Starting to get some responses to work at Press Tour. Not often I get a letter from a general manager of a professional sports team, but I got one this week from Jason B.W. Lake, general manager of the Los Angeles complexity of the Champion Gaming Series: Very sorry you weren't able to attend our Championship Gaming Series party. I hope you got all the laundry done. Your article was well written and very humorous, but I think you missed the mark on professional gamers. I am founder and GM of the L.A. team and I can assure you today's gamers are nothing like the stereotype you put forward. Perhaps if you took the time (I know it's hard for us old folks) to investigate the state of gaming on a global basis, you'd realize they more closely resemble the rock stars of the 50's (read: about to explode into the mainstream stardom) and not the Atari geeks from the early 80's. Most professional gamers are ex-athletes, well spoken, and outgoing. Remember: in the 1800's coal miners and railroad workers all swore there was no way a man could make a living hitting a little baseball. Again, I enjoyed your article, but humbly suggest you do more homework about today's gamers before reverting to old, stale stereotypes. Thanks for your note. Sorry I missed the party, which I hear was very elaborate. I'll try to keep an eye on the professional gaming phenomenon going forth with more of an open mind. In clean laundry. A friend writes: ...
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