Competition Shift: The Live-Streaming War
In 2010, the emerging of the esports market lead to an interesting power struggle of branding in terms of player and team representation. Comparison of …
2 Years, 100 million: Dota Builds Project Overview
This is a continuation of last year’s article: “1 year, 40 million: Dota Builds Project Overview” It’s been two years, well, actually two and a half …
Go – The First Generation of Competitive Gamers
When critics look at how to improve the conditions of esports, such as player treatment, they often compare them to the practices of professional sports. …
A sit-down with Esports Career, an interview about working in esports
Recently, I have been interviewed by job-hosting website: EsportsCareer.org about my career in esports and transitioning from a community member into a proactive member of …
1 year, 40 Million: Dota Builds Project Overview
Back in 2012, I started writing this site with the interest of covering topics that I always felt were under-represented. My latest passion project, the Hero …
Community Engagement: Identify Yourself
It is without question that interacting with your targeted community and audience yields results, sometimes immeasurable ones. It is often an area overlooked, though acknowledged …
The Imperative Feeling to Legitimize eSports
When Forbes wrote the heated headline: “Why eSports Doesn’t Need ESPN“. There was some debate coming from both sides on whether or not the author, …
Drawing Players into MOBAs Through Accessibility and Investment
For multiplayer games, the balance between fun gameplay, reward and progression is difficult to manage. As more businesses engage with the free-to-play model, there is …
Review: Free to Play: Documentary – Valve’s Magnifier on eSports
Today, Valve’s highly-anticipated documentary, Free to Play has been released. Free to Play’s platform and subject is Valve’s own free-to-play game: Dota 2 and while the main …
Feature on GLHF Magazine: Getting the Formula Right
Untitled Click the header image to take a look at GLHF Magazine. In a special edition of Armchair Athleticism, we’ve been asked to write a …