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fmod
Profile Blog Joined November 2013
Cayman Islands330 Posts
July 30 2014 00:02 GMT
#21
Meh. This isn't the first time, these stories pop up sporadically every few month or so in newspapers/tv. I don't think we need mainstream acceptance or anything like that for ESPORTS.
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Roswell
Profile Joined November 2013
United States250 Posts
July 30 2014 00:21 GMT
#22
How is right clicking one unit for 83% of your 70 apm considered an "e-sport?" 20 million ppl watched the international... U guys stop.
"You are the bravest boy I have ever met"
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Profile Joined July 2010
United States1716 Posts
July 30 2014 00:26 GMT
#23
On July 30 2014 08:47 StarStruck wrote:
It changes nothing in reality. You would need stories like this running everywhere to actually gain anything.

Nah man, you're wrong. This article automatically puts SC2 into super star status. All players will soon sign multi million dollar contracts and the World Cup is going to replace soccer for SC2.
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N.geNuity
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States5112 Posts
July 30 2014 01:31 GMT
#24
why the fuck does nobody ever mention a mini documentary on wemade fox?

never knew the nada/moon keyboard thing was from an extended interview/look at wemade
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jinorazi
Profile Joined October 2004
Korea (South)4948 Posts
July 30 2014 01:41 GMT
#25
Why the al jazeera hate, I think they're pretty good. I enjoyed them until they disallowed usa stream
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nikj
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada669 Posts
July 30 2014 02:54 GMT
#26
The CBC here in Canada ran a few news stories about E-sports around the time of TI4. My ears certainly perked up a little bit on my drive to work when I heard them talking about Twitch, Dota 2, and Esports on the radio. The prize money of TI4 alone is enough to grab some attention, but they went in depth to talk about streamers and how you can make a living of playing games or being an "e-sport personality."


Meh. This isn't the first time, these stories pop up sporadically every few month or so in newspapers/tv. I don't think we need mainstream acceptance or anything like that for ESPORTS.


Like Fmod was saying here, this isn't the first time I've seen/heard these types of stories in the main stream media. But they do seem to be appearing more frequently. Certainly doesn't hurt the scene any.
Y'know sometimes people ask me y'know like "What's your religion and stuff?" And I'm like "y' know it's like RTS." Uh, and they're like, "What's that?" And I'm like, "Y'know it's kinda like, kinda like Buddism."
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19368 Posts
July 30 2014 03:47 GMT
#27
On July 30 2014 09:26 Shinta) wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 30 2014 08:47 StarStruck wrote:
It changes nothing in reality. You would need stories like this running everywhere to actually gain anything.

Nah man, you're wrong. This article automatically puts SC2 into super star status. All players will soon sign multi million dollar contracts and the World Cup is going to replace soccer for SC2.

SC1 and SC2 are full of professionals wether anyone writes about it or not. There are thousands of us who believe and live it every day. That being said, exposure is always nice.
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52798 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-30 05:03:08
July 30 2014 04:49 GMT
#28
I don't think that this article makes eSports professional. The people that work for hours every day to give thousands of people constant content, on the other hand, definitely do. Nevertheless, good article although I think it missed a few important points which have been mostly pointed out in this thread.
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