This is like the biggest news here than what was being watched.
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This is like the biggest news here than what was being watched.
PsychoSoldier
Banned
It may with the International but LoL has way more popular individual streamers and will still have the weekly LCS games which will bring in 100-200k at a time.
Teknopathetic
Member
"It's Magic: The Gathering Online i assume."
No, it's actual physical Magic: The Gathering. Seriously, gets a ton of viewers on their weekend tournaments. They have some really professional production values.
No, it's actual physical Magic: The Gathering. Seriously, gets a ton of viewers on their weekend tournaments. They have some really professional production values.
SteveWinwood
Member
Nah I think this July is a pretty safe bet. I'm assuming riot has rescheduled stuff off that weekend, they did last year.
No you're not don't lie.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Not at all. It is one of few games I actually do watch other people play.
I swear that "have you seen Titanfall?" line damaged that game pretty good. Turned a few folks off of the game for sure.
A skill MGS4 player is pretty fun to watch though. Are they going for the platinum?
nephilimdj
Member
irony is only way u can get a key is if your a twitch/youtube personality, yet its not in top20.
seems like that policy is working well
Or Hearthstone for that matter. Incredibly dull.
Should probably blame Blizzard for that one.
Never been to a MtG tournament then. Loads of people watch card matches for strategy and to see the crazy comebacks.
That's...news to me. I might start watching it then.
They aren't going anywhere. At this point I actually fear Dota and LoL may be so established its going to be really hard for another game to break into the scene.
OnionPowder
Member
Sorry DOTA is too much fun.
SteveWinwood
Member
Blaming mobas instead of blizzard huh?
i really don't get it
the only thing more boring than playing mobas is watching other people play mobas...
also a shame hearthstone is so much higher than MTG. h-stone is baby town frolics compared to mtg.
also ridiculous... fighting games are like the most interesting games to watch
the only thing more boring than playing mobas is watching other people play mobas...
also a shame hearthstone is so much higher than MTG. h-stone is baby town frolics compared to mtg.
also ridiculous... fighting games are like the most interesting games to watch
Karsticles
Member
Not a single fighting game.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
Nope real magic is also streamed big tournaments just like e-sports with real time commentary etc.
hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka
Member
Who plays fighting games in 2014 lol
Son of a Witch
Member
I'm not, it's an incredibly boring game from a spectator standpoint and the player base is too small for them to tune in to learn.
SteveWinwood
Member
It's almost like the people invested in games find them interesting to watch.
Probably nothing to do with it. CSGO has been doing really well the last few months and growing quickly.
NekoFever
Member
Wasn't it Counter-Strike's 15th anniversary this week? I bet the nostalgia gave it a boost.
i tried watching a Hearthstone stream once, but if there's anything that drives me more crazy than waiting for my opponent's turn it's watching someone wait for their opponent's turn.
i get the fascination, i just don't get how it's that popular.
then again - free to play games seem to have huge user bases due to no "entry fee", which translates into huge viewerships, apparently.
i get the fascination, i just don't get how it's that popular.
then again - free to play games seem to have huge user bases due to no "entry fee", which translates into huge viewerships, apparently.
evil monkey
Member
FGC is poverty for real. It's no joke.
You're confusing it with Heroes of the Storm. You just need to apply on their website to get a Dawngate key. I got one only a few days after.
Nope. It's been getting some serious tournament action lately. Not surprised it's surpassed Starcraft.
SteveWinwood
Member
symphonask
Member
Happy to see Dark Souls II in the top ten.
Purple Cheeto
Member
No they actually stream real world card tournaments. Its more boring than Golf.
Fighting game streams just aren't as consistent as DotA2/LoL. With those two you always have a tournament OR some popular personality play solo ladder matches.
With fighting games you get sporadic tournaments or WNF or Evo. If there was an equivalent of Dyrus or WingsofDeath or Purge etc for Fighting Games playing solo queue all day then maybe fighting games would be higher.
Grinchy
Banned
I don't get it either, and I like Minecraft a lot. It's just not a fun game to watch someone else play.
Yet there is one guy who streams it who always seems to have 5-10k people watching. I've tried watching him a couple times and it is so slow and boring.
hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka
Member
TheAbsolution
Member
If you mean TPP, last I saw it was at less than 1K viewers.
It was only really big during Pokémon Red.
NihonTiger90
Member
Not surprised League and DOTA are 1-2. Riot streams their various LCS matches on a constant basis, and it seems like there are always DOTA tourneys going on.
As for Minecraft, it has to do more with who is streaming it (high-subbed LPers and streamers) than any one thing going on in the game right now.
As for Minecraft, it has to do more with who is streaming it (high-subbed LPers and streamers) than any one thing going on in the game right now.
PsychoSoldier
Banned
I feel like there was a bit there where fighting games really did have an opportunity to break through past its' traditional base but a lot of bad decisions were made along the way that prevented it from happening.
Or maybe it didn't matter and MOBA's were going to steamroll everything no matter what.....
Or maybe it didn't matter and MOBA's were going to steamroll everything no matter what.....
sorry, i haven't kept up with what's "in" for gamers these days
too busy getting invited to / having fun at parties
i just don't get what it is in MOBAS that is worth getting invested in. i tried a bunch of lol and it just wasn't compelling to me. RTS games i don't enjoy, but i "get" why people like them at high levels. MOBAS... not so much.
it's hilarious, i think it's viewed as a "dudebro" genre by a lot of these kids? i don't know
ashecitism
Member
GO will also have another major tourney at Gamescom. Might get a boost again.
Also, have Blizzard shared their plans for the WCS regional finals yet? Surely they won't put them on the same weekend as TI again.
Also, have Blizzard shared their plans for the WCS regional finals yet? Surely they won't put them on the same weekend as TI again.
I'm surprised WoW is that high.
To be fair to TitanFall, there is absolutely no hook in the game for interest in watching for competitive gaming. It is not fun watching 12 dudes randomly running around the map doing their own thing.
LoL will always be the more popular game, but I think it is only a matter of time before Dota 2 supplants it in the competitive scene. Dota matches are way more fun to watch because there are more interesting combinations of characters.
To be fair to TitanFall, there is absolutely no hook in the game for interest in watching for competitive gaming. It is not fun watching 12 dudes randomly running around the map doing their own thing.
LoL will always be the more popular game, but I think it is only a matter of time before Dota 2 supplants it in the competitive scene. Dota matches are way more fun to watch because there are more interesting combinations of characters.