Competitive scenes in gaming are sometimes reduced to the underlying quality of the game. If a game is terrible, it has no esport scene; if it's excellent, it will have one. This reduction is not entirely wrong, but it fails to account for what, to me, is the most crucial aspect of esports: the people who actually create the scene.

In this video, I explore the core philosophy that esports is about the people, not the overall model, specifically as it relates to Stormgate and other titles.

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00:00 - Intro
00:49 - The Product, The Service, The Community
03:17 - Grassroots Esports
08:09 - Who to Turn to
11:32 - Esports is You, Me, & Them
15:10 - The Best way to Begin is by Beginning
23:56 - Above All Else, Be Patient