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ranbo das posted:It's different for different video games. Like, for league of legends teams actually get paid a living wage (and upwards of 6 figures for some people) to play, then you stack prize money and streaming money on top of that. I don't follow DOTA so I can't say if those people make stuff other than prize money tho. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR7CU3CJ7iU
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Nitrox posted:This made my day, thank you very much. Best John Oliver show to date Oh I get it. This is one of those cringe videos where you see how much you can watch before you are forced to turn it off. 20 seconds for me.
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canyoneer posted:I'm going to guess that it takes a lot of time besides the week in tournaments to be the kind of player that can actually win those tournaments What I"m saying is that 55k in a week isn't poverty wage, the person I quoted was acting like that was their yearly income or something.
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kazil posted:Oh I get it. This is one of those cringe videos where you see how much you can watch before you are forced to turn it off.
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Feb 29, 2016 21:26
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I used to be annoyed that footballers in the UK got ridiculously high wages for playing their sport, but I'd rather they got six figure pay checks than assholes playing loving video games.
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People getting butthurt about esports is one of my fav sources of schadenfreude, especially when those people somehow think that grown men playing childrens games is somehow more acceptable than teenagers playing childrens games.
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Feb 29, 2016 21:41
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Nitrox posted:So edgy, I almost cut myself while quoting you. How many televisions do you currently not own? Seriously, though, think how that video looks to someone not neck deep in DOTA. It's a man saying gibberish while the screen jumps around at a mile a second. At least post a timestamp of when it gets at all interesting.
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kazil posted:Seriously, though, think how that video looks to someone not neck deep in DOTA. It's a man saying gibberish while the screen jumps around at a mile a second. I know nothing about DOTA and he may as well have been speaking Russian. I still got the gist of which team was winning, but missed every bit of the "this guy overspent their money to troll the other team." Without that context I wouldn't have the slightest idea something out of the ordinary was happening.
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grumplestiltzkin posted:People getting butthurt about esports is one of my fav sources of schadenfreude, especially when those people somehow think that grown men playing childrens games is somehow more acceptable than teenagers playing childrens games. I think e-sports is good and fine, but what confuses me is where the hell is all of this money coming from to support these events? With the popular sports I can understand because of how massive they are and how much merchandise is sold, but with e-sports, I know only a couple people who care even a tiny bit, and even they aren't spending money on it.
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I think like all sports/events that make money it's mostly through advertising, sponsorship, that sort of thing.
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Master Twig posted:I think e-sports is good and fine, but what confuses me is where the hell is all of this money coming from to support these events? With the popular sports I can understand because of how massive they are and how much merchandise is sold, but with e-sports, I know only a couple people who care even a tiny bit, and even they aren't spending money on it. Well also don't forget that you have to buy computer games, while you can play football with a whole bunch of people with just a ball.
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Master Twig posted:I think e-sports is good and fine, but what confuses me is where the hell is all of this money coming from to support these events? With the popular sports I can understand because of how massive they are and how much merchandise is sold, but with e-sports, I know only a couple people who care even a tiny bit, and even they aren't spending money on it. People pay to watch these games online inn real time. You buy tickets, passes and everything. Also, merchandising, appearances, sponsorship etc. Counter Strike fans drink the same CocaCola as the soccer fans. It works the same way ekuNNN posted:Well also don't forget that you have to buy computer games, while you can play football with a whole bunch of people with just a ball. kazil posted:Seriously, though, think how that video looks to someone not neck deep in DOTA. It's a man saying gibberish while the screen jumps around at a mile a second. Nitrox has a new favorite as of 22:10 on Feb 29, 2016 |
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Nitrox posted:At least you pay money for that football. All of those games are free to download and play Only Dota is free from that list of best paying games, right? or LoL too?
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ekuNNN posted:Only Dota is free from that list of best paying games, right? or LoL too? Pay to play dressup. People love dressup.
