The hype around esports is fading as investors and sponsors dry up

Re:The hype around esports is fading as investors and sponso... by oreally on Monday December 12, 2022 @10:56AM (#33956057)

Unfortunately it's boring as hell to watch over the long term. In a game like CS there is little setup and watching someone getting instagibbed in short engagements is no fun. But maybe the players around it can initiate some drama that keeps people talking, similar to wrestling, but then it's no longer about the game and more about the drama.

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Re:The hype around esports is fading as investors and sponso... by symlinkk on Monday December 12, 2022 @11:30AM (#33956623)

It’s similar with F1, it’s extremely boring to watch long term, most of the time it just looks like the cars are following each other, and it’s even worse live where you can only see a sliver of the multi mile long track. Yet it’s still a global phenomenon somehow.

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Re:The hype around esports is fading as investors and sponso... by Apocryphon on Monday December 12, 2022 @12:25PM (#33957405)

Watching the Netflix series (Formula 1: Drive to Survive), the drama between the racers and the corporate teams that sponsor them do add that personal connection, that keeps all sports going. I am amused to learn from it that Red Bull is somehow allowed to sponsor multiple racing teams (Red Bull Racing and AlphaTauri).

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Re:The hype around esports is fading as investors and sponso... by anomaly_ on Monday December 12, 2022 @06:25PM (#33961951)

Minor correction, not sponsor, own. Interestingly the tobacco company British American owned a team until 2005 (the team is now the Mercedes team).

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