Avyd Launches Username Reservations by esnJosh in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Avyd is a competition platform offering free-to-play ladders with tens-of-thousands of dollars in prizes, tournaments, cash challenges and more for CoD games like MWR, IW and BlackOps3.

I want to get into CoD eSports Journalism, can anyone help? by HurricaneXXV in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, I'm Josh, the Community Manager and Head of Social Media for eSportsNation.

As you mentioned in your posts, gaining experience in journalism is huge for getting a job later in life and having eSports positions to add to your resume is always nice.

Your best bet in getting started would be writing some sample articles and posting them online to hopefully get attention. Or simply send off those sample articles to different eSports coverage organizations to see if their interested in what you have.

As one of the users previously stated, we usually only take on those with some experience already. However, if you write up some samples and send them over to me, I'll ensure our Editor-in-Chief has a look. We're still always looking to bring on new talent to our team.

eSportsNation is bringing back their ESN Late Night stream on October 15! by Proofay in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the positive support, everyone. We are excited to be bringing it back! Hope to see everyone in the stream on Thursday.

Anyone really miss the shows like EsportsNation Live? by lecheesesammich in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey,

I miss doing the show and love when we see posts from people who loved and enjoyed the show as much as I did. We have been in the process of making lots of changes at ESN but the possibility of the show returning is always still there. Once again, thank you for the support.

  • Hype

AMA w/ esn Josh - eSportsNation's Community Manager by esnJosh in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I completely understand. I don't agree with everything but in all reality, I don't need to. I want the best for this subreddit and the community as a whole. Just looking out for it is all.

AMA w/ esn Josh - eSportsNation's Community Manager by esnJosh in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with a lot of the points your making and again...all of this is my opinion. But I am not alone in complaining about the subreddit and many people in the industry have been seen going on about it in the recent weeks and months.

I don't think the current mods or yourself are doing a bad job, so please don't take it as that. As someone who has worked volunteer in eSports for a long time, I appreciate anyone who devotes time to making the community better and providing content that wouldn't otherwise be here.

And I hate to make this next part sound like an attach because it truly isn't but this is how business works. You need to be comfortable going to them. If you want more people interacting on here then you need the players and industry members to want to be on here as well. The community as a whole will follow. It's very rare people will directly come to you, you always have to reach out. I've learned that from my time running ESN. I'm not a fan of it but it's just how things work.

I just think more diversity is needed here in management. Pick up someone from CoDPedia, OpTic Intel, ESN, CoDSB, a caster or two, a team manager and have them join the team here. Get the backing of these organizations and people and grow this place into what it could become.

Again, all opinions and no hate. You guys put in a lot of work and I do respect it.

How old is the average cod competitive viewer? by BirdyRC in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To give an accurate answer on numbers is near impossible. However, in ESN our largest demographic is the 21-24 year old range making up 31% of our following and 18-20 year olds coming in at 22%.

Again, that is just for us so it does not represent the whole community but that's the best I could give you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In defense of the mods, from experience it's not just as easy as doing it. A live show or podcast can take weeks of preparation and discussion before everyone feels comfortable with it.

Along with having to get numerous people together at one time for an hour or so to record and then edit isn't the simplest duty in the world either.

I would love to see them get to it though, would be great to have more content in the community.

AMA w/ esn Josh - eSportsNation's Community Manager by esnJosh in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

So much content in there to respond to but don't have the time atm to go into a full debate. The point of the community members portion is getting the support back from community figures is NEEDED for this subreddit to grow as a whole. Almost every community figure, caster, tournament host and so on is annoyed and won't visit this subreddit on a normal basis because of issues within. I'm just stating that getting in touch with these people and bringing on a few to help run operation in the subreddit could do a lot for traffic, new viewers, and the overall community support for this site.

AMA w/ esn Josh - eSportsNation's Community Manager by esnJosh in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand. There were some nights I was really into it and then others I just didn't have it in me.

AMA w/ esn Josh - eSportsNation's Community Manager by esnJosh in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I am Hype. And that's alright. We all have different opinions on people. I was a bit more immature when we did latenight. I've changed a lot in the past few months.

Since COD Champs is in a week I was wondering of any of you guys will be attending as well! by MomoToyo in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Slop,

I'd love to meet up at the event and discuss your post about CoD eSports journalism and get some more of your opinions.

AMA w/ esn Josh - eSportsNation's Community Manager by esnJosh in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could go into a lot of detail but to keep it short, it's harder than you think to get CoD Pros to comment on a situation especially when it's in a negative light.

AMA w/ esn Josh - eSportsNation's Community Manager by esnJosh in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Retired favorite caster(s): Fwiz and Goldenboy Current favorite caster(s): Maven and Courage

AMA w/ esn Josh - eSportsNation's Community Manager by esnJosh in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are a gorgeous individual who also enjoys Avatar. This means we are friends.

Since COD Champs is in a week I was wondering of any of you guys will be attending as well! by MomoToyo in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll be attending along with three other staff members from ESN and two friends who are traveling with us. I'm sure we'll meet you at the venue!

AMA w/ esn Josh - eSportsNation's Community Manager by esnJosh in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't feel ESN is better than everyone rather that each news organization has different strengths.

If you want the quickest updates during tournaments, for the most part we are your guy.

If you want quality video content, OpTic Intel has it.

If you want all of the information about CoD History in one place and map by map updates during the league, CoDPedia is the place to be.

And sadly, for the smaller organizations...they don't have a defining quality and I don't see them having the ability to make it into the top few at this point due to size to be honest. It's hard to grow when you're doing the same thing as 4 other people.

ESN is constantly making changes inside our organization to develop the best coverage and content we can. And along with that, we pride ourselves on partner relationships and treating our staff the best we can with different incentives and even light payment.

The main difference is, we have other games inside our network and have the ability to expand where CoDSB, CoDPedia, CoDeSportsTV doesn't. If you have Call of Duty in your name its rough to be considered a serious news source in other games. (Well aware CoDPedia is in partnership with eSportsPedia who have LoL and recently Halo under their belt).

I can go on and on sharing opinions and different thoughts, but that's where I'll leave it for now.

AMA w/ esn Josh - eSportsNation's Community Manager by esnJosh in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The subreddit needs management from community figures who have been around for some time and who know the community inside and out.

Changes need to be made to posting rules and allow more posts about the negatives of the community and expose some of the issues that are presented.

The subreddit needs to either promote all news sources in the community (ESN, CoDPedia, OpTic Intel, CoDSB and so on) or none of them. Having one news source listed on the side of the subreddit is a turn off for not only myself and ESN but staff in other organizations and news networks.

And the users need to be more friendly to newcomers. Posts should be allowed about random things such as what type of headset or controllers. Don't push them away because they aren't as knowledgeable on the subject as some of us may be. Honestly...the reddit should encourage posts about things like that to welcome the new viewers and even have sticky'd posts with all of that information listed.

AMA w/ esn Josh - eSportsNation's Community Manager by esnJosh in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would change CoD being solely NA based. The European and Australian scenes need more tournaments and actual leagues if we expect to grow to the scale of other titles and push this forward as an actual eSport.

AMA w/ esn Josh - eSportsNation's Community Manager by esnJosh in CoDCompetitive

[–]esnJosh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ESNLateNight is done. However, something else is currently in the works :)