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[–] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I goddamn hate esports, leave it to nerds to ruin everything fun about nerdy hobbies

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Same.

They took the worst parts about physical sports (toxicity, asshole fandoms, obnoxious tie-ins and endorsements) and seemingly focused on those.

[–] 12022081631@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

the scale of the spectatorship is so freaking cool, genuinely, but ofc capitalism ruins everything

we strayed from the grace of god the day that spectatorship stopped being downloading replays from LAN games and watching them in your own client