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Posted by: Killer4785
Posted by: Apocalypse
Posted by: HerbalWalnut29
Well with your KD, I don't know if that's the career path for you..
That type of attitude won't help Halo grow in competitive gaming, nor will it help in keeping Halo on the circuit.
The competitive community is too stingy to allow others become a part of the competitive aspect. Starcraft 2 has already taken halo's place as the flagship title and nothing is going to change that because Starcraft 2 is recognized as an international E-Sport. Name one country other than U.S. that has a gaming league that as big as MLG that supports Halo?
None, yes Halo is played in Europe and Australia, but it doesn't provide its players an actual income enough to live off playing the game. And their gaming leagues are undoubtedly much smaller than MLG. The competitive community is to blamed for always secluding the casual gamers from entering the competitive side.
As it is currently the only way to become pro is to dedicate a significant portion of your life to gaming. HerbalWalnut states a very valid point.
No doubt Halo lacks in many areas but I was merely trying to point out that acting towards a newcomer, wanting to get into MLG is not going to help in anyway.
Halo's community acts the worst out of all of them, especially towards newcomers or "casuals", its not open arms and friendly, so why should they stick around to even watch? Why would they support MLG when they get treated the way they do?
Simple answer is, they won't stay around.
Reach is lacking in views and teams participating, for a multitude of reasons. One of the reasons why views are lacking(other than the fact the game is boring to watch, even to MLG fans) is that its not visually casual friendly. The game we're playing is so different to what they play in matchmaking, they have no idea what they're looking at, so why watch something you don't understand? You wouldn't.
Chasing off newcomers (something MLG Halo doesn't really have currently) is not a good idea and will continue to hurt it.
So no, I'll have to disagree with Herbal having a good point.
Also I have no clue why you're trying to teach me anything about MLG, specifically Halo. I'm defiantly not someone who needs to be taught anything, I'm well aware of everything that goes on.
[Edited on 12.07.2011 12:00 PM PST]