EPTBBC does a video on Starcraft 2 and e-sports! - Page 4
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Markwerf
Netherlands3728 Posts
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CursedRich
United Kingdom737 Posts
On August 28 2012 20:08 Markwerf wrote: Just one look at the audience or the average gamer and you will know e-sports won't ever be as big as the big sports. All the nerds in the audience make me cringe everytime The question is, would these people be at mainstream sports events? | ||
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bardtown
England2313 Posts
On August 28 2012 20:12 CursedRich wrote: The question is, would these people be at mainstream sports events? There's actually nothing attractive about football crowds, for example, either. They're full of fat men who like beer a little too much. Boxing crowds are incredibly nerdy. Unfortunately the stereotypes seem to damage gaming more than other sports. | ||
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WArped
United Kingdom4845 Posts
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The KY
United Kingdom6252 Posts
On August 28 2012 20:16 bardtown wrote: There's actually nothing attractive about football crowds, for example, either. They're full of fat men who like beer a little too much. Boxing crowds are incredibly nerdy. Unfortunately the stereotypes seem to damage gaming more than other sports. Football crowds so often have a few too many racist homophobic cunts, it gets the sport some flack but it never denies it the mainstream. Don't think anyone would imagine that ESPORTS will be as big as regular sports but it doesn't need to. It's a niche and we know it but that isn't a bad thing. | ||
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Gben592
United Kingdom281 Posts
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mostevil
United Kingdom611 Posts
On August 28 2012 15:22 iNcontroL wrote: anna is in it!  All soft focus and interesting angles, somebody at the bbc wanted to make this look good. All the women were shown doing professional jobs about the place instead of focusing on the promo girls too. Gotta love the beeb for this. Shame its just webpage filler. If enough people hit it up though it'll stay in the most viewed. The exposure definitely can't hurt (unlike the CNN bs)! | ||
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Zer atai
United States691 Posts
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Tao367
United Kingdom324 Posts
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dynwar7
1983 Posts
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LOLItsRyann
England551 Posts
On August 28 2012 15:54 TwilightRain wrote: How about we stop bitching about minor info mistakes and be happy that it's not another one of those aricles like the CNN one or the one in the Raleigh newspaper?! Seriously, guys. Thank you, finally someone that sees the point. Well done sir. Opposing the usual first page knitpicking people that TL has to offer. "Oh hey guys look, a genuine little bit about esports becoming more widespread and known amongst the world!" "LOL, they got some facts wrong." -_- | ||
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Kasu
United Kingdom345 Posts
On August 28 2012 14:24 Lineridarz wrote: Very cool. It's nice to see a UK news website covering esports. Definitely this. Hopefully we will soon see some improvements in the UK media's attitude to eSports and gaming in general. | ||
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KillingVector
United States96 Posts
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Uvantak
Uruguay1381 Posts
Here it is a Youtube mirror of the video, for those like me that can't see the vid in the bbc's player | ||
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Blazinghand
United States25550 Posts
On August 28 2012 23:49 LOLItsRyann wrote: Thank you, finally someone that sees the point. Well done sir. Opposing the usual first page knitpicking people that TL has to offer. "Oh hey guys look, a genuine little bit about esports becoming more widespread and known amongst the world!" "LOL, they got some facts wrong." -_- I'm glad there's a positive article on esports :D more good exposure for us means it's more likely that there will be sponsors and stuff | ||
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magicaljobo
Australia113 Posts
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InoyouS2
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+1000 BBC. | ||
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m1rk3
Canada412 Posts
Very well made video. Glad to see e-sports getting more positive exposure from major media sources rather than just National Geographic or national channels in Korea. But honestly, I doubt that the masses will swarm to e-sports. For example, out of 1800 people in my school, only 10 of us have an interest in e-sports and only 2 actually devoting ourselves to learning all about it. Sports like American and European football, as well as the Superbowl is something at least half of the school tunes into. A little growth is better than no growth. This is still all young. that's 10 people from one school, think about 100 or 1000 schools. | ||
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