Prototypesfunny how the people who want to stick with esea are: squid, platinum, dummy etc. what a fucking joke. everyone is getting baited so hard. dont want their free vacay goin away.
I knew squid before he had ever been to ESEA lan (I was on a team with him), and even in low invite he was focused on making LAN. Not for a vacation but because he is very competitive and wanted to prove himself where it matters most. If people think the game will be fine after the current top invite dies off, that is ok but I hate this notion that we play for a vacation. It is about getting to play on an even playing field(0 ping, 0 fps) and to experience the craziest/tense games. Getting to meet your teammates and competitors is just a plus. LAN is just the ultimate motivation to get better for a lot of us.
Before I was even in open I just wanted to play with the best. I'm sure this makes me a nerd and most don't share this feeling but I care about the competition more than anything, and whenever I wasn't at LAN I would watch every single match I could. And when I think about street fighter and SC2, which I have spent a lot of time spectating, I would lose all my interest in the game if all my favorite players stopped taking it seriously.