AFI Dallas film festival finds esports

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I'm going!

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"Below the surface of a simple game is an underbelly of corruption, money, partying, drugs, and even death. Exploited, abused, and abandoned, most gamers fail to reach the top, but like all sports, there are heroes. Frag pulls the curtain back."

...I'm not

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Most of us know how it is, but no one has ever told the truth.

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Can't wait to see it :D

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Did Angel Munoz use the MAFIA to fund his events, later withholding prize money to buy coke which he then snorted off of prostitutes breasts?

Did he murder his competitors using a shotgun made of coke that fired hookers?

Did he get young players addicted to coke so that he could force them to admin his events for free giving him more free time to have sex with hookers made of coke?

No? Then that synopsis is misleading and a very good indication of what this is going to be, a sensationalist piece of shite.

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I would bet you on it.

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Drugs, yeah a few players having a joint outside the CPL is worth blowing wide open, right?

CS'ers banging Asian masseuses at the player villages in Korea, sure, that reflects e-sports as a whole.

Whatever they pull out of their asses is going to be isolated incidents like the WoW players keeling over dead after 80 hours of World of Warcraft without food, water or oxygen.

"Pro gaming is about to explode... and no one is safe" Sounds like a lead in for Fox News, sounds like a fauxumentary that could make even Michael Moore blush.

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I've spoken to people that have seen it and I keep getting positive feedback. I also know first hand that the guys that made the film are very much on the ball, so I am expecting a very good film.

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Well if you've heard so much about it then explain to me how they could justify that tag line and that synopsis.

Explain to me how a documentary exploring the "underbelly of corruption" within e-sports is a sensible thing to do when there's been barely any media coverage, or documentaries covering e-sports in the past.

Why is someones first experience of e-sports being a scare story about an assumable fabricated corrupt foundation a good thing for any of us?

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The only thing I did was assume that the film will be a true to life depiction of esports. That's all I said. As far as "good for us," I think that truth is better than sugar-coating everything and as long as the film is accurate, I have no problem with it.

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Appropriateness is just as much a factor as anything else.

As if e-sports isn't being shit hammered enough with inept morons like Angel Munoz holding the key to our (once) flagship event, declining competition and sponsors pulling back.

I'm all for scumbags getting their comeuppance, but is a sensationalist documentary the best way to do that?

If that film accurately portrays that synopsis and that tag line then it's a going to be one horror story after another, all of which none of us will have heard of, because A. they never happened or B. they very rarely happen.

If not, then it'll be one hell of a dull film.

I don't care how many Asian whores get banged because I'm not a prude, I don't care what people are ingesting because their body is their business and I have no sympathy for those stupid enough to die sitting in front of a computer for 50 hours straight.

Either way this film is unlikely to win any kudos from me.

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If I were you I would chill out a little and not waste energy typing up comments about a synopsis until you see the film and judge it. As I said, I have a feeling that these guys are on the ball and have a good grasp of what esports is.

Wajzs 2 months ago

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hehe, many players tried to tell the truth, nobody belived them ;)

stormm 2 months ago

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i wish i could attend it, but Dallas is just tooo far away :( Carmac bring a copy back home :P

mTK 2 months ago

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Yeah, somebody screencam it for us please

nickh 2 months ago

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I'm not too convinced..

"Below the surface of a simple game is an underbelly of corruption, money, partying, drugs, and even death. Exploited, abused, and abandoned, most gamers fail to reach the top".

...that does sound like its going to be slamming esports rather than bigging it up..

javax_ 2 months ago

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That's what I was thinking :S

Malystryx 2 months ago

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Aye sounds like a crazy American film preview :D:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPBvFXf9Q2U

Example ^^

clicks 2 months ago

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Give America another reason to hate gaming. GOGOGO.

Einh- 2 months ago

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Am I the only one seeing so many CGS-related names in that Credits list?

Bitchin' that Carmac, Wheat, ... are in there too though. Does that mean there's video footage of you guys Carmac?

Einh- 2 months ago

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Gah. Forgot Sam from fnatic, and quite a few more... Q.Q

Slashered 2 months ago

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me too!

:D

kpc 2 months ago

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Sounds great, can't wait to see it : )

Ceni 2 months ago

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i don't know, it seems like most people still doesn't realize that there is a REAL progaming in South Korea that is A WAY BIGGER than Quake 4 competitive scene (which i think most of the document is about)

rKos 2 months ago

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Well it's an American movie. It won't be the first American documentary ignoring everything non-American.

Olih 2 months ago

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One question this was filmed before the end of CPL as tournament organizer right (or the public announcement at least)? Any chance for you Carmac to get interview with Angel to let us know what he is doing now?

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I emailed Angel about that, we will see what comes out of it.

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He only comes out of his cave if he has the energy to spin some good news, I don't see how he could in this situation.

drinn 2 months ago

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Sounds great :p 88 minutes of that material \o/

Potat0 2 months ago

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I want to go see that. Too bad Dallas is too far away :X

Zechs 2 months ago

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The sooner the rest of the world starts ignoring america, the better.

Zechs 2 months ago

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But seriously, unless it's a joke, which it could be, this sounds like utter garbage.

FarZaveR 2 months ago

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hmmm... I am not sure what to expect. On one hand, it might turn out pretty good as a decent documentary about the esports world as it really is - hints for this are that the people the film is about, Angel, Fatal1ty and LoSt-CaUzE, are pretty cool

on the other hand, it might turn out to be far away from reality with stereotyping over and over... so that the people just wanted to let everything look like they wanted to. The biggest hint for this is that the tournament is about the CPL Quake 4 scene... and I wouldn't call this that representative, as duelling is known for the fact that they are a few players who "made it" but many others don't manage to ever get anything back (because there is only pro competition, no amateur competition, thus, nobody (including professional clans) is interested in promising amateur players).

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utter shit and should be placed in the same can of spin shit as the murder story that you have on the homepage. Infact, this site should have a section labelled "useless somewhat generalizing stereotypes of esport/video-gaming shit news section"

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Yawn.

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real Carmac? the real movie star?

I'm glad you're yawning. Must have been a really shit film. The only possible way this film has any benefit to esports is if it has nothing to do with the CPL and all the sex, drugs, rock and roll.

What you have could be construed as quite possibly the WORST idea in history for an e-sports related film.

What fucking adult decisions do they make?

Bullshit, these are the same decisions that any college/university student makes, and shockingly enough THEY ARE THE SAME FUCKING AGE.

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Stop being so aggravated without even having seen the film. It's a catchy synopsis so far, and that's it. Now what if that synopsis attracts a ton of people to see the film and the film actually shows esports very accurately and opens a lot of eyes in a positive way?

Seriously, if you made a documentary about something wouldn't you want to make it sound interesting? As I said above, I know more about this film than most. I gave those guys a long interview and "bad things" that the synopsis speaks of were a very tiny part of it.

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so we are liars aswell, great

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"bad things" that the synopsis speaks of were a very tiny part of it."

Put together your small input of bad parts with everyone else who was interviewed and you've got two hours of it.

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Say what you like, to me you're judging a book by its cover.

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No, I'm judging it by the authors description of the book.

Big fucking difference.