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re: Dr. Disrespect went live admitting to cheating on his wife
Posted on 1/12/18 at 11:23 am to TotesMcGotes
Posted on 1/12/18 at 11:23 am to TotesMcGotes
I enjoy playing video games.. however, I don’t understand the draw of watching someone stream themselves playing.. not trying to be a dick, but what’s the point? Learning tips/tricks? Is it just entertainment? Enlighten me please ![](https://images.tigerdroppings.com/Images/Icons/IconLOL.gif)
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Posted on 1/12/18 at 11:45 am to Mr. Hangover
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Enlighten me please
It's called entertainment
Posted on 1/12/18 at 12:42 pm to Mr. Hangover
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Enlighten me please
A year ago, I would have wholeheartedly agreed with you.
Little over a year ago, I was looking up some tips. Came across some streams and I've been off to the races since then. Entertainment is entertainment. Doesn't matter where you get it. I find a few streamers fun to watch.
It takes talent. Most streamers suck. Plenty go over the top with everything. Plenty are bad and you can tell their reactions are fake. It is a talent to be able to talk for 60 minutes without coming off as fake or boring. Most of the top streamers deserve the money they make.
Simple fact. There is no difference in watching a game stream than watching a football game. Both cases you are watching someone else play. You can say football is more exciting but you are still watching the action and not taking part in the action.
I'm not arguing which is more fun or better. Just pointing out that watching sports is just that...watching. Almost anything is better than watching a network sitcom.
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Like any entertainment, streaming relies on good content. If the games suck, they won't be interesting to watch. Having said that and back to my earlier point, quality talent can make shitty games look fun.
tldr
In summary, I was with your negative opinions of streaming a year ago, then I just watched the right folks. I've been watching most of them daily since then.
Posted on 1/12/18 at 1:44 pm to Mr. Hangover
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I enjoy playing video games.. however, I don’t understand the draw of watching someone stream themselves playing.. not trying to be a dick, but what’s the point? Learning tips/tricks? Is it just entertainment? Enlighten me please
I like watching streams in the background more than anything else. It's fun, to me at least, to watch people who are the best of the best at some games.
Guys like KJHovey and Luminosity on Destiny or Pitching Rebel on MLB the Show are a few that I watch/watched.
While it isn't necessarily streaming, I also enjoy watching 'Lets Play' videos on Youtube. Some games I know I won't like or have tried playing and didn't like the gameplay, I'm curious about the story and so I'll sit through and watch it. The Uncharted series is an example. I didn't play it early on and bought the remastered collection and couldn't get through more than 2-3 hours of the first game and said frick it. Watched a guy play them all instead.
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