the fallout series is my downfall. i love it, i just dont play it until all my chores are done and ive accepted i may end up fired if i dont show up to work for 4 days
On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 6:40 PM, Jason McKemie < [email protected]> wrote: > I enjoy video games, but I prohibit my self from playing them since > they're an absolutely terrific waste of time. > > On Sunday, December 4, 2016, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My life will not be diminished whether I get it or not. I feel fulfilled >> without any video games in my life (either me or someone else playing them). >> >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> On 12/4/2016 10:24 AM, Josh Reynolds wrote: >> >>> Think about it this way: it's the first "sport" that has international >>> reach outside of soccer. It already has more exposure than baseball, >>> football, etc. The only thing it doesn't come close to is FIFA World >>> Cup viewership (3.2 Billion in 2014). The barrier to viewership is >>> that it only requires internet access to YouTube/Twitch - it's >>> viewership growth does not require some expensive/exclusive sports >>> Cable package. Baseball, football, boxing, car racing (largely) etc >>> are all slowly and painfully dying off. The growth is in MMA and >>> eSports. >>> >>> Although you "don't get it" (I don't either, largely), the rest of the >>> world does. Ignore that at your peril :P >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Despite the amazing popularity, it still does not draw me. >>>> >>>> >>>> bp >>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>>> >>>> On 12/4/2016 9:47 AM, Josh Reynolds wrote: >>>> >>>> Just to put things into perspective, League of Legends is currently the >>>> largest competitive scene. The 2015 championships, which was a multi-day >>>> multi-city bracketed event held in several countries, had over 334 >>>> million >>>> viewers (not counting multiple people watching the same stream). The >>>> final >>>> numbers on the 2016 event aren't in yet. Colleges are giving out >>>> scholarships for this (no joke). >>>> >>>> These events sell out places like the Staples center, and world cup >>>> stadiums. Madison Square Garden may be next year. >>>> >>>> On Dec 4, 2016 11:40 AM, "Josh Reynolds" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Fun, fame, and profit. >>>>> >>>>> Some of these YouTube streamers bring in over 150k a year in >>>>> advertising >>>>> revenue. Most of these are young kids (preteen), some actually >>>>> teenagers. >>>>> >>>>> Twitch streamers can bring in several hundreds of thousands a year in >>>>> stream donations. >>>>> >>>>> My oldest (17/m) doesn't watch traditional TV. He's unfamiliar, >>>>> largely, >>>>> with commercials. Sports on TV? No way. He watches Hulu, Netflix, but >>>>> mainly >>>>> YouTube/twitch. >>>>> >>>>> There's a new eSports bar going up here in KC. I bet they end up with >>>>> more >>>>> net profit in the first year than the local Buffalo Wild Wings. Mix of >>>>> bar >>>>> w/ pub food, TVs streaming games/championships, and actual PCs/gaming >>>>> (half-hourly charges). >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 4, 2016 10:39 AM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I was born without the gaming gene, so can someone explain Twitch to >>>>>> me? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I have a customer spending a lot of money (now that harvest is over) >>>>>> for >>>>>> a speed tier with 5 Mbps of upstream so he can broadcast. Which I >>>>>> see he >>>>>> does for 12 hours straight. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> What is the appeal? Fun? Fame? Or profit? Does this bring in >>>>>> advertising money? Enough to make it worthwhile? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> And how does someone stream their game play for 12 hours straight? >>>>>> Astronaut diapers? Lots of Mountain Dew and Doritos? Or do they get >>>>>> breaks? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >> -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
