PS2,MLG and general thoughts...

[Scorpion Six]

(I originally posted this as a reply to the MLG broadcast thread but after some thought it doesn't fit there and needs its own thread. Thanks!)

First off let me say, "Thank you Planetside Universe for having a more thoughtful, mature (for the most part) forum population than the official PS2 forums!".

Reading the official forums when it comes to talk of MLG and PS2 is just painful. The general consensus is that PS2 is a casual, noncompetitive, pubbies game and doesnt focus on player skill enough to be good as an esport.

Now I don't know alot about MLG and esports, I'll admit that. But I think some of the comments over there are far from realistic.

First off PS2 is VERY competitive in my opinion. With my outfit, and we are not a large outfit at all, it has gotten to the point where we actively look for other organized outfits to go against. We really go looking for a good fight. If we don't we usually end up fighting a hodge podge of lone wolves and pubbies and roll over them, even when out numbered 2+ to 1. It gets boring and as the Infantry NCOIC it's my job to keep my guys entertained. They WANT a good fight. So, to us, PS2 is VERY competitive. That being said, I would call us "competitively casual" because we don't make it mandatory to log on every night for 6 hours. Some of us are older and have families. We do training on Tues nights and main Ops are on Fridays. Show up those two days and you are considered an active member. But when we are on and doing Ops we really go looking for a good fight.

Second, the comment was made on the official forums that PS2 is doesnt focus on individual skill enough, that the more organized outfits with the better strategies and better "war machine" wins battles and that's not what belongs in esports.

I agree and disagree with that opinion. It doesn't matter how good your strategy is or how awesome your logistical "war machine" is, if you can't win in a fire fight you are NOT going to take an objective. If your guys are not skilled enough to execute your strategy it won't matter how good that strategy is, you won't be able to pull it off and take that objective. So individually you HAVE to have some skill. Now the part I DO agree with is that teamwork trumps individual skill...EVERYTIME. Esports is based off of competition, whether it's 1v1 or team vs team.

I for one am looking forward to pitting my guys against the best of the best. Whether it's looking for that organized TR/VS outfit and having at them on what ever continent they are on or facing off in a MLG bracket, doesn't matter to me.

Thanks for your time and consideration.

Scorpion Six
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