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The annoying thing is the amount of people whining about their losses or gloating about their wins. I couldn't care less about gambling, so to me it just drowns
by peferron 10y ago
The annoying thing is the amount of people whining about their losses or gloating about their wins. I couldn't care less about gambling, so to me it just drowns the discussion about the game itself.
Not to mention the unpleasantness when I read a tweet by a pro saying "sorry for letting our fans down today" after a loss, and the first reply is some random guy blaming them for the skins they lost. Maybe they're just trolls, maybe they aren't, doesn't really matter.
At least during LAN tournaments the casters and analysts almost never mention gambling, and would rather talk about the game and the players. Hope it stays this way.
- tamana 10y agoYou are upset that people enjoy a videogame differently from you. Maybe the gamblint is the game (that's where the money is made) and the fighting is the sideshow.
- peferron 10y agoIf HN news threads suddenly started to be filled with comments such as "made $500 betting on the Falcon 9 first stage to tip over after landing", would you also answer "you are upset that people are interested in news for different reasons than you"? Rather, I would expect the community/mods to either downvote/remove comments about betting, making it clear that betting should be discussed somewhere else, or upvote/tolerate them, making it clear that people who prefer not hearing about betting should go somewhere else. Of course, going somewhere else requires effort, so my selfish hope as someone not interested in betting is that the communities I browse will pick the first option.