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What eSports do you watch?

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Do you watch any eSports gaming? What games?

I used to watch a LOT of Starcraft 2, but lost interest lately.
 

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I actually wasn't aware this was a thing; thought my friend was lying to me...now I know...
 

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It is a huge thing actually! MLG hosts tournaments along with other huge things. Big money is to be earned!
 

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I watched last year's SC2 tournament at Blizzcon and a few TWL matches but other than that I really haven't watched that stuff in a while.
 

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Blizzcon tournaments are iffy. MLG tournaments are where it's at. The commentating is fabulous and they host the best of the best!
 

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I'll have to check out a few that @Joe ;)
@death...you went to blizzcon :p
 

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Smash is a lot of fun to watch and play IMO. League, CSGO, DOTA, Halo, and sometimes SC2. I just really enjoy esports
 

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I used to watch so much of the League of Legends events. I still remember when they were first announcing that they will pay the players and how the whole LCS aspect started to develop. However, I don't watch it as much anymore because I just don't feel connected with all these new young players and new teams. I mainly watched because back in the day, you had this big names that every single player knew and respected now it's everybody's dream to become a pro. Boring.

Oh, I also occasionally like to watch the CS:GO events and the Overwatch ones as well. Both very entertaining with those clutch plays!
 

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I don't really watch eSports, but sometimes I follow SMITE since they give you some cool rewards for watching the streams. But to be honest I'd rather play than watch, same goes for the real sports.
 

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While I follow lots of gaming channels on YT, I find the whole eSports deal to be pretty dull.
Sounds pretty contradicting, but it is what it is!
It's already bad that I can't play myself, so the youtubers at least make the narration interesting or crack jokes along the game; that's why it's a lot more amusing to me.
 

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I don't think I have watched anything other than CS:GO. When I used to play it daily, I used to watch the professionals play, tried to learn some new tricks and tactics from them. Later it turned into a hobby, some pros can really make a show when they play.
 

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None; I hate watching other people play for more than a few minutes. I can see mistakes the do, and I'd be annoyed since I can't do anything about it. I've been more of a loner player; single player games and all that. I also get motion sickness rather quickly, so the idea of me watching someone play a first person game, spinning around and trying to find whatever it is they are doing in the quest, would make me dizzy in a matter of minutes.
 

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I don't really watch any tournaments or anything, but I do like watching Overwatch and Hearthstone. I play those games and watching other people play them is pretty good for trying to implement certain things into my own play, and I understand what's happening so I can get excited/upset when something interesting happens.
 

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I follow League even though I do not play it anymore. I think the presentation, quality of casters and entertainment value makes League better than any of the e-sports show I have seen.
 

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I watched Blizzcon tournament before, but not much, only a few times
 

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I don't like competitive games much, so I don't care about watching others playing it nor about observing how they play to improve myself. However, I did follow a couple of Smash tournaments to follow the community's excitement, and it was pretty fun, though. Oh, I also followed the tournaments Nintendo hosted at E3.
 

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I don't like competitive games much, so I don't care about watching others playing it nor about observing how they play to improve myself. However, I did follow a couple of Smash tournaments to follow the community's excitement, and it was pretty fun, though. Oh, I also followed the tournaments Nintendo hosted at E3.
I read about this Smash player that wore a mask or something and didn't talk for the entire tournament. He's a legend now and nobody even knows who he is. He just went in the tournament, played the same character over and over, won, never spoke a word, and he was never seen again.

Legend.
 

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I watched Blizzcon tournament before, but not much, only a few times

Conan O'Brien made a pretty funny appearance at a Blizzcon. People weren't amused though because they were trying to win and someone making jokes was probably a distraction. But still, it looked fun from his perspective, and I'd definitely go if I had a chance.
 

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I have watched KennyS's moments in CS:GO and boy can that guy play man. It has been fun watching CS:GO and even TF2 competitive as I play comp TF2 my self time to time. Just haven't had a lot of time or success balancing school with work and comp TF2 so I kind of pop in and out the competition between seasons and it works out for me.
 

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I read about this Smash player that wore a mask or something and didn't talk for the entire tournament. He's a legend now and nobody even knows who he is. He just went in the tournament, played the same character over and over, won, never spoke a word, and he was never seen again.

Legend.

So you've heard the tale of Falcomaster3000 too, I see. The true veni, vidi, vici of our days. What a day that was.
That's probably one of the highlights of SSB's community in the past few years, right next to Reggie's match against Hungrybox (spoiler: he didn't kick his ass).
 
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