What if all E-Sports adopted 21:9 altogether?

[Princess Luna]

While already have 144hz on 2560x1080p and it shouldn't take much longer before we reach such refresh rate on 1440p ultrawide as well, the only way I really see ultrawides taking off would be if there was an agreement where most E-Sports events in the year made the switch while having the game support it like a week earlier or something; make big marketing deal over it and all the pro players in CS:GO, DOTA 2, League of Legends and so on played with those.

 

I really think if it was seen as the highest end display for these events there would be a significant increase in sales of such products while also content. Those with 16:9 wouldn't really that huge of disadvantage... I mean if you want to speak of "fair" think that there are 240hz vs 60hz, nobody seems to care about that disadvantage. It would just be a moving on just how it was 4:3 to 16:9 in gaming.

 

Thoughts?

[ARikozuM]

As a triple monitor gamer, I more often will prefer seeing more of the field vs higher frame-rates. Having that periphery [in FPS] and space for tools [in RTS or RPG's] makes any game much more enjoyable. Especially with games featuring fog-of-war so that your view is limited. They can artificially reduce the ultrawide "advantage" without completely dismissing it.

[HelplmChoking]

I have a 75Hz ultrawide, which I think is the sweet spot. I get as much detail as I'll notice, and I feel more immersed because of the width. I don't play anything competitive, and I'm a very casual gamer, so beauty and immersion is way more important to me.

[Skim]

Doubt it. A lot of pro players still use really old/bad resolutions because they are used to them, in CS:GO especially. Pros have gotten used to it in Dota, but if you aim half your life in 4:3, then you're probably going to stick to it.

 

In dota 2, the pros also agreed on 1080p 24" monitors to be the standard for all premier events IIRC. 

[yathis]

What if others use a different ratio?

 

 

[Skim]

12 hours ago, yathis said:

What if others use a different ratio?

 

 

it's not that they can't use a different ratio, but its so the tournament organizers know which kind of monitors to provide. it had been pretty inconsistent for a while

[yathis]

They should state what they are providing.

[Sniperfox47]

Please good god no... I wish we could just got back to 4:3 already. Q.Q I miss having better vertical space. Turning modern monitors on their side when you need to view a news article is just clunky...

[Pomfinator]

4 hours ago, Skim said:

it's not that they can't use a different ratio, but its so the tournament organizers know which kind of monitors to provide. it had been pretty inconsistent for a while

Shanghai M(eme)ajor, rip 2GD, rip 60hz screens.

[Drak3]

40 minutes ago, Sniperfox47 said:

I wish we could just got back to 4:3 already

I wish that we could have options for 3:2, 4:3, 16:10, 16:9, and 21:9 for most models out there. Personally, can't stand 4:3 for 99% of what I do.

[themctipers]

professional csgo players still 4:3 blackbars stretched at 800x600 while using a curved 4k oled panel thats 240hz

 

[TheRandomness]

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