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Originally Posted by stone hands
I grew up playing video games as well as hockey. I watch the nhl and esports for the same reason: watching professionals play games I enjoy (hockey, dota2, counter strike, street fighter, etc) at a high level is exciting. Just like I couldn't dangle like Patrick Kane in real life, i'd never have as good of aim or situational awareness as get_right in counterstrike
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I agree with this. I love watching elite Guilty Gear or BlazBlue players pull complicated and reactionary things off that I couldn't in a hundred tries. That said I've never been all too interested in sports video games as a genre so NHL e-sports doesn't appeal to me.