South Africa makes top 10 in global eSport rankings

[qornea]

South Africa 9th in global eSport ranking

South Africa climbs the International eSport Federation ranks

[StaggerLee]

The five-year-olds at LazyGamer took exception to your article:

http://www.lazygamer.net/south-afric...10-of-esports/

[qornea]

The five-year-olds at LazyGamer took exception to your article:

Questionable comprehension skills and liberal interpretation of the facts as presented.

[James]

Yeah, I saw that...

No comment on the rest of the content, but the MyGaming article clearly states the facts - SA ranked 9th with the IeSF. (It's now 9th due to a correction).

The incorrect assertion from LazyGamer:

. . . this press release shouldn’t have been believed straight-out by sites such as MyGaming (who claimed they were 10th in the world) and el33tonline (who at least said 10th in the federation) . . .

Seems Gavin Mannion can't read past our headline, which he interpreted incorrectly.

MyGaming headline: South Africa 9th in global eSport ranking

Now anyone with rudimentary reading skills will want to read on to find out which particular eSport ranking we are writing about. You won't have to read very far though, as just beneath the headline is the excerpt which summarises the article neatly.

MyGaming excerpt: South Africa climbs the International eSport Federation ranks

And if you actually open the article:

MyGaming opening paragraph: The International eSports Federation has released its global rankings based on 2013 performance, and South Africa has ranked 9th in the world out of 23 member nations.

How confusing this must have been in order to accuse us of... I'm not even sure what; reporting on a set of information from an organisation they have a vendetta against?

Just a sloppy attempt to snipe at us - the traffic stats from the past few months must really be getting them; oops, now I'm doing it :P

[qornea]

Just a sloppy attempt to snipe at us - the traffic stats from the past few months must really be getting them; oops, now I'm doing it :P

Now now, kids.

[StaggerLee]

How confusing this must have been in order to accuse us of... I'm not even sure what; reporting on a set of information from an organisation they have a vendetta against?

Just a sloppy attempt to snipe at us - the traffic stats from the past few months must really be getting them; oops, now I'm doing it :P

I suspect that the vendetta is the issue here. Gavin Mannion really hates Colin Webster. I'm not sure whether it's justified or not, but any mention of MSSA in other media gets him going and he leaps at any opportunity to say something disparaging about them.

[TheAvenged87]

the traffic stats from the past few months must really be getting them; oops, now I'm doing it :P

[Stunt]

I hate LG...

[Lazygamer]

Just a correction to your sniping..

You changed your headline and then accused me of not being able to read .. nice

You also just reposted a press release wthout giving it any substance which is pretty poor from someone who considers himself a journalist. You gave no context or logic behind it and that is why you were called out.


@Stunt, sorry to hear you hate us. Would you be willing to say why so we can help improve?

@StaggerLee, it's Lazygamer not LazyGamer

oh and as for that traffic quip... when you actually get more traffic than us you can talk but right now we both know that's not true..

ergh and to think I needed to register a tag for this
-Gavin

[The Joker]

Just a correction to your sniping..

You changed your headline and then accused me of not being able to read .. nice

You also just reposted a press release wthout giving it any substance which is pretty poor from someone who considers himself a journalist. You gave no context or logic behind it and that is why you were called out.


@Stunt, sorry to hear you hate us. Would you be willing to say why so we can help improve?

@StaggerLee, it's Lazygamer not LazyGamer

oh and as for that traffic quip... when you actually get more traffic than us you can talk but right now we both know that's not true..

ergh and to think I needed to register a tag for this
-Gavin

So who are you again? lol Up until today I didn't even know what lazygamer is/was...lol
As for registering, at least you now know what it feels like to belong to a proper forum.