole time, and we were settling for "Plott thickens" puns?! Shit, I could see how they wanted to keep ties with their dad, but there's some priorities! Anyhoo, it's one of very few proper articles on e-sports, without the usual sensationalist angle, and actually explaining the parallels between competitive gaming and sports and hence - e-sports. I was getting sick and tired of authors acting as if calling competitive gaming e-sports was some kind of coup d'etat on work ethics of athletes, where in reality it's just the closest analogy. They missed a few beats here and there (Stephano in relation to paying for college, Lone Star Clash in relation to University involvement etc), but overall a solid piece of actual journalism. Took a few to get here  | ||
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leveller
Sweden1840 Posts
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krutopatkin
Germany2612 Posts
On November 29 2012 16:23 lim1017 wrote: no one mentions the fact that the picture is of league?... huh? it doesnt only cover starcraft 2, but esports in general. | ||
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Stancel
Singapore15360 Posts
On November 29 2012 16:39 Cor_Malek wrote: Wait, whoah, hey there! Stop the fucking press! So you're telling me that they could be called the LaForge brothers this whole time, and we were settling for "Plott thickens" puns?! Shit, I could see how they wanted to keep ties with their dad, but there's some priorities! Anyhoo, it's one of very few proper articles on e-sports, without the usual sensationalist angle, and actually explaining the parallels between competitive gaming and sports and hence - e-sports. I was getting sick and tired of authors acting as if calling competitive gaming e-sports was some kind of coup d'etat on work ethics of athletes, where in reality it's just the closest analogy. They missed a few beats here and there (Stephano in relation to paying for college, Lone Star Clash in relation to University involvement etc), but overall a solid piece of actual journalism. Took a few to get here So... No more Mama Plott, now it's Mama LaForge? Mama Plott sounds nicer though. | ||
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Scorch
Austria3371 Posts
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