I’m a very avid video gamer. More of a classic gamer and collector, and I will say this kind of thing embarrasses me. I’ve never been ashamed of my hobby, but this kind of thing is pathetic to me, I don’t know what else to say about it.
I find no real world value in it. To me it’s a fun escape and a hobby, but I find it really harmful in a psychological sense for this to be perceived as a legitimate ‘trade’.
Do you feel the same way about things like the recent World Cup of European footsie-ball?
It all comes down to how much advertisers can pay to push their products. They eould have $100 million paint drying events if enough people would watch it.
I tried watching one competition where one team competed against another but I couldn't figure out what was going on other then they were running around trying to shoot each other with different stuff.
Another championship I watched briefly was a computer soccer game with a prize of tens of thousands of dollars. I didn't see what the attraction of that was either.
My 8 and 10-year old sons play Fortnite. I think they'll grow out of it and then I meet 30-something men who are playing Fortnite and love it just as much as my kids do.