Richard what's going on?
Oh ah... Nothing I just thought I was hoarding too much, so I
Decided to go horribly broke and give the government everything that I own
Yeah, everything is
Everything is going to plan
Living the dream whoa
Richard I'm actually gonna get you to stop your worrying right this instant everything's gonna be fine as soon as we beat Australia
We're gonna be rolling in the money
team fortress will provide
hey Richard
How bad do you want the money?
Pretty bad actually yeah
bad enough to kill a man?
What no absolutely not
Who are you ah who?
How bad is it Richard?
Pretty much zero yeah, I don't think I can keep this team afloat until we vs, Australia, and that's in ah... two weeks
What are you saying?
I'm saying though unless we get some money soon
We're dead in the water.
I mean imagine if this was a real sport how much money we would be rolling in right now
Sport of course why didn't I think of that before?!
I can't play a sport
I don't think there would be a good transition for any of us
no no no no no no not not play a sport
But well yes play a sport
we are playing a... sport!
what
it's a sport,
It's eSports and the government gives grants to emerging
oh sportsmen
close almost
Professional sports teams
that won't work.
Why would it work?
Okay? Maybe it will work
Richard pack your things
What why? Where are we going?
To the government's house!
Okay... see ya later...
Yeah, I saw this before it's kind of gutting them calling us nerds or whatever
I mean what's that about?
I mean, I wouldn't bother reading it. I mean these guys don't really get what eSports was about
PJ...
Hey PJ
It's not worth getting worked up about we no one even reads...
What
All right fellas. I'll be honest. I don't really know anything about this computer thing so walk me through it
Well a computer is a device that most people have in their home. It has a cord that comes at the bottom of it
Right right, yeah yeah - and this
Team fortress thing
Ah yes - Team Fortress 2. It's a
team-based
first-person shooter game
Kind of like a death match
A Deathmatch? Come on - keep going then
Yeah, so you're in a team and you're trying to stop the enemy team from capturing the point or
the flag or delivering to their home base
Yeah yeah yeah, go back to the deathmatch part, so so people are battling
...to the death?
yeah well digital people
I think will have a couple of legal hurdles to get over because it's death, but you know I reckon it could be done
But you know what we could have...
It's not real people!
...sergei from Russia?
Set it up over there...
Totally... now this is this sort of an artist rendition of how you think it's gonna go down
Yep!
no no no no no no no
This is a screenshot
a screen shot?
Yeah, it's a video - game!
'video game!'
I thought he was serious!
right?!
You - I like you - and you're here too I like you
But what ummm... you know seriously what is this? What is this?
No seriously that is a video game
Get the fuck out
What is a video game - this is a sports funding office!
Get out of here - both get out!
hey hey hey wait on - sit down
Give us the fuckin money!
No
Damn it. Let's go
Thank you for your time
Why oh why does no one want to help us aye? it's almost like no one's interested in the ten million dollar world championship
Yeah I know how much the championship is - why you talking so loudly - I'm right here
Hang on a moment you Joker's
This is a contract that grants you basic living expenses for the weeks leading up to the event
Uh-huh and what else sorry?
Ahh just some other stuff you don't really need to worry about so if you just sign there
Ah well we will take this home and look through thoroughly, thank you so much
SIGNED! Thank you mate
No, no no no, don't shake their hands, don't shake their hands!
We need to take this home and make sure that we are getting a good deal
uh Richard poor sweet Richard
You know we would sign whatever they put in front of us
No, no, I don't know that for all I know this could be like a really bad deal
Well I doubt that!
Look at this place, look at them, they're trusting faces. Why are you making this so difficult Richard's
I'm not making this difficult
just sign it!
I'm not gonna sign it!
Sign it and we keep the money!
sign it.
We'll do it later
sign it, sign it, sign it, sign it
Don't start a chant!
sign it, sign it, sign it, sign it
No, this isn't high school
sign it, sign it, sign it, sign it
Yes
Nice!
Only good things will come from this. I can feel it
Well, I certainly hope this doesn't come back to be something that we regret - thank you so much
It's time for training
Who the hell are you?
I am your coach
We don't need a coach
We only have two weeks to teach those Aussies across the ditch
who is the best team in the world - am I right?
Why are you so ashamed of us man?
who are you?