It’s good to see someone speak so openly about binge eating disorder. I think a lot of us see fatness as some kind of moral failing, and as someone who has struggled with binge eating, I don’t totally disagree with that assessment. But there is an addictive component to the worse cases. The thing that sucks about it…

Glad you enjoyed reading my comments!

So interesting about the HD and the ball! Never gave this much thought.

Interesting. I saw a clip of this the other day. Do you think it hasn’t hit the top tier because of the nature of the game? I am sure everything you said about it was true, but when I hear “cars playing soccer” I just think “huh?” I wonder if you could take the best parts of the game and make it into something a…

I will happily admit I’m not very familiar with these games. However, I will also happily admit I’m not very familiar with football. Of course, I’ve been culturally indoctrinated and all that to enjoy football, but I just have a hard time even WATCHING these streams. It’s like this busy burst of click and color.

I think your final point is a good one. Someone else in the comments mentioned NASCAR as a good analogy - where the interest was high enough to warrant investment, but the viewer base will never be comparable to NBA NFL NHL MLB. So in other words, there’s money to be made, but not as much as in the kinesthetic pro…

Great point about NASCAR. So as not to seem biased toward the esports, I find NASCAR to be similarly incomprehensible (however, have always wanted to go drink a case of bud light and watch the cars zoom around the track. It may be mostly wanting to go drink a case of bud light, though).

It’s always interesting to hear from someone who actually plays! The fact that you like playing but are confused by the streams makes my dislike of these kind of esports feel slightly validated. I used to have a boyfriend who would play LoL all the time, and much like your wife, I’d wander by and just ask: “What the…

Your point that popularity stems from being easy to follow is interesting. It makes me wonder if the very thing that makes esports games fun for the players (FPS format, which, if I’m guessing correctly, is first person shooter?) makes them inherently awful for the spectators. As such, maybe this is the major…

These esports articles have been popping up on the Deadspin feed and after a few weeks of reading them I have some questions for esports fans. Not trying to troll or anything, just genuinely curious.

Rhee, in addition to being scandal-plagued, would be a terrible choice for secretary of ed. She’s currently running an organization that is trying to get rid of tenure at all costs, and in my opinion is guilty of believing in a “silver bullet” that will cure the American education system.