Esports Consultant / Analyst CrowdForge | CrowdStudios | KhelShaala : Building an esports ecosystem for tomorrow i.e. Crowd Control Esports
This letter is indeed very distressing and the twitter post that James Fudge has shared even more so! @Nick Kanungi - I speak for most (if not all of the community), we are with you in spirit and through guidance and whatever support we can offer. This sort of malice in esports has to be called out and ceased as soon as it is noticed to prevent esports being weaponized or monopolized. I mean if the publishers / developers have no issue and there are no moral or ethical issues in place, I don't believe anyone has any right to ask people to cancel their events! Furthermore, we are still a very young industry and ought to call out and stop any and all malpractices to ensure that we are building a thriving and growing industry which only improves with time, instead of giving in to the corporate structures that already stand (I'm not against them, but definitely not in their favor either with stuff like this going on). Let's try to build a healthier and more robust industry which is above this malice. Thanks again James Fudge for sharing this particular article. (It hits a nerve when you see stuff like this!)
I would really love for Sidney Maoga, the Competition Director at Esports Kenya Federation, who signed this letter, to explain how this grows esports in Kenya, and why this federation thinks it controls all esports in the region. Also does the Global Esports Federation approve of these kinds of tactics?
James Fudge
9mo
Thank you for caring about the community. Opportunities are being taken away by these kinds of actions.
Nick Kanungi
9mo
Thank you. 🙏🏾
Absolute correct step by the sports federation of Kenya, the federation exists for a reason no publisher or developer or organser should be allowed to bypass them. The federation has absolute right and authority to do so, there had been times where organisers have scammed people, used marketing tactics to exploit the concept of ‘grassroots development’. Can you go and challenge AIFF / BCCI / FIFA / AIBA / IOC / WFI / WBI ? You cannot, hence the sports leagues are organised in structured and well defined ecosystem. Is esports following the same? It’s all about profit making in esports and some entities exploiting their influence in the community. It hits nerve, when years after years publishers have failed to address hacking, cheating and scamming and slot selling in the esports.