eSports — Soon bigger than real sports?

[Vibe]

e''Sports'' will never be as exciting as real sports.

And opinions will never be facts

[IR_Kuoin]

The amount of downtime in real life sports is way too high.

[Umbra]

Report: Twitch viewership beats ESPN, WWE streaming sites
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/04/26/report-twitch-viewership-beats-espn-wwe-streaming-sites?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000595

Yall bundle of stickss QQing e-sports aint viable as "real" sports = feels > reals. Fuck you all e-sports is going to make anime real, dont badmouth my waifu.

[LordBerenger]

And opinions will never be facts

You can't compare professional athletes performing in high intensity sports where you need to be skilled in different areas to succeed physically speaking over some nerd being good at reacting to virtual problems

[Vibe]

You can't compare professional athletes performing in high intensity sports where you need to be skilled in different areas to succeed physically speaking over some nerd being good at reacting to virtual problems

That's not the reason to be any less exciting.

[Paul]

You can't compare professional athletes performing in high intensity sports where you need to be skilled in different areas to succeed physically speaking over some nerd being good at reacting to virtual problems

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[Umbra]

You can't compare professional athletes performing in high intensity sports where you need to be skilled in different areas to succeed physically speaking over some nerd being good at reacting to virtual problems

You stuck in the 90s m8? Lmao you sound like some old gramps saying git off my lawn you damn kids. E-sports are watched and enjoyed by milions and being a professional in a game takes as much practice as being a professional in a "game". Its not something that will happen in the future, it already happened, deal with it.

[Tibe]

You can't compare professional athletes performing in high intensity sports where you need to be skilled in different areas to succeed physically speaking over some nerd being good at reacting to virtual problems

You can. Is Rally and F1 not a sport? Its kinda the same thing if you think about it.  Except if you are expecting someone to crash horribly. Guys sitting in highly advertised chairs,headphones on, doing slight hand and foot movements and majority of the time calculating. Shit, thats basically esports.

And besides Football all other sports are significantly less cared about anyway. Peoples intrest in physical sports has faded a lot over the years. Mybe because TVs loss of popularity.

[jtobiasm]

You can. Is Rally and F1 not a sport? Its kinda the same thing if you think about it.  Except if you are expecting someone to crash horribly. Guys sitting in highly advertised chairs,headphones on, doing slight hand and foot movements and majority of the time calculating. Shit, thats basically esports.

And besides Football all other sports are significantly less cared about anyway. Peoples intrest in physical sports has faded a lot over the years. Mybe because TVs loss of popularity.

I hope you realise F1 drivers are highly conditioned and physically fit.

[IR_Kuoin]

I hope you realise F1 drivers are highly conditioned and physically fit.

E-sports players can also be fit as fuck, doesn't change the fact that they are as active in their sport as a guy playing StarCraft.

[Butan]

E-sports can be as exciting as real sports, especially with games made for competition.

In the future, with the amount of cool toys (omni-track, oculus, dexmo, etc...) planned which will push the boundaries of gaming closer to reality (virtual reality) I think it will become excellent. Both from a player viewpoint, and for E-sports success.

[jtobiasm]

E-sports players can also be fit as fuck, doesn't change the fact that they are as active in their sport as a guy playing StarCraft.

I didn't realise that experiencing up to 5Gs and driving at 200+ mph is the same as playing starcraft.

[Molly]

You can. Is Rally and F1 not a sport? Its kinda the same thing if you think about it.  Except if you are expecting someone to crash horribly. Guys sitting in highly advertised chairs,headphones on, doing slight hand and foot movements and majority of the time calculating. Shit, thats basically esports.
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You have literally no idea what you're talking about.

[Tibe]

Obviously my attempt at being as crude as possible and yet still trying to make some point in the given example has failed. In a spectators viewpoint its just guys doing circles in high powered machines.

[jtobiasm]

Obviously my attempt at being as crude as possible and yet still trying to make some point in the given example has failed. In a spectators viewpoint its just guys doing circles in high powered machines.

for simple minded people probably yes