@Pikachu I appreciate sports where I am really humbled and amazed by the psychological and physical training and preparation. Stuff that sometimes is difficult to comprehend being possible.
That exists in team sports that we soak up in the media, but fuck, I'd rather go out and throw or kick a ball around than watch football or baseball. No interest in watching team sports, especially since it's all about $$$.
But take high altitude climbing. Fuck. This year Urubko tried a solo winter ascent of K2 without supplemental O2. And K2 is the second deadliest ascent. It's taken 20%+ of takers historically.
So I'll follow climbing. Can't believe it's possible some of it. God tier men and women.
Watching people play a video game? That seems more pointless than watching people play ball when I can throw one around...
Well most of that was all down to personal preference for the game you're watching or what sport interests you.
Remember the question: Is watching people play video games professionally exactly as worthy as watching people play sports professionally?
[quote]Watching people play a video game? That seems more pointless than watching people play ball when I can throw one around...[/quote]
This is what i'm interested in. Why is it [i]more[/i] pointless to watch someone play a video game that you could be playing (but does it better than you could ever do) than it is to watch someone place a sport that you could be playing (but does it better than you could ever do)?
Watching (most) professional sport is [b]just as pointless[/b] and boring as watching professional gaming.
Why?
I dunno. They're things better just enjoyed. They're things people can do. And the whole corporate thing seems to ruin everything. It all becomes about sponsorship. Money.
But "professional sport", depending on how you gloss that word "professional", includes a lot more than the shit we see on TV.
