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Microsoft may lose $120 million due to the Overwatch League shutdown (www.windowscentral.com)

submitted 10 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Can we acknowledge that FPS makes for a terrible esport from a viewer perspective yet?

[-] naught@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago

What about CS? Valorant? They pull in numbers

[-] tekila@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

As someone not playing valorant I think it's really confusing to watch. Not quite to the level of League of Legends or DOTA2 but still.

Counter strike is more straight forward as you don't have multiple heroes with their own powers.

On the other hand street fighter or rocket league are the easiest to watch, followed I feel like by CS.

[-] HKayn@dormi.zone 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

To be fair, the different powers more or less boil down to the same pieces of utility. The smoke or molly is just a different color each time.

[-] ExcursionInversion@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

CS is super easy to watch

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Cs is a special case. It has a very nice pacing. And requires no storfisk knowledge to be watched, you can almost not have played cs at all and understand what's going on.

I think the finals could also be a very cool esport. With it's very short rounds and tournament format. Although a bit chaotic.

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

It's less about genre and more about the visual clutter overload, which seems to get exacerbated with each update. Like the last character they teased literally places a giant cylindrical barrier and chains all enemy characters inside or it, plus himself. Now imagine 2 of those

[-] BURN@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Depends

Apex Legends is great to watch as a spectator, especially when you’re able to get multiple points of view.

I’ve also enjoyed CS esports previously. I’ve actually never been a fan of the LOL/Dota/StarCraft spectating as I find that it makes for a terrible viewing experience, so ymmv.