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>I think eSports, particularly DOTA2's TI is far, far more relevant to young men than Football Come on?! I don't know about US, but good old football (not an a
by nopriorarrests 8y ago
>I think eSports, particularly DOTA2's TI is far, far more relevant to young men than Football
Come on?! I don't know about US, but good old football (not an american kind) is like 100x times more imporant in Europe than any eSport.
Yesterday Manchester City - Chelsea game ended up 6:0, and #MCICHE tag was trending on twitter worldwide (and it is only England Premier League, not even Soccer World Cup!)
Please wake me up once some eSport event will be a worldwide trending topic on twitter.
- bredren 8y agoI was specifically talking about American Football but even still, you might not be sleeping too long. Paris Saint-Germain is a co-owner of the 2nd place champion DOTA 2 team in 2018 PSG is the 11th most valuable football club in the world and worth 825m euros. They bought in April of this past yaer and obviously see Dota 2 as worth investing in now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSG.LGD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSG.LGD It's funny how hacker news is obsessed with finding the next big thing but when something comes along that might challenge traditional sports industry there is so much objection. This is not specific to this comment but replies I'm seeing throughout. I find this especially odd in light of the fact that a Twitch founder was a venture parter at ycombinator.