I thought 'e-sport' was just a new hip word that means 'Take too seriously, obsessed with performance and K/D', how is cRPG not one?
Maybe to some, but that's certainly not how it's being used in this thread and I wouldn't say it's proper use of the term. Generally people are talking about the "scene" and whether or not one exists. It's the difference between pub play, and organized play, generally in the form of tournaments/matches. Money is irrelevant, but tends to increase the size of the community. Up until you reach a certain tipping point, you just have "events" like what we have in cRPG, where occasionally you have a tournament or two, and often only involving a few players with very little practice/preparation before each match. Your e-sports scene is completely separate from public servers, therefore public performance or k/d is irrelevant.
For every one kill, you have one death. As with most competitive team games, when you actually get to the "e-sports" scene(the competitive scene), most people stop caring about k:d ratios, as the team victory is what's most important. Just take Dota for example, the game would be another League of Legends if everyone just cared about their own K:D ratio. FPS games are unique in that they're just about the only competitive games (physical sports included) where each person on the team is (nearly)every bit as capable of "big plays" or "putting up numbers", as the next.
Does it have e sport potential: No it doesn't have enough hype or player base, also the fact that it is not even out yet.
Uhhh... Isn't that why he used the word "potential"? All of those three things can only happen
after open beta.
