Transcripts of the second Xfire Debate Club meeting are online!

Read the Main Floor (Special Guests) and the Open Debate (Xfire users) transcripts.



On February 28th, 2007 at 7pm EST, Xfire hosted the second session of the Xfire Debate Club: The Two-Handed Sword with special guests from the world of e-sports!

At the Xfire Debate club, industry insiders, experts, and hardcore gamers battle for the final say on your favorite gaming topics.

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Moderating this meeting of The Two-Handed Sword: Craig Levine

Special Guests in this meeting of the Xfire Debate Club:

• Maik Brodowski - Meet Your Makers
• Shaun Hetherington - EGLN
• Manuel Hoedemakers - ESL
• Sebastian Weishaar - ESL
• Trevor Schmidt - GotFrag
• Daniel Kayser - Game Trailers
• Geoff Keighley - Spike TV
• Frederic Descamps - Xfire

Show your support: visit the sites of our guests!

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About The Moderator & Our Special Guests:

Craig Levine - E-Sports Entertainment

As a long time gamer, Craig founded Team 3D, the first truly professional video game team in North America, in April 2002. Since then, Team 3D has grown into one of the most respected, recognized, and accomplished professional e-sports teams in the world. Craig also co-founded E-Sports Entertainment, an online gaming community and video solutions provider, specializing tools for competitive and professional gamers.

Maik Brodowski - Meet Your Makers

Maik "Brodo" Brodowski, born May 1987 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, is today the Sales & Media Manager of MYM and a part of MYM since 2005. His gaming career started with being a team manager for a famous Danish based Counterstrike 1.6 team and being a tournament organizer for on - and offline - tournaments.

Shaun Hetherington - EGLN

Shaun Hetherington is the CEO and Head of Business Development for EGLN - Electronic Gaming Live Networks. Shaun is responsible for the development and growth of EGLN in the eSports market as well as gaming venues that will be presented in 2007. In 2002, Shaun operated BFRadio (now EGLN), one of the first gaming online broadcasting networks on the internet.

Manuel Hoedemakers - ESL

Manuel "Pesticide" Hoedemakers is currently the Electronic Sports League International Head, the European Nations Championship Counter-Strike manager, the International Premiership Series manager and the Extreme Masters Counter-Strike manager.

Trevor "Midway" Schmidt - GotFrag

As one of the oldest members of the CS community, Trevor has been a part of GotFrag.com since the beginning helping to build the sites content. From the creation of Midway's Melee to the Playbook series, Trevor has continued to push the horizon of eSports coverage.

Sebastian Weishaar - ESL

Sebastian "Baschi" Weishaar is the Director of League Operations and International Partner Management for ESL. He was also the 2006 ESL Chief tournament director for the European Nations Championship, the ESL Pro-Series, the Extreme Masters, the WC3L and of all other ESL leagues and tournaments.

Daniel Kayser - Game Trailers

Daniel is currently the Editorial Producer and Host for GameTrailers.com and MTV Networks. He has hosted event coverage and conducted interviews from around the globe with top gaming companies such as Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Electronic Arts and Ubisoft. Daniel is also a contributing feature writer for the nationally distributed magazine Hardcore Gamer.

Geoff Keighley - Spike TV

Geoff is host of SpikeTV's "Game Head," the #1 rated videogame show on television, and also appears as a videogame expert on the entertainment newsmagazine "Extra" (NBC/Syndicated). Geoff is also a contributing editor to GameSpot.com.

Frederic Descamps - Xfire

Frederic is Senior Director of Business Development and Marketing at Xfire. Since joining Xfire in 2003, Frederic has organized some of the largest ever live online e-sports events, celebrity chats and machinima movie contests. As his Xfire profile attests, Frederic is an avid World of Warcraft and Counter-Strike player.