The Purposelessness of FPS Professionalism

Doley writes "Over at GotFrag, there's an article discussing the financial and evolutionary problems related to professional FPS gaming. The piece explains: 'Regardless of how many fans exist, how many people play Counter-Strike, how many tournaments take place, or how many sponsors participate, Counter-Strike will never truly be a sport. Never will the players make an excellent living playing the game. Possibly, in time, the top teams from each country will be able to make a decent living - a living that we are all capable of making by simply attending college. However, because the majority of cream of the crop players and teams cannot make Counter-Strike a true career, the purpose of the entire structure and making it to the top is destroyed. Until purpose is put back into our community, the situation will continue to worsen.'"

Comments

Ever Try watching clips on TV?

[TibbonZero]

Have you ever tried watching a FPS game, or any other gaming tournament on a gaming channel on TV? Even just showing the clips, it's terribly boring.

Just try putting yourself in spectator mode for a few hours... you'll reconsider that idea.

Re:Inherent Problem...

[Joe Tie.]

While watching someone play a video game sounds pretty dull to me, I don't think it's any worse than watching any normal sport. But then again, I've never seen the apeal of that at all, so I might not be the most qualified to speak.