eSports scores professional status (Al Jazeera) - Page 2

fmod

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.

Roswell

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.

Shinta)

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.

N.geNuity

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

jinorazi

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

nikj

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.

BisuDagger

Bisutopia19267 Posts

July 30 2014 03:47 GMT

#27

On July 30 2014 09:26 Shinta) wrote:

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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.

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

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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