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Old 08-12-2015, 01:48 PM   #78
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Originally Posted by MattyC View Post
So is whacking at a disk with a twig while balancing on ice. So is killing each other for possession of a ball. So is seeing who can hit a thrown ball the furthest and running around some arbitrary base placements. So is trying to get a ball in a hole hundreds of yards away with a goofy club.
Except its infinitely more entertaining to watch real life athletic competition than it is to watch some guy use a joystick to control pixels on a screen.

I can appreciate these guys have a high level of skill in the medium (good for them for making money at it), but I have no idea how this stuff has such a huge audience. And I say that as someone who genuinely enjoys gaming.
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