UltraDavid
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this video is hilarious to me, it has all the stereotypes of both the pro-esports side and the oblivious old codger sides in one small, succinct package
i really hate that the conversation among them is about whether this is sports instead of about how thousands of people filled up staples and millions watched from home and so on.
but how can that not be the conversation when video games are specifically marketed as sports? here we are on a video game forum, big video game heads all of us, and even we can't escape that stupid ass argument.
that argument sucks. i'm tired of it! i don't think video games are a sport, and i don't want them to be. i like video games AS VIDEO GAMES. i'm proud to have played video games competitively in tournaments, i'm proud to be a commentator at video game tournaments. i also played and watch sports. i am 100% ok with the fact that they are different. i don't want to deny my video gamer-ness, i want to embrace it! i don't want to look for outside legitimacy through appeals to sports-ness, i want to build the legitimacy of video games as video games! i don't need or want to obfuscate the two.
there are so many good things to talk about in competitive gaming, but instead both gamers and non gamers waste time on ridiculous word battles. that sucks.
i'm seriously so tired of this argument. but that's the goal of words like "esports" in the first place, to force an argument. mission fn accomplished i guess
i really hate that the conversation among them is about whether this is sports instead of about how thousands of people filled up staples and millions watched from home and so on.
but how can that not be the conversation when video games are specifically marketed as sports? here we are on a video game forum, big video game heads all of us, and even we can't escape that stupid ass argument.
that argument sucks. i'm tired of it! i don't think video games are a sport, and i don't want them to be. i like video games AS VIDEO GAMES. i'm proud to have played video games competitively in tournaments, i'm proud to be a commentator at video game tournaments. i also played and watch sports. i am 100% ok with the fact that they are different. i don't want to deny my video gamer-ness, i want to embrace it! i don't want to look for outside legitimacy through appeals to sports-ness, i want to build the legitimacy of video games as video games! i don't need or want to obfuscate the two.
there are so many good things to talk about in competitive gaming, but instead both gamers and non gamers waste time on ridiculous word battles. that sucks.
i'm seriously so tired of this argument. but that's the goal of words like "esports" in the first place, to force an argument. mission fn accomplished i guess