Esports are overrated----Change my mind
l think esports are overrated and that they don't deserve all of the attention they are getting, especially for lol. If you disagree tell me why. Also esports are not even close as hard to do as real sports.
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"Change my mind" posts are never made with any intention of having their opinion changed.
Change my mind.
Also esports are not even close as hard to do as real sports.
This seems to me to be a pretty hard thing to prove. Not as physically taxing, sure, but any time you have two teams, only one can win. And both teams are trying as hard as they can to win. How is that easier?
Sports are interesting because of that contest. eSports are no different. What I could see being true is that you, personally, simply don't find eSports interesting to watch. For the most part, that's also true for me. It's not true for League, though. The top-down nature of the game means you can often get a good view of all the action (unlike Overwatch), and I also play the game and can appreciate the intricacies of it.
they don't deserve all of the attention they are getting
I'm not sure what you think would make them "deserving" of attention, either... what does that even mean? Does basketball "deserve" attention? Does football? It's voluntary entertainment. Arguably, no sport deserves the public's attention, but the people who are interested pay attention. Because they do, advertisers can fund the operation.
I suppose you could argue that eSports isn't profitable yet, therefore isn't deserving. But any traditional sport must have gone through a similar period. In fact, many physical stadiums and parks remain money losers. The profitability of traditional sports, overall, is somewhat debatable. They are often subsidized in the form of government assistance with building stadiums, for instance.
TL;DR there's actually an interesting debate to be had here, but you didn't hit any of the interesting points in your post.
I like video games. Therefore I like esports. I don't have to be a pro to respect the culture and hype every game gives in its own unique way.
Both sports and esports take their own forms of dedication. And dedication is hard to come by, even if you show it.
I can go on but who am I kidding, you'll never change your mind.
Also esports are not even close as hard to do as real sports.
If this is the case, why isn't 100% of the community at Challenger? Or in any case, 90%?
I'm going to waste an hour of time responding to every post in this thread because it's the best thread ever. Change my mind.
Oh wait. I just changed my mind.
Then esports isn’t for you.
But it is for millions of other people.
First tell me how Esports and League Esports in particular are getting undeserved attention.
Also, you're comparing totally different activities when it comes to video games and athletics. For an Esports pro, they could never hold a candle to a professional golfer on a course, a baseball player on the diamond, or hockey player on the rink. Conversely, no pro athletes have also cracked the pro gamer ranks. Each are in elite percentiles of their respective competitions. There is no objective measure of which is harder because each requires different skill sets.
Its not overrated but LoL esport isnt interesting for me cuz everything is so.. professional, to say it like that. If you take a look at csgo esport scene casters, audience, players... every1 are much more relaxed, it feels like they are playing the friendly matches with rewards, t aka, the are not super serious.
I didn't realize that difficulty was directly proportional to entertainment value.