Okay, I know that many of you folks could give less than over 9000 shits about anything that Electronic Arts is doing in the gaming industry that isn’t ruining Mass Effect 3′s ending, and that’s fine. This blog probably isn’t for you in the first place. EA’s subsidiary responsible for Battlefield 3, Digital Illusions CE… Read more »
Posts Categorized: esports
Will the next big competitive FPS please stand up?
It’s hard to predict what the next big thing is going to be in FPS gaming anymore. I thought for the longest time that Modern Warfare 3 was going to be the premier competitive title that would emerge from the last release cycle of games, but it seems like the next release cycle will hold… Read more »
Multiple tweets as a post, vol 1.
@Slasher So you’re the only member of the media being officially allowed in by @MLG since they originally said ‘no media allowed’? — Brad Carr (@bcarr) February 23, 2012 If @Slasher‘s announcement is not ‘I’ma show up to the Barcraft, drink all weekend and interview people,’ MLG has explanin to do. — Brad Carr (@bcarr)… Read more »
Starting over is underrated, in theory.
I haven’t submitted any features or editorials to ESFI recently, nor have I really allowed myself to write as often as I have meant to here. Realizing this weekend that I haven’t given an honest go at the larger goal that I finally sat down and attempted to complete this weekend, the column in this case, I… Read more »
Keeping expectations… what they are.
I don’t want to turn this into a blog that comments on /r/starcraft all of the time, but I do think the following needs some sort of recognition. Everyone needs to relax, it’s completely OK to use TL and r/starcraft together. Each site has its strengths and weaknesses, just accept each one for what it… Read more »
The acceptance of your peers.
For as many strides that ESFI has made in the recent weeks, it seems like it can’t catch a break with the critical inner circle of esports personalities, namely InControl on last evening’s State of the Game podcast. The lack of faith and abundance of skepticism that the established SC2 personalities have is well-deserved—I won’t… Read more »
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I'm Brad Carr, a simple 6-foot-6 guy that contributes to reports at a social media research and strategy firm and contributes articles for an esports news site on the side. Follow me on Twitter for a day or so and you'll figure out who I am soon enough.