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A comment on The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius. Parent comment

Re:The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius by glofish on Saturday November 23, 2019 @09:40AM (#21614293)
In my interpretation of the reply, they were "lucky" in that the field took off and became economically viable to be good at it.

Frankly, back 20 years ago I would have never thought that watching someone play a game would become a form of entertainment.

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Re:The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius by Swizec on Saturday November 23, 2019 @10:28AM (#21614571)
> never thought that watching someone play a game would become a form of entertainment.

Then what the hell are NFL, NBA, etc? People have been watching others play a game as a form of entertainment for as long as society can remember:

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Re:The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius by lazyjones on Saturday November 23, 2019 @10:26AM (#21614564)
> Frankly, back 20 years ago I would have never thought that watching someone play a game would become a form of entertainment.

Even after popular chess matches on TV in the 80's, 90's?

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