Maybe if the very immature 'pro-gaming' community would wake up to reality, and stop playing sports hero, we could actually make some progress. Let's be objective here: How much money can 'pro-gamers' make today, compared to fifteen years ago? The exact same amount? Less? This community epitomizes Einstein's definition of insanity: It keeps doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. As if one day, the world will simply wake up and magically realize what all the Quake and CS players have already realized... and after that day, everyone will just start watching quake-matches and pro-gaming will reach the promised land.

The prize money hasn't changed, the players haven't changed, and the games haven't changed. It's just the next group of kids, with no real responsibilities, and who would have a better future if they were actual garbage-men (try putting 'i was a pro-gamer' on your resume), competing for the same amount of money until like all those preceding them, realize there is no future in what they're doing. The reality is, practically no one actually profits from 'pro-gaming', which is why the prize-money never really changes. The old sponsor becomes the new sponsor, until they realize there's no profit in sponsoring pro-gaming, which leads to another new sponsor, thus perpetuating the cycle.

The community would be more successful if it just tried random stuff until something worked. If the world really loved Quake and CS that much, they would already be playing and watching them on a scale similar to regular sports. Luckily, the problem isn't with all of pro-gaming, just the obsessive parts that refuse to try anything different, or be different from regular sports, or move beyond older games. It doesn't matter how much you attempt to 'professionalize' the game with commentators, recorded matches, federations or whatever else, it will not change the fact nobody actually cares about the game itself.