Why esports teams live in gaming houses, and how they could evolve

Written by Cass Marshall (@RequineGG)
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[@repuTF]

i will never forget how amazed i was seeing a "gaming house" back when i was 13

[@nochnoy6327]

Another amazing quality video from blitz esports. You guys making good name for yourself. Keep it up, nice and informative video!

[@BlitzEsportsLoL]

Thanks! :)

[@rastkosehovic3294]

Where do they bring their partners in this environment? I feel like that's an actual problem that some may have. If so, can Blitz Esports make a really short interview with some of the house owners or players, or just casually drop in a question in a regular interview.

[@GEM4sta]

Like girlfriends? Very few teams allow girlfriends, and the few people that have one, I think lots of times their girlfriend comes to scrims and stuff.

[@rastkosehovic3294]

i'd say that there's more to relationship than just watching the scrims. Also how is it healthy to forbid girlfriends or boyfriends to mainly teenagers and young people. Shouldn't that be encouraged and shouldn't a main goal of every team house be a healthy development of their players and staff (you know, besides pro success and stuff like that?)

[@rastkosehovic3294]

GEM4sta I am truly sorry that you feel that life can truly be fulfilling just by work, cause it really can't. Also no need for being aggressive and sarcastic, some players might actually like their d**k sucked, and my question (and opinion) was only addressing the issue of some players who actually want that but can't get it because of teamhouses. Also there are many many many many pro athletes and business people who work incredibly hard and a lot, and still have time for family. And usually point out how important that is, for that matter. I'd love to hear one actual argument how that doesn't benefit you (or as a matter of fact, an argument hoe does it hurt you career, especially at such young age). No need for aggressiveness I'm having a mature debate, so please don't be condescending and irrational.

[@rileyjamison8824]

These graphics are seriously amazing. Great job again guys

[@BlitzEsportsLoL]

Thanks so much!

[@BKR1337]

I thought you were gonna mention Dyrus burning parts of the TSM house with a microwave burrito 😂

[@JohnTranWorldPeace]

Definitely a missed opportunity

[@Andreych95]

WUT? WAT? im gonna need a link for that, thats hilarious

[@youthor3561]

Twice. Then Wildturtle did it.

[@ClumsyParasite]

Great quality video. Thanks for the uplaod

[@BlitzEsportsLoL]

Thanks!

[@uwatm8408]

I've been in a gamehouse and it's an amazing experience. I was always around my teammates who I had fun with and we took the game as an actual game, not work. I've never seen anyone nervous for the game anythime and that's thanks the psycological support given to us by selected staff members. The downside is that if you are in the house with someone that you don't like much you just have to deal with it. Overall it's a nice experience

[@Constantine91]

Living with 10 other dudes. Such joy

[@user-mr6xf8xz2d]

Ionut Cosmin even better when youre gay

[@jakehix8132]

are there no esports teams with women? *heads to google*

[@bravepotatoe7513]

care lol you're gonna fet flamed by feminists for stating facts.

[@jrobi501]

ninjakn_ Prove that fact instead of stating it.

[@frabzfrabz9294]

Ionut Cosmin 😂😂😂😂

[@LucRio448]

Great video. Concerning the "live where you work" point, Schalke is trying a different aproach iirc: They have a gaming house for exercises, living and everything - but for scrims (not sure about SoloQ) they get on a bus and drive to a special... let's call it "gaming office" so maybe that's the right way? Especially since Schalke actually should know about this problem since they also run different other sports teams.

[@GEM4sta]

I don't see how that would make them know about this problem. I have never heard of a traditional sports team that lives on the field, or even in the same house.

[@LucRio448]

Well I know for example a few soccer teams with own soccer-academies. There they usually have younger players (like 13-14 or something like that, but often even until they get the austrian/german version of their A-levels) and those player live there, they go to school and the have their soccer practice - everything inside the same building in wintertime and when it's warm enough, they practice on the soccerfields right next to the same building. So they attend classes, practice soccer and also sleep and eat in the same building, that's like as much "live where you work" as there could ever be, right?^^ And also, if you think about it - maybe tit's not like they don't know about this because they don't live and work in the same are, maybe they do not live and work in the same area because they already know the problem.

[@5age6]

IIRC Fnatic also tried to seperate the office from the Gaming house where everyone lives. Does solve the problem of 'one place to live and one to work' but still everyone lives together.

[@kennyflocka]

most koreans LoL teams live in the same house but they have their own gaming office. scriming in house is a NA and EU thing pretty much

[@CinemaSteve]

You guys didn't mention EchoFox! They have split facilities that are amazing. Rick really went all out with that team.

