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Yes I know like half of the comments here are going to be "IBP should host the major OMEGALUL" but what do yall think?
I know there's been 3 majors already in the US but they've all been in either the east coast (Atlanta and Boston) or mid east (Columbus)
Why not host one in the most populous state in the US?
The closest thing we've ever had to a major was IEM Oakland, and to get from LA to Oakland is 4 hours (plus they don't even do Oakland anymore so)
That would fuck over EU due to the timezones.
That argument goes both ways.
Well most of the playerbase isn't in Ohio (MLG Columbus major) either now isn't it?
Columbus operates under Eastern Standard Time, which likely is the largest playerbase.
Ohio population: 11.66 million (2017)
California population: 39.54 million (2017)
Are you being intentionally obtuse?
Eastern Standard Time Zone: 150.2 million (Ohio's time zone)
Pacific Standard Time Zone: 53.0 million (California's time zone)
The population of the state that the major is being hosted in is irrelevant.
He has to be trolling u. Nobody is that stupid that they think Ohio is the only state in eastern time zone.
You're not getting the argument I'm trying to make and I'm not going to sit here and try to type up an essay so I'll just say that I agree with you when you say that EST has more people than PST, but in terms of the individual states, there's more people dying for a major in California than in Ohio.
U realize that America don’t come close to fans and viewers in csgo compared to Europe right??? They will never do a major or huge event that will basically make 3/4 of its audience unable to watch the event. They will do it to Americans because they wouldn’t lose that much audience compared to the other way around.
Fair enough.
I'm just hoping that I'll be able to reasonably drive to a big CS event 1 day in my home state.
I'm in LA
I agree with you 100% but the point that I'm trying to get to is that I want there to be a major in California so that I and other CS:GO fans in California can attend it. I know that sounds very selfish but you get what I'm trying to say right?
Well I guess I should just give up then, should've known minorities will never get what they want and that's the end of it.
boo hoo :(((
Yeah ik it's better for EU but like we're over here with millions of people still waiting for even 1 big event :(
ur literally only 2-3 hours ahead, whats the problem?
The problem is I want to GO to a major just like a ton of other CS:GO fans in the west coast, watching it from home is a completely different experience than watching it there in the arena. I'd also rather not want to fly 5 and half hours and have to worry about booking flights and hotels and all that shit.
you can do it mate, you are rich, unlike me
No trust me I'm very broke.
Can barely afford a computer that's better than a potato
Actually I just took a quick look back at my PC specs and they're not that bad
CPU: i5-8400
RAM: 12 GB DDR4
Graphics card: GTX 1060 TI
Edit: My fault for the miscommunication.
1. I agree with you that California is one of the richer states but I'm from an immigrant family who came after the Vietnam War so I certainly wouldn't consider myself rich.
2. If you think traveling across the entire continental United States to get to Boston/Atlanta is a tiny bit to travel, please send me the drugs you are on.
Fuq my bad
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Edit: meant 1050 not 60
"The global audience for CS:GO tends to hit its peak at around 14:00 EST, so we prefer proposals that can place the most important match-ups around that time. Note that it’s easier for an online audience to stay up a little late than to wake up early, and arena audiences don’t like to attend as late as online audiences peak viewership, which means that ideal locations are between EST and CET."
East Coast would be better.
Yeah ik it's better so it wouldn't fuck EU timezones but like we're over here with MILLIONS of people.
If we can't get a major at least bring back Oakland or something :(
Dude out of them million people 5k watch csgo. They don’t give a shit about 5k when Europe has millions watching.
Yes I understand that PST is a worse time zone for EU viewers but you have to realize that it's the other way around as well.
All of the viewers in the west coast get fucked over too
"All of the viewers in the west coast get fucked over too"
Well, not really.
LA time right now: 5PM
New York time right now: 8PM
Sweden time right now: 2 AM
TL:DR 3 hours diff, lol.
It is 9 hours diff between Sweden & LA & "only" 6 hours diff between Sweden & New York.
TL:DR New York / Orlando / Miami / Washington / Pittsburgh major >>>>>>> Cali / LA major
No no no you're misunderstanding what I'm trying to say
I don't care if there's events in the US, I can 100% watch those
But when there's an event in Sweden and the match starts at 12 AM, it would mean that it's 3 AM for us and idk about you, but I'd rather get my sleep than stay up at 3 in the morning to watch a match
Truth is though, as an audience Europe just outnumber westcoast NA and Australia, life just isn't fair that way. if the stats supported it I am sure there would be some companies trying to sell their big tournament to Valve on the west coast.
There are plenty of things people lose out on all the time because of their location, if it's a really big deal for you to attend a major maybe consider saving up and going to an east coast one?
+1 Yeah no I completely agree, most of the points in this thread makes sense but I don't have the money to book a flight, book a hotel, get tickets, buy food, etc.
That's literally the only reason why I want a major in California
Las vegas or dallas would be sick
Ok ngl I wouldn't mind if they brought Las Vegas back. There's already a venue there that they could TECHNICALLY "use"
T-mobile arena
Major in Florida, 3 most populous state. Eastern time zone. Warm year round. I'd be happy af
eh
+1 since it's an actual big state unlike Ohio
I got family in tampa, so id be hyped. I live in Jacksonville lol
+1
The most populous state in the US and you're saying that nobody will come?
0/8
There are a lot of problems related to hosting a major in the US, even tho I agree with the idea of having a major in California would be awesome.
First, there are timezone problems. Organisers aim to get the most viewers from the event, and EU is the ideal spot for that.
Second, VISA issues occuring lately. If a team from some low tier country qualifies to the major, there is a high chance that their VISA’s applications will be declined, therefore the team will be replaced by another one.
Well, it was worth a shot.
I'm glad that you think it's an awesome idea but according to what people have said, it's like 99.99999999999999999999% that Cali will never get a major.
Most populous lol.
Forgot to add things like
Highest taxed state by far
Highest rate of homeless
Highest rate of drug addicts
Highest rate of human shit on sidewalks
Highest rate of used drug needles on sidewalks
Highest rate of mentally ill people living on the streets
Highest rate of far left libtards(sorry wrote this on twice. Just above this one)
I think it would be better to keep csgo out of America’s biggest shithole.
Highest number of mexicans livink there that a bad thing
Bad if they illegal. If they are legal then they are Mexican Americans and they are welcome here. But I think that Texas might have the most Mexicans.
I think its California that has the most mexicans. Both states were once part of Mexico but California has a higher population and more hispanics. Texas has more German descended people.
I think you dont understand what illegal means
Illegal immigrabts means they croas the border with no visa and shit
Legal immigrants crossed with visa and they can stay with no trouble
Mexican Americans are the ones born there or with legal papers us citizens
Mexicans still not real Americans
Ohhhh ok so u wouldn’t consider someone who legally moved to America a American now. I’m a citizen of the United States of America so that makes me a American. If I moved to Mexico I’d become a American Mexican. I don’t get what ur salty about
When the US basically "bought" the territory they just decided to keep the name like with Texas, California and Nevada.
Yes, the entire Southwest from Texas to California was once Mexican territory along with Nevada, Utah, the western part of Colorado and the bottom left part of Wyoming.
Reason Mexico lost all of that territory was due to the Mexican-American war where Mexico was trying to populate their northern territories and invited Southerners to live in Texas which turned out to be their biggest mistake since Texas then tried to gain independence due to anglos outnumbering mexicans, USA at first was going to stay out of the dispute until Mexican soldiers killed multiple americans which then declared war with American victory. Tho at first the US government did offer to buy the territories but Mexico refused all of them. In the end due to the war, Mexico sold their northern territories anyway.
Thought i'd just give a short history lesson there.
I'm not going to deny those stats but what does that have to do with hosting a major in California? If you really think those mentally ill people/drug addicts/etc are going to care about a video game event then you should send me whatever drugs you're on
If they host another Major in NA, it should be in Indianapolis. Crossroads of America :D. Also doesn't fuck over EU since it's Eastern Standard Time.
yes in oakland please.. i live here
+1
It would be kinda far for me but I'd still go.
4 hours.
Yeah me too
The only CS events I get to go to are the IBP Masters every year but they're not very good at hosting events so
Yeah, not like that garbage that IBP organized
Terrible idea
IBP should host the major OMEGALUL
Ik right?
Major in China
Why not host one in the most populous country in Asia?
+1
lol clueless trump supporter spotted
Host one in Israel
Yes! Preferably in August when I'm in Cali.
NA MAJOR LUL
m16r OMEGALUL
Why you always tryna spend my money?
Why you always gotta act so funny?
I got six gold chains on and I'm 'bout to go dumber
While your b***ch give me brains in the back of the Hummer
California girls f**kin' with me in the summer
It's that California world shit, California color
California girls f**kin' with me in the summer
It's that California world s**t
lol trump supporter spotted
Yeah I realize that now
I mean it was worth a shot
Yeah no I get that but the whole reason why i made this thread was because a major in California would be perfect for me to go to, as I wouldn't need to spend a ton of money to go ;-;
I mean yeah you kind of have a good point there as well, I was thinking the ideal location IF they were going to have it in Cali would be LA but then I took a look at the venues here and all of them are for like football and physical sports
Yeah, the only thing that I can think of as to why they would have the org houses in LA is the weather because California housing in general is expensive af
