While both Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 are about to make serious strides into a scene that’s currently the playground of StarCraft 2 and DotA clones, it’s Electronic Arts that’s behind more than its competitor Activision.
Check out the rest of the first post in my new column for ESFI, here.
Barring something completely crazy happening within the next few days or so, I should be attending MLG Raleigh as a member of the press corps. It’ll be the first time that I have been given a press pass to report and support others who’ll be reporting the competitive games going on at the venue.
I’ll be with ESFI, a site that I write for, and will be gathering information about future games that might be included in the MLG scene as well as covering the StarCraft 2 league play that’ll be happening.
One of my primary goals for the trip is to pilot a series of impromptu video series based around the floor of the venue. I’ll use what I learned on the bus tour to inform how I can upload videos that aren’t just simple quality but can be produced on the fly. Thanks to the iPhone 4 and—I’m hoping—some decent cellular coverage, HD videos that’ll be uploaded quickly will be what I’m chiefly responsible for.
No, I don’t get paid for this, but I do get to spend a vacation doing something awesome.
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My first news report has gone up and there’ll be more to come. Hopefully I can align a few off-days that I have with some live coverage opportunities, but there’s no news of that sort that I can safely say right now.
What can I say? They took notice of a few posts that I’ve made and upon calling out for volunteers, I applied. In return, they’ve given me the chance to help build up ESFI as a site focused on balanced journalism in esports. That’s all I really want to do, anyway.