The Pro scene: overinflated egos, overinflated egos everywhere

[url=#user_comment_224643]@nttea[/url] But, my dear "MLG," that's exactly what Dota2 players are: little shits who would have a heart attack playing two minutes of basketball IRL running around talking about how pro they are at a crappy videogame. U mad?

Same as in every sport and e-sport. Drama feed us!

[url=#user_comment_225002]@Ninj77[/url]: They earn money from it, which is the definition of professional.

[url=#user_comment_224860]@2033[/url]: Agree, pal. Even the term "professional players" is a joke itself. Btw, is the new comic late?

save the drama for the llama.

I dream of a world where magicka becomes competitive

and here people ask why I hate professional players?

[url=#user_comment_224422]@Tk[/url]: except there ARE teams in SC, and that's where a lot of the drama comes from (contacting sponsors, players fucking up contracts, etc)

I enjoy Starcraft 2's 1v1 pro play because it's larger armies fighting. But MOBA is just awful IMO. I hated it on Warcraft 3, and I hate it still.

I imagined the first two panels were a really bad anime drama with exaggerated Japanese.

MLG, the most perfect setting for comedy

Yeah, the web is that way. Though I like developer drama better. EvE Online removed the in game jukebox. Excrement to fan contact webside.

Not enough ponies

draw more pony comics or ill never come bakc again

Natus Vincere, Know 'em? Those guys is coool. they are team, they are al toghether. And im proud of them, since im same national as they are.

Brofist Top Gun, I don't get it either.

I don't see any appeal whatsoever in the whole MOBA/Action-RTS/whatever genre, but watching other people play it competitively? I sat through a bit of a match once, just out of curiosity, and dear lord, it made golf look like a Michael Bay movie. I just don't get it.

[url=#user_comment_224662]@Xedric[/url] I take it you don't follow the LoL Pro Scene. It's ten times as bad since there's a ton more money on the line.

In other words. Play LoL. It's just easier and there's less bitching.

[url=#user_comment_224635]@mac[/url] Spoken like a true noob, you certainly haven't played dota2 if you think being pro at it is just memorizing op strategies and muscle memory. If it was then guess what, like 50% of the playerbase would be pro.

Not to mention that being a "pro" at videogames is a joke. All it boils down to is memorizing OP strategies and muscle memory- which I suppose you could argue is like Chess, albeit a much, much more watered down version.

Dat perspective.
I actually thought Sephiroth's hand turned into hooves for a sec.
And yeah, drama, same on LoL.

@Benny Tops: And That also ties back into the comic and drama. Wow, ramble much.

See you at the Tops.

Hmmm.... I noticed the Seph/Cloud (sounds like an STD) too. I really like the fact that Jo ain't bending over backward to please anyone but himself. Makes for far or entertaining comics. It is kinda the same reason that Blizz takes input but will ignore most of it. People tend to be very self servin

The fundamental issue with "Pro" video gaming is that it's too easy to be truly great and the money isn't really good enough to make it seriously exclusive. Those two factors contribute to a revolving door of talent.

And this is why I refuse to go competitive.
On another note, they should totally do a drama like this. Don't show the actual players, but use a personification of the teams and games.

At panel 2: OBJECTION!!!

You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
When I met you. I picked you out
I shook you up

And turned you around
Turned you into someone new.


Don't you want me baby?
Don't you want me - oooh!
Don't you want me baby?
Don't you want me - oooh!

"But..but..you said you loved me!..You whore! And FYI: I AM NOT FAT!!"....all this and more next week in your favorite soap-opera: DOTA 2!!! Stay tuned!

this is the reason why dota 2 sucks

If it is to be humiliated, I go to my work, if it is to be charged, I get my marriage, but in DOTA, some Pro try to be our bosses or wife.

Reason i love Eve, cant stand playing it but the player interaction and corporate drama makes it so much more fun watching than playing

Pro gaming is pretty much universally hilariously stupid.

I thought it was Steam-tan at first glance

Hardly qualifies as Drama.

The Cloud and Seph thing was intentional. They are supposed to represent "Big Gaming Figures", and the fact that Sephiroph is kicking Cloud off the team is because he is supposed to be the bad guy in the drama. Simple enough.

The actual equation is "Popcorn + Tentacle = J-Poporn" =P

Huh... for some reason I thought they were Cloud and Sephy at first, went in a different direction than I thought it was going to.

See, people, this is why I don't do teams.

[url=#user_comment_224357]@LonePaladin[/url]: Can't be. Where is the industrial hair cement?

the starcraft drama does out rank the dota stuff even and there arent even teams.

Check out starcraft reddit. Drama each day. Delicious.
It's good! A maturity of a sport brings validation. Validation brings money. Money brings drama.

Jo is dota2 nerd, now, officially.

so bad

Just gotta animate this shit in Source Film and sell it to day time TV programming. Valve could make a killing.

So many Dota 2 comics. More F-Zero or I'll never read again!!!1!1!

meh, i just play the game for fun. during international, who the fuck is Na'Vi?

[url=#user_comment_224357]@LonePaladin[/url]: it's NOT??!!

And here I thought it was Sephiroth and Cloud going all slash-fic on us.

need more e-sports stuff

And sport fans had this before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKwKDokHVQc

Welcome to Esports where the drama overtakes the game. Don't follow Dota2 but do follow other Esports so I can imagine it's pretty much the same. Gamers can obsess or be entertained by pro gamers just as much as sports fans can by pro athletes.