Vice Ventures is investing in taboo industries that other funds won’t touch

Re:Vice Ventures is investing in taboo industries that other... by jobigoud on Thursday November 14, 2019 @05:12PM (#21540036)

Are you thinking of Fantasy Sports ? I mixed the two initially as well. I see why Fantasy Sports (assembling virtual teams of real athletes) would be there, it's purely gambling, but e-sports (competitive gaming)… it's just like any other non-physical game, like chess or scrabble or whatever.

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Re:Vice Ventures is investing in taboo industries that other... by kleer001 on Thursday November 14, 2019 @07:40PM (#21541195)

The difference is the chance involved. Chess involves no chance. Scrabble involves the chance of the tiles you get, there's still a lot of skill involved. E-sports is more like scrabble than chess.

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Re:Vice Ventures is investing in taboo industries that other... by jungy on Friday November 15, 2019 @02:58AM (#21543110)

This is just not true. What do you base this on?

Top e-sports games such as Dota 2, CS:GO and StarCraft 2 are highly skill based games where strategy and teamwork (in the first two games) is all that matters. There are, in Dota 2, a few chance based characters you can play, but in the grand scheme of things it doesn't make "chess to scrabble". In my opinion you seem ill informed and biased.

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Re:Vice Ventures is investing in taboo industries that other... by kleer001 on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @03:38PM (#21578008)

In my opinion you sound like you're feeling attacked, Mr. Anonymous Made-an-account-to-make-this-comment.

We're arguing about degree here, and it's pointless. You say it's a low degree of chance. I say it's a low degree of chance.

Just like professional body based in-person sports, chance is an integral component to e-sports. Football, soccer, tennis are based partially on chance. That's how multiple houses agree, more or less, on the chance spread.

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