Streaming also changed the landscape. The game meta/knowledge spreads through realtime video and incidental entertainment instead of through slow message board

Streaming also changed the landscape. The game meta/knowledge spreads through realtime video and incidental entertainment instead of through slow message boards only frequented by power users who would do something as lame as spend time on a 2005 message board. It's amazing how deeply knowledgable everyone is about every game because of it. I guess it's not good or bad. It's nice that gaming is mainstream instead of being a stereotypical loser activity it was when I was in high school.