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Originally Posted by Igottago
Watching the amazing goal scored by Gareth Bale in last week's champions league final will always trump watching some dude named FifaKing187 do the same thing using a digital Bale on a screen. I understand the interest in gaming -- I love the medium as well, but its just not the same as watching highly trained athletes do what they do best.
You will never hear about an esports players parents having to drive him to the rink at 5 in the morning through blizzards, having the discipline to maintain a healthy diet and training routine for years, dealing with physical pain and injury in the same way.
And then creating magic in a real physical space when the stakes are high -- not recreating magic with a canned animation by pressing a button faster than the opponent. Its just not the same.
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Originally Posted by Kovaz
There are narratives just as compelling in eSports if you take the time to look for them.
For example, IM.Mvp is a great story. He grew up incredibly poor, but was able to put food on the table for his family through his tournament winnings in SC2. Towards the end of his career he suffered from a neck condition that caused severe wrist pain and made his hands go numb during games. But he couldn't take time off to get it treated because he was basically the sole breadwinner for his family. So despite being unable to practice and having to withdraw from a bunch of tournaments, he managed to battle through it to win his 4th GSL (the SC2 equivalent of Wimbledon or the US Open).
And you absolutely can create magic in a video game, again if you look in the right places. There's no canned animation for perfect unit control in starcraft, or perfect aim in Overwatch or Counterstrike. That's raw, incredible skill that only a handful of people in the world possess.
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I love both video games and traditional sports.
But you're saying an amazing headshot kill in CSGO is the equivalent to Bale's magical goal when the stakes could not be higher??
That particular esports rags to riches story isn't that impressive when you compare it to countless rags to riches stories in traditional sports.