Scheduled: 19:00 BST, 22 August 2010 to 22:30 BST, 22 August 2010 Schedule: Passed
UPDATE: VOD's of the interviews with k1llsen & MorroW can be found on Lo3 #57 & WoC #9
"Live On Three" is hosted by Marcus "djWHEAT" Graham, Rod "Slasher" Breslau and Scott "SirScoots" Smith.
Today's "Live On Three" #57 will be a special post-GamesCom edition of the show, which will also involve djWHEAT's other show, "Weapon of Choice", which specializes in Starcraft 2.
GamesCom 2010 winners Marcel "k1llsen" Paul and Stefan "MorroW" Andersson will be coming on both shows to talk about their victories, and their immediate afterthoughts. k1llsen will join "Live On Three" to dive into his first major international LAN victory, how it felt to play and win in front of his home crowd, and the difficulties in taking down last year's Season 4 champion, Shane "rapha" Hendrixson. MorroW joins "Weapon of Choice" to discuss his last-minute entrance into GamesCom to begin with, the many cries of 'imbalance' for Terran in StarCraft 2, and how he was able to take out the machine that is Greg "IdrA" Fields in the finals.
The first person knocked out of WCG Ultimate Gamer Season 2, Michael "michs09" Labelle, will also be on the show.
Tune into "Weapon of Choice" at 19:00 BST for MorroW, and "Live On Three" at 21:00 BST for k1llsen, all broadcasted on djWHEAT.tv.
season 1 wasnt that great imo, they are way overhyping it, there was ONE decent gamer there, the rest was a bunch of normal people who just play alot of games and have "championships" - in like NFL madden in their hometown or something
I don't necessarily dislike third-party orgs, but it is true, they have no future in pro-gaming. You see, in regular sports, no one owns the sports. Anyone can get a soccer ball, start playing, and form their own leagues and tournaments. In gaming, people do own the sports. They have exclusive rights to decide who gets to run leagues and tournaments, and who doesn't. Once there's enough money in leagues and tournaments (in 'pro-gaming', so to speak), they will consolidate everything into their own system. It is a simple business decision. Instead of all the pro-gaming profits going to third-parties, it goes to them.
Id is, by far, best positioned to do this. The Quake Live system is only missing a few key elements. And, of course, all their Quakecon experience makes up for the rest.
There's exclusive rights in sports business all the way to the horizon, specifically regarding broadcasting. And in this department, esports would be the most likely place where 3rd party orgs still can succeed. Because gaming shops don't yet have the money to really control popularity.
Besides, just as anybody can pick up a racket he can play quake, too. That has literally nothing to do with where the money goes.
You want to indulge in pretentious pessimism, maybe choose a more suitable subject.