(edited by Jasher.6580)
(edited by Jasher.6580)
Yes – I do have an account, and I will be playing as a normal player, gasp!
Bear – I was open to you being a shoutcaster until you badmouthed one of the most active and helpful members of the GW2 PvP community. I also thought that it was strangely coincidental that after I confronted you about it, a known acquaintance of yours published an adorable video also badmouthing that person and praising you.
Do GW2 shoutcasters need improvement? I don’t think anyone is denying that. Even professional shoutcasters that get paid to do what they do need improvement. You have to give them some credit though – GW2 is not easy to read as a spectator, even as a top 100 QP player.
Sorry, but if you truly wanted to “help the community” as you claimed, you could have at least acted like you would be polite to those putting in a real effort to do the same. I won’t deny that your casts were enjoyable, in an aggro-pvper kind of way, which is why I was open to it in the first place.
If ArenaNet decides to bring you into the program, more power to them. I think you would add a lot of flavor to the team, but I do hope that you learn to treat your peers with some respect.
Back on track – I just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the well wishes. It’s meant a lot to see the comments, even from those that didn’t always agree with me in this thread. I will sincerely cherish the time I’ve had on the ArenaNet team and with you all.
For the record, the guy who he “bad mouthed” is someone I believe to be an incredible shoutcaster and someone I respect on many different levels.
That being said… the fact that you barred Bear because he “bad mouthed” someone is incredibly shortsighted.
Having said that, it doesn’t matter what sport it is, or on what level; a rivalry infuses “oomph” into the game. This is exactly what competing is all about, and what Guild Wars 2 eSports was missing.
Some rivalries are small but others are literally larger than life and transcend beyond the genre. Those are the ones that fans love the most. These rivalries involve more than just superiority, but clutch factor, grit and perseverance as well. These are the ones that we all know regardless of age or even knowledge of the game in general.
Rivalries are a logical extension of any “eSport”. When you train for days to become the best at a particular event, you are bound to run into opposition. That opposition can take many forms.
When you take that kind of opposition and drop it into a microcosm of various circumstances, a rivalry is born. They can spring up just about anywhere.
Rivalries are what make “eSports” transcend from mediocre to great. That is what will fill up the streams to capacity.
Trust me on this, bitter rivalries in eSports is a very good thing for this game. Not just between teams but between shoutcasters.
Friend A: “Hey did you hear what Bear said about Jasher in his last stream?”
Friend B: “No… kitten what did he say?”
… next stream, “Friend B” tunes in to listen to Jasher’s stream to see if he will respond… he also tells his friends in guild chat who also tune in. the vicious cycle of entertainment and angst repeats
In the world of competition and rivalries, you cannot be thin skinned… you can’t keep slapping people on the wrist and telling them to play nice because they said something mean about someone else.
In other words, I don’t really know Bear that well, but if you prevented him from shoutcasting (even though you admitted that he would actually benefit the shoutcasting arena) just because he said something mean about someone was wrong. You guys did something wrong, which directly hurt eSports.
