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[Wolf Ender]

So one of the things i think has great potential for MWO is the idea of e-sports. We all know that e-sports is already huge and I feel that in the future it is only going to get bigger....much much bigger.

So one of the big questions is, can MWO get a piece of that action and if so, how? With the current state of the game it doesn't really feel like there was a whole lot of emphasis put on exploring the potential for MWO as an e-sport, but of course the devs could be saving some ideas for launch.

I was watching this video for the upcoming Heavy Gear Assault, and I know a lot of people already are familiar with this upcoming title, but I wanted to specifically highlight the ingenious ways the devs of that game are making HGA an ideal candidate for e-sports.

At about 2:00 through this video : http://youtu.be/zBESvQ1X5ls

they start talking about some of their ideas, including spectator modes, notifications of when your favorite players are fighting, and the idea of sponsorship. I think there is a lot of value in discussing some of these ideas and possibly expanding and finding other ways that MWO could take advantage of e-sports budding popularity.

There might also be some ideas from other games that are already big e-sports successes that MWO could take ideas from. I don't know what those are, but maybe you guys have some ideas?