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Gamer Streams Pay-Per-View UFC Fight By Pretending To Play It (theverge.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the tom-foolery dept.

WheezyJoe writes: A pay-per-view UFC Match was streamed in its entirety on Twitch and other platforms by a gamer pretending he was "playing" the fight as a game. The gamer, AJ Lester, appearing in the corner of the image holding his game controller, made off like he was controlling the action of the "game" when in fact he was re-broadcasting the fight for free. A tweet showing Lester's antics went viral with over 63,000 retweets and 140,000 likes at the time of publication. Another clip shows him reacting wildly yelling "oooooooooooooooh!!!" and "damnnnnnn!" in response to the match.

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  1. Don't worry I know what to do by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hit up up down down left right left right about a b a b select start and it'll break the combo.

  2. Technology is making us obsolete by Gussington · · Score: 5, Interesting

    CGI is almost photo realistic these days, you would think at some point using motion detect, facial recognition body mechanic modelling etc any sports event would be able to be rendered in game in near real time so defeats the point of paying to see it.
    We live in interesting times...

    1. Re:Technology is making us obsolete by rmdingler · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Entertainment options such as movies are handicapped from the outset by predetermined outcomes. "Humans watch other humans playing sports" do so, because it's one of the the few things you can watch in which the outcome has yet to be determined.

      "Oh, "for the teams", you say? That's tribalism, meaning you have the same brain processes as cavemen."

      We are the descendants of a long line of tribal people, fighting the instinct to team up or die. For a factual, current example, consider political alignment.

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  3. Good luck... by Dutch+Gun · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Good luck with your legal fees dude.

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  4. Sure by easyTree · · Score: 3, Insightful

    UFC has the depth of a videogame. Lol wtf.

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