Recent content by huntskiki

A city with a big reputation and nothing to show for it!

I'm in Ottawa, but would consider a trip down to the Big Smoke.

I appreciate they are running the poll, but the people in that discord are like a niche's niche. I didn't even know about the discord, and I had tried to log on and get tickets.

The thing to keep in mind is that every LAN event is going to have issues. There will always be something, whether it's the internet, the sounds, the venue, some admin issue, or a bugged game. This applies to massive esports like CS GO as well. What matters is how quickly it's addressed, and I...

Well, it's too bad we couldn't test this theory with the Red Bull event. Would have been nice to see if they could sell 500 tickets.

I think with proper promotion and time to plan, an Aoe2 LAN could get 2k people in attendance. We have a small but very established fan base that is mostly older, which means more disposable income. All of which is to say, there's a happy middle between 50 seats in a castle and a 40k stadium.

I get having the tournament in a castle if there is no fans. You get a a nice setting for online viewership. However, a LAN tournament in EU with fans should be held in a small stadium so that a few thousand people can attend. I for one would have journeyed from Canada to attend. Oh well. Maybe...

To be clear, I don't think they need to have the same stature or length of experience as Nili or Robo. Because, you are right, there aren't many of those people. What I would like is someone who has esports knowledge (can be from another game), and loves aoe2.

Probably for the best given conflict of interest issues, I just hope we get someone as dedicated to the scene as Nili. No one can deny he loves aoe2 and is an integral part of the community. I hope someone similar is his replacement and not a random with no esports knowledge.

Nah, seems like one of the (many) people who tries to enter the industry and present themselves as having a lot of experience. That's probably how he ended up getting the Ford Models' job, which isn't exactly endemic to esports. I just looked the guy up and he's also peddling NFTs - another...

I follow multiple esports titles and know of many industry people and I've never heard of this guy. I'm not sure what qualifies him to write a literal book on esports. Be very wary.

So curious to see how this works out. I hope it doesn't end up like CGS or OWL.

Yeah, I totally get it, just wanted to be clear what they were referring to. I don't think the situation really applies here. How it used to be in aoe2 was like 6 spots would be for invites (to make sure they got all the big names) and 2 spots for qualifiers, meaning that basically everyone else...

Yes, I understand that. You seemed to have missed their point however because you were fixated on whether it was actually nepotism or not. Their point was that Larry is being invited because of his name, not because of his skill, which has been a complaint in aoe2 events over the years where the...

You're inviting him for his name, not because of his skill. Pretty sure that is what they were talking about.