"It is more evident every day that no matter what forum I visit, the administrators, who give up their own time and efforts for no monetary return, attempt to put out a fire that is simply relit in another area." nice metaphore, oh wait...

r is next to e, it's a typo.

Nice e on the end of metaphor, oh wait...

Very interesting read! Really makes you think about the current aussie scene...

great article

I'm going to stop being an ass from now on.

-NO MORE ASS COMMENTS FROM HERE ON-

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Good article :D

Well presented article.

Well in my opinion, that it's the players attitude that causes dramatic emphasis. If Australian players were more enthusiastic by this I mean don't displease other members of another party actually after a match don't put them down, just say it was a well played match and no fights would actually occur.

Well, that's my opinion anyways,

Who gives a fuck, its a game.

To some people it's more than a game..
So yuh, warning about what you say o__o

AFL is a game, and its not like Victorians give a fuck about that...

Can only hope for a gaming community like the one you are talking about, as you said in any part of life you get fuckheads that just want to bring everyone down.

Welcome to planet Earth..

and lol @ people talking about typos, fuck off seriously. Great article mate.

Enjoyed the read.

Problem is, everyone can harp on about things needing to change till the cows come home, but until some influential group leads the way, we're stuck living with everything that article mentioned.

Not in this decade : D!

This was a really good read, keep up the work Starks.

tl;dr

Is this any different than what has been said consistently for the past 4 years?
(not a flame, a comment)

Really good read. Raises awareness of points which have already been discussed, however, to suggest that it would only take months to bring Austrlia e-Sports to world wide recognition is bit over zealous. A year, at least, is how long it would take. I would be willing to help Australia there (through marketing, since we all know I can't play for shit) and would love to be in the scene to take Australia to the international level of e-Sports gaming.

As much as I'd love to, I always relate Australia's thoughts on e-Sports to those on Australia's thoughts on soccer. No one could give a shit about the Socceroos (or soccer in general) until they made it into the final 16 of the World Cup. The world cup qualifier played on Wednesday was only advertised 3 (maybe 4) times by the channel that screened it (Fox Sports 3). When Sydney Underground made it to the CGS, they got coverage by Nine News (or Ten, can't remember). So if Australia is to make it to the national level and stay there with the help of sponsorship deals and support in general, we need players that can be at every international level tournament to get our name out there.

Who is willing to do this? Or better yet, who has the capability to do this? Think about it.


(PS: If there were any typos or anything that didn't make sense, it's because I just had a very large glass of Bombay Saphire)

oi jeff

refers to dripskii incident

that is all

That's what you get when you mix a community filled with under 18yo's and a level of anonymity.

A bunch of know it all assholes.




Good for lolz though.

Even if top teams did lead the way and it has happened in the past, it doesn't change anything because the lower tier teams have to big of ego's and when they get destroyed its easier to say "your a fat ugly nerd" than to go over your teams wrong doings and assess the situation as to what you did wrong.

I enjoyed the read, its something alot of gamers should take a long hard look at and wonder if they fit into any of the destructive catagorys in eSports today.

What defines an upper and lower tier team scar is the upper ones don't have ego's and assess what went wrong, lower tier teams kill clan and remake with close to same lineup. If lower tier teams stop raging and stuck together they would eventually make it to the top. The only other upper tier teams are the ones with known players who made it to the top by being in an old team that stuck together.

Whatever way, there is wayyyyyy to much banter in auscss community which stops alot of players from progressing and makes competitive css not so professional. People need to stop accusing everyone of cheats. If no one in the community ever said hack or cheat, not many people would cheat because not many would know about it. In the end it will be a long time before aus esports is considered a sport rather than a game.

It's a game.

Good read.

I liked it. Good work

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