Article - Esports Governing Body?

Posted by St_George at 23:33 23/10/2002.

Providing us with yet another interesting insight into the world of esports, is none other than Paul of esport-pro. This time around, Paul is talking about the idea of having a governing body for all games, not just Counter-Strike. This would be similar to the role that FIFA play in the world of football. Here's a taster:

The CPL, WCG and many others CUP organisers etc work hard to set standards in competitions. They have nothing but respect from me, but they already have their hands full, so they need support to ensure that players and teams meet a certain and acceptable level of professionalism and that an organisation can look after the players and teams interests.

Certainly a very interesting concept, check out the full article here.

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	St_George g30rg3h UKTerrorist 23:35 23/10/2002	gj paul. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	-Mx- 23:40 23/10/2002	Nice concept Go Paulie ! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	dravicus 01:17 24/10/2002	nice idea, would be a big step up though and would take a lot of work but would be a nice thing to have. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Lyo` eSports.Edge 01:18 24/10/2002	gd idea and wud help alot if it happened [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	iron 01:22 24/10/2002	I dont see this working yet, how can you have governing body dictating the rules for every competition, when the WCG cant even get the same rules for their qualifier events as their final event? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Havors 01:29 24/10/2002	do you ever make a consructive comment iron? go slit ur wrists you miserable sod! It prolly wont come off for some time yet but if competitive gaming is to become professional it ssomething thats needed. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	:F 02:13 24/10/2002	every thread deserves a flame :) i say "flame on" [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	iron 02:13 24/10/2002	Nothing constructive to say about premature ideas.. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DoZ Anti-saviour of UKT 04:23 24/10/2002	And without a governing body to set a standard and make everyone feel they have to follow that or they get shown in a bad light, you'll never have the consistency that's required. The laws have to be set in place to carry the idea, not the idea carried out then the law set in place. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Geordie Last Chance 07:48 24/10/2002	I wonder who he thinks should be teh mast0r chairman of this body should be.. :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	tiSSue 08:03 24/10/2002	paul needs to get out more i think [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DArtagnan Infinity-eSports 10:44 24/10/2002	iron, as ignorant as ever, the WCG gives the rules to each individual country's organiser (in our case the vga), the same rules matching the actual WCG, if anything goes wrong, it isnt the fault of the WCG, it's the fault of the organising party in that particuarl country. Nothing went wrong in ours. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Paul 11:09 24/10/2002	Geordie...u must be joking...get out more. I work on esp during the day as part of my work load! I'm out most nights early on playing squash or drinking in the odd bar after work. Then back home to play with my sons b 4 I put them to sleep. Then 4 + hours working on esp each night. Friday Nights is fer the boyz Sat night is for my wife...so nice restraunt (Mexican my fav) then a few bars. Sunday family day. Many hours in a week :P Just have to strike a balence seing as I have a family at home and my esp family. sure ur not that interested, but felt I had to explain a bit mi self...just a bit o fun :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	-m0o.Rob- 11:22 24/10/2002	werd up G git yerselfz itno teh sunlite you geaky priks!!11 balence on mi huge peniz ya filthy speng peace [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DoZ Anti-saviour of UKT 12:56 24/10/2002	... yeah, nothing went wrong in our wcg. Nothing at all. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Smittins 12:57 24/10/2002	the WCG cant even get the same rules for their qualifier events as their final event? lol never knew about this - wot happened? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Geordie Last Chance 13:01 24/10/2002	lol soz i dont get a chance to get a tan im in the office from 7:30am to 6pm, so dont get to see much daylight. unlike alot of the l33t gamers who spend all day playing CS to stay sponsored by ESPORTS PRO [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	kaids 13:09 24/10/2002	...and gaming going 'pro' is obviously a good thing [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 15:31 24/10/2002	"This would be similar to the role that FIFA play in the world of football" Corrupt and run by dickheads? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DoZ Anti-saviour of UKT 15:38 24/10/2002	No Nick, not like eSport pro [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Smittins 15:49 24/10/2002	lol doz :o [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DoZ Anti-saviour of UKT 16:02 24/10/2002	I don't mean it of course. That eSports pro are like that that is, not that the governing body shouldn't be like them... I think [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Paul 16:04 24/10/2002	mmm...registered users only...still no age minimum set on UKT I see. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nick^ 16:13 24/10/2002	Yeah cos you shouldn't be allowed to post if you're under 30. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DoZ Anti-saviour of UKT 16:45 24/10/2002	A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs, jolted by every pebble in the road - Henry Ward Beecher [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Messiah Game2XS.Monkey Magic 17:34 24/10/2002	How different it would of been if disturbed were on the list [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DoZ Anti-saviour of UKT 17:42 24/10/2002	Yeah man, that'd be totally different... we wouldn't have got the several sponsors we got since leaving eSports pro. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Messiah Game2XS.Monkey Magic 17:49 24/10/2002	Nah i mean your attitude towards it and Paul [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DoZ Anti-saviour of UKT 18:00 24/10/2002	Nowt wrong with my attitude towards it. It's a good idea, I just don't agree with the way it is being carried out or trust the judgement of the people running it. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]

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