SC2SEA.com - Starcraft 2 SEA eSports Community Site

I’ve never made a blog before, mostly because I really didn’t feel the need to share my thoughts with the greater community, but the last month or two have really made me think it’s time I did.

Since the start of last year I have been a part of this community and have loved almost every second of it. My dealings with people have been great on the whole. So many great people, giving up their own time to help one another, to run tournaments, keep this site up to date; put their own personal finances in the community, for both E-Sports and to help other people out like we recently saw with Paroxysm.

I have personally met a few of you now and have found everyone I've met to be polite, passionate and friendly. It’s a fantastic community on the whole with a lot of very level headed people.

However increasingly we are seeing more and more dramas, with personalities, egos and just simple points of views clashing and becoming bigger problems then they should be. I know personally this kind of stuff has been very mentally draining and I know I am not alone amongst clan leaders who are finding it tough right now to keep everything from becoming massive issues or becoming too much.

And most of the issues would have been completely avoided with just a simple message to the other person involved. I don’t understand why so many issues have to be put up there in public. If you have a problem with another member, why not just PM them and try and sort it that way first?

If you have an issue with a clan or someone in a clan, why not PM their leader? If it’s in a tournament setting PM an admin...

It takes less effort to write a PM to the other person, then it does to spend writing a whole blog or forum post and you'll be surprised how easily most issues are solved.

I mean in the end aren't we all here for the same reason? Because we love StarCraft II, we love our region, we want to see e-sports and StarCraft shine. We want to see our big players on the international stage. We want to see our big teams playing in team leagues and beating teams for NA and EU (and maybe one day Korea).

So let’s do a better job of working together, keeping the drama away from the site, treat each other with respect. Sponsors don’t want to come to the biggest community site and tournaments we run and see this stuff.

As for myself and my clan, I have time for everyone and anyone who wants to talk about any aspect of them. Don’t be afraid. I know people have different opinions and viewpoints and people won’t always agree with what I do, what I say or what I believe in. But I do know that if you put the effort in, you can understand and accept other view points, be polite about it all, and resolve all conflicts. Just put the community and E-Sports first.

Sorry for the length of the blog, I really just needed to get my thoughts out there. I am really looking forward to what we can achieve as a community this year. So let’s stop the bullshit and lets start being making SEA matter.