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Esports and Professional Gaming, a view how I see it.

Hello, maybe the most of you guys around here dont know me, but who cares?!, my name is Jordie Tournois and I worked/work for some gaming organisations in the eSports scene, doing management and writing articles, Im writing this post to bring something to the public from my point of view. The Esport is growing every day so maybe the opportunity for those that cant compete on a higher level. But Iam concerned about popularity and being a 'someone' will be the ultimate choice in whether someone gets on this team or gets on that team, or even gets a sponsor.


So my question is… how far can gaming go until a draft or even 'amateur' leagues are taken seriously. Yes, cal-o teams that make it from cal-o to cal-I are a fantastic thing, but what about those cal-o teams that have players on that team that can compete on a high level but the team fails and since they aren’t 'known' in the scene and getting screwed for 'onliners' because they are in an amateur team they loose out on the chance to play on a higher level in gaming. Every time players are told to try and get on a cal-m team and move up to cal-p or cal-i… but most of us know that a lot of these teams either never get the chance to be moved up or fall apart before making it, in which leaves those talented players without a team and without any chance of moving to another one. Because im very intersted in whats going on in the Esport community, Im glad now that im writing this article.

I really believe in Esports because its growing every day, maybe it can become a real sport but it will not be bigger then the FIFA society. But until people stop relying on popularity and past achievements I really dont think it will be as big as it could be, time will tell . But it would move so much faster if a draft or maybe a branch of teams for a 'gaming bussines' emerged. example, Complexity the North American team is considered a true 'gaming society/corporation' could form multiple teams from different games and send there 'marketing' to multiple tournaments in a year compared to what they can do with there one team they have now. Jason Lake the owner manager of the Complexity syndicate as you can saw in Complexity Redemption, he sees Complexity as a business and not just a team. If that’s so we all know that corporations have multiple teams that do there different tasks, Complexity could do the same, form two teams with the Complexity brand and send one team to this competition and one to the other. Creating a much broader opportunity for expansion and overall winnings, the business aspect of gaming has evolved a lot of money since sponsors have entered the whole gaming community.

The most guys of you would prolly say it would be hard to fund multiple teams for one gaming corporation, but its not as far fetched as you may think, provided there would have to be changes in the way that sponsors handled themselves but it would be more of a real 'partnership' In such a way that, that one company sponsored and funded the one gaming corporation instead of two or three different teams. But the fact remains that even AMD, Intel, Ati and such more companys could and would pay to support gaming as a profession instead of just a hobby. Allowing gaming to succeed beyond what most people expect it to be as of now or ever eventually be.


This would also allow for those talented people to actually make a living doing what there good at, people that really have a passion for the game could have a chance to play for top tier teams because the gaming corporations would have multiple teams to do multiple things with, sending one team to the CPL and the other to WCG or another wide tournament, plus making it less stressful for the company to do more with what they have.
Over the past few years gaming has expanded beyond what I think any of us could have seen. And to push it forward it requires it to be less of a popularity contest and more of a professional field. It’s the same with soccer if you think about it, what does the NFL look for during drafting? They look for those top stars that did well during their college season. It should be the same with professional sports, the managers and owners of teams should pay more attention to the upcoming stars, cause eventually there will be those that retire and all the 'famous' players will be gone and who will be left to take there spots? Those people in the cal-m and lower teams, those players that put just as much or more effort into the game then the pros of the time did.
One person who I think grasps e-sports more as a business then anyone is none other then Jonathan ''Fatal1ty' Wendel. He has an own shop and even an own company, I’d like to bring in a quote from a movie that really displays how the community sees the 'fatal1ty fact'. Everybody knows the movie with speedy and pimped cares 'The Fast and the Furious' Brian his boss in that movie had the following words to say in that movie. 'kids come in here and want whatever Toretto has and they pay cash!' It’s the same for the Esports and Fatal1ty has figured that out, and he created a board with his name on it in which all of us inspiring professional stars will see him using and want what he has to be the best of the best.

Kind Regards,

Jordie Tournois
 
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(last year)  #1 GMMaLaK_
MaLaK_
eSports has grown much in past years. But eSports wont ever become what is FIFA or something like that. Some small countries (like Bosnia and Herzegovina where I live) have very good players. I know some players which are good enough for top teams like sk, fnatic, MYM :), you must not believe but that is true. Just, they cant go to some bigger events. Sponsors in these countries are not interested to invest in eSports.

Also, they cant play online as good as on LAN. We dont have fas internet connections, dont have good computers like players in other countries (I mean on UK, Scandinaiva, Germany etc...).

I hope this will change one day. Yes, some top teams should organize drifts, tours or something. Look for good players. Make more than one team.

And I really hope this will come one day.
(last year)  #2 beaNNN
beaNNN
n1 contribution!
Last edited by beaNNN at 27.07.2007, 01:46
(last year)  #3 myMYM|uNder
uNder
@MaLaK _
misli si na mene i sk,fnatic , mym , jbga nedaju mi .. ^^
even if you lose > never give up !
(last year)  #4 agbar
agbar
Yes, Fatality is one of the formers of the esport I think especially in those games like Quake and Painkiller. He got his own shop and his own products. But I think a lot big tournaments like ESWC and that kind of tournament are good for the esport too. Those tournaments got attention from a lot of people. At last WCG there were some politcal persons there to see whats going on and they wanna got a impression of this professional sport. It gives a lot of CS Teams with their own shop and there own wear which everyone can buy.
Last edited by agbar at 14.08.2007, 01:19
(last year)  #5 storM--
storM--
yep, u are right agbar!
Life's simple, you make choices and you don't look back.
(last year)  #6 anabolique
anabolique
nice post you are right :P
why drink and drive just smoke and fly

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