Can i get some basic Questions answered? Quite honestly all this is new to me so before i REALLY respond i want to know what im talking about so i dont look like a total tool bag.
1. What games are considered esports currently?
2. Can I get a brief description of esports?
3. What are the perceived positives and negatives of MK or FGC joining up with Esports
4. Have any of you witnessed these positives/Negatives w evidence in current esport titles?
5. Does EVO organizer feel threatened by esports? (if so i feel this is a good thing for us)
6. Who is in full support of FGC joining Esports?
Ill go with that first and i seriously want to join in the topic but like i said i really want to understand as much as i can before i post out of my ass
1. SC2, League of Legends, CoD, Halo and all sponsor games in a league from leagues such as IPL, WCG, MLG and so on
2. The phrase e-sports is stupid. Its simply a term for competitive gaming but given the title e-sports to validate itself by using the word "sports". In the context that is being used e-sports refers to league sponsored games
3. Read ultradavid's article. Its on SRK. This question alone deserves an article like ultradavids.
4. Read david's article. You can't compare the FGC to communities of e-sports. Even the communities within e-sports are different from each other. (look at MOBA and then look at FPS). The negatives to the FGC are fear that they won't allow things such as 1 open tourney 2) community commentators 3) censorship 4) dividing the FGC by choosing a select game to be sponsor and etc.
5. Its not evo feels like its being threaten. You are getting the wrong vibe. Its that the professional leagues will do fighting games the way they see fit and divide the FGC. The FGC wants the professional leagues to first understand the difference between the two cultures so that if they do work together it will succeed and not repeat past mistakes.
6. A lot of people are in support of the FGC joining e-sports but at the same time want to do it right. Not have invitational only, or a Code S and a Code A bracket or anything like that.
Honestly the leagues are basically saying there are two options. You can 1) join us or 2) stay where you are "underground and grassroot". When in reality there is alternatives to leagues and that it is not wrong for the FGC to look for that alternative
BIG NOTE
By having the FGC be a part of the professional leagues and e-sports, smaller games/scenes will be left out. Realistically MLG and other leagues will not support/sponsor like 5-6 fighting games. Guess what? games get left out. When games get left out, they become more niche.
edit
I honestly would support the FGC joining the MLG IF DONE RIGHT. By that, both sides have to be represented equally and discuss things. I feel that all the groups within the FGC need to talk things out with one another, have a representative group to discuss things like this.
EXAMPLE of divide
Lets say SF4 joins MLG or IPL, guess what happens to MK9? MK9 will be on the backburner and be a niche game. People would rather play/practice a game that they can make more money (esp 10k+) off of then games they truly like. You know what happens to non-league sponsored games? They get left out of the "FGC"
