OP has fallen for the common misconception amongst e-sports; differentiating between the "professionals" and the "amateurs".
The Professionals are they guys you see on Twitch, Spike, or any other viewing source that broadcasts tournaments and other events. They are the people who (typically but not always) make their entire living, their way of life, by playing these competitive games. They have sponsors. They receive regular paychecks from playing games. They win huge chunks of money in tournaments. What you will almost never find actual Professionals doing, is going onto the public servers and destroying teams of randoms. 99% of the time, they train/play on private servers either in scrimmage matches against other real professionals, or against their other teammates. It's how they hone their skills, but without having to deal with the uncertainties of a group of randoms or wanna-be-professional-amateurs. Professionals also (typically but not always) conduct themselves in a very professional manner. They are usually courteous, well-spoken, and represent the game, tournament, and their sponsors with the respect that they deserve. Think of career American Football players or European/South American Futbol players. Aside from the very few that make the news by being criminals, 99% of those professional players are well-spoken, fan-friendly professionals who represent their clubs very well. These are the [u]real[/u] MLG Professionals.
Then you have the Amateurs. The douche-bags who come here on the Forums. They talk the loudest shit about how they're the greatest (in the individual tense, they never seem to speak about their team... wonder why that is...). About how they're "OMG SO MLG", but have never won anything other than matches against randoms, or those idiotic "YOU SUCK DONKEY ASS!!! 1v1 me bitch!!!" lines. Sure, they might be a member of the official MLG website, they might have even gotten into some of the MLG hosted tournaments. But their skill isn't good enough to be in one of the big-money tournaments, their attitude/personality is so caustic that no team will touch them, or a mixture of both. Still, while the Amateurs skill level might actually be quite far above the Casual/General population of a game, they also don't have the access to private servers that the Professionals do. Why? Because those private servers cost money, and the Amateurs make none off of their excessive amounts of gaming. So, in an attempt to give these pretentious twats something close to what they want, most games get with MLG and make separate playlists/lobbies of those who want to play by MLG rules.
This should create the ideal scenario, however the Amateur is also afflicted by boredom and a short attention span. So in order to alleviate their boredom; these ball-suckers go into the other playlists/lobbies where the Casual/General population plays, and they spew their vitriol about how good they are and how much everyone else sucks-ass, they ruin the game for the general gamer (who is usually there to just have some fun with his/her friends), and bitch about how they think you shoudln't even play if you aren't going to try to be "MLG YO!!!!"
These cock-juggling thunder--blam!- Amateurs are the ones ruining the reputation of those actual Professionals who're trying to promote their emerging sport, and make a living at it at the same time.
These vociferous Amateur dick-eaters are why the non-Gamer population who become aware of e-Sports often holds a very dim view of e-Sports as a whole. they see the rants and hear the in-game vitriol that these ass-hats spew into the public servers; they hear the abusive, arrogant, elitist mentality that they seem to have no other reason to live for, and what they hear/see colors their opinion of e-Sports in general in a very negative light.
It's these Amateurs who need to be reigned in, and the actual Professionals should be promoted as the face of e-Sports. You know, the guys/gals who take their sport/game seriously, but also know how to act in a professional, respectful manner toward viewers, sponsors, and other Gamers.
It's the Amateurs who need to get kicked in the taint, but they end up ruining the image of the Professionals they've never even met.
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I tottaly agree with u for the most of the way,but I find a lot of MLG community and Halo pros really anjoying cus it seems like they never have any respect for their opponents that they never played agains.You know (*This kid killed me,wow what a luck). I see this way from personal experience while playing MLG (*tons of rage MSG-s*),but I dont know i never went deep into the matter :/
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So what you are saying is 99% of the so-called MLG are just tryhard wannabe scrubs. Ok, I get it now. All the ones I know fit that to a T. Quite sad it is.
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[i]Wipes tear while giving a standing ovation. [/i]
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Totally agree. Thx for your post.
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To be honest some pros arent much better.
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True. However; as I mentioned, those Pros are in the vast minority. Most handle themselves with the dignity that being called a "Professional" would entail.
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Well considering I've been with that crowd, you would be shocked at just how many are immature, cocky and ignorant.
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i feel sorry for the people who have you on there team because your stats are trash
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Thank you for proving my point.
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Dam your stupid you can be on e sports tournoments with it being your living you -blam!-ing dumb ass your stupid
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[quote]your stupid[/quote]lol OK.
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PFFT!! you said tour-no-ments XD. Friggin' tool. Go back to kicking puppies you jerk.
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*you're
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Ha ha. A grammar pwn... :)
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Well said! The "amateur-pro's" who are generally better than the regular population but talk crap and teabag when they win, or message profanities at you after they win are the worst people who play these types of games. They are also the reason I have not had public chat enabled since it was first introduced with halo 2!
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Exactly.
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In my experience the people who have skill even close to the MLG level don't act that aggressively over the mic. They're too good to get that worked up or frustrated. If you're that good playing against everyday players you're hardly ever getting challenged enough to get stressed. I by no means am that good, but I've played with people who are. They're the ones who keep a clear head while the rest of us are getting frustrated during difficult matches. You're correct in saying the people pretending to be MLG aren't professionals. I wouldn't call them amateurs either though. I'd just call them a-holes.
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of course i will be frustrated when my stupid team dosent know how to play
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Umm, are you complaint about your team while playing objective games? Are you one of the normal k/d scrubs that camp in a corner and just camp the radar for easy kills and do nothing to help the team? If so, that's all on you, bro.
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They'd be better if you would shut up and let them focus on the game you overwhelmingly arrogant asshat.
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This is ignorant as hell. Why is it when you think of MLG you think of COD? Halo was the first shooter on the circuit for MLG and I believe it will be coming back to it. I personally would love for there to be a competitive scene for Destiny, but I doubt that would happen.
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Halo is dead and COD is the main MLG game now since its the most competitive and requires the most skill
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Oh... now I get it, he's a troll. There's no way he can say that and actually mean it.
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Halo WAS dead. It's being revived. COD doesn't require the most skill, don't be silly.
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This fellow has it right. OP just made a common misconception, that's all. Happens a lot.