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Any games you prefer to watch over actually playing?

Posted on 4/6/16 at 11:56 am
Posted by BuckeyeFan87
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 11:56 am
I was watching some MK tournament matches and realized that I much prefer watching this game to actually playing it. Whether that's because I get annoyed with the memorization of combos or simply that my older brother was a dick and forced me to watch him and his friends all the time on our SNES(normalizing my need to watch, but not play MK), I guess I'll never know.

So, are there any games you'd almost prefer to watch than actually play?
Posted by oR33Do
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Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 12:05 pm to
I enjoy watching Dr. Lupo play destiny and he was the one that got me into trials.
Posted by CBandits82
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Member since May 2012
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 12:10 pm to
I watched a roommate play the entirety of Bioshock.

He insisted on hacking every station.
Posted by Pectus
Internet
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 12:13 pm to
I watch games that I know I can do well in or excel in if I put the time into it.

So instead of doing that, I watch games that are beyond my level.

e.g. Kerbal Space Program


I watch competitive SCII because it's fun.
Posted by McCaigBro69
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 12:16 pm to
Dark Souls.

I watched my roommate play through the first and second ones multiple times. I just never really wanted to play them myself, just not really my kind of game.

I also watched him play Alien: Isolation. Horror games are not my cup of tea, but I don't mind watching.
Posted by Team Vote
DFW
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 12:24 pm to
The only game I've found I enjoy watching equally as much as playing is smash bros
Posted by Doldil
The Ham
Member since Jan 2010
6214 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 12:28 pm to
girlfriend has got me in to watching League of Legends on twitch. I've got pretty into the Championship series and followed the last half of the season watching replays and shite. Until I met her I'd never watched twitch or really any LoL for that matter.

She watches a lot of hearthstone on twitch also which is kind of fun to watch. It's nice seeing someone else pull something out of their arse for a win or get a bad beat and not actually have to experience the rage of that myself.
Posted by SG_Geaux
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Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 1:16 pm to
Heroes of The Storm

I suck at it, but I really appreciate what goes one.
Posted by BuckeyeFan87
Columbus
Member since Dec 2007
25239 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 2:31 pm to
I enjoyed watching The Last of Us playthrough on that react channel on YouTube as well. Not sure I even want to play it, but I enjoyed watching others do it.
Posted by LSUSaintsHornets
Based Pelican
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 4:37 pm to
sc2
Posted by DoUrden
UnderDark
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 4:40 pm to
quote:

sc2


and FPS online play
Posted by Carson123987
Middle Court at the Rec
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 5:08 pm to
ill never understand this. there's a guy at work who will watch fps tournaments and shite. i have to play to enjoy it
Posted by Broseph Barksdale
Member since Sep 2010
10571 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 5:44 pm to
Any of those games that are impossibly intentionally hard, like IWBTG
Posted by cfish140
BR
Member since Aug 2007
7212 posts
Posted on 4/7/16 at 7:27 am to
I would never buy a 1 on 1 fighting game but enjoy watching the street fighter tournaments and respect the guys that can do all those combos. However, everyone gets the same characters besides the one Asian kid who wrecks with bison so it does get old.

Also enjoy watching pro halo players and getting all jacked to play after work then proceed to go 12-15 and realize I'll never be that good lol. The moves they pull off are amazing
Posted by J Murdah
Member since Jun 2008
39779 posts
Posted on 4/7/16 at 10:42 am to
Old nes or 64 games I don't own any more
Posted by sicboy
Because Awesome
Member since Nov 2010
77558 posts
Posted on 4/7/16 at 10:48 am to
Early Silent Hill games. I used to go to my friends house after I got out of class and fall asleep on his couch watching him play.
Posted by Mr Gardoki
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Member since Apr 2010
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Posted on 4/7/16 at 11:02 am to
Classic games that are out of date. They require a lot of patience and back tracking. I'd rather watch someone that knows what they are doing.
Posted by LucasP
Member since Apr 2012
21618 posts
Posted on 4/7/16 at 8:21 pm to
quote:

Dark Souls.


I enjoy watching people play this game the same way I enjoy watching porn where I can tell that no one is enjoying themselves.
Posted by Das Jackal
Da Bayou
Member since Sep 2011
2580 posts
Posted on 4/8/16 at 2:51 pm to
StarCraft 2.. Love the game but never put in enough time to get very good at it. Some of those people that play tournaments are amazing, crazy apm...
Posted by TigersOfGeauxld
Just across the water...
Member since Aug 2009
25057 posts
Posted on 4/8/16 at 3:57 pm to
quote:

StarCraft 2


You can expand this list to RTS game. I myself like building games or turn-based strategy.

For example, Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth and Planetbase.

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