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New report claims gamers spend more time watching videos about gaming than playing games (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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[–] 159 points 2 years ago (2 children)

imagine if this was about football fans

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The interesting part to me is that you can watch football even when/if you can't play football, but you could be gaming instead of watching.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nah, I can't game while I'm doing the dishes but I can watch a video just fine

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You're taking too long to do the dishes.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There are more chores than dishes:

    • folding laundry
    • sweeping and mopping the floor
    • fixing the car
    • going through the mail
    • changing the sheets

    That's when I watch/listen to streamers, I almost never do it when I could otherwise be gaming. I'll occasionally listen/watch while gaming though.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Watching sports is a useful activity when you confined to a hospital bed for a month or two as has happened to people I know. In one case they wouldn't be allowed to game, even sports were in danger of being too exciting for their condition.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago

    Logic does not check out. Like they're both activities I can do on my couch? Okay sure, I guess. Just like I can watch a video about knitting even if I can't knit, but I could be knitting instead of watching!? Complete nonsense...

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I can only watch so much football as can a rare other people like me. If I am watching football I want the view of one position. I don't care that the quarterback got sacked on the play, how did the running back avoid the defense in his attempts to become open for a pass - or some such that I want to emulate when I next play. (i think that is a likely thing - I consider football too dangerous to play so I'm guessing - in reality I'd prefer to see other sports that I'm likely to play)

    edit: spelling

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    i can't make heads or tails of this reply :P

    "how did the running back avoid the defense", i'm assuming there should be a "to" in there? who runs back? i can't parse it...

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They went with American football, where “running back” and ”defense” refer to positions.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    ...huh.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The game most of the world calls "football" is called "soccer" in the US. We have a very popular game we call "football" in the US that is unrelated to "soccer", instead it is related to rugby (still very different from rugby, but there is a relation)

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