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Look at how much money is involved with "guy with stupid accent/affected voice comments while playing video game". e-sports is just huge budget lets-plays dressed up as a major sporting event. The money is there, people like to watch all sorts of stupid poo poo and you can show them ads while they watch, or even get them to pay to watch.
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Nitrox posted:At least you pay money for that football. All of those games are free to download and play What costs more? A football or a computer? I forget.
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kazil posted:What costs more? A football or a computer? I forget. Nitrox has a new favorite as of 22:15 on Feb 29, 2016 |
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Nitrox posted:Let me remind you. A computer is part of an average 1st/2nd world household, just like a refrigerator or television is. A football is something you buy specifically to play with The NVidia GE Force GTX 560, however, is not part of the average computer and costs roughly the same as a mid-line consumer laptop.
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Drowning In Terror posted:Looks like the money has trickled down pretty far into the dota 'competitive' scene
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I remember when your clan's team being ranked 100th meant the members had just started playing and only knew centaur/cm and a few others.
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kazil posted:You can like esports without these dumb mental gymnastics. It's ok, I promise.
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Sports are for what I call "the common folk"
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i'm sorry nobody understood your video but please stop
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It's okay to play video games, guy. Your daddy has a million other reasons not to love you.
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Can we at least agree that NASCAR isn't a real sport? I mean, their biggest strength is not getting hemorrhoids or pissing themselves. Not very exciting.
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grumplestiltzkin posted:People getting butthurt about esports is one of my fav sources of schadenfreude, especially when those people somehow think that grown men playing childrens games is somehow more acceptable than teenagers playing childrens games. Sorry that I offended you I guess?  I just think that grown men actually exercising in the name of entertainment is of more value than angry teenagers breaking poo poo and screaming slurs at each other.
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It's not a real sport unless there is at least a slight chance of someone dying because of it.
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FreudianSlippers posted:It's not a real sport unless there is at least a slight chance of someone dying because of it. well there's always the chance of a blood clot forming
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How many bitcoins can you win from the average esport?
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Master Twig posted:I think e-sports is good and fine, but what confuses me is where the hell is all of this money coming from to support these events? With the popular sports I can understand because of how massive they are and how much merchandise is sold, but with e-sports, I know only a couple people who care even a tiny bit, and even they aren't spending money on it. 36 million people watched the LoL championship which is a lot of people imo. Roro posted:Sorry that I offended you I guess? Tbh both groups break poo poo and scream slurs at each other and are of equal value to society imo. At least no esports person has straight up murdered someone yet tho i guess so sportsball still has that going for them.
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FreudianSlippers posted:It's also not a real sport if riots are not at least semi-common. Who do you think makes League of Legends?
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FreudianSlippers posted:It's also not a real sport if riots are not at least semi-common. Does whining on the internet count as a riot?
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Takoluka posted:Who do you think makes League of Legends? 
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RareAcumen posted:How many bitcoins can you win from the average esport? 14! http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Bitcoin_StarCraft_Challenge
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zakharov posted:Holy balls post funny gifs and shut up about video games never https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G8oHukH_pE
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Judge Schnoopy posted:The NVidia GE Force GTX 560, however, is not part of the average computer and costs roughly the same as a mid-line consumer laptop. Yeah, those $80 laptops are just falling from the sky, right? Gaming computers can be built pretty cheaply these days, especially if you're running something as simple as mobas. Hell, my lovely first computer that I had literally a decade ago that literally did not have a graphics card ran cs1.6 just fine, and as we've seen, there's still a pro scene for that. The only time computers are expensive is if you're some mondo retard who absolutely must crank up every single setting possible on every AAA game that gets released. Roro posted:Sorry that I offended you I guess? I said I derived enjoyment from something, and then you apologized for offending me. What part of that made sense in your head lol. I also like the fact that in your world football fans (the ones who literally riot when their team wins OR loses) are the reasonable people  Actual schadenfreude posting: HL3 still doesn't exist 
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RareAcumen posted:How many bitcoins can you win from the average esport? if you are awarded bitcoins as the result of a contest, you've lost regardless of what the scoreboard says
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