Soleron said:
ESPORTS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DywCCaYDVo4&t=1m57s Tell me that isn't passion for videogames. |
LOL this actually a thing
I hate calling this a "sport", does this mean these guys are athletes? Just something that really annoys me how anything that is competitive ends up being named a sport!
Turkish said:
LOL this actually a thing |
Dude they were playing for $100,000 and both the players and commentators do this for a living.
| docholliday said: I hate calling this a "sport", does this mean these guys are athletes? Just something that really annoys me how anything that is competitive ends up being named a sport! |
They are e-athletes.
this part of my post is a reply to this thread:
I haven't watched any esports for a long time. When I watched some, it was fun. Also competing in this kind of events is pure awesomeness.
runqvist said:
I haven't watched any esports for a long time. When I watched some, it was fun. Also competing in this kind of events is pure awesomeness. |
I'm on my university's Collegiate Star League team. We're playing for $180,000 in prizes. I mean, we have no chance and specifically I'm not even close to good, but competing is awesome.
Soleron said:
Dude they were playing for $100,000 and both the players and commentators do this for a living. |
DAYUUUUUMMMMM
I want people to be this passionate on the games I play! Like BF3
Soleron said:
I'm on my university's Collegiate Star League team. We're playing for $180,000 in prizes. I mean, we have no chance and specifically I'm not even close to good, but competing is awesome. |
Especially if you get to kick some superior clan's ass in a match. That is.. gahh, need more. Too bad that my reflexes aren't what they were 10 years ago. :P
| Soleron said: Go esports. I've spent $200 on SC2 tournaments this year, far more than I spent on video games. |
How can that be? Is that on hardware, entry fees or what?
Are you there as an athlete or as a viewer?
runqvist said:
They are e-athletes. this part of my post is a reply to this thread: I haven't watched any esports for a long time. When I watched some, it was fun. Also competing in this kind of events is pure awesomeness. |
They are not athletes of any sort. Are they the best at what they do? Hell yea. Its like calling the best checkers player an athlete. The vids of the competitions are pretty neat to watch though, its definately very intense and competitive.
Slimebeast said:
How can that be? Is that on hardware, entry fees or what? Are you there as an athlete or as a viewer? |
Stream subscriptions. Now, it is entirely possible to watch the stream for free; I pay for the convenience of being able to see the video later, in HD, and without adverts. And even then most of that is for the Korean broadcast, you can watch most EU and US tournaments in HD for free.
Here's what I paid:
Korean GSL/GSL Team League: ~1000 (!) hours of commentated matches a year HD no-ad video access for $120
MLG: Four weekends of HD no-ad stream (videos posted for free 1 week later) for $30
Several special one-off events for $5 and $10 each
Free tournaments:
IPL team league (most nights, free)
NASL league and team league (most nights, free)
Dreamhack (five weekends/year, free HD and videos)
IPL (three weekends/year, free videos)
IEM (six weekends/year, free HD and videos)
Homestory Cup
Iron Squid (two weekends/year)
Korean OSL (didn't pay so only free stream, 100 hours of matches/year)
Battle.net World Championship ($250,000) (free in HD no ads)
Oh and I watched the Dota 2 invitational ($2,000,000 free in HD no-ads)
And that's only the top-tier tournaments. There's lots of smaller events which are all free ad-supported, and then at any time usually 10-20 pro players are streaming their practice on twitch.tv.
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