This is exactly it. Spectating games as entertainment need to have information which the audience is exposed to but is hidden from the players. Real time stra

This is exactly it. Spectating games as entertainment need to have information which the audience is exposed to but is hidden from the players. Real time strategy games have some of this appeal, however at the very top levels players scout so well that they basically have perfect information anyway. I watched the grand final of the IEM Starcraft 2 tournament this weekend, in the last game Flash took a ninja base (hidden across the other side of the map) and the commentators were making a huge thing about it. It was scouted with in roughly 3 minutes. It was impressive in the same way that a poker player correctly calls a good bluff, but it made me realize that unlike poker you don't often get that "oh no, don't do it you idiot!" feeling that you get when you watch a poker player walk straight into someone's trap.