{"id":62434,"date":"2017-09-10T18:01:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T22:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/2017\/09\/10\/gsp-presente-esports-montreal\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T22:36:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T02:36:32","slug":"gsp-presents-esports-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/2017\/09\/10\/gsp-presents-esports-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"GSP presents Esports Montreal!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For those who were at Dreamhack Montreal on Saturday, you may have also had the chance to hear the news live: A new organization is coming to Montreal.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Note: This article is an automated translation. For the original article, click on Fran\u00e7ais in the menu.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/clips.twitch.tv\/embed?clip=BlazingCarefulDiscPraiseIt&amp;autoplay=false&amp;tt_medium=clips_embed\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twitch clips are 60 seconds or less, so I can&#8217;t show you the whole ad, but here&#8217;s the link if you want to listen to it.: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/173514941?t=04h10m30s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/173514941?t=04h10m30s<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Montreal Esports is establishing its premises on St-Laurent near Avenue des Pins and it is from there that their three announced sectors of activity will evolve.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/leonin.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screenshot_1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>GRIZZLYS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A semi-professional team, the Grizzlys will aim to develop local Quebec talent and take them to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>Pros:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They will have a training center and physical facilities<\/li>\n<li>Players will be paid<\/li>\n<li>Players will be mentored by professionals<\/li>\n<li>Players will have access to resources for their development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Points of attention:<\/p>\n<p>The position of semi-professional teams in the esports market is becoming increasingly unclear at present with the adoption of a franchise model by more and more studios (Riot, Blizzard, Hi-Rez). Similar to traditional sports, we see two trends taking place:<br \/>\n1- Riot&#8217;s current model is comparable to that of the NHL, where professional teams own the farm clubs. 2- Blizzard&#8217;s model, which hasn&#8217;t yet been fully announced but seems the most likely, especially considering the enormous amount of money currently invested in Tespa, is comparable to that of the NFL, where professional players are university graduates.<br \/>\nTherefore, if the majority of major games have private leagues where it&#8217;s impossible to join, old-school semi-pro teams will have to settle for games where studios have little control over their esports scenes (Valve), secondary games from smaller studios, the amateur competitive scene*. They could try to create their own league**, or they could do as Selfless and several others did and then close down.<\/p>\n<p><em>* This option is dangerous for the local market and will create the exact opposite of the desired goals. Having experienced this directly with Boreal eSports, having a semi-pro team that participates in local and amateur tournaments discourages other participants who have no desire to play against a high-caliber team. There were even organizers willing to pay us not to register. For comparison, it&#8217;s like a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team registering for a peewee tournament to collect the prize money; it doesn&#8217;t work.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>** It&#8217;s extremely important to remember that the studios own the games and have recourse to ban any league that hasn&#8217;t received their authorization.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>GSP Grizzlys Announcement<span style=\"word-spacing: normal;\">: <\/span><a style=\"word-spacing: normal;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grizzlys.gg\/fr\/2017\/09\/09\/gsp-annonce-equipe-esport\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.grizzlys.gg\/fr\/2017\/09\/09\/gsp-annonce-equipe-esport\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I invite you to follow the Grizzlys on their social media:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FgrizzlysGG%2F&amp;width=450&amp;layout=standard&amp;action=like&amp;size=small&amp;show_faces=true&amp;share=true&amp;height=80&amp;appId=1711027725804726\" width=\"450\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrizzlysGG\" data-size=\"large\"> Suivre sur Twitter @GrizzlysGG <\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>ESPORTS PLAYERS AGENCY (EPA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The EPA is a talent agency dedicated to esports. Of the three aspects presented at the conference, this is by far the one I&#8217;m most excited about. There are many talent agencies dedicated to esports around the world, but there wasn&#8217;t one like this in Montreal. A huge advantage the agency has over all its competitors is the direct involvement of Georges St-Pierre. His wealth of experience, networks, visibility, credibility, and knowledge in negotiating with high-level athletes make him an incomparable asset to the agency.<\/p>\n<p>As I often repeat, there are three types of professionals every pro player should have on their side:<\/p>\n<p>A lawyer to verify the legality of contracts, understand the legal standards of the field, and address any other legal needs.<br \/>\nAn agent to represent their interests during contract negotiations***, seek out business opportunities, guide the player&#8217;s career, etc.<br \/>\nAn accountant for all tax and financial matters.<\/p>\n<p>A large-scale Montreal agency with adequate resources is definitely something that&#8217;s been lacking in Quebec!<\/p>\n<p><em>*** The only potential conflict of interest and problem I see here is that Montreal Esports itself has a team. Therefore, the EPA agency no longer truly represents the player&#8217;s interests if it has to negotiate with the Grizzlys since both are owned by the same organization. This would amount to saying that the employer and the union are the same group of people. WESA is widely criticized for exactly this kind of situation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>EPA website:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"word-spacing: normal;\"> : <\/span><a style=\"word-spacing: normal;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esportsplayersagency.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.esportsplayersagency.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>ESNC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ESNC esports channel will be a content creation platform. At this point, I don&#8217;t have enough information to really comment on this aspect, but knowing the current team on this project, I&#8217;m not worried that they&#8217;ll be able to produce quality content.<\/p>\n<p>ESNC website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esnc.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.esnc.tv\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>All in all, the overall project is super interesting and I can&#8217;t wait to learn more!<\/p>\n<p>Links<br \/>\nEsports Montreal&#8217;s Website : <a href=\"https:\/\/mtlesports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/mtlesports.com\/ <\/a><br \/>\nFacebook : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/grizzlysGG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/grizzlysGG<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter : <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtlesports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtlesports <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comment your impressions directly on my site or via the Facebook post:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ffrancoissavardleonin%2Fposts%2F1948367265449263&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"501\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/center>See you in October at the grand opening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those who were at Dreamhack Montreal on Saturday, you may have also had the chance to hear the news live: A new organization is coming to Montreal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exploratory","category-gaming-blog","category-206","category-205","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62436,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62434\/revisions\/62436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}