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re: Has ESPN lost its mind?
Posted on 4/26/15 at 11:51 pm to DoUrden
Posted on 4/26/15 at 11:51 pm to DoUrden
A buddy of mine described it pretty perfectly: If you're going to have something terrible on TV, make it super terrible and act like its super serious and people will watch.
The 5 commentators were on permanent Gus Johnson scream mode the entire time. I had no idea what was going on but all the screaming made me excited for whatever it was.
The 5 commentators were on permanent Gus Johnson scream mode the entire time. I had no idea what was going on but all the screaming made me excited for whatever it was.
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Posted on 4/27/15 at 12:05 am to DoUrden
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Look at the winnings list here and tell me you don't wish you could do it.
Look at the VERY first sentence in your link!
Posted on 4/27/15 at 12:10 am to ToulatownTiger
It's on ESPN2 calm down.
Posted on 4/27/15 at 12:10 am to lsu480
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Look at the VERY first sentence in your link!
The link you reference doesn't have sentences.
Posted on 4/27/15 at 12:11 am to DoUrden
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This article appears to have no basis in fact.
This post was edited on 4/27/15 at 12:12 am
Posted on 4/27/15 at 12:14 am to NeathOrangeandBlue
I see now, the note at the top. Keep telling yourselves that this isn't going to explode and you are the demographic that will die happy without understanding where things are going.
Posted on 4/27/15 at 12:20 am to DoUrden
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Keep telling yourselves that this isn't going to explode
Oh, it's definitely a market that's just waiting to explode. We already see people making a living off it and companies are beginning to tap into the market.
It's just that note at the top made me
Posted on 4/27/15 at 12:22 am to Scruffy
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it is no different than showing poker or any of the other multitudes of "sports" they show on ESPN.
Exactly. They show fricking baseball all the time, so everything should be fair game, IMO.
Posted on 4/27/15 at 12:41 am to DoUrden
There is no doubt there is a market for it, I mean that pewter pie guy makes like 10 mil a year from YouTube alone and all he does is act like a 13 yr old girl from what I have seen, but that link was funny
Posted on 4/27/15 at 12:53 am to lsu480
Posted on 4/27/15 at 1:11 am to BleedPurpleGold
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A buddy of mine described it pretty perfectly: If you're going to have something terrible on TV, make it super terrible and act like its super serious and people will watch.
I used to watch eating contests for this exact reason. And I'm talking things besides Nathan's Hot Dogs on the 4th. My favorite thing I ever heard was the commentators introducing Cookie Jarvis trying to break the corn eating record.
"Today, Cookie will be taking on corn, or as the Native Americans called it maiz, which is Native American for corn."
Posted on 4/27/15 at 1:11 am to DoUrden
What does that even mean?
Posted on 4/27/15 at 1:35 am to DoUrden
What the... Did people really donate $20,750-$20 to that guy!?!?! 
Posted on 4/27/15 at 2:38 am to forksup
That's very common. Maybe not quite that much but medium sized Twitch streamers make 1k+ per day from donations alone.
Posted on 4/27/15 at 6:50 am to xenythx
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This post was edited on 1/18/21 at 9:56 am
Posted on 4/27/15 at 8:13 am to xenythx
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eSports is the next big thing
Sports for dorks who can't play sports.
Posted on 4/27/15 at 8:45 am to ToulatownTiger
ESPN started broadcasting poker a long time ago. POKER. It takes about the same level of athleticism to play video games as it does poker.
Posted on 4/27/15 at 8:55 am to Goldrush25
More actually. The reflexes and hand-eye coordination these guys have is amazing. Additionally there is a ton of teamwork involved unlike Poker.
Posted on 4/27/15 at 9:44 am to ToulatownTiger
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There is currently video games with play by play commentary on ESPN2, wtf is this crap.
That was the stupidest shite I have ever seen on ESPN. Makes a spelling bee seem exciting.
Posted on 4/27/15 at 10:01 am to ToulatownTiger
yeah I saw some shite with UC Berkley vs Arizona State and I was waiting to see students competing in something. I was confused. Had to turn it after a minute of watching.
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