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To quote W.C. Fields, "I saw the championships played in Paris, many people were killed."

More people watched the League of Legends 3 world championships than the BCS title game or NBA finals. Check it out here

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Originally posted by jburman82:
More people watched the League of Legends 3 world championships than the BCS title game or NBA finals. Check it out here

they're up to season 5

and those numbers are now 2x the amount.

I have first had experience with this. My son is either playing or watching from the time he finishes homework until he falls a sleep. Until I saw some recent articles about how large the audience is I thought he has out on the ledge himself. He hasn't watched tv in years. It's all youtube and twitch now. The world is changing and we are the old guys now.

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Originally posted by jburman82:
More people watched the League of Legends 3 world championships than the BCS title game or NBA finals. Check it out here

My 13 year old and 3 of his buddies went to Tallahassee a month ago to watch a League of Legends competition for a weekend.

Yes, six hours in a car to watch others, not themselves, play a video game.

Turns out, it is sort of like a Comic-con. Lots of other things going on in addition to the viewing arena.

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Originally posted by Rothko:

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Originally posted by jburman82:
More people watched the League of Legends 3 world championships than the BCS title game or NBA finals. Check it out here

My 13 year old and 3 of his buddies went to Tallahassee a month ago to watch a League of Legends competition for a weekend.

Yes, six hours in a car to watch others, not themselves, play a video game.

Turns out, it is sort of like a Comic-con. Lots of other things going on in addition to the viewing arena.

I'd judge him but I just flew across the country to watch a game between two teams Im not a fan of.

Seems ridiculous to me but it is neither my time or money so whatever. A local sports bar has just set up an entire gamers section

"Geez! I hate that rock 'n' roll rubbish!"

"Well, I'm afraid it's here to stay, Howie."

i still can't believe i'm playing against the 13 yr olds of fellow forumites.

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Originally posted by g-man:
i still can't believe i'm playing against the 13 yr olds of fellow forumites.

Lol and possibly getting schooled by my 15 year old. I think He's been playing with his team for a few years.

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Originally posted by BOMBA503:

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Originally posted by g-man:
i still can't believe i'm playing against the 13 yr olds of fellow forumites.

Lol and possibly getting schooled by my 15 year old. I think He's been playing with his team for a few years.

possibly

but unless he's ranked platinum or higher, i dont think so ;-) (but he might be, but i doubt it if he's doing homework haha)

Happy to say the conversation is now entering realms where I have no idea what anyone is saying

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Originally posted by jburman82:

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Originally posted by Rothko:

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Originally posted by jburman82:
More people watched the League of Legends 3 world championships than the BCS title game or NBA finals. Check it out here

My 13 year old and 3 of his buddies went to Tallahassee a month ago to watch a League of Legends competition for a weekend.

Yes, six hours in a car to watch others, not themselves, play a video game.

Turns out, it is sort of like a Comic-con. Lots of other things going on in addition to the viewing arena.

I'd judge him but I just flew across the country to watch a game between two teams Im not a fan of.

You know me, I'll judge you all.

Movie theaters are starting to look at playing/streaming these during downtimes.

Our media analyst said it's going to be one of the main revenue drivers over the next few years. I"m 15 years younger than him and even I'm shaking my head!

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Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
Movie theaters are starting to look at playing/streaming these during downtimes.

Our media analyst said it's going to be one of the main revenue drivers over the next few years. I"m 15 years younger than him and even I'm shaking my head!

I grew up playing video games and still play a little bit. I get the online gamig thing. Its more fun to play against people than the AI but I have no interest in watching other people play. That sounds very boring. But, Im 38 so wtf do I really know about gaming.

Wow. I knew there were tournaments back when Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament were big. I just did not imagine them being such a huge draw that they had more spectators than sports events.

I stopped playing PC games after Half-Life 2 and never liked X-Box 360 much. Just more of the same old same old. I am surprised the video game industry is still going as strong as it is. I keep expecting people to wake up and say to themselves I have already played this game a million times.

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Originally posted by g-man:

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Originally posted by BOMBA503:

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Originally posted by g-man:
i still can't believe i'm playing against the 13 yr olds of fellow forumites.

Lol and possibly getting schooled by my 15 year old. I think He's been playing with his team for a few years.

possibly

but unless he's ranked platinum or higher, i dont think so ;-) (but he might be, but i doubt it if he's doing homework haha)

The young lad is merely gold but of course he thinks he can take you 1v1. He asked what lane you play?

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Originally posted by BOMBA503:

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Originally posted by g-man:

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Originally posted by BOMBA503:

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Originally posted by g-man:
i still can't believe i'm playing against the 13 yr olds of fellow forumites.

Lol and possibly getting schooled by my 15 year old. I think He's been playing with his team for a few years.

possibly

but unless he's ranked platinum or higher, i dont think so ;-) (but he might be, but i doubt it if he's doing homework haha)

The young lad is merely gold but of course he thinks he can take you 1v1. He asked what lane you play?

hah, if you ever share wine with him, you should mention that this wine tastes like a wood 5

and i'm comfortable playing any lane since i'm one of those people that has 2 kids of my own and got the full time job kinda deal. (ie, i dont particularly care about trying ;-))

if he wants to do 1 v 1 my account is nyxfonseca

Abryce on the forums plays league of legends too actually.

I hear Leroy Jenkins brings down a cool 7 figures in endorsements each year.

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Originally posted by The Cabernet of Doctor Caligari:
I hear Leroy Jenkins brings down a cool 7 figures in endorsements each year.

the guy in the article pulls in roughly 1.5 mm a year (200k as salary from his gaming team)

average "professional" gamer salary is roughly 90k/yr if they consistently place top 3.

they make another 50-100k giving lessons or streaming.

the real good streamers with alot of followers will pull in about 450-600k/year

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Originally posted by g-man:