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Re:StarCraft: The past, present and future by chongli on Monday November 09, 2015 @11:06AM (#10533782)
Nothing lasts forever. Sports go through cycles like this. Tennis was in quite a down cycle before the emergence of Roger Federer. Competitive RTS is in a down cycle now. The real tragedy here is how much more power large corporations have over esports as compared to traditional sports.
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Re:StarCraft: The past, present and future by thaumasiotes on Monday November 09, 2015 @05:24PM (#10536275)
> The real tragedy here is how much more power large corporations have over esports as compared to traditional sports.

This just makes me think you have no idea how traditional sports are managed at levels above "let's get some kids together to play in the field". If anything, large corporations have much more power in traditional sports.

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Re:StarCraft: The past, present and future by chongli on Monday November 09, 2015 @06:40PM (#10536631)
They have a lot of power over the medium of broadcast. They don't have much power at all over the rules of the game. Fans tend to revolt over such things.
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