Can Overwatch be a successful Esport yeas or no

[Eduard the weeb]

Currently Blizzard are trying to push it new flag ship Overwatch as a esport I want to know what the communties thoughts are on this.

[Ashiella]

It already seems like the hype for it is dying down, all my friends who went from siege to overwatch came back.

[Joseph Stacklin]

Just now, Eduard the weeb said:

Currently Blizzard are trying to push it new flag ship Overwatch as a esport I want to know what the communties thoughts are on this.

I personally say Yes... And No.

 

It's a good idea for a competitive sport, but why do we need more comp. games?!? Can we just have more casual experiences? Like, when will companies pay me just to sit back and play a game for 12 hours straight?!?

[Ashiella]

1 minute ago, wolfboytech said:

I personally say Yes... And No.

 

It's a good idea for a competitive sport, but why do we need more comp. games?!? Can we just have more casual experiences? Like, when will companies pay me just to sit back and play a game for 12 hours straight?!?

True, I just played an esl match in siege 94 teams signed up for one system, in one location. Jesus.

[myselfolli]

More like yaes am I rite?

[Ashiella]

Just now, myselfolli said:

More like yaes am I rite?

No. Begone.

[Joseph Stacklin]

4 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

True, I just played an esl match in siege 94 teams signed up for one system, in one location. Jesus.

Man.. I would just break down because of all the people!

[Ashiella]

1 minute ago, wolfboytech said:

Man.. I would just break down because of all the people!

Yeah, it started at 2pm cst yesterday and finals are today because it took too long to finish in one day.

[Joseph Stacklin]

Just now, Ashiella said:

Yeah, it started at 2pm cst yesterday and finals are today because it took too long to finish in one day.

Ugh. Well good luck and may your monitor refresh be quick and your FPS high.

[NumLock21]

esports is stupid.

[Ashiella]

2 minutes ago, wolfboytech said:

Ugh. Well good luck and may your monitor refresh be quick and your FPS high.

150hz, and on one map, luckily not in the rotation is absolute trash and gives me 60fps compared to the 160-170 average

[Ashiella]

2 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

esports is stupid.

lolwhat.

[Eduard the weeb]

8 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

esports is stupid.

why though Everyone can play no matter race religion sex long as you have skill

[NumLock21]

9 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

lolwhat.

2 minutes ago, Eduard the weeb said:

why though Everyone can play no matter race religion sex long as you have skill

 

esports as something to watch for leisure, that's fine. But esports as a way of making a living, it's stupid.

Imagine the embarrassment of some future kid, during show and tell in class.

Child #1: Holding up a wrench and says my dad is a airplane mechanic, he maintains and fixes jumbo jets.

Child #2: Holding up a game controller and says my dad is a esports player, he play games.

[Ashiella]

5 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

 

esports as something to watch for leisure, that's fine. But esports as a way of making a living, it's stupid.

Imagine the embarrassment of some future kid, during show and tell in class.

Child #1: Holding up a wrench and says my dad is a airplane mechanic, he maintains and fixes jumbo jets.

Child #2: Holding up a game controller and says my dad is a esports player, he play games.

Child #3: Holding up play button and says my dad is a you tuber, he makes videos.

very similar.

[Eduard the weeb]

1 hour ago, NumLock21 said:

 

esports as something to watch for leisure, that's fine. But esports as a way of making a living, it's stupid.

Imagine the embarrassment of some future kid, during show and tell in class.

Child #1: Holding up a wrench and says my dad is a airplane mechanic, he maintains and fixes jumbo jets.

Child #2: Holding up a game controller and says my dad is a esports player, he play games.

well many jobs are just weird in general so looking at it from a bring your parent to school day is just strange.

[PlayStation 2]

Overwatch as an eSport should be looked at a lot like Team Fortress 2 in that regard.

So to answer that, I mean it could but it'd be very boring. Outside of that, the only other real difference here is that Blizzard supports it and Valve doesn't, at least for TF2.

[dexT]

2 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Overwatch as an eSport should be looked at a lot like Team Fortress 2 in that regard.

So to answer that, I mean it could but it'd be very boring. Outside of that, the only other real difference here is that Blizzard supports it and Valve doesn't, at least for TF2.

You can't Cuck the Tuck!

[Guest]

6 hours ago, Ashiella said:

Child #3: Holding up play button and says my dad is a you tuber, he makes videos.

very similar.

Child #4: My dad drop things, including me

[Suika]

3 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Overwatch as an eSport should be looked at a lot like Team Fortress 2 in that regard.

So to answer that, I mean it could but it'd be very boring. Outside of that, the only other real difference here is that Blizzard supports it and Valve doesn't, at least for TF2.

