• dinckel@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I always thought that competitive gaming is amazing, but competitive gaming like this will never be sustainable. For one, it relies on endless influx of people willing to spend money, and regularly watch the content. Given how little new stuff Blizzard actually made, it’s impossible to remain interested.

    But let’s just take something else as an example. The League of Legends championships have been out there for like 15 years now. For the latter half of that, it’s looked a lot like insider trading and money laundering, because it’s not a competition for who wins the game. It’s a competition for whose gaming brand stays in business

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      1 year ago

      How would this be any different from the MLB and NFL? These sports have also remained unchanged for decades.

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        It’s not. Those sports leagues suffer from the same issues. The only difference is that you rely on maintaining real people’s health to optimally perform in those games. It’s similar to having online friends, vs seeing someone locally. Yes, they’re still friends, but your body has physiological needs that you cannot trick