• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 05:59
CEST 11:59
KST 18:59
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt2: News Flash8[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt1: New Chaos0Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy13ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT30Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book20
Community News
Weekly Cups (March 23-29): herO takes triple6Aligulac acquired by REPLAYMAN.com/Stego Research6Weekly Cups (March 16-22): herO doubles, Cure surprises3Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool49Weekly Cups (March 9-15): herO, Clem, ByuN win4
StarCraft 2
General
Weekly Cups (March 23-29): herO takes triple Aligulac acquired by REPLAYMAN.com/Stego Research Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy What mix of new & old maps do you want in the next ladder pool? (SC2) herO wins SC2 All-Star Invitational
Tourneys
Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament RSL Season 4 announced for March-April StarCraft Evolution League (SC Evo Biweekly) WardiTV Mondays World University TeamLeague (500$+) | Signups Open
Strategy
Custom Maps
[M] (2) Frigid Storage Publishing has been re-enabled! [Feb 24th 2026]
External Content
Mutation # 519 Inner Power The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 518 Radiation Zone Mutation # 517 Distant Threat
Brood War
General
Pros React To: SoulKey vs Ample BW General Discussion Build Order Practice Maps [ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt2: News Flash BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/
Tourneys
[ASL21] Ro24 Group F [ASL21] Ro24 Group E 🌍 Weekly Foreign Showmatches [ASL21] Ro24 Group B
Strategy
Fighting Spirit mining rates What's the deal with APM & what's its true value Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Starcraft Tabletop Miniature Game Nintendo Switch Thread General RTS Discussion Thread Darkest Dungeon
Dota 2
The Story of Wings Gaming Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
G2 just beat GenG in First stand
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas TL Mafia Community Thread Five o'clock TL Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine The Games Industry And ATVI European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books Movie Discussion!
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion Cricket [SPORT] Tokyo Olympics 2021 Thread General nutrition recommendations
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
[G] How to Block Livestream Ads
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Money Laundering In Video Ga…
TrAiDoS
Iranian anarchists: organize…
XenOsky
FS++
Kraekkling
Shocked by a laser…
Spydermine0240
ASL S21 English Commentary…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 8227 users

PBS on The Rise of Competitive Gaming and eSports

Forum Index > SC2 General
Post a Reply
1 2 3 Next All
Slasher
Profile Joined September 2007
United States1095 Posts
January 31 2013 20:56 GMT
#1
PBS has done a neat short video on the Rise of Competitive Gaming and eSports, featuring much StarCraft 2 footage among other games.

tshi
Profile Joined September 2012
United States2495 Posts
January 31 2013 20:57 GMT
#2
RIP IN PIECE, 1995
scrub - inexperienced player with relatively little skill and excessive arrogance
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
January 31 2013 20:58 GMT
#3
The researcher talking (TL Taylor) can be found on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ybika

She has been following the scene from a sociological standpoint for many years now and has released a good number of books on the subjects.

She is currently researching the Livestream aspect of gaming and online spectator/viewership.
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
Master of DalK
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Canada1803 Posts
January 31 2013 21:01 GMT
#4
Was very well done! Glad to see some more good recognition for eSports~
@MasterDalK | Maelstrom Entertainment | Streaming Every Esport Under the Sun
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
January 31 2013 21:02 GMT
#5
The title is a little redundant. I would have just called it the rise of competitive gaming and not both.
elmizzt
Profile Joined February 2010
United States3309 Posts
January 31 2013 21:05 GMT
#6
On February 01 2013 06:02 StarStruck wrote:
The title is a little redundant. I would have just called it the rise of competitive gaming and not both.

It's catered towards people who might never have encountered the term "esports". Putting both of them in the title exposes them to the term while explaining it at the same time.
d=(^_^)z
tshi
Profile Joined September 2012
United States2495 Posts
January 31 2013 21:05 GMT
#7
I cried a little when the guy said that the community now is extremely friendly.

: (
scrub - inexperienced player with relatively little skill and excessive arrogance
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
January 31 2013 21:07 GMT
#8
Hope this is good, guess we can say that PBS thinks we're cutting edge now.
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
Spiffeh
Profile Joined May 2010
United States830 Posts
January 31 2013 21:07 GMT
#9
This is kinda cool (and unofficial), but from what I heard/saw, it looks like PBS is also doing a documentary on TSM (Team Solomid) at their new gaming house in San Fran.

Dan Dinh, Jonas, and Reginald were having a conversation about it on Dan's stream last night before he muted it.

GGGGGGGG
Dirkinity
Profile Joined November 2012
Germany409 Posts
January 31 2013 21:09 GMT
#10
What the heck is PBS?
Boblhead
Profile Joined August 2010
United States2577 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-31 21:51:28
January 31 2013 21:12 GMT
#11
On February 01 2013 06:09 Dirkinity wrote:
What the heck is PBS?

Public Broadcasting Service
its pretty much public tv
farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18856 Posts
January 31 2013 21:13 GMT
#12
On February 01 2013 06:09 Dirkinity wrote:
What the heck is PBS?

The Public Broadcasting Service, an excellent public television and media producer that is one of the last bastions of American televised journalistic integrity.
"when the Dead Kennedys found out they had skinhead fans, they literally wrote a song titled 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off'"
Thienan567
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States670 Posts
January 31 2013 21:14 GMT
#13
On February 01 2013 06:09 Dirkinity wrote:
What the heck is PBS?


Public Broadcasting Service. Basically US network that does a lot of coverage on news, current events, education, etc. Not surprised at all that they'd run an e-sports video on air (but at time same time I doubt that it actually has been on air).

