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Home team/Away team

PhDs Nuts·10/14/2016, 12:26:59 PM·4 votes·1,149 views

Seems like a lot of people on the boards don't understand what happens when a team from a visiting area plays against a team from a local area, where a large majority of the fans watching from the crowd are also from the local area.

The home team gets cheered for, the away team gets booed. It's literally called 'home field advantage'. It's part of being in a competitive league that plays in different regions. When the visiting team has a history of destroying the home team, that's usually reflected in how the fans cheer/jeer the teams. Expecting NA fans to be happy and giddy about watching their team get rekt by Korea and not cheer when NA makes a play is just ignorant. You can still appreciate the plays Korea makes and be upset about what it means for your team.

I seriously doubt that the foreign teams were caught off guard by the support for the NA teams in the literal middle of the USA.

The players are adults. They can take it. Especially if you want it to be considered a sport.

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4 Comments

Manwalrus10/14/2016, 12:31:01 PM2 votes

Thank you. So many people are getting randomly triggered by this and it makes no sense.

"We want esports to be recognized as a sport" [an aspect of traditional sports culture happens] "This is unacceptable"

Fransiee10/14/2016, 12:41:21 PM1 votes

it's not the usual way to go. it really isn't.

it's not slightly as bad as everyone it make seems like. all a bit overexegerated. but it's not something I would love to see every game.

there is not a team in the world that boo's their opponent every match.