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Online e-Sports are talked about on the internet because...wait for it... they are nearly entirely based on the Internet. I've been watching pro Starcraft match

Online e-Sports are talked about on the internet because...wait for it... they are nearly entirely based on the Internet. I've been watching pro Starcraft matches for 10 years from Korea - it's an online game, the games are streamed online. Some things like fighting games or console games, yes you do hang in person at an arcade or a tournament. You're looking in all the wrong places. Maybe start by comparing yourself to average esports fans/players. What's your age, who are your friends, what are their hobbies?

hart_russell 8y ago
I used to be very into professional SC2. Stopped watching after realizing Protoss was always going to be a gimmicky race. But yeah, I very rarely ever ran into others who watched professional SC2.
- WhompingWindows 8y ago
  It's an interesting phenomenon with Protoss, certain players are highly strategic like sOs, herO, and Classic. Part of that is the tri-partite tech structure, you go from cyber core to 3 different techs, and scouting which 1 or 2 it is is HUGE for opponents, thus the hiding/masking. Compare that to Terran, who will not have a Starport without a Factory, or Zerg, who is by its nature the least gimmicky race IMO. You might want to check out some Brood War, it has its gimmicky strats but IMO it's less strategic than SC2...there is more "counter-play" with a "countered" unit composition/strat, especially if your early-game micro with workers and low unit counts is top notch. I'll link a great match from recently, hope you enjoy :) https://youtu.be/oPLSoFyVjes?t=5776 https://youtu.be/oPLSoFyVjes?t=5776
njepa 8y ago
It is pretty big online, but I still think it didn't take off as people expected it to. I think that is probably a thing in general that it is hard to get critical mass for new big things. The Internet hasn't really come to that yet, maybe it never will. Its hard to have ownership of something when FAANG owns everything.

hart_russell 8y ago

I used to be very into professional SC2. Stopped watching after realizing Protoss was always going to be a gimmicky race. But yeah, I very rarely ever ran into others who watched professional SC2.

WhompingWindows 8y ago
It's an interesting phenomenon with Protoss, certain players are highly strategic like sOs, herO, and Classic. Part of that is the tri-partite tech structure, you go from cyber core to 3 different techs, and scouting which 1 or 2 it is is HUGE for opponents, thus the hiding/masking. Compare that to Terran, who will not have a Starport without a Factory, or Zerg, who is by its nature the least gimmicky race IMO. You might want to check out some Brood War, it has its gimmicky strats but IMO it's less strategic than SC2...there is more "counter-play" with a "countered" unit composition/strat, especially if your early-game micro with workers and low unit counts is top notch. I'll link a great match from recently, hope you enjoy :) https://youtu.be/oPLSoFyVjes?t=5776 https://youtu.be/oPLSoFyVjes?t=5776

njepa 8y ago

It is pretty big online, but I still think it didn't take off as people expected it to. I think that is probably a thing in general that it is hard to get critical mass for new big things. The Internet hasn't really come to that yet, maybe it never will. Its hard to have ownership of something when FAANG owns everything.