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Kuroeeah
11696 Posts
On September 29 2013 14:23 HeeroFX wrote: I am actually impressed by the story, they really took the time to learn about the esports world. did they? several choice quotes makes it pretty apparent that they didn't even take the time to learn what game pros were playing | ||
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GwSC
United States1997 Posts
I lol'd at this part | ||
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farvacola
United States18843 Posts
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Patate
Canada441 Posts
On September 29 2013 14:29 Kuroeeah wrote: did they? several choice quotes makes it pretty apparent that they didn't even take the time to learn what game pros were playing With the LCS finals taking 1 hour to sell all the Stapplers Centre tickets in LA, I'd guess that they should be curious. | ||
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drop271
New Zealand286 Posts
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UmberBane
Germany5450 Posts
On September 29 2013 15:03 Patate wrote: With the LCS finals taking 1 hour to sell all the Stapplers Centre tickets in LA, I'd guess that they should be curious. Hehe that sounds really funny, but it's "Staples Center", just for the sake of completeness.  The funniest thing I saw recently was someone calling it "Stapleless Center", which was awesome. I agree though, it's giving a lot of attention to eSports as a whole. If you think about the storyline that an outsider might see "There is this new game whos players are recognized as athletes by the US government, it completely sold out Staples in one hour and now is being sponsored by American Express in the same manner as they sponsor the US Open or LA Kings". Sounds quite legitimate for eSports. | ||
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tar
Germany991 Posts
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JustPassingBy
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
"Moldy pizza and day-old cereal bowls" Well, it's an interesting bit of PR there. Or maybe this is just the reality we need to accept about hardcore video gaming. But it seems it would tend to confirm the outside world's negative perception of the nature of video gaming. | ||
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goofyballer
United States136 Posts
On September 29 2013 13:39 Bigtony wrote: It has some positive notes but also focuses repeatedly on 'stereotypical nerd markers.' Commenting on how late they sleep? Their hygiene? Ugggghh at least it is not overtly aggressive. Why wouldn't the article comment on that? This is the New York Times. Their readership isn't gamers, it's normal people, and it's the reporter's job to inform them, not to paint esports in the best possible light. Normal people would probably be pretty interested to learn that you can be some nerd who sleeps in until 3pm and spends 90% of your time in basketball shorts and still make six figures a year playing a video game. | ||
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IcedBacon
Canada906 Posts
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
On September 29 2013 16:29 Doodsmack wrote: "Most of them have never known anything except for video games." "Moldy pizza and day-old cereal bowls" Well, it's an interesting bit of PR there. Or maybe this is just the reality we need to accept about hardcore video gaming. But it seems it would tend to confirm the outside world's negative perception of the nature of video gaming. I mean, if it's a reality, it's not really something to be super ashamed of. They didn't seem to make any negative implications, that was left to the reader. | ||
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
On September 29 2013 16:47 IcedBacon wrote: Judging from the excerpt in the OP, sounds like a fucking awful article. Yeah all progamers are complete shut-ins that despise the sunlight and stay glued to their computers 24/7 living off shitty food and energy drinks. Okay. I mean, dude... that might be a little bit of an overgeneralization, but not entirely. If you want to be a professional gamer, especially in SC/SC2, you have to make a lot of sacrifices. Maybe they don't despise the sunlight but they spend the vast majority of their time (even when not practicing) in a dark room on their computer. I have been there. | ||
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Bizeheryer
Germany307 Posts
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ASoo
2865 Posts
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MagnuMizer
Denmark384 Posts
and on another note, is DeMuslim switching to Dota 2? [proof=http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/09/29/sports/29gamers_ss-7.html http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/09/29/sports/29gamers_ss-4.html?_r=0] | ||
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aXa
France748 Posts
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jackslater
Russian Federation604 Posts
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Grumbels
Netherlands7031 Posts
On September 29 2013 16:29 Doodsmack wrote: "Most of them have never known anything except for video games." "Moldy pizza and day-old cereal bowls" Well, it's an interesting bit of PR there. Or maybe this is just the reality we need to accept about hardcore video gaming. But it seems it would tend to confirm the outside world's negative perception of the nature of video gaming. Why do they even have maids if they don't clean up before some snooty NY Times reporter comes that is just itching to portray them as losers? | ||
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CloudMage
Canada221 Posts
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