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  • CSN NewsBot

    #1

    CAL Professionalism Article

    Amped eSports features their latest article, Ripple Effect: Raising The Bar On Professionalism, that addresses the recent change set forth by the Cyberathlete Amateur League. Said article delves deep to show why this is only just the calm before the storm, and is an intriguing article at that.
    I believe that there is a firm need for the players to get something back. But not just out of pockets of the leagues and events, of course - I believe a massive infrastructure must be built before any of this can take place. I'll briefly go over some of these foundation principles, but the power truly isn't in my hands on this one. The power lies with the event organizers, the players, the managers, but primarily it will take a lot of time and money. Someone has to be willing to spend millions of dollars to create the basis for a business infrastructure, see it through its childhood, and help to bring aboard the people who can foster it into a full maturity. Gaming is currently an over $12 Billion industry in the U.S. alone - the worldwide potential for profit from the creation of a viable consumer-driven sport is mind-blowing.
    Regardless if you have no sense of interest in the eSports field, I do suggest you click here and take a few minutes out of your time to read over this article.
  • xlokix

    #2
    Hell, give me a couple million dollars, and I could create the ESPN of gaming in about 6 months.
    done



    Actually it'd be pretty cool if gamers made donations to create such a thing.

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    • HankPym

      #3
      Interesting I suppose, but the idea of large numbers of people earning a living playing games seems rather absurd to me.

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      • Buddah

        #4
        Sounded more like a 'We want money.' article.



        Get real jobs working 40 hours a week.

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        • xlokix

          #5
          And some of us actually read the article.

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          • wee bull

            #6
            Sigh.



            "Pro-gaming" can never become a true professional sport unless it can actually attract spectators. Which in the current world of games, is extremely unlikely. Very few people would ever pay to watch a CS match, and certainly not enough to pay the player's salaries. I really don't get why people are so desperate for this mythical "pro-gaming" idyll.

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            • DaRk-AnGeL

              #7
              Yes ! The time has come where we sell out to the big corporations so that they can make money from us e-sports participants. I'm sure i'm not the only one who will be waving a big "fuck off" banner at them.

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              • RaptorRage

                #8
                HankPym wrote..

                Interesting I suppose, but the idea of large numbers of people earning a living playing games seems rather absurd to me.
                You mean like sports players? :o

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