Not a bad network imo, but certainly there's better.
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
January 31 2013 21:17 GMT
#14
On February 01 2013 06:05 elmizzt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2013 06:02 StarStruck wrote:
The title is a little redundant. I would have just called it the rise of competitive gaming and not both.

It's catered towards people who might never have encountered the term "esports". Putting both of them in the title exposes them to the term while explaining it at the same time.


I understood that. I still find it redundant and I never liked the term in the first place especially when you look at the communities under a microscope.

On February 01 2013 06:07 heyoka wrote:
Hope this is good, guess we can say that PBS thinks we're cutting edge now.


I don't know what to make of that considering we're talking about PBS.
TheGiftedApe
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1243 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-31 21:21:22
January 31 2013 21:20 GMT
#15
PBS stations are known to broadcast local sporting events such as high school football or division 3 ncaa etc. PBS could be the first major tv network to show eSports it would not surprise me. I could imagine them atleast testing it in a couple markets.
xO-Gaming.com || [xO]TheGiftedApe.364 || xO-Gaming Manager.
JOJOsc2news
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
3000 Posts
January 31 2013 21:20 GMT
#16
There is nothing really new in that video for anyone who has been remotely involved with the scene but it's an excellent video to show to people who don't have much experience with the competitive gaming scene. Very well put together with great footage and well articulated basic points. Definitely something to show 'outsiders'
✉ Tweets @sc2channel ⌦ Blog: http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/JOJO ⌫ "Arbiterssss... build more arbiterssss." Click 'Profile' for awesome shiro art!
Dirkinity
Profile Joined November 2012
Germany409 Posts
January 31 2013 21:21 GMT
#17
On February 01 2013 06:12 Boblhead wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2013 06:09 Dirkinity wrote:
What the heck is PBS?

Public Broadcasting System
its pretty much public tv


Is there "Non-public" tv in america? o_0
TheGiftedApe
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1243 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-31 21:22:12
January 31 2013 21:21 GMT
#18
On February 01 2013 06:21 Dirkinity wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2013 06:12 Boblhead wrote:
On February 01 2013 06:09 Dirkinity wrote:
What the heck is PBS?

Public Broadcasting System
its pretty much public tv


Is there "Non-public" tv in america? o_0



it's public in that it is not owned by a major corporation and its funded by viewer donations, you do not have to pay for cable/satellite service to get pbs in most cases.
xO-Gaming.com || [xO]TheGiftedApe.364 || xO-Gaming Manager.
KillingVector
Profile Joined June 2012
United States96 Posts
January 31 2013 21:23 GMT
#19
I'm having trouble finding the video or any info about it on pbs.org. So, is this going to be on air eventually, just on their website, or for some reason, only on youtube?

Also, great video. It's the video the community deserved. Leagues better than stuff put out by CNN. Only thing that caught my eye as out of place was when the video is talking about female players struggling, there is a clip of a Sc2 fan holding a sign saying "Deezer you suck". For someone who doesn't know better, this could leave the wrong impression.
"In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them." - John Von Neumann
KillingVector
Profile Joined June 2012
United States96 Posts
January 31 2013 21:25 GMT
#20
On February 01 2013 06:20 TheGiftedApe wrote:
PBS stations are known to broadcast local sporting events such as high school football or division 3 ncaa etc. PBS could be the first major tv network to show eSports it would not surprise me. I could imagine them atleast testing it in a couple markets.


It would be a hell of a lot better than those programs they run about "brain health" and "personal happiness."
"In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them." - John Von Neumann
1 2 3 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Replay Cast
09:00
KungFu Cup 2026 Week 2
CranKy Ducklings81
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
SortOf 122
ProTech118
StarCraft: Brood War
Bisu 1754
Flash 1204
Calm 341
actioN 282
Stork 214
EffOrt 173
Soma 167
PianO 152
Rush 141
Hyuk 133
[ Show more ]
Dewaltoss 104
Killer 70
Sharp 68
ToSsGirL 64
ggaemo 53
Soulkey 48
Shine 42
Shinee 33
scan(afreeca) 31
sSak 31
Hm[arnc] 23
soO 16
Noble 14
yabsab 10
Sacsri 10
JulyZerg 9
Terrorterran 8
Hyun 0
Dota 2
XaKoH 632
XcaliburYe452
canceldota165
League of Legends
Reynor50
Counter-Strike
olofmeister1486
shoxiejesuss769
byalli589
zeus213
Other Games
ceh9724
singsing658
Happy268
Sick190
crisheroes180
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick535
StarCraft: Brood War
UltimateBattle 25
lovetv 9
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 14 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• LUISG 32
• CranKy Ducklings SOOP3
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• iopq 2
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Jankos1144
Upcoming Events
Afreeca Starleague
1m
BeSt vs Leta
Queen vs Jaedong
Afreeca ASL 820
StarCastTV_EN10
Kung Fu Cup
1h 1m
Replay Cast
14h 1m
The PondCast
1d
OSC
1d 14h
RSL Revival
2 days
TriGGeR vs Cure
ByuN vs Rogue
Replay Cast
2 days
RSL Revival
3 days
Maru vs MaxPax
BSL
3 days
RSL Revival
3 days
[ Show More ]
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
4 days
BSL
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

CSL Season 20: Qualifier 1
WardiTV Winter 2026
NationLESS Cup

Ongoing

BSL Season 22
CSL Elite League 2026
ASL Season 21
CSL Season 20: Qualifier 2
RSL Revival: Season 4
Nations Cup 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S2: W1
CSL 2026 SPRING (S20)
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
BSL 22 Non-Korean Championship
CSLAN 4
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
StarCraft2 Community Team League 2026 Spring
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.