[@4pipesrlz]

An office/apartment complex that has a clear shift in style, from cozy slice-of-everything dorms, to stylish vectored gaming offices--sounds cool.

[@willho4202]

Anyone seen the 100 Theives House? It's really good because they have one house that is for work and scrims, and another for eating, resting and playing. They all have their own rooms as well to give themselves their personal space. Definitely the best I've seen.

[@Greenestgreen]

I know this guy voice. Is he from esports in a nutshell?

[@BlitzEsportsLoL]

Yes! Mark's our editor-in-chief now.

[@Greenestgreen]

Blitz Esports LoL glad to here that. well deserved c:

[@Greenestgreen]

Depends of the game

[@tyler1fansstuckin8thgrade31]

Shadowfire Gaming get recognized

[@Telliax]

I think it is fairly straightforward in LoL. 1) You play SoloQ until you reach challenger. 2) The matchmaking puts you in game with current pro's. 3) You destroy them / carry them or prove yourself some other way. 4) If you left an impression then the next time this team will be looking for a new player your name will come up. 5) ????? 6) Profit. Ofc, you can also join a no-name team and fight your way up to and through challenger series as a 5 man unit. www.lolesports.com/en_US/articles/2016-challenger-series-qualifiers

[@baibiedaisieify]

We have a slow internet connection here in the Philippines and I think gaming houses are great because everyone can create a schedule like watching youtube videos or downloading ANYTHINGGG

[@MoshJarcus]

I love these videos, so well put together. Something worth mentioning perhaps though is that CLG already has the complex thing IMT was proposing?

[@JackSndAceS]

Yeah the concept isnt that new, EDG has a gaming complex since 2015.

[@LockheedMartinEnjoyer]

iirc RNG had one to or still

[@Paputsza]

I like the complex/commune idea. The players need to know how to do basic stuff.

[@kinkakunerd]

this was hugely informative and interesting! well done!!

[@smithjohnson1368]

Blitz esports is just too good, dam. All I could say really. Hope you guys continue making top-notch videos in the future.

[@BlitzEsportsLoL]

Thanks, we will! :)

[@Joossetube]

higher quality video than I expected, nice!

[@Alex-jf4ui]

i agree with the idea of separating work space and play space.i played college football and there was just that mental preparation in the locker room, as youre strapping on your gear your are mentally preparing yourself to be focused. and plus practicing how you play. ive heard a lot of na teams just mess around in scrims. i cannot imagine going to a football practice and just messing around. id get cut from the team. i think esports teams have a long way to go, but theres a reason other sports do things a certain way, and since these guys most likely didnt play sports they dont know how to work together or learn all the lessons that a sport would teach. if i was a ceo of an esports club id definitely go get experts from other sport and copy how they practice and organize their team.

[@ericnick4498]

alex cable That's actually what Esports are doing now.

[@JohnTranWorldPeace]

Great video. I just wanted to add one more positive comment to really drive it home that you guys are making quality content.

[@BlitzEsportsLoL]

Thanks so much!

[@TheKillersnake7]

4:18 ok so thats why I am watching videos instead of studying for my exams right now

[@analysttherapist2929]

this channel is so good

[@BlitzEsportsLoL]

Thank you :)

[@victorbian3594]

they should all do it like echo fox does, they have seperate house and offices

[@bryansiepert9222]

Quality content, quality execution. Keep it up; we need more A+ tier stuff like this.

[@BlitzEsportsLoL]

We will!

[@chris-hayes]

I totally agree with the separate work and play spaces thing. I do this with school, and it helps prevent procrastination

[@SubbaJubba]

I actually think the reason why teams were making progress game wise since the moved in gaming houses is because at the same time the support staff of the teams were growing aswell. And the reason why SKT is on a higher level then Western teams is because the fully treat e-sports as a real sport. They've made the whole environment just like (american)football teams have. But that is just a theory I thought about so I could be way wrong

[@phya9324]

Just reminds me from a recent podcast that Fnatic have thier gaming house but play professionally in an office.

[@ViliPlayer]

Wow really amazing quality video. So informative. I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!

[@stinkychesse]

I havnt read/heard the remarks about the Immortals complex, but imo, total delineation should be the future of esports teams. As you suggested, give the players an option to live in some building with their own private wing/dorms, and do an echofox and have a very distinct practice area, with no crossover of the two.

