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1. maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Monday, 07-Nov-2016 01:08:51 EST maiyannah

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   "Overwatch already has 20 million players after just four months. Could professional videogame competitions someday become more popular than football?"
   
   How many times ... how many fucking times do people keep asking that question about esports?
   • maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Monday, 07-Nov-2016 01:10:55 EST maiyannah

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     Until you can play a video game like that on a computer you can buy for five dollars and is able to work in countries without power easily and without a fuss, you will never ever see esports directly compete with football, or most other sports for that matter.  Esports requires an investment of equipment orders of magnitude more expensive than most sports.  A socce…