The difference between Overwatch and TF2 is that there's a lot of diversity in Overwatch, whereas 6s in TF2 has become extremely stale. Watching one match isn't much different from watching the next, not to mention, with the lack of Valve's help, issues such as parking on 5cp will remain, while Blizzard actively looks at fixing issues in their gamemodes.

 

Don't get me wrong, I like TF2, but the competitive scenes can't be compared.

[2FA]

9 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

 

esports as something to watch for leisure, that's fine. But esports as a way of making a living, it's stupid.

Imagine the embarrassment of some future kid, during show and tell in class.

Child #1: Holding up a wrench and says my dad is a airplane mechanic, he maintains and fixes jumbo jets.

Child #2: Holding up a game controller and says my dad is a esports player, he play games.

 

Literally, the only thing keeping people from believing some things are legitimate jobs are their own personal social convictions. If you can make money doing what you enjoy, good for you.

[kirashi]

10 hours ago, myselfolli said:

More like yaes am I rite?

10 hours ago, Ashiella said:

No. Begone.

No, no, you guys got it all wrong. It's more like this  

 

But seriously speaking, it's a yes and no. The problem I see with eSports is that unless they take hold worldwide in a permanent way, they're only fads that come and go with every new clone of the game. I believe there's a reason Starcraft, LOL, and DOTA have stayed at the top of mainstream eSports: They were the first of their genre's to become an eSport title. The players know it, and so do the devs, which is why there's such a HUGE userbase and developer backing for them.

 

Other games that have tried to break into the eSport world haven't really taken off as well, and I think it's because there's so much saturation, and probably a lack of interest in some genres like racing games and flight sims. CounterStrike and other source games have been the Gold [Source] standard in the realm of FPS eSports, so everytime another FPS game comes along it only lasts for a short while as a fad before people go back to the tried and true standard. As for the world of racing and flight sims, I feel those are niche games that you're either heavily invested in via thousands spend on a simulation flight deck or racing wheel/chair setup or you lose interest in them when people start to play other games.

 

But this is just my opinion - take it with a grain of salt.

[Not_Sean]

10 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

 

esports as something to watch for leisure, that's fine. But esports as a way of making a living, it's stupid.

Imagine the embarrassment of some future kid, during show and tell in class.

Child #1: Holding up a wrench and says my dad is a airplane mechanic, he maintains and fixes jumbo jets.

Child #2: Holding up a game controller and says my dad is a esports player, he play games.

Child #3: holds up a Baseball, My dads greatest achievement is he can throw a ball really fast. 
Child #4: Holds up a bra, My moms a underwear model and we earn millions. 

Child #5: Holds up a DVD, My Dad pretends to be other people and someone films it. We are treated like Gods

Point: Its all pathetic when you break it down from that view point. 

eSports are already breaking the mold, These guys train, study and put in more time and effort than most top Athletes. If we allow Chess, Darts, Poker, even Air Riles in the Olympics than there is no reason eSports shouldn't be considered a sport. 

 

Also the 80's called and Computers are the devil and will make your eye's square. 

Ok back onto Topic, No I don't think overwatch will make it, despite blizzard pumping huge money into it. Its not a spectator friendly game prob counts the most against it. I've watched a few games and it looked like Dubstep The Game.

 

Problem DOTA/LOL have for someone who doesn't understand the game, builds and heroes abilities are they not very inviting BUT these games are huge as they have such a massive player base.
CS:GO while having a smaller player base, Smaller prize pools and more issues (Cheating, Beating and Value bring your kid to work day when they making Updates) its a very easy to understand game and is very well balanced (most of the time) 
Starcraft is basically a Modern day Chess game and its pretty easy to follow from someone who's never played it. 

Overwatch to me just doesn't bring anything to the table that would give it the staying power I think you need. Paladins I can see doing much better. 

**I Don't enjoy/play DOTA anymore. Over MOBA and the Toxic community. The above is all IMO*** 

[NumLock21]

2 hours ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

Literally, the only thing keeping people from believing some things are legitimate jobs are their own personal social convictions. If you can make money doing what you enjoy, good for you.

I'm pretty sure there are million of real jobs out there, people will find to enjoy, while making a living out of it, without ever thinking of becoming a esports player.

1 hour ago, Not_Sean said:

Child #3: holds up a Baseball, My dads greatest achievement is he can throw a ball really fast. 
Child #4: Holds up a bra, My moms a underwear model and we earn millions. 

Child #5: Holds up a DVD, My Dad pretends to be other people and someone films it. We are treated like Gods

All of these you mentioned, they need some sort of physical form and unique ability in order to become that profession.

[2FA]

8 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

unique ability

Being insanely good at video games? I'm not sure you realize how hard it is to be as precise as pro players consistently. If there is a potential audience, the job exists.