Hellbent wrote on 04/10/12 at 03:59:19:
People actually make money playing games competitively.
Quake 3 is as balanced as Chess or Basketball.
Yeah, more power to those people. Doesn't make it a sport to me.
I played the hell out of UT'99 in my prime years of gaming, Yeah it drains you mentally and at the end your exhausted. To me though, thats not a sport ,persay, more of a competitive game.
Thats like saying if people got into competitive board gaming (Which there is) That it's a sport because they get paid for it.
Or those pokmon card tournaments. Heh. That would be a funny sport.
But then again Sport its such a spotty term anyway.
Now as far as it goes playing them competitively for money just seems like it would kill the fun. Sure I could Play UT'99 almost religiously, but playing it to a certain point it becomes a Job and no longer is entertainment. I wouldn't drill my games into the ground like that. And I believe it's a little over obsessive, honestly.
Games were made to be a pass time. Something you can enjoy and play for a few hours at a time, but then you have your WoW players, CoD players and other gamers who take that to the extreme.
Now I'm not saying it's wrong to have these "Esports". It's just a little too extreme for me. I like to go outside, eat and sleep.
Maybe I should give a crack at this competitive gaming market. Only issue is I don't really care for the new FPS's and fighting games out lately. Madden is mad boring. Really isn't much to choose from when it comes to the big bucks.
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I love the gaming industry and I want to break in at some point. If I made a game that had a huge following, great. I wouldn't want to end up with million players playing my game 12 hours and 7 days a week. Go outside. Enjoy some fresh air. Go make friends, get a girlfriend and move out of your parents basement.
Yeah, Not everyone is like that, but every thing I ever watched about a progamer the above was true, Or they were 12.
Jesus, at lest move out once the money comes in. Go out on trip something.
I just feel like people are wasting their lives when they can go out and have some real adventures and some exercise. God forbid exercises.
Aghhh. Anyway, I'm ranting and I'll stop now.
Final point: Sitting in one spot for over 12 hours is bad for you. Go do something.