It's become an actual gold rush- almost nobody hunting for it gets rich, but the people who help you get to the site are doing well

Esports makes me think about that South Park wow episode. Lol

Why?

Esports players actually do a lot with their time. You get diminishing returns after a point so often they'll only play a few hours per day

A lot of Quake players were really into sports - kept in shape since their job involved sitting around

@taekahn it just does. I don’t know. I thought the episode was funny.

It was a great episode

We can't entrust the sword of 1k truths to a noob

When i think of an esports player, this is legit what i see.
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@taekahn I literally have never watched esports.

It's not worth unless you're interested in the game

That’s true with any sport. Lol

I know some people who don't play but do watch sports

Ok

The presentation for Esports is often way more hit and miss though, especially for commentary

Sometimes you get great shit, sometimes someone annoys the fuck out of you and everything is gamerfuel tier cringe

Commentary for normal sports is crap too.

I’d rather watch the game hear the crowd and think for myself.

I don’t care about every players sally sob story.

I don't mind hearing about the competitors

ESPN stands for emotional sports producing network. No lie.

It's more an issue of
You know how you can watch film awards and even if it's a bunch of elitist bullshit there's usually decent production values and a sense of respectability (Post Trump Stress Disorder aside)? And then you watch the game awards and it's an absolute gong show every time?

It's kinda like that, but for tournaments

Now there's some where they do a good job for sure, but it's a hit and miss sector

Lots of misses though. Lol

But yeah Evo is often fairly entertaining, if a bit of a gong show, and I used to watch Quake Live tourneys even though I'm a CPM player because the firing angles are still legit

Cool. I have no idea what you are referring to. Lol. I mostly play Pokémon and some other Nintendo games.

Are computer games expensive? I’ve only played two: math blaster and red alert 2.

I may as well be a boomer.

Depends on what you're trying to play. Between sales and lack of extra platform fees they're usually cheaper

Way cheaper than Nintendo games as well since they actually drop in price ;)

I like red alert 2, but the computer I had for it got too old and I now have a MacBook. 😩.

Good gaming laptops seem pretty expensive too.

don't get a gaming laptop, get a desktop

Desktop is really better?

Ok

Making things small and specialized is expensive. This is true of any computer hardware.

you will get the same performance for cheaper

Yeah I would build a desktop for the games you want to play

also allows you to upgrade parts as needed, so you won't need to upgrade the whole thing. Although the graphics card will still probably be the most expensive part basically setting the total price of your computer

Good point. I could get a tower and hook it up to my TV. This is such a good idea.