Tuesday, May 1, 2018
University of California, Irvine
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- Place
- Crystal Cove Auditorium
- Time
- 14:00 ~ 14:30
- Speakers
Misconceptions about the Business of Esports
With esports beginning its surge into the mainstream, more money and investment has flooded the space than ever before. Esports are seeing more new faces than ever before in the form of a new audience from skyrocketing viewership, new sponsors looking to make a splash, and traditional sports investors chasing familiar franchise models.
With burgeoning interest in esports come many new questions and misconceptions. How viable is franchising? Where should you invest? What is an esport? In this talk, Reynad plays the devil's advocate to today's herd mentality in the business side of esports.- Place
- Crystal Cove Auditorium
- Time
- 14:00 ~ 14:30
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- Place
- Doheny Beach
- Time
- 17:00~17:30
- Speakers
Hearthstone Pioneers Table: What Makes a Casual Card Game a Tier 1 Esport
Hearthstone's Esports success has many fascinating qualities to it. Not only is it a card game that has made it into the mainstream, but its ability to deliver Esports to such a diverse fan base is simply unheard of. The traditional lines between the “casual crowd” and the “Esports fanatics” aren’t set in stone in Hearthstone, and this talk will explain why.
Join Hearthstone pro Kranich and Tempo Storm CEO and Card Game veteran Reynad in this unfiltered, unapologetic discussion on what makes Hearthstone Esports tick.- Place
- Doheny Beach
- Time
- 17:00~17:30
