No one else has posted this, so figured I would go ahead and do it.
The IPL has interviewed Marcus "djWHEAT" Graham about his experiences in the last 11 years of eSports, and where he thinks the future is heading. Topics include the Championship Gaming Series, not being in "a bubble", and how the different competitive gaming communities including Starcraft, League of Legends, Halo and Street Fighter should be less segregated, and respect each other more to fight for the same goals. "Hey guys, It's not just about your game. This is all bigger."
This is only Part 1, with Part 2 coming soon, I would think.
This is fucking awesome. It especially makes me feel all good and bubbly inside since I knew Wheat from when he casted Quake 3 . Thanks for posting! It reminds me of his reply to Milkis' rant on reddit. Very encompassing of esports as a whole and saying how it isn't just about SC or some other single game. It's about all of them.
Wow, some really nice points here by Wheat. I mean, it's nothing new, but it's always good to see the big names go out and try to work against the incessent flood of "x game is worse than y game".
And what Rekrul said, damn Wheat, you good at interviews, really giving e-sports a good face to the "outside", well on you
Who is the interviewer for this I wonder? Seems like a few good questions in there.
I like how everyone always runs to Marcus for these answers, like he is the Gandalf Grey of eSports or something.
Would be nice to do an eSports History series with a few people along with Marcus though, maybe get Carmac, Slasher, SirScoots, Jason Lake, Torbull, Hwanni, etc, in the mix. Would be an interesting panel to interview and have discuss the past 10 to 15 years of eSports.
There are so many interesting stories from other games and scenes. I mean, when was the last time you heard someone discuss the name ICECLIMBERS or Immortal (the person, not the unit)? I know I can't remember.
Anyway, can't wait for part 2, seems a little short though?
Instant nerd chills in the first 5 seconds, sick interview, can't wait for part 2. DJWheat is such an amazing figure within esports, he has been here every since the start and he'll stick around all the way down the road.
DjWheat is the father of esports honestly. I remember back when he was with Team Sportscast Network with games like return to castle wolfenstein For many that was the first glimpse of true esports, it had tons of followers. No video streaming then, just casting audio.
On February 06 2012 19:49 Avean wrote: DjWheat is the father of esports honestly. I remember back when he was with Team Sportscast Network with games like return to castle wolfenstein For many that was the first glimpse of true esports, it had tons of followers. No video streaming then, just casting audio.
Oh man I remember the times of Enemy Territory at its hight, you'd tune into ETTV then load up a shoutcast stream with winamp and use some plugins to match the audio with the video, they'd give like countdowns so people could get synced, then watch some badass teamplay (idle, parodia, gunslingers, dsky etc) and insane aim (mystic, mAus, ferus..). That was pretty epic. Kinda sad streaming wasn't where it is now back then, maybe that community would have grown more. Filling a 1000 slot ETTV server was like whoah, and some biggest finals could maybe get 2.5k or something. Now with streaming there stuff like LoL finals getting 220k viewers and just eu tournament finals near 100k. Insane.
I like wheat but I can't help but feel a little hypocrisy from the way he talks about playing nice with other games. This isn't an issue with him in particular, but pretty much all of the big name personalities. How can you tell people to respect League of Legends and Halo while at the same time completely ignoring Starcraft BW or treating it like some nostalgic fossil? It's like "Yeah support these other games, except for the one in direct competition with the one I work with."
On February 06 2012 18:09 boaecho wrote: I hated him when they tried to get him to cast Street Fighter...he knew absolutely nothing. Ruined the whole SF tournament for me :/
How hard can it be to say "salt," "blown up," "free," "downloaded," and "good read" as frequently as possible?
EPT
. Thanks for posting! It reminds me of his reply to Milkis' rant on reddit. Very encompassing of esports as a whole and saying how it isn't just about SC or some other single game. It's about all of them.
For many that was the first glimpse of true esports, it had tons of followers. No video streaming then, just casting audio. 
