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[+] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I have to ask if you have ever watched professional level StarCraft 2. Because those people play at an insane level of multitasking and optimization and it is actually beautiful to watch in many cases. The stuff they do is often not even achievable by the average player. I'm sure there are other examples in FPS games and other genres, but what professional RTS players do definitely pushes the level of human cognitive ability.

    The obvious barrier to entry here is knowing the game, as you can't really appreciate things fully unless you've played at least a little. But I'll say that I started off watching LowkoTV and he was entertaining enough to watch until I finally decided to try out the game, and then came to appreciate it even more after that.

    Obviously using in game portals to related content creators to push more ads is idiotic, just saying the recognition of the importance of gaming content creators to the games themselves isn't inherently a bad thing.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Every teenager on YouTube has suddenly become a professional gaming industry analyst for EA, Microsoft, Ubisoft and Bethesda's failures, and could probably put it on a resume.

    "The problem with the industry today...."

    Fill in the rest with whatever and you've got hours and hours of angry, dissatisfied content for others to nod with.

    "ABYSMAL! UNINSPIRED!"

    That's the spirit!

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