It’s not any one thing. Yes it was ESPN + Moneymaker more than anything, but ESPN wouldn’t have expanded the coverage to begin with , if poker hadn’t been picking up steam anyway. Due to yes, Rounders, and the World Poker Tour, and so on..

the fuck? That’s the total opposite of the thesis of the article

I remember Tabula Rasa, a game which strayed pretty far from Garriott’s original vision, and was a failure. I also remember Ultima Online which is still going after 20 years. To the extent that anybody could have a multi-MMORPG track record, I think his is pretty good when you look at MMORPGs overall and how many are…

Ehh. .if they are so desperate to avoid paying bonuses that they would tank the Metacritic score, then why have the bonuses to begin with? Presumably the bonuses would exist because Bethesda believes that the return on the sales due to strong reviews would exceed the outlay in bonuses.

Whoa. Who said anyone was a prick?

Valle’s an awesome guy. But yes, he is a celeb pick. He hasn’t placed high in a major in forever. Local tournaments.. whatever. Most of this field are the best of the best, not winners of locals

A half hour per week of Katie was not much. Multiiplying that x5 is still hardly overexposure.

A troll. Really now. The people getting ‘trolled’ are getting exactly what they want. Tits.

Yeah, I think Kilborn counts. He’s not more famous _now_, but he had a network talk show and did pretty well there - certainly a step up from Sportscenter.

But wasn’t it true that Grantland itself was never profitable at ESPN? Maybe it would have been foolish to try and recreate it completely without ESPN’s endless amounts of cash propping it up.

Yes, but multiple KINGs would be rather game-breaking. The objective of chess is to checkmate the king, singular.

Race Hub is the one remaining hold-over from the Speed Channel, so that’s not even really an audience that FS1 built.

There was another occasion where Marv criticized Westbrook for throwing up a hasty shot, not realizing OKC had inbounded with like 3 seconds on the shot clock.

It’s an indicator in what way? Private server players are a small subset of the overall game userbase. Those Nostalrius numbers look impressive to me. Those people could have played any private server but chose the one with Vanilla settings.

150k is not the total potential market though. 150k is only the number of people who were A) actually aware of the existence of the private server, and B) willing to play on a private server, which is not necessarily desirable for many reasons, one of which just came to pass (everything can go kaput).

Good call. Those Red Sox guys with those wacky beards never won nothin’!

What happened here doesn’t sound like a kid thing that you grow out of.

This guy makes amazing levels. The ingenuity and intricate design is so impressive.

What ‘term’ of service was violated?

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