If he is talking about the Yankees in the last few years, its spot on. Aging heroes, former or otherwise, + costly rosterl + minimal results describes them to a t.

its clear that they are using performance-enhancing drugs

Lysanias

Netherlands8351 Posts

September 29 2013 09:04 GMT

#62

Machine is alive ! And that's about all i got out of this.

Great for gaming though, this kind of publicity is key in making us grow.

Deleted User 137586

7859 Posts

September 29 2013 09:15 GMT

#63

Edit: Whooops, wrong thread. Still, go go Maru! ^^

Maruuuuuuuu, moments of micro brilliance!

Targe

United Kingdom14103 Posts

September 29 2013 09:30 GMT

#64

The comments section of that article I have to say is better than some other comments sections of article I've read.

FarmI3oy

United States255 Posts

September 29 2013 09:59 GMT

#65

Yankee's of e-sports puhleese........

Zorgaz

Sweden2951 Posts

September 29 2013 10:19 GMT

#66

On September 29 2013 11:51 fuzzylogic44 wrote:

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Hahahaha yeah I'm sure that's what they say.

Haha yeah, since when do you say stuff like that when playing starcraft? xD.

UmberBane

Germany5450 Posts

September 29 2013 10:24 GMT

#67

It's pretty astonishing how sloppily the article seems to have been done. We on here obviously perceive it quite extreme, because this is a topic that we know a lot about. I'm rather concerned about the quality of articles on topics that I don't know a lot or anything about, where I actually try to educate myself about something. It's obviously no secret that there's a lot of bad stuff out there that gets published, but for it to be that severe in a NY Times article... :I

Golgotha

Korea (South)8418 Posts

September 29 2013 10:30 GMT

#68

huk is a starcraft prodigy? i wonder what that makes parting.

BeerPong

6 Posts

September 29 2013 10:35 GMT

#69

Why is IdrA still on EG?

DavidM

Norway4 Posts

September 29 2013 10:48 GMT

#70

Machine still in the game....? wow

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

September 29 2013 10:51 GMT

#71

On September 29 2013 13:39 Bigtony wrote:

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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.

Except these things are still issues. Maelk and Kaci had that whole bit at TI3, predicated by the reddit thread complaining about people at the event who didn't shower. At fighting game events, it's so bad.

We know the cleanliness is pretty gross and Machine brought up improper hours himself.

Motherfuckers (in general, not just this article) need to learn to take care of themselves, like adults. Or at least when reporters are coming by. I think the article portrayed what went on without any judgment, and some people here are taking offense because they're embarrassed by it.

Kasaraki

Denmark7115 Posts

September 29 2013 10:51 GMT

#72

Haha, so much comedy gold in this article.

mechengineer123

Ukraine711 Posts

September 29 2013 11:10 GMT

#73

funny read :D thanks for laughs

Akaann

Switzerland82 Posts

September 29 2013 11:54 GMT

#74

Nice article. The story with the young woman at the end of the article was pretty funny :D

sparklyresidue

United States5523 Posts

September 29 2013 12:10 GMT

#75

Although I had a few eye rolls while reading the article, the negative response here on TL makes me think that many users here don't read a lot of newspaper articles. They're always based on approximations, filled with "choice" cringe-inducing quotes (to someone who actually participates in whatever the article is being written about) and generally inaccurate. If you wrote the article, most people reading the NY Times would not care about your hyperbolic description of Demuslim's "pale, slender fingers, dancing like flames against a dark Arizona night sky while accurately microing his marineball and continually producing SCVs". But I would. Oh man, that image.

Chinnro

Australia47 Posts

September 29 2013 12:13 GMT

#76

Garfield comes off as a major douche...great article/video otherwise.

k0pf

Germany180 Posts

September 29 2013 12:21 GMT

#77

Dont get me wrong. But who the hell would say "Nice shot!" in the EG house?

It is broken only by the patter-clack of keyboards or by occasional exclamations: “Nice shot, dude!” or “Dang, I just got killed!”

ACrow

Germany6583 Posts

September 29 2013 12:25 GMT

#78

Good publicity is good for everybody in eSports, not only EG, so give them some leniency when they exaggerate their own standing (Michael Jordan/Yankee comparisons)

Good job EG!!

ProBell

Thailand145 Posts

September 29 2013 12:30 GMT

#79

They should've interviewed Incontrol and Idra.

Noocta

France12578 Posts

September 29 2013 13:07 GMT

#80

So we are okay at blatantly lying to mainstream media about how Esport is doing to get attention now ?
Because either EG has a money machine in the backroom, or this article is full of bullshit.

Also, I feel like we should never have tried to use the term "Esport". It's just getting us weird look. People outside of the industry just don't understand why this should be a sport. Would have been so much easier if we were just professional videogames competitors.