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Does anyone actually watch LCS?

Luigi Tortellini··2 votes·944 views

I'm always reading here about how this game is going down the toilet because Riot builds the game around LCS. My question is who and why do people actually watch that? I can't think of any worse of a way to spend my time other than watching people who sold their lives and soul to be addicted to a video game.

Lets look at what League Is and Is Not.

League Is:

  • A video game

  • Best played with friends

  • A game of knowledge rather than technique (shooters tend to be the opposite)

  • A game where luck plays a VERY heavy role (surviving with 20 hp can snowball an entire game)

League Is Not:

  • A profession (lmao)

  • A sport (LMAO)

So why do people watch league in a stage where it's portrayed as everything it Is Not, while hiding what it is? I feel there's something sinister going on behind the scenes here. Riot is trying to portray LoL as a viable life route to deceive impressible teenagers that their addiction is something they should peruse, rather than something they should tame.

What are you thoughts, do you watch LCS? What do you get out of it?

8 Comments

MagicFlyingLlama2 votes

I do not personally, but a large number of people do, and e-sports is a rapidly growing industry.

Just because you do not like it personally does not mean your opinion matters at all. Especially when the vast majority goes the other way.

Luigi Tortellini1 votes

I'm fairly certain the vast majority of people don't watch LCS

GeminiRune1 votes

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I'm fairly certain the vast majority of people don't watch LCS

What metric do you equate to a "vast majority?" Just this local board? All who have responded are saying they do and I say the same. I'll watch however much I can watch whether it be LCS, LPL, LCK, OPL, you name it.

I'm an esports fanatic. I'll watch whatever peaks my interest because it's all under the same umbrella of competitive gaming which is an interest to me as a spectator.

Paquay1 votes

Yes.

ZackTheWaffleMan1 votes

Occasionally

Around999People1 votes

I do. I love esports in general.

And those points are your opinions. A multi billion dollar industry has an opinion to the opposite of yours and they are growing in income and popularity. More people saw the league final than the super bowl.

ZephyrDrake1 votes

Yes it's not a sport in the traditional sense of the word. Hence why it's called an e-sports. Also a profession is literally anything you can use to make a living. If I can call dog walking a profession I sure as hell will call playing any sort of competitive video game one.

You can disagree all you want about league being a sport or a profession all you want. That doesn't change the fact that thousands, if not millions of people disagree with you. There is a reason that even owners of actual sports teams want in on the e-sports industry

Black Jesus1 votes
  • A game where luck plays a VERY heavy role (surviving with 20 hp can snowball an entire game)

lol

Lots of people watch professional poker, which is also counted as a sport despite being based on luck.

Also, the enemy getting away with 20 hp is not "luck", you were just stupid to take that risk.

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