Sky Sports WTF
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I've been a competitive gamer and the thought of it being on TV with commentators makes me laugh. "sport".
That being said, you can become a millionaire playing Dota2.
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Well, I have certainly learnt something today.
I must live a very sheltered life, coz I genuinely had no idea that competition gaming was so popular and it being televised/live streamed or what ever is nothing new.Watching gaming is pretty low down on my things to do in life, so don't think I'll be tuning in any time soon.
And it's highly debatable whether it can be called a sport.
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@MajorRage said in Sky Sports WTF:
Is there any money in gaming - as in the sport, not in the technology where the money is obviously limitless?
If this is accurate, then not bad for playing games.
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@MajorRage said in Sky Sports WTF:
Is there any money in gaming - as in the sport, not in the technology where the money is obviously limitless?
@antipodean said in Sky Sports WTF:
That being said, you can become a millionaire playing Dota2.
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@antipodean I saw that, but thats not quite what I mean.
I.e - are the best players, sponsored, do teams pay players for their services etc.
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@MajorRage said in Sky Sports WTF:
@antipodean I saw that, but thats not quite what I mean.
I.e - are the best players, sponsored, do teams pay players for their services etc.
The teams are sponsored. The best teams have a remuneration mix, most of which is sharing the prize money.
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MR - yep, most are on a mix of salary and bonuses - I follow the Starcraft 2 scene which isn't as big as the FPS games or stuff like DOTA or Hearthstone (card game, kind of similar to Magic). A couple of years ago when SC2 was going super strong there were guys on 6 figure salaries.
I watch a bunch of streams off sites like Twitch or TeamLiquid - always something or someone entertaining to watch imo. I tend to have a stream running on one screen and be gaming or working on the other screen.
Twitch is cool as there are heaps of random folks streaming, often running a YouTube channel alongside live streaming - and making a decent living too.
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Timbersports is still on ESPN by the looks of things http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7760851-stihl-timbersports-2016-announcement/
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Maybe you've just never run into the right game MR?
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@Paekakboyz Nah mate, just not a gamer. Not my thing at all.
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@Paekakboyz said in Sky Sports WTF:
MR - yep, most are on a mix of salary and bonuses - I follow the Starcraft 2 scene which isn't as big as the FPS games or stuff like DOTA or Hearthstone (card game, kind of similar to Magic). A couple of years ago when SC2 was going super strong there were guys on 6 figure salaries.
I watch a bunch of streams off sites like Twitch or TeamLiquid - always something or someone entertaining to watch imo. I tend to have a stream running on one screen and be gaming or working on the other screen.
Twitch is cool as there are heaps of random folks streaming, often running a YouTube channel alongside live streaming - and making a decent living too.
Didn't some dude in Japan die after playing Starcraft for about 50 hours straight?
I never had any patience with that game unless I used the cheat codes.
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Might have been WoW - now that shit is crack bro!!
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