[@ZacMcCool]

I think Noah Winston's plan could work really well. I also like what teams like EnvyUs' Overwatch team does. They all live in seperate apartments in the same building and their office is acrossed the street. This allows most of the benefits of a team house but at the end of the day the players still get to go to their own space to relax.

[@alejandrosoto1684]

The video does not mention current team echo fox and how they also have a gaming house and a training facility / complex for its players.

[@michaelbennett98]

Well made, well spoken and quality content.

[@BlitzEsportsLoL]

:D

[@zXBananaGamingXz]

i wouldnt mid living in a gaming house as long as its not like season 3 dignitas's where they slept in closets XD

[@agreen182]

You guys are great, thanks for this!

[@BreezeWeezy]

The live where we work is like school. You ain't gonna enjoy the place even if you aren't doing anything. And when you leave you automatically start to feel better and more relax.

[@miekpear7747]

I just found this channel about 20-25 minutes ago and i love his high quality videos yes ik everyone says that but its true i wanna see him blow up

[@kaledotzler7143]

Could they not have a campus for their teams but have separate buildings for living and working/gaming? That would work a lot better and probably solve the location emotional issue.

[@jon-unicorn-doxxer]

thats just the same...the only difference is two different near separate buildings...

[@andershansen9389]

I'm pretty sure all of CLG's teams are located in a campus. At least that's what it looked like in the house tour.

[@KICKFLIPKING1998]

How are these videos so good?

[@jipieeee]

I can recall that Mouz Gaming's CS 1.6 team had a gaming house in Berlin back in 2006 already. TSM was in no way the first western team.

[@bryanraganot4596]

Great video! Although I believe that Echo Fox already has separate living conditions for their players, and they get together in a office for scrims. Why no mention of that?

[@Chrissbio]

i think that the increase of esport will lead to a whole new bunch of jobs, created by those team houses

[@ericnick4498]

Chrissbio KZbin should take notes.

[@hanno7749]

Thats what Fnatic did this split, all players are having their own house, but are still coming together to an office when its scrim time.

[@Killsuit001]

Is there any links or sites that show the demographics of the cost ranges of how much a gaming house costs to open/run and operate yearly? Including team members, staff members, bills, traveling etc. Very curious to see how much it costs to own an esports team and what the potential pay off for it all is.

[@brocksutterfield4103]

Another Top Quality video from Blitz Esports

[@BlitzEsportsLoL]

[@markusigod]

That is the life I want

[@ericnick4498]

Markus Ip That's why i made a gaming channel. With the hope of one day making a lot of money while doing something i love. Here's my channel kzbin.info/door/4VUaB8OjLVP7UxVp-dWhQg

[@tt2468]

I noticed the name change. Finally moving into OW and CS now?

[@BlitzEsportsLoL]

Slowly but surely :)

[@kenim]

Kyle well Overwatch League is too big to pass

[@0071slipknot]

CLG already has a big house for all of CLG's teams: from League of Legends to CS:GO and CoD so it's not really news that other teams would want it as well

[@MansonMamaril]

when I think of group/teams like these… first thing that comes to my mind is how kpop idols trained and stays indoors together for years…

[@jensenedits8710]

man....u make some awsome videos!!! keep up !

[@BlitzEsportsLoL]

Thanks so much!

[@devindelgrego4500]

Depends, if you have a room on your hous for only work and lets say your bed room for relaxing I dont think it would ever be a problem. As long as the location is defined its doesnt matter how far away or near it is, more or less.

[@mahershawkat]

thanks a ton, this shit's really interesting especially in the way u explain stuff

[@renanissler6081]

nice content. great research.

[@ThrottleJunction]

Legend27 lives there.

[@solomonwang7821]

Quality videos

[@BlitzEsportsLoL]

Thanks!

[@ojl5055]

I mean the idea of living in a house where your job is literally only to play games and rest sounds pretty fascinating, doesn't it?

[@ericnick4498]

oskari Indeed, that's what KZbinrs do...

[@dmarsub]

well, how do they do it in real sports? is the only difference that you cannot really practice most of those inside? would they do it like that? maybe temporary training camps?

[@ackke3781]

I LOVE THIS!!!!!

[@Myhousemy1]

Would it work to have a small handful of rooms delegated for the esport and not allow players to play the game or talk serious strategy about it outside the rooms? Sort of like a home office

[@MinorinX]

I like the immortals idea.. it is kinda related to a college living environment... a little more compact but still thats what that reminds me of

[@melon284]

Feel like the immortals thing would work because it would be like a college

[@melon284]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ tho

[@borofreak]

Would have been helpful to leave a link to the study in question. :)

[@sanderwaage8086]

Holy shit, these vids are top quality

[@awesomevideos32]

They should have a office so they live on their own but can go to "work" each day to practice

[@nonfaktor5215]

this channel is legit 10/10

[@BlitzEsportsLoL]

Thanks!

[@Rhino1004]

1:01 Just press E tho

[@tarteopoire179]

ho blizt ty again for this quality content

[@BlitzEsportsLoL]

thanks for watching

[@mikeli1284]

Did EG not have a gaming house for SC2 way before 2011?

[@jordan2971]

Yea thought that was weird that this video said TSM did it first. They even have a house tour video that pre dates the original TSM NY house.

[@Peter-qg5rp]

Astralis CSGO team has a modern office building to play in, in Copenhagen!

[@blackmancarry]

just for facts, even do I know this is for league , the first team house in esports wasn't built by TSM. It was EnvyUs who had the first team house

[@TheBooGlue]

How did you guys get the cool polka dot background?

[@uglypotata6110]

i wish I have this life

[@raoul5714]

I really like the video, it's great but the dots background make me feel dizzy :c

[@Vaanspinz]

You've earn another subscriber :)

[@BlitzEsportsLoL]

Thank you :)

[@Mahmoud-ir5nt]

Currently 11/24/2017... RIP Immortals

[@azua2398]

when i get older im thinking about making a esports team

[@Asheruful]

lol the oddone has scurvy

[@TheGoldenDisc101]

forgot to mention the fact that CLG already did the complex thing with their lol,csgo,and halo teams

[@perigin3]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but last I checked (which was quite a while ago) don't CLG have a complex where they have their LoL and Halo players and others?

[@LockheedMartinEnjoyer]

perigin3 CLG is a interesting situation you can say it's a complex but no it really isn't. not 100% sure but smash, cs, and lol live in same house don't think ow guys does.

[@theomeister8162]

Gaming houses are life drainers for teenagers. You cant have any personal life. The benefits are way too low compared to the sacrifice.

[@slmd7703]

Teo Aris How come they dont have social life? They interact with their teammates, which canbe younger, same age, or older and they can, ofc, go out with their friends. Dont be so close minded.

[@calvados7754]

SlashTriangle no they don't, u barely got time for your family

[@succ448]

Not surprised since you need work more to be in pro scene

[@slmd7703]

Ok, if they dont have much time then I think you guys are right.

[@calvados7754]

SlashTriangle saintvicious made a video about it, u can look it up

[@steakonfire]

Notice he didn't bring up when Dyrus almost burned down the house with microwave....

[@snuskenmaxi]

The background killed my eyes...

[@coolbrotherf127]

So we are getting closer to actual gaming schools? 5 years ago that idea was just a fun thing to think about.

[@ericnick4498]

theacp127 They already have them.

[@poorboy2772]

CLG already did the big team complex thing

[@jolsondominguez5803]

OpTic Gaming doesn't do most of what you mentioned in this video. So why are they still so successful?

[@Hudnofski]

I don't think the video ever said you can't be successful if your team doesn't do these things. The video actually says that a gaming house doesn't even have any benefit. 3:24

[@bryansiepert9222]

That section didn't say that it doesn't have any benefit, only that it could have negative consequences.

[@Hudnofski]

True. I should rephrase. But my point still stands. You don't need a gaming house to be a successful e sport team.

[@abyssalspecter93]

Many or most (I don't know, I'm not super big into the scene) CS:GO teams from EU don't live together and I think it's for the best.

[@MonsieurGilbert]

Very interesting!

[@kasper369]

In other words heaven on earth

[@JonxNgo]

"...Players as old as 26" Just turned 30 last month. Feels bad man.

[@Fronni_]

Top video

[@Matt-uz9mq]

Clg does it well they live in a villa type place

[@Jannajx5]

Why esports teams live in gaming houses, and how they could evolve

[@yiz9374]

also something called streamer houses

[@ericnick4498]

PROJECT: Yi Really?

[@thinknigga8580]

3:30 look its me

[@memeses1175]

2:14 what keyboard is that?

[@josephleviglea8942]

im bronze 5.

[@obcdeath1]

wow great fucking video bro, just found you and you got a sub and like. Looking up your archives 👀👀👀👀

[@BlitzEsportsLoL]

[@yeetyawh584]

Doesn't clg already somewhat have a complex already?

[@lowkeyaspoon2723]

Vainglory got mentioned :):):)

[@iicynicy9473]

Welp it’s very ded now feelsbadman

[@joshkim6196]

Powder kegs and scurvy, where's Tobito at?