SmedBlog: eSports Support

[AnamNantom]

Originally Posted by Smed

hmm. I think you're focusing too much on what esports is today. Look at it like this - is Survivor a sport? I would argue that it is. It's not football but it's now a national sport for us. It has seasons and everything. I think the Bachelor is an esport too. There are winners (1 guy, 20 girls. I'll call the guy the winner) We need to make Planetside 2's esport something uniquely cool for Planetside 2 that plays to it's strengths.



not at all. The tools we will give will be about shoutcasting. We are serious about making an actual sport.

I do enjoy watching people play games, especially when I'm not able to at that point. Yes, I subscribe to twitch.tv. So, the e-sports part is just the "meta game" of watching people and maybe betting on certain outcomes of their battles?

You said "shoutcasting", is that actually using ShoutCast/IceCast streaming?

[Smed]

Originally Posted by AnamNantom

I do enjoy watching people play games, especially when I'm not able to at that point. Yes, I subscribe to twitch.tv. So, the e-sports part is just the "meta game" of watching people and maybe betting on certain outcomes of their battles?

You said "shoutcasting", is that actually using ShoutCast/IceCast streaming?

I hear it called shoutcasting, casting and commentating.