Wow, Frogboy, nice to see you again.

Last time I remember you was in the discussion forums from Demigod. That was a real cool game, unfortunately the support in form of new arenas, demigods etc.

was tuned down quite soon after release

But great game it was....

Why do you think strategic and tactical genius cannot be an esport? Also as an RTS where you control stuff in real time there always will be at least some

component of reacting fast.

When people speak of Esports, it is most generally short, quick matches. ie: games like Starcraft other other short term, reaction based RTS.

I prefer a slower paced, more tactical and strategic RTS, where planing ahead and well thought out strategy trumps being able to micromanage units. It doesn't lend itself well to Esports type settings. 

Basically, I want to be able to plan strategy and execute plans without having to micro my units just to have a chance at winning.
Of course thats not to say you shouldn't be able to micromanage units if you want... guess what I'm saying is I do not want Starcraft on a larger scale. I want something more akin to Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance.

I hope not. We do not need an Esport RTS, that would ruin it for as large group of RTS fans. Personally looking at it, reminds me a lot of Supreme Commander, but bigger. Awesome!!!!!

Demigod was a ton of fun, and I still play lan with my brothers (on legit copies to boot! ~ re-purchased on steam )

Please don't make this into an esports focused game. That's great for people with lots of free time, but rough on those of us who want to play casually on the weekends with friends (and occasionally like to play other games... .galciv 3...).

I had fun, long drawn out battles that could easily last hours playing Sup Com with my brothers. We usually self limited the 'game ender' type units =P

Sounds nice in theory, but people often have short attention spans. If you could get e-sports to be interested in several hour long campaigns then that would be great.

Quoting Wintercross,

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If you could get e-sports to be interested in several hour long campaigns then that would be great.

This is not even conceptually possible. E-sports game by design must have positive feedback linkage, i.e. it should be full of game-changing action, first and foremost on the small scale. It is required to be dramatic in order to keep attention, since people outside the game process have no need to take any decisions and aren't obliged to have deep game knowledge to understand general situation, but can and will get into small details - and those details alone should be entertaining in successful e-sports title. As a result, any such game is interesting to watch but not accessible to the people who don't have any talent and willing to invest years into training, who are, needless to say, constitute a vast majority. Such situation is not unique to e-sports - they share similarity with classic sports in this. For long campaign-like conquests, the opposite design paradigm is the best - strong negative feedback that prevents game situation from dramatic change and makes it irresponsive to any small execution errors, thus focusing on rewarding players for general planning only.

We're not really aiming to be an e-sport out of the gate. If the game does well and lots of folks pull it in that direction, we'll look to support that more.