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I'm in the same boat as infornography here. Though I've heard those acronyms, it never clicked that those were leagues. Still hasn't. I figured when the PGL disappeared that the future of professional gaming as a sport went with it.
| Quote : "So we'll need constant television programming, more online streams, more coverage in the media both nationally and internationally, and a lot more sponsors." |
The only coverage I've ever seen is still photos. I remember back in the day hopping online to see if anyone had a video or in-game recording of Thresh pwning in Quake. I cared then, but now I'm only barely curious. I have a mental image of most pro gamers being Simon Cowell twins and I think that image stems back to the fact that without publicity I assume the pro gamers decided to not waste their time with other gamers/fans, just money making opportunities.
They really need more coverage and a better image. Thresh had a column in PC Gamer. That's the number one reason he's got a good image with me. Besides him, I've only heard of Fatal1ty (because of hardware licenses), KillCreek (who pwned John Romero, then married him), and the FragDolls. We could use some more stars.
| Quote : "As for my all-time favorite, it's all about Doom. That's when I dropped my career in investment banking to get into gaming. I live in Dallas and Doom had a huge impact here. There's almost like a brotherhood here because you meet people in the game industry that you realize are in the industry for the same reason you are - because they played Doom and had this moment of illumination. And we all knew that the game was the future." |
Add me to that list. I've been an avid gamer since I was about three, but the first thing I did after playing through Doom 2 was pick up a programming book. Now I'm a certified developer and amateur game designer going to college to make games for a living. Thanks, John Carmack. 
thanks for the sites. I tried gotfrag before, but there did not seem to be any area to get demos besides the public forum, where everybody and their uncle posts their own demos. 
Maybe I should just scroll through the forum and try to find professional ones in there, I just hope they are obviously marked as being part of a professional tournament, etc.
I appreciate the other site, I will look at it as well!
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