I actually posted about this earlier in the SC2 thread, as I wasn't sure it justified a thread of its own - but I guess it does, really. I first found the article on the Guardian Android app - it was one of the featured stories for the US news section, which kind of surprised me when I stumbled across it! Really quite prominent, which is nice.

It's nice to see this kind of stuff published by the Guardian, especially since Rock, Paper, Shotgun (PC games blog run by various PC Gamer UK staffers) only even mention StarCraft II once in a blue moon.

Synche

United States1345 Posts

May 21 2013 00:37 GMT

#22

Good stuff. Professionally written.

Thrill

2599 Posts

May 21 2013 00:52 GMT

#23

Surely Idra can beat this guy:

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Evil_Sheep

Canada902 Posts

May 21 2013 02:34 GMT

#24

Nice article, the most surprising part is that this is getting coverage in a publication as prestigious as The Guardian. Whatever you think about Idra, this just underlines the point that he makes for good copy, as they say in the biz. He's the Sean Avery of e-sports (for you NHL fans.)

Schmoooopy

United States448 Posts

May 21 2013 02:52 GMT

#25

I like the professionalism of the article. Good piece of journalism and I'll gladly support The Guardian if they continue discussing pro-gaming in this manner.

mjuuy

Norway506 Posts

May 21 2013 02:55 GMT

#26

On May 21 2013 09:52 Thrill wrote:
Surely Idra can beat this guy:

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Yeah, it's #1 now.

tree.hugger

Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts

May 21 2013 02:56 GMT

#27

Excellent writing; clear and concise. Maybe the best explanation of esports I've seen in a mainstream publication. Interesting story to boot!

MateShade

Australia736 Posts

May 21 2013 02:57 GMT

#28

This article is so badly written, rookie journalist?

kakaman

United States1576 Posts

May 21 2013 02:59 GMT

#29

What's funny is people were curious of BM people in esports. The only difference is, in real sports, if you can play, you can get away with it lol.

braller

96 Posts

May 21 2013 03:01 GMT

#30

On May 21 2013 11:59 kakaman wrote:
What's funny is people were curious of BM people in esports. The only difference is, in real sports, if you can play, you can get away with it lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRDzXV7IgiI

He was banned for eight months because of that, so I have no idea what you're talking about.

MugenXBanksy

United States479 Posts

May 21 2013 03:01 GMT

#31

I don't trust the Guardian or the Observer. But I do trust Grack

kakaman

United States1576 Posts

May 21 2013 03:03 GMT

#32

On May 21 2013 12:01 braller wrote:

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He was banned for eight months because of that, so I have no idea what you're talking about.

Yeah he was banned by the FA, not Man U. It's like saying MLG banning Greg or something like that. Also, United did not let him go, which is what EG did to Greg.

THELEHGOTERRAN

United States1837 Posts

May 21 2013 03:05 GMT

#33

On May 21 2013 12:03 kakaman wrote:

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Yeah he was banned by the FA, not Man U. It's like saying MLG banning Greg or something like that. Also, United did not let him go, which is what EG did to Greg.

Yeah, success lets you stay. Kinda like Suarez at Liverpool not getting tossed from the team.

Santi

Colombia466 Posts

May 21 2013 03:10 GMT

#34

lol already 2 mainstream papers write about Idra. Nice.

Hangman89

Singapore43 Posts

May 21 2013 03:17 GMT

#35

It was a great article. And in my head somehow i read all of Idras quotes in his voice. Lol

VasHeR

166 Posts

May 21 2013 04:25 GMT

#36

Just to put things into perspective here, this article was not written as praise or acknowledgment of the hard work and accomplishments of anybody in esports. It was about how one of the most popular Starcraft 2 players outside of Korea is a former top player turned troll magnet who got fired for his nerd rage and disrespect towards other players and the SC2 community. Is this the kind of exposure esports needs? Why are people proud of this?

Nekovivie

United Kingdom2599 Posts

May 21 2013 08:40 GMT

#37

I was having a conversation with a friend, and I said there's a 99% chance he gets kicked for this. No chance he doesn't get kicked for this

How does that even work?

Sakray

France2198 Posts

May 21 2013 09:00 GMT

#38

Great article, but you probably made a mistake with the url of Real Talk's video, when you said "Two days after being fired, Fields announced his retirement in an interview", problem is that the said video is one year old :p

Deleted User 137586

7859 Posts

May 21 2013 09:10 GMT

#39

On May 21 2013 17:40 Nekovivie wrote:

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How does that even work?

He's a math major. It's nothing to do with numbers.