Hi People,
can you plz try not to blow this thing out of proportion. Ami had a private diskussion with a friend and spit his guts out, so what...?
Of course it would have been better if this wouldnt have been made public. BUT
1)Ami always had his concerns abut coh2 and always expressed it public for example he said numerous times the commander system and the UI was bad and he felt trolled by it. He said a lot of upgrades like smoke needs to go in main game away from commander.. aso
2.Of Course he is a big fan of relic, and of course he was let down (numerous times - no new commander before snf ends and so on) by relic. Of Cource he expected the next big thing after coh but this didnt become true,and he is annoyed to death. I would be too in his place. He put months of hours an hoped for a esport title, which could compete with sc2. But it is evident that relic doesnt concentrate on this.
3. People want the internet fame, but not the work. God forbid that someone who builds sth up over years gets 1-3 Euros an hour for his work. I find this annoying.
4. I dont keep track about the negative posts, but its funny that the persons who feel the community betrayed most, i have never heard. No Caster, mapper aso. What did they do for the community.. noting. But they hold the deepest grudge.
Last but not least, im sure relic or the sponsors will get an email or sth from ami and then the matter is closed as well. There is no alternative to SNF an ami.
Best regards
PS: I know ami didnt do everyting alone, but this thread is about him...
1) Well thats good
2) I can't understand how he could bet so hard on coh2 to become an esport when relic never once said during the development they wanted to do an esport game. Instead they always said "we want a game of comebacks, a game where every battle tells a story". Unless you were fooling yourself I think anyone should have seen this was not to be the next big thing in south korea.
3) Imo Tales of Heroes was the show that built up the coh community, all shows afterwards only reap the benefits of what bridger and vitensby started. Coh2 is a new game and now the same casters thinks its still gonna be the same smooth sailing. Ive been in and following "esports" before it was a thing with CPL with counter-strike and i have never seen a tournament or casters that did a couple of shows and got tens of thousands of viewers instantly (unless someone had millions as prizemoney). Ami's lack of interest in the game also came through in SNF.
4) You don't have to be the top player or a caster to be considered a part of the community and have a right to have an opinion.
***Edit***
One more thing that annoys me is when they started talking about tasteless and artosis basicly was "at the right place at the right time" and its all it takes. Tasteless went to south korea by himself. Didnt know anyone in the country, didnt speak the language. He casted BW matches for YEARS basicly in gom-tv's basement with barely any viewers, almost destoyed his voice because he had to cast almost every match himself.. and I think this was before sc2 even was in development. So don't think casters in other games havent put in blood sweat and tears for their success. Its not as easy as just switch to a more popular game and get rich.