Profile of IpKaiFung

there are a bunch of very weak, some almost redundant units in all of the factions. They should be addressed first before loading in more DLC

Kinda retarded but I won't sweat it until they start putting video games on sports center.

http://shoryuken.com/2015/07/21/sportscenter-covers-woshiges-costly-mistake-at-evo-2015/

On Topic, it's good news and it seems ESPN have hired some very good talent. It's in safe hands.

Dota 2, CSGO, LoL, SC2...

For LoL and Dota 2 I can perhaps see that being the case but I believe it was more so capitalizing on the success of the original mod. As both games started out development around the same time and you have Valve hiring icefrog and Riot hiring Guinsoo, both companies attempted to get that expertise on board to great the next iteration of the popular mod.

CSGO was initially panned by the CS community, it wasn't until the big overhaul a few years ago that the scene excepted the game. It's funny that CS 1.6 is still raking in more prize money though

SC2 is an attempt to carbon copy at the time a 12 year old game that through serendipity managed to have an amazing competitive scene.

Personally I don't believe I don't believe that developers make games to be "serious tournament titles." they make games for people to have fun at all skill levels and in the case of the popular competitive games, the developers consider that when the game is being played against other people.

I'll keep the developer's name out of it but the armies and units that go into Relic games are designed because they are believed to be cool and that a lot of the designers like to make replica virtual armies or recreate scenarios from ww2 or in the case of 40k create fan fics. The designers don't take into consideration how the game will play out when it's in a pvp situation. It's left for the balance designer to tweak the numbers in AE but not much more than that without special permission.

You need both, throwing money at a game won't make it become an overnight success if people by and large don't enjoy playing it. While on the other hand you can have a very compelling and unique game but without investment you won't get the game's merits across.

Grey Goo currently has an eye watering amount of cash being thrown at competitions for the game but its average daily player amount still remains abysmal. The problem? The game just isn't up to snuff http://steamcharts.com/app/290790

I also think it's very unfair to malign world of tanks. It has very appealing gameplay, very broad appeal and a developer that wants to invest in the competitive scene.

Go back and watch some super-old CoH1 replays from the v1.x days, back when people didn't buy vet or rifle upgrades.

err? T2 terror till tiger ace and vet with medic was super popular as was the very tried and tested 4x BARs or the 3x nade surprise.