Recently in the chatbox there have been a number of discussions regarding the assumed lowly status of SEA within the Starcraft community. There are of course a number of reasons for this which I do not want to explore. There is one reason that I think we can fix with relative ease, given time and effort.
One of the reasons that SEA may be looked down upon by other communities is our apparent lack of action. It doesn't seem that much happens down here. I think this is because we don't or aren't able to sell ourselves as well as other communities. One way I think we can overcome this problem is by increasing the profile of our most prominent players within the scene as well as those players who are up-and-coming.
Let me present a concept to you: 'Home Grown Heroes'. The basic idea is that each week, I, would interview a prominent player or up-and-coming player within our scene with the intention of making them more known to the international community. It may be easier to think of it was a Mini-'Real Talk' but with an emphasis on introducing the player rather then learning more about them.
The show would go for about 10-15mins. It would be prerecorded and uploaded to my youtube channel and then posted on such sites as TL.net and Day9.tv.
I'm still working on the guts of the project. But if you are a pro-gamer who is interested in being part of this series. Please pm me your details (Skype/Email) and I'll be in touch with you.
Also, feedback on this idea would be great
Regards,
Philosopher.
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@ Flux, yes whilst its true this is the internet, you're still forgetting every major event anybody cares about is still a LAN. I'm not saying its the only thing holding us back, but it does make it that much harder. Without question our players would get sent around a tonne more if only cost a 500 dollar flight as opposed to a 2k flight
@ Flux, yes whilst its true this is the internet, you're still forgetting every major event anybody cares about is still a LAN. I'm not saying its the only thing holding us back, but it does make it that much harder. Without question our players would get sent around a tonne more if only cost a 500 dollar flight as opposed to a 2k flight
And of the players you can spend that kind of money to get to an event in EU/NA. there are 10 good Koreans that are seen as a "safe choice" for sponsors to send for every SEA player with the potential to do okay.
Haven't you guys learned anything? Being good at Starcraft is important to a point. But once that point is reached, the sponsors stop caring about "who is good", and start caring about "who is the most marketable?". SEA isn't marketable, because we have next to no presence ONLINE, let alone offline. You can go ahead and blow off everything that's being said, but remember that the people who are the ones really contributing to the stagnation of this community and the lack of monetary support are naysayers like yourself.
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