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Is watching gaming tournaments fun?
Posted on 8/31/19 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 8/31/19 at 5:10 pm
I just tuned in to the overwatch tournament. It is hard as shite to understand whats going on with the camera changes and the micro machine commentating.
Does it take being a player of said game make it easier to follow? I don't play Overwatch, so maybe i just didnt understand.
How can eSports be more mainstream? My wife wouldn't know what the frick was going on.
Does it take being a player of said game make it easier to follow? I don't play Overwatch, so maybe i just didnt understand.
How can eSports be more mainstream? My wife wouldn't know what the frick was going on.
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Posted on 8/31/19 at 5:13 pm to flyAU
How are you supposed to follow if you don't play or invested in it?
Can you follow rugby and cricket? Gotta give it time and become interested.
Can you follow rugby and cricket? Gotta give it time and become interested.
Posted on 8/31/19 at 5:13 pm to Hu_Flung_Pu
I have never played football.
I own and play Overwatch occasionally so I do understand the mechanics. Trying to watch was confusing as frick.
ETA: my overarching point is if you are a gamer and its still hard to follow, how can you bring non-gamers into the fold?
I own and play Overwatch occasionally so I do understand the mechanics. Trying to watch was confusing as frick.
ETA: my overarching point is if you are a gamer and its still hard to follow, how can you bring non-gamers into the fold?
This post was edited on 8/31/19 at 5:17 pm
Posted on 8/31/19 at 5:41 pm to flyAU
Overwatch is a terrible spectator e-sport. CS:GO is a much better entry-level watch if you don't know anything about the game itself.
Posted on 8/31/19 at 5:43 pm to flyAU
The only gaming tournament I like watching is Street Fighter.
This post was edited on 8/31/19 at 5:48 pm
Posted on 8/31/19 at 5:46 pm to flyAU
There's usually so much going on in an Overwatch game that it makes it hard to spectate. Makes it tough to watch for an e-sport.
My fav to watch is CSGO. It's pretty straight forward. Flash here, smoke this, molly there, hold angle here, buy this round, save next, etc.
My fav to watch is CSGO. It's pretty straight forward. Flash here, smoke this, molly there, hold angle here, buy this round, save next, etc.
This post was edited on 8/31/19 at 5:55 pm
Posted on 8/31/19 at 6:11 pm to flyAU
I have no clue what is going on in OW. Looks like a jumbled mess. I have to know the game to know what is going on.
Posted on 8/31/19 at 6:36 pm to flyAU
The only one I watch is Starcraft II
Posted on 8/31/19 at 6:59 pm to flyAU
No. Not fun.
Posted on 8/31/19 at 7:33 pm to flyAU
Watching high level smash play is fun as shite.
Esports and especially fighting games have really weird terms like “tech” or technique they love to combine terms like for example:
In smash there are directional attacks like forward smash and forward aerials. To make commentating quicker they’ll combine stuff like back air = bair/down air = dair and so on and so forth. It can get really confusing an down right stupid sometimes.
Esports and especially fighting games have really weird terms like “tech” or technique they love to combine terms like for example:
In smash there are directional attacks like forward smash and forward aerials. To make commentating quicker they’ll combine stuff like back air = bair/down air = dair and so on and so forth. It can get really confusing an down right stupid sometimes.
Posted on 8/31/19 at 9:48 pm to flyAU
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I have never played football.
Not even as a kid?
ETA: That said, how many years or decades have you spent watching, reading about, and talking about football?
If you did the same with Overwatch, I'm sure you'd get the same result.
This post was edited on 8/31/19 at 9:49 pm
Posted on 8/31/19 at 11:37 pm to flyAU
A few years ago I really got into watching the Evo championship.
Fighting games at the competitive level is extremely entertaining. I really don't see the entertainment in first-person shooting competitive tournaments.
Fighting games at the competitive level is extremely entertaining. I really don't see the entertainment in first-person shooting competitive tournaments.
Posted on 9/1/19 at 9:30 am to flyAU
I think watching esports is fun if you know what's happening. I usually watch Smash Bros and Tekken 7 for the most part. Occasionally League of Legends. Overwatch is pretty confusing to me as well, granted I've never played a second of that game in my life.
Posted on 9/1/19 at 10:05 am to Drewbie
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CS:GO is a much better entry-level watch if you don't know anything about the game itself.
CS GO is great to watch. Those guys are incredible
Posted on 9/1/19 at 1:19 pm to flyAU
Rocket League tournaments can be fun to watch. It'd be easier to follow too because it's a sportier game.
Posted on 9/3/19 at 10:50 am to flyAU
I wouldn't care about overwatch, don't play no cares.
Play Dota2 here and there. Do watch comp games.
Play Dota2 here and there. Do watch comp games.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 9:44 am to flyAU
I watched a bit of Dota 2 TI and have fun with that. I think anyone can get into it with good casters and the crowd cheering indicating good/bad plays 
Posted on 9/4/19 at 11:21 am to oauron
it's possible to have fun.
not worse community, but it's pretty shitty.
game is hard, have been playing for years and still suck arse
not worse community, but it's pretty shitty.
game is hard, have been playing for years and still suck arse
Posted on 9/6/19 at 1:51 pm to Tactical1
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few years ago I really got into watching the Evo championship
I got really into watching fighting game championships and Evo is the grand daddy of them all. The pros at these games are unreal from their reaction times to their spacing and everything. They have a guy that goes by Sonicfox a black American dude that is an animal at Mortal Kombat and dragon ball fighterz. I’ve followed him for 2 years now he’s a beast
I watch the league of legends tournaments when it’s USA vs Korea just to see if the Americans can pull of a miracle but it never happens. I don’t really know what’s going on but the announcers make it hype as frick lol. Also used to watch the halo championships but that got old
Posted on 9/6/19 at 2:13 pm to flyAU
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I have never played football. I own and play Overwatch occasionally so I do understand the mechanics. Trying to watch was confusing as frick. ETA: my overarching point is if you are a gamer and its still hard to follow, how can you bring non-gamers into the fold?
I watch them sometimes. Some games are harder to follow than others, but as the poster said, if you don't know the game, then it'll be hard to follow.
I used to play CS and I still like watching the big tourneys. I completely understand and can follow them. It's not a hard game to follow.
But I also play WoW and it's hard to follow PvP tournaments to me. I don't know every mechanic from every class, plus it happens so fast... too much going on at the same time for me. Also, it has been over 10 years since I PvP'd. All PvE now.
Put on a League of Legends tourney and I have absolutely no clue whatsoever what's going on... Just lots of movement and pretty lights and colors.
This post was edited on 9/6/19 at 2:16 pm
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