Are you interested in E-sports?

[kyrax12]

Right now games like League of Legends, Dota 2, and Starcraft 2 is what is popularizing e-sports.

How interesting are you in E-sports?

Do you think E-sport is growing at a very rapid pace?

 

[Soundmanred]

No.

 

[UglyCasanova]

You mean video games? Not at all really, except I can't wait for Civilization Beyond Earth!

 

[Broheim]

Nope, I don't really consider things you can do from a chair to be sports (same as chess).

 

[steve wilson]

I regularly watch CS GO esport games. I bet small amounts on it too... I'm not very good at the betting though...but I'm like a moth to a flame.

Edit: to answer your second question... I don't watch the other games (have watched a little bit of Starcraft 2) but from CS GO perspective the game is growing very quickly. I don't know how big it can get...I doubt it will ever challenge the likes of LOL, Dota 2 or SC2 though.

The prize money involved in LOL is massive. Unless the other games can match that sort of money, I don't think they will ever catch up to it.

 

[Paladin3]

Video games <----------------------------------------------------------------------------------> Sports

Try not to confuse them again, okay? That's kind of like calling masturbation exercise.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

I watch LOL pro matches online sometimes, but usually not live (so I can scroll through the boring bits). Basically to learn to play the game better myself.
I also always scroll through the boring parts of Soccer/Football/Baseball/Basketball/Hockey/etc, that's why I never see any of those at all.

Sports == Something you can do to have fun with friends and to work on your condition.
Pro-sports == Bunch of retards that are too lazy to do anything themselves who watch overpaid retards.

 

[rcpratt]

Yeah, that's not a sport. I have played SC2 and would play again, but no, I'm not going to watch some video of someone else playing.

 

[Anubis]

no not at all

 

[z1ggy]

Sure, if I was a basement dwelling virgin with no hope of ever interacting with society.

 

[1sikbITCH]

e-sports is a made-up word for pathetic losers. Get off your ass and get a life. If you can't get laid at least go look at some titties somewhere. My god esports ROFLMAO I thought kids were supposed to be getting smarter :biggrin:

edit - I realize that's a bit harsh but something labeled esports is just retarded enough to get that reaction.

 

[Insomniator]

So many clueless haters here

I used to follow SC2 VERY closely, but ever since Kespa integration and the new WCS format... I just watch it whenever I happen to have some time and even then its usually just a single player stream. Every time I turn on GSL or SPL its 2 players I've never/barely heard of.

I watch some Dota, but don't know the game well enough to understand why the teams choose each lineup and don't have enough time/will to actually learn it from casting and watching pro games constantly.

Twitch is about to be bought for a cool billion, so yes I'd say eSports is growing... rapidly I don't know. Sc2 growth has certainly slowed/haulted. Dota 2 gets very good numbers... and LoL's are so good I don't know if I totally trust them.

 

[UglyCasanova]

e-sports is a made-up word for pathetic losers. Get off your ass and get a life. If you can't get laid at least go look at some titties somewhere. My god esports ROFLMAO I thought kids were supposed to be getting smarter :biggrin:

edit - I realize that's a bit harsh but something labeled esports is just retarded enough to get that reaction.

As is the term "gamer". Wtf is with kids these days?! (yeah I know, get off my lawn!)

 

[Newell Steamer]

Nope - because the 'players' are a bunch of bratty douche bags, who spew hate and thump their chests as if they are actually accomplishing something.

 

[JTsyo]

While playing SC2 I would also watch VODs of the pro players. Don't really follow it closely but I can see just as much excitement watching the pros play as in any physical sport.

 

[Insomniator]

Nope - because the 'players' are a bunch of bratty douche bags, who spew hate and thump their chests as if they are actually accomplishing something.

wtf does this even mean?

 

[PingviN]

Not even a little.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Not sports. Call it what it is, professional video gaming. Even if I was interested in watching someone else play video games (I'm not), the fact that it's referred to as "esports" prevents me from taking it seriously.

 

[destrekor]

I thought this thread was going to be about Formula E. I was going to say I'm quite excited for it.

 

[sirspotti]

I watched the CSGO Katowice tournament a couple months ago and thought it was really entertaining.

Have no problem calling it eSports. It's people playing games competitively for money. That pretty much describes all sports.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

It's fun every once in a while. As for people who refuse to call it a sport, the internationally accepted definition of a sport is

SportAccord uses the following criteria, determining that a sport should:[1]

• have an element of competition
• be in no way harmful to any living creature
• not rely on equipment provided by a single supplier (excluding proprietary games such as arena football)
• not rely on any "luck" element specifically designed into the sport

They also recognise that sport can be primarily physical (such as rugby or athletics), primarily mind (such as chess or go), predominantly motorised (such as Formula 1 or powerboating), primarily co-ordination (such as billiard sports), or primarily animal-supported (such as equestrian sport).[1]

 

[mmntech]

Video games, much like golf, can only be enjoyed by actually playing the game. Watching someone else play a game is about as exciting as watching paint dry.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Video games, much like golf, can only be enjoyed by actually playing the game. Watching someone else play a game is about as exciting as watching paint dry.

It's the exact same thing with every sport in the world.

What makes football any more fun to watch than a SC2 game?

 

[poofyhairguy]

Video games, much like golf, can only be enjoyed by actually playing the game. Watching someone else play a game is about as exciting as watching paint dry.

That is because golf is a rich man's boardgame, not a sport.

 

[poofyhairguy]

What makes football any more fun to watch than a SC2 game?

The fact that you can talk about the football game afterwards with half of your friends and co-workers for one.

Football taps into the tribal aspect of humanity in a way that nothing short of clans in gaming can.