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> I think eSports, particularly DOTA2's TI is far, far more relevant to young men than Football at this point You're living in a bubble. Pretty much no one wan
by brandonmenc 8y ago
> I think eSports, particularly DOTA2's TI is far, far more relevant to young men than Football at this point
You're living in a bubble. Pretty much no one wants to watch people play video games.
Actual physical competition will always be more interesting to the general public than nerds sitting in chairs pressing buttons to move pictures around on a screen.
- bredren 8y agoI am not saying analog sports is going away. And I think it is still a big thing and people will be drawn to it. However, I think the way you described esports suggests you may have personal bias against competitive gaming. I watched both the Super Bowl and 2018 True Sight. Perhaps, it is you, sir, who are living in the bubble. The fact is that people are watching nerds move pictures around on a screen at rates rivaling major cable networks: https://www.investors.com/news/technology/click/esports-channel-twitch-draws-more-viewers-than-cnn/ https://www.investors.com/news/technology/click/esports-chan... 45,000 people attended the 2015 League of Legends final in the same stadium used for the 2002 World Cup. 27 Million people watched it online. https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/30/the-rise-of-esports-as-a-spectator-phenomenon/ https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/30/the-rise-of-esports-as-a-... This thing is real.