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I thought for a second Amazon is getting into the esports business. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud9_(eSports) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud9_(eSports

by adamors 10y ago

I thought for a second Amazon is getting into the esports business. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud9_(eSports) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud9_(eSports)

Siecje 10y ago
They bought Twitch and Evil Geniuses.
- adamors 10y ago
  Interesting, I did not know either of that.
- demonshreder 10y ago
  That's exactly why I thought that they bought the esports team.
option_greek 10y ago
And I thought they were into maternity care :) : http://cloudninecare.com/ http://cloudninecare.com/
- epimetheus 10y ago
  Or even camping and recreation. http://cloud9ranch.com/ http://cloud9ranch.com/ Seriously though, as a user of Cloud9 IDE, I hope this doesn't just get shut down.
foxhound6 10y ago
We get it Amazon, you vape. http://vapingcloud9.com/ http://vapingcloud9.com/
mevile 10y ago
I don't understand e-sports teams. They're not representative of a geographical region and a "team" can actually have players on multiple games. It's like if the New York Yankees were just the Yankees and also played football, soccer and basketball. I don't understand the convention for how spectators are intended to root for a team. I get that this thing in regular sports for rooting for the team closes to you is arbitrary, but at least it's clear fun way to be a part of it. Also in esports a lot of the event hype feels manufactured and forced. I do like watching esports though, I just think there's so much room for improvement in the whole way the thing is presented.
- discreditable 10y ago
  In esports it seems to me like there is more focus on the personalities than the teams. I liked C9 because of Hai and Balls. I liked TSM because of Dyrus. A lot of people like SKT because of Faker, the unkillable demon king[1]. [1] http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/13035450/ http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/13035450/
- spdionis 10y ago
  Usually root for specific players/their teams and don't really pay much attention to the team name/provenience. Remember that most teams are named after their sponsor. A sponsor is not related to any city/esport. It's just a sponsor.
  - duskwuff 10y ago
    > Remember that most teams are named after their sponsor. A sponsor is not related to any city/esport. It's just a sponsor. It's a bit more complicated than that, actually. Most of the large esports organizations (examples: Evil Geniuses, Cloud 9, Fnatic, Team Liquid) have an identity that's separate from both their sponsors and their teams. Teams that represent a single sponsor are pretty rare -- I've seen a few, but they're not common.
  - Nadya 10y ago
    This holds true for traditional sports as well. A number of people will follow "their star/their player" wherever they go. Their favorite quarterback was transferred to a new team? That's their favorite team now. The loyalty isn't to the specific team - it's to a specific player or specific players.
- torgoguys 10y ago
  >I don't understand e-sports teams. They're not representative of a geographical region [snip] I don't understand traditional sports teams. They claim to represent a geographic region, yet the typical player on such teams have as much history or loyalty to that region as I do to Jupiter.
- crunksht 10y ago
BlytheSchuma 10y ago
Yeah, but you know Amazon is probably gonna sue Jack some time in the future.

by adamors 10y ago

I thought for a second Amazon is getting into the esports business. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud9_(eSports) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud9_(eSports)

Siecje 10y ago

They bought Twitch and Evil Geniuses.

adamors 10y ago
Interesting, I did not know either of that.
demonshreder 10y ago
That's exactly why I thought that they bought the esports team.

option_greek 10y ago

And I thought they were into maternity care :) : http://cloudninecare.com/ http://cloudninecare.com/

epimetheus 10y ago
Or even camping and recreation. http://cloud9ranch.com/ http://cloud9ranch.com/ Seriously though, as a user of Cloud9 IDE, I hope this doesn't just get shut down.

foxhound6 10y ago

We get it Amazon, you vape. http://vapingcloud9.com/ http://vapingcloud9.com/

mevile 10y ago

I don't understand e-sports teams. They're not representative of a geographical region and a "team" can actually have players on multiple games. It's like if the New York Yankees were just the Yankees and also played football, soccer and basketball. I don't understand the convention for how spectators are intended to root for a team. I get that this thing in regular sports for rooting for the team closes to you is arbitrary, but at least it's clear fun way to be a part of it. Also in esports a lot of the event hype feels manufactured and forced. I do like watching esports though, I just think there's so much room for improvement in the whole way the thing is presented.

discreditable 10y ago
In esports it seems to me like there is more focus on the personalities than the teams. I liked C9 because of Hai and Balls. I liked TSM because of Dyrus. A lot of people like SKT because of Faker, the unkillable demon king[1]. [1] http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/13035450/ http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/13035450/
spdionis 10y ago
Usually root for specific players/their teams and don't really pay much attention to the team name/provenience. Remember that most teams are named after their sponsor. A sponsor is not related to any city/esport. It's just a sponsor.
- duskwuff 10y ago
  > Remember that most teams are named after their sponsor. A sponsor is not related to any city/esport. It's just a sponsor. It's a bit more complicated than that, actually. Most of the large esports organizations (examples: Evil Geniuses, Cloud 9, Fnatic, Team Liquid) have an identity that's separate from both their sponsors and their teams. Teams that represent a single sponsor are pretty rare -- I've seen a few, but they're not common.
- Nadya 10y ago
  This holds true for traditional sports as well. A number of people will follow "their star/their player" wherever they go. Their favorite quarterback was transferred to a new team? That's their favorite team now. The loyalty isn't to the specific team - it's to a specific player or specific players.
torgoguys 10y ago
>I don't understand e-sports teams. They're not representative of a geographical region [snip] I don't understand traditional sports teams. They claim to represent a geographic region, yet the typical player on such teams have as much history or loyalty to that region as I do to Jupiter.
crunksht 10y ago

BlytheSchuma 10y ago

Yeah, but you know Amazon is probably gonna sue Jack some time in the future.