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Subject: MLG Pro Overboard?

Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
Kevin's post = breath of fresh air.
Take it from this guy people, he knows what he's talking about.

Second accounts are NOT cheating:
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=13824

I get outside plenty. Im 6'0, 180 Lbs and I play baseball and scuba dive regularly. I have also been doing MMA since I was 8. I ran track and CC and played Baseball in High School. I have a social life, I get plenty of poon and I have a full time job. Yes there are some losers that play this game, but there are losers that play every game. You cant deny the fact that those losers are still playing a sport and make more money than us. Pro football is full of ghetto crackhead swamprats but you dont see many people making fun of them because they look like Tupac wannabes.

Not everyone in sports is the same. The people who play MLG for sport are from lots of different backgrounds. Lots of the pros are in great shape and work out and exersise regularly. Some of them are 300 Lb. zit-faced slobs.


BTW Flipster....its REALLY cold at those events if you were making fun of him wearing a hoodie.

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Posted by: Th3 Flipst3r
LOL... looks like somebodies a little serious

seriously im not saying all MLG guys look like this but im beginning to wonder...



I hope he's playing for money if he's going to be that serious.


Here's another pic

  • 06.22.2007 10:31 AM PDT

When you are explaining your body type to a girl over the internet, and say you are athletic, they will now think that you play WoW competitively.

This makes me a sad panda :(

Guy: so im really athletic and into sports and stuff
girl: really? which ones?
guy: Halo and world of warcraft


[Edited on 06.22.2007 10:42 AM PDT]

  • 06.22.2007 10:41 AM PDT

Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
Kevin's post = breath of fresh air.
Take it from this guy people, he knows what he's talking about.

Second accounts are NOT cheating:
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=13824

Posted by: Navillus13
When you are explaining your body type to a girl over the internet, and say you are athletic, they will now think that you play WoW competitively.

This makes me a sad panda :(

Guy: so im really athletic and into sports and stuff
girl: really? which ones?
guy: Halo and world of warcraft


Once again...who cares? If the girl cant accept it then tell her to "get steppin". If you feel like you have to change who you are or what you love in order to impress the girl its pretty pathetic. Besides, who wants a girl that is so superficial that she only cares about what your hobbies are? Most of those girls are dumber than a sack of hammers anyway. But then again, like I said earlier in this topic I get plenty of poon from girls and they all know that I play halo competetively. They arent skanks, goth or ugly either so its kind of interesting that you would even bring this point up. Most chicks dont even care if guys play video games. They just want a guy that is attractive and good to them. Unless they are 14 that is.

I mean, I hate to tell ya but if you havent seen the irls at some of these events you need to. They all play competetively and there are several of them that are absolutely gorgeous.

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Posted by: KEVINBROCK


Once again...who cares? If the girl cant accept it then tell her to "get steppin". If you feel like you have to change who you are or what you love in order to impress the girl its pretty pathetic. Besides, who wants a girl that is so superficial that she only cares about what your hobbies are? Most of those girls are dumber than a sack of hammers anyway.


...I don't think you got the point.

  • 06.22.2007 11:22 AM PDT

Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
Kevin's post = breath of fresh air.
Take it from this guy people, he knows what he's talking about.

Second accounts are NOT cheating:
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=13824

I got the point exactly, but in case I missed it why dont you enlighten me?

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I took it to be that now people who play video games regardless of what shape there in can call themselves "athletic".

He then added a conversation to showcase the humor that will ensue when people start doing that.

But perhaps my own perceptions made me miss his point.

[Edited on 06.22.2007 11:29 AM PDT]

  • 06.22.2007 11:29 AM PDT

Posted by: Sketto
I took it to be that now people who play video games regardless of what shape there in can call themselves "athletic".

He then added a conversation to showcase the humor that will ensue when people start doing that.

But perhaps my own perceptions made me miss his point.


Yes, you got my point. It was intended to be humorous with a point added..albeit funny in a real world situation. Tried to liven up this thread.

[Edited on 06.22.2007 11:44 AM PDT]

  • 06.22.2007 11:42 AM PDT

Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
Kevin's post = breath of fresh air.
Take it from this guy people, he knows what he's talking about.

Second accounts are NOT cheating:
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=13824

I doubt that I would ever tell a girl that I play Halo competetively if I just met her simply because they just wouldnt understand exactly what MLG is all about with it being a fledgling sport and all. It would be completely different if I were Strongside and I had the same conversation though:


Guy: hey whats up, im Mike.
Girl whats up, im ______
Mike: So tell me about yourself.
Girl: I like___________-, ______________ and what ever else (who listens to chicks anyway?)
Mike: I play Halo professionally
Girl: Really? (Snickers) How much do you make doing that?
Mike: Well, I just signed a three year deal worth 250,000 plus I usually win about 5,000 for being on the first place team. All of that is on top of my endorsments, the money I make from lessons and my stipends for attending the tournaments.
Girl: .....who the hell cares what she says. Youre rich biotch!

(Go find a girl who wants to date a guy thats 19 and worth 250,000 bucks)

  • 06.22.2007 12:03 PM PDT

Posted by: KEVINBROCK
I doubt that I would ever tell a girl that I play Halo competetively if I just met her simply because they just wouldnt understand exactly what MLG is all about with it being a fledgling sport and all. It would be completely different if I were Strongside and I had the same conversation though:


Guy: hey whats up, im Mike.
Girl whats up, im ______
Mike: So tell me about yourself.
Girl: I like___________-, ______________ and what ever else (who listens to chicks anyway?)
Mike: I play Halo professionally
Girl: Really? (Snickers) How much do you make doing that?
Mike: Well, I just signed a three year deal worth 250,000 plus I usually win about 5,000 for being on the first place team. All of that is on top of my endorsments, the money I make from lessons and my stipends for attending the tournaments.
Girl: .....who the hell cares what she says. Youre rich biotch!

(Go find a girl who wants to date a guy thats 19 and worth 250,000 bucks)


Girl: Ohh! what a dreamy athletic guy!

  • 06.22.2007 12:09 PM PDT

Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
Kevin's post = breath of fresh air.
Take it from this guy people, he knows what he's talking about.

Second accounts are NOT cheating:
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=13824

Eh, id rather use my hand every night and have all that cash.

  • 06.22.2007 12:13 PM PDT

Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
Kevin's post = breath of fresh air.
Take it from this guy people, he knows what he's talking about.

Second accounts are NOT cheating:
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=13824

Most of them have girlfriends. Most of their girlfriends I wouldnt toss out of bed. Most of them have been with their girls for a long time and have very good relationships. As a matter of fact, quite a few girls that are dating MLG guys have since become VERY active in either playing or cheering them on. If you have never been to an event, you need to go before you critisize it. The level of competetion and the adrenaline is incredible and its a really good time. Ever heard the old addage, "dont knock it till you try it"?

  • 06.22.2007 12:27 PM PDT

Usually when you first meet a girl, you also dont tell her how much money you make. If you want superficial crap or a prostitute, then ya, tell her.

  • 06.22.2007 12:27 PM PDT

Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
Kevin's post = breath of fresh air.
Take it from this guy people, he knows what he's talking about.

Second accounts are NOT cheating:
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=13824

Exactly. Id never tell a girl that crap anyway because she is liable to poke a hole in the tip of the rubber or something......just my luck.

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TH Hazmat, do you have a brain, or is there just like, a sponge there, occupying space? I seriously for the life of me can't figure out what the -blam!- your point is. At first I thought you were saying Pro gamers took the game too seriously, but you're turning your comments around so often, now I just don't know. Clarification please.

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Posted by: Th3 Flipst3r
ok, this... needs to stop. Now. ive heard enough about making video games a sport. if you think video games are a sport, you need to get outside. right now. because in the real world, people will not take you seriously because you say you played video games as a sport.


This quote right here, tells me Flipster has no clue what he's talking about. everything we've said has gone about 30 feet over his head. Did any of us ever say WE play video games as sport? No. We've all been saying that when you are out, competing at MLG, and winning money, then you can treat it as a sport. I play halo as a hobby, pros play it as a sport.

I get outside plenty, you make yourself more moronic every time you make a post full of generalizations.

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Posted by: Th3 Flipst3r
well you do know that if a MLG nerd ever got a girlfriend... it would be for the money.



SHUT


THE


HELL

UP.

Seriously idiot, just leave. No one wnats your stereotypes and generalizations in this discussion. You have no ability to make an intelligent post, with facts, and common sense. You just sit here, and every post consists of how MLG kids must not have social lives, and must have never been laid. It really has no bearing on the current topic, being, does a sport need to have athletes.

Sketto and Navillus are right, in that MLG players are not athletes. I'm going to go ahead, and say that IMO, there are different types of sports. I've said in the other thread, that I feel sport is just competition. I feel MLG is a different kind of sport than football or golf. I'll go ahead and label those as athletic sports. While there are things like fishing and gaming. I'll go ahead and label those as Recreational sports. They are most oftne hobbies, that change when taken to a more competitve level. Sketto and Navillus, would you be fine with breaking down sport, into these two different groups? Because obviously they require very different skills, but skills and just as much practice none the less.

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On the grand scheme of things, MLG does NOT offer anything productive to society, and I could make more than a well-founded argument that it provides completely detrimental aspects to society.



Is the commerce it produces not productive to society? It's doing the exact same thing that all major sports do, just on a lower scale. I'd like to know how you think MLG is detrimental to society.


Yes, but capitalism in and of itself does not make up for the negative aspects of MLG. You compare it to major sports, but it's far different. Actual sports provide people with the opportunity to get an education through college scholarship. Universities like having students that play sports because they offer a different venue and a different type of student for the student population. When's the last time you heard of MLG giving out scholarships rather than cash prizes? They don't. They market people and they market the idea that if you sit behind your t.v. for 8 hours a day and play a video game non-stop you can get an MLG contract. When the chances of doing so is astronomical. However it provides people with the pipe-dream of trying to "go pro" (which I still can't type without laughing) at playing video games. I mean the majority of people who play NCAA sports who basically get paid (through scholarship) to play sports go on to use their education for the betterment of society. MLG doesn't. Until universities start giving away scholarships for people who play MLG, they will still not equal out the negative aspects of it.

And the thing is, with few exceptions (don't even try to use Walshy), the people that are in MLG dedicate the early part of their lives when they could be dedicating that to education. So they might get a couple hundred grand maybe a few years, but the likelihood of long-term economic returns from MLG are slim. As soon as you can't perform to their expectations or they prefer someone else, they'll drop you so fast it will make your head spin. And there people are with no education and nothing to show for the past year or 2 other than "video game" contracts. Trying to parlay that into an actual job is going to be rather difficult. I mean, when I went to college (both times) they had me list my ACT score and my GRE, but as far as I remember my Halo 2 rank was no where to be found on the application. That's because people don't care about video games, and they don't see them as a valid experience or justification of anything.

And don't even get me started on the attitude that is associated with those who follow the MLG mantra. It's been demonstrated on this website countless times, and it's ridiculous. That's not to say that any group doesn't have it's share of ass-clowns but MLG seems to permeate with them. Why do you think that countless thousands HATE MLG? I'm sorry to break this to you, but when is the last time you heard about people hating the PGA or the NBA? It's that type of negative relationship and reputation that leads most people to believe that MLG isn't such a positive thing. And that type of reputation doesn't just happen overnight.

I'm sorry, but when all things are considered, MLG is still more of a blight on society than a benefit. You can try to justify it with all the economics you want, but it still doesn't tip the scales in their favor.

~B.B.


It sounds like someone needs his pacifier. Did the MLG touch you in a bad place?

Seriously, why the hell are you so up the ass of the MLG? There are plenty of other things in the world for you to be angry about, if these guys want to pay kids to play video games, good for them.

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Posted by: KEVINBROCK
They just want a guy that is attractive and good to them. Unless they are 14 that is.


That part almost made me cry.


='(

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??????????????????? What are you guys talking about??!!

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Posted by: Th3 Flipst3r
it takes NO thinking power to play a video game... pull the right trigger to shoot, takes no thinking. now MAYBE a little for guitar hero you might accidentally hit da red button instead of da green button once in a while.


Flipster you have no idea what you are talking about.

  • 06.27.2007 11:07 PM PDT