EPTMIT 2013 eSports panel: Morhaime, Sundance, Twitch - Page 2
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PeachTea
United States149 Posts
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bo1b
Australia12814 Posts
On March 09 2013 15:25 Olex wrote: Sundance is very, very good at talking. This was well established for me at least ages back. | ||
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recklessfire
United States373 Posts
On March 09 2013 17:05 PeachTea wrote: pretty interesting. Really enjoyed hearing sundance's thoughts. Is it me, or it is hard to listen to Mike Morhaime. It seems that everyone else has a real grasp on their knowledge about esports and how their companies relate to it except for him. yea, it seemed he was less prepared, but i really dont blame him. His job requires him to be involved with everything that blizzard does, so d3/wow/business bullshit related stuff that has nothing to do with esports. I don't think a majority of his time goes into the esports side, so i dont expect him to know all the specific details involved with that. I would have rather had dustin browder or someone else from the sc2 team to be there, they would know the subject much more than mike morhaime. That being said, im not saying that he doesnt care about esports; how could he have the time to dedicate to esports especially since hes the CEO of blizzard. | ||
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Integra
Sweden5626 Posts
On March 09 2013 17:11 recklessfire wrote: yea, it seemed he was less prepared, but i really dont blame him. His job requires him to be involved with everything that blizzard does, so d3/wow/business bullshit related stuff that has nothing to do with esports. I don't think a majority of his time goes into the esports side, so i dont expect him to know all the specific details involved with that. I would have rather had dustin browder or someone else from the sc2 team to be there, they would know the subject much more than mike morhaime. That being said, im not saying that he doesnt care about esports; how could he have the time to dedicate to esports especially since hes the CEO of blizzard. Pretty much this. Problem is that Mike Morhaime has so much stuff to deal with that he has no other option than to operate on a more general level compared to the others who's only job is to work specifically on Esports. And with that said he prolly knows allot about Esports it's just that the particular perspective of it that was being discussed wasn't the side of Esports he normally deals with as a Blizzard CEO. | ||
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Kaal
Djibouti2466 Posts
I'd love to hear a longer panel/conservatory just from Sundance himself about the specifics of the business aspect. I doubt he would do it for a few years when the share is more stable and he has more time to do that kind of thing. | ||
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sabas123
Netherlands3122 Posts
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jax1492
United States1632 Posts
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TOCHMY
Sweden1692 Posts
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caelym
United States6421 Posts
On March 09 2013 17:05 PeachTea wrote: pretty interesting. Really enjoyed hearing sundance's thoughts. Is it me, or it is hard to listen to Mike Morhaime. It seems that everyone else has a real grasp on their knowledge about esports and how their companies relate to it except for him. I'm with you. He looked uncomfortable, and his responses were generic. | ||
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Copymizer
Denmark2078 Posts
On March 10 2013 02:06 caelym wrote: I'm with you. He looked uncomfortable, and his responses were generic. Agree, i think when he talks he talks like the CEO of Blizzard to a global audience of costumers + investors and not as Mike Morhaime himself personal about eSports and his interpretation of it etc.. | ||
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Assirra
Belgium4169 Posts
On March 09 2013 17:05 PeachTea wrote: pretty interesting. Really enjoyed hearing sundance's thoughts. Is it me, or it is hard to listen to Mike Morhaime. It seems that everyone else has a real grasp on their knowledge about esports and how their companies relate to it except for him. Well he is the CEO of Blizzard so i was honestly surprised he was there at all. He has so much stuff to do that i doubt he has time for Esports except maybe in his free time. | ||
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Recognizable
Netherlands1552 Posts
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mjnbowlgod
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iViNtaGe
United States254 Posts
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c0ldfusion
United States8293 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts
Might see if there is another way A note needed btw, when your asking a question or starting a discussion, ask it to someone directly, then say "moving down the line after" to get other peoples points. The pauses in between questions makes it pretty silly where everyone looks at each other and says ermmm ill go. Or engage them more when their answer your question and say "what about your view on this x" ^_^ just nitpicking at the discussion/panel style | ||
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c0ldfusion
United States8293 Posts
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada16378 Posts
On March 10 2013 02:06 caelym wrote: I'm with you. He looked uncomfortable, and his responses were generic. its because their year long WCS thing from 2012 that was the most they've ever committed to eSports was a financial blood bath. and Mike had a hard time lying about that. so he said nothing. As I've already stated look for SC2 to have less big time events and over all less prize money in 2013 than in 2012. And again , that isn't something to brag about. All the other guys had these giant "growth numbers" to talk about that did not include Starcraft. OFFICIAL DISCLAIMER: i am not saying Starcraft is dying. Blizzard will continue to make hundreds of millions of dollars off of the Starcraft IP in the foreseeable future. It'll be by selling copies of the game... not via "esports". | ||
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TerranosaurusWrecks
Canada187 Posts
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Master of DalK
Canada1797 Posts
Great information on eSports, and it's good to hear people from the traditional sports want to get involved with eSports as well (houston rockets hwaiting~!) | ||
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