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Mark-C said:
MG CHRIS said:
Megaflow said:
cuprabob said:
It's just people playing F1 2017
Sorry, the are now televising people playing video games?Fk me I thought we reached rock bottom with that crappy program of watching people watch TV.
A few football teams have hired players to represent them in FIFA tournaments, and that's pretty low-key compared to Starcraft competitions in Korea where players are competing for six figure prizes (plus money from their sponsors)
eSports is a big business that has been around for over a decade.
eSports is a big business that has been around for over a decade.
Adrian W said:
It's worse, I just asked my 15 year old son about it, apparently there is a petition for gaming to become an Olympic sport
Then there's this
http://m.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/352739/mclaren-en...
One of the presenters called these kids “athletes” - that made me chuckle. Must take a lot of physical training to reach for the crisps and coke in front of the monitor.Then there's this
http://m.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/352739/mclaren-en...
Edited by Adrian W on Tuesday 10th October 20:10
hammo19 said:
Adrian W said:
It's worse, I just asked my 15 year old son about it, apparently there is a petition for gaming to become an Olympic sport
Then there's this
http://m.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/352739/mclaren-en...
One of the presenters called these kids “athletes” - that made me chuckle. Must take a lot of physical training to reach for the crisps and coke in front of the monitor.Then there's this
http://m.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/352739/mclaren-en...
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 10th October 20:10
If ever there was a thread where PH seemed out of touch with the youth of today this would be it!
Watching gaming is absolutely huge and shows little sign of slowing down. Difficult to pin down accurate figures but it’s not far off the 400m viewers F1 gets per year, there is a massive amount of money in it.
Watching gaming is absolutely huge and shows little sign of slowing down. Difficult to pin down accurate figures but it’s not far off the 400m viewers F1 gets per year, there is a massive amount of money in it.
I still play racing games and saw this on TV also - the final race was pretty good and the driving standard incredibly high.
I've telling my eldest lad for years that playing video games is a waste of his time...
He's been telling me for a while that if he gets good enough it's a decent career with serious earnings potential.
Don't know whether to continue to curtail his playing time or actively encourage it as 'training'.
I've telling my eldest lad for years that playing video games is a waste of his time...
He's been telling me for a while that if he gets good enough it's a decent career with serious earnings potential.
Don't know whether to continue to curtail his playing time or actively encourage it as 'training'.
ukaskew said:
If ever there was a thread where PH seemed out of touch with the youth of today this would be it!
Watching gaming is absolutely huge and shows little sign of slowing down. Difficult to pin down accurate figures but it’s not far off the 400m viewers F1 gets per year, there is a massive amount of money in it.
I don’t get why you’d watch and instead of playing the game. I watch motorsport because I love it, but sadly can’t afford to compete at it properly. If I could I’d rather being doing it than watching it.Watching gaming is absolutely huge and shows little sign of slowing down. Difficult to pin down accurate figures but it’s not far off the 400m viewers F1 gets per year, there is a massive amount of money in it.
The costs involved to play a computer game are tiny in comparison, so I just don’t understand why you want to watch somebody else.
If that makes me out of touch, then I guess I am.
Trades description need to have a word ...although 'Epasttime' doesn't quite have the same ring to it, does it?
& the only difference between this & folk who were 'seriously' into RC or Scalectrix back in the day, is the tinterweb ...it's still the same geeks & nerds
& i say that, as someone with a vested interest in it.
& the only difference between this & folk who were 'seriously' into RC or Scalectrix back in the day, is the tinterweb ...it's still the same geeks & nerds
& i say that, as someone with a vested interest in it.
Megaflow said:
ukaskew said:
If ever there was a thread where PH seemed out of touch with the youth of today this would be it!
Watching gaming is absolutely huge and shows little sign of slowing down. Difficult to pin down accurate figures but it’s not far off the 400m viewers F1 gets per year, there is a massive amount of money in it.
I don’t get why you’d watch and instead of playing the game. I watch motorsport because I love it, but sadly can’t afford to compete at it properly. If I could I’d rather being doing it than watching it.Watching gaming is absolutely huge and shows little sign of slowing down. Difficult to pin down accurate figures but it’s not far off the 400m viewers F1 gets per year, there is a massive amount of money in it.
The costs involved to play a computer game are tiny in comparison, so I just don’t understand why you want to watch somebody else.
If that makes me out of touch, then I guess I am.
Can't say I've ever watched e-sports; but I do occasionally watch youtube gamers if there is nothing else on the go.
ETA making it an Olympic sport is a bit too much though imo.
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