CBS article regarding Gordon Hayward - Page 11
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ProxyKnoxy
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MangoTango
United States3670 Posts
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FryktSkyene
United States1327 Posts
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Loodah
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kickinhead
Switzerland2069 Posts
I totally get why ppl get upset about this and I think it's a good thing the we make ourselves heard (in a civil manner of course, cuz that will get you way further than just spamming ppl with hatemails), but in all honesty - it's not worth your time and certainly not a higher blood-pressure, if a complete idiot writes something like that. Regarding Gordon playing in the IPL3: I was kinda upset at first that a low-level player would just be invited just because of his status, but hey: If it gets puplicity and paints a more accurate picture of the huge diversity of gamers out there, I think it's a pretty good thing for esports! Besides: Ppl that have such a high dedication to sth. be it gaming, "traditional sports" etc. deserve to be taken serious - maybe Gordon will start practicing hard and actually get really good; who knows? | ||
Sokalo
United States375 Posts
On September 08 2011 16:04 Zzoram wrote: It would be cool if he did some journalism and actually researched SC2 and embedded himself in the community for a few weeks, maybe even go to MLG Orlando to do an in-depth examination. That would make a great follow up story. It would be interesting to see if he still feels the same way after attending an MLG. He essentialy blogs about the Blazers and is paid for his fluff contributions to the nba section of cbssports. While I can't say anything for certain, I sincerely doubt he has any financial backing to do anything resembling actual journalism. | ||
mrtomjones
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Kairos~
Canada129 Posts
On September 08 2011 16:05 ProxyKnoxy wrote: Feel sorry for the guy he's completely out of his depth.. but judging from his twitter posts he wasn't intending to flame esports.. I don't want to get this guy fired (if its possible) Or he isn't stupid enough to not act innocent when caught doing something idiotic, immature and unwarranted. | ||
Zzoram
Canada7115 Posts
Starcraft 2 is quite a physical game too, not anyone can handle playing at 200+ apm for hours at a time. It takes a lot of conditioning and training for people to speed up, and many players have suffered repetitive motion injuries in the process, just like sports players. Obviously the magnitude of physicality of Starcraft 2 is lower than sports, but I would argue that the increased multitasking and decision making required makes up for it. | ||
Zzoram
Canada7115 Posts
On September 08 2011 16:11 Sokalo wrote: He essentialy blogs about the Blazers and is paid for his fluff contributions to the nba section of cbssports. While I can't say anything for certain, I sincerely doubt he has any financial backing to do anything resembling actual journalism. If he's smart, he will take the opportunity he just stumbled on to make a name for himself by digging deeper into Starcraft 2 as an esport. | ||
MilesTeg
France1271 Posts
It's good to let him know he screwed up, but PLEASE stop with the name calling, and rage posts. It's bad for the community. | ||
kickinhead
Switzerland2069 Posts
On September 08 2011 16:15 Zzoram wrote: Sports are just games that got taken to an extreme competitive level and became spectator friendly. Starcraft 2 is quite a physical game too, not anyone can handle playing at 200+ apm for hours at a time. It takes a lot of conditioning and training for people to speed up, and many players have suffered repetitive motion injuries in the process, just like sports players. Brain-activity, Finger-, Eye- and Handmovements are physical things by definition and there are things considered sport, which require nothing more, often even way less of those aspects than professional gaming. It's uneducated and quite antiquated to call anything where you don't have to run around not a Sport, just because you got used to a certain connotation of the word. Not to bash you of course, I just used the quote to spin your train of thought a little further! ^^ | ||
Klunssila
United States220 Posts
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Tuxedo
United States134 Posts
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MilesTeg
France1271 Posts
Someone should alert the authorities. | ||
Zzoram
Canada7115 Posts
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Yuriegh
United States327 Posts
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kickinhead
Switzerland2069 Posts
Kinda messed up if I'm right with this assumption, that's why I wouldn't just accept his apology. Part of journalism is research and having a differentiated opinion you can stand behind and if you can't meet those criteria you probably think quite low of yourself, your job and your blog. I really think this guy should make a real effort to write something more educated about eSports, cuz a simple apology is just not enough and a very easy way out. | ||
cheeseheadlogic
United States322 Posts
PRO NERD BALLER SWAG SWAG SWAG ! SWAG! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||
Oxyoxygen
United States68 Posts
On September 08 2011 16:24 Schwang wrote: Hey guys on his twitter account http://twitter.com/#!/blazersedge you can see that he has been responding to all the critisism and he has been apologizing alot. He shouldn't have written that article without some research, but at least he is realizing his mistake... Yeah i checked out his twitter out of curiosity, he has literally spent the last 4 hours replying to every @tweet and apologizing. He has earned some respect back for manning up to his mistake. Lesson learned i suppose. | ||
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