@Kennheiser @IamExistence its definitely a fine balance because some of the interviews in starcraft with players specifically are pretty stale imo haha and I agree with you on the charm because it is raw it is real(more so than other public events at least). I just hope that E-sports gets taken seriously to become as big as other organizations because I love it and I don't want it misconstrued as "oh it is just some kids playing video games and talking trash" because of poorly prepared interviews, letting feelings override the demeanor needed in such situations.

Many thanks for the interviews to Gamespot though btw it is indeed very appreciated.

@Kennheiser @IamExistence Prepared statements are made to help calm the storms while things are still up in the air to prevent further escalation and prevent statements that can't be taken back, like for instance what xpecial did.

I personally feel his statements were very unprofessional all while his boss is sitting right next to him. Maybe it is because E-sports is still growing, but it isn't like we have to establish all new ground rules for what to do in negative PR situations. We have already established what to do in those situations for years, but perhaps there isn't a big enough organization yet for those rules to be implemented or the staff isn't there. I don't claim to know the reasons, but feel it is definitely something that should be looked at.

To me, interviews should come after things have calmed down a bit and that is when genuine statements should be made about what happened (or at least whatever the public is allowed to know haha) and both sides of the story told. To go off regi's statement, if you want to be professional you have to act professional.

Do you feel they were professional with this interview? I'm asking for opinion, don't take it as hostility haha I'm just openly curious to hear others thoughts.

Edit: Them meaning xpecial and regi, I feel the interviewer was very professional haha

@Kennheiser @IamExistence haha ya i figured id post it here too in hopes maybe it wouldn't get burried, but that's exactly my point.

Something else I feel is holding E-sports back is that they have no PR people to help them set up statements for things. To go back to my football example, there IS a very obvious reason coaches or any public figure dodge questions at times. Throwing all the details out there and causing more drama on an already tense situation only makes things worse.

I mean you wouldn't see a Quarterback saying "Ya we got rid of our WR because he called my wife fat and we got into an argument in the locker room so we decided to release him from the team".

You would instead see something like "There was a dispute with the team and as a team we felt this was the best direction, next question" and that would be the end of it.

I agree with interviews to get more information, but the players need to have statements prepared rather than just winging it which is basically pouring gas on an already out of control fire aka Reddit lol

I think what frustrates me so much with regi is he sits there talking about professionalism the whole time and how hard it is to make a business decision because he has personal feelings involved when if he were just the owner the choice would have been easy and to cut chaox.

This is why you can't be a player AND an owner, because you are going to have to make those hard decisions and you CAN'T have those personal feelings involved. Regi talking about chaox exploding on him, do you think that was done as player to player or player to boss? I'm not trying to justify chaox saying what he said, and in fact as a business owner if an employee said that to me I would fire him on the spot, but at the same time regi needs to realize that by simply being the owner AND a player that alone opens the door for tension to come rolling in because the relationship will get too convoluted and this is what happens.

If he were just the owner then he could have easily stepped up and said "look you're fucking up and if you don't stop this then there will be consequences plain and simple" just as any other boss would do in any other job.

Having an obvious boss/employee relationship is vital to any organization to succeed otherwise the employees do feel like they can act out. This is why you see head coaches of football teams (just as an example) not interact with players until after pre-season is over because they know they're going to have to cut some of the guys that don't make it. You NEED to establish "I am your boss, you are my employee" not "I am your teammate, friend, roommate, and boss".

Regi needs to seriously decide to pick one or the other because so long as he is doing both I don't see this tension going away even with chaox release. It almost feels as if it is dyrus and oddone vs xpecial and regi now with wildturtle potentially caught in the middle. Hows that for professionalism?

And as for xpecial, yes i have to say it lol you're a little bitch dude. Stop cowering when someone confronts you because you're scared and grow up. It isn't hard to have a reasonable conversation with someone if you do it with civility and most people (at least in my experiences) will respect you more for being straight up with them rather than hiding behind someone or something else. Thats just flat out highschool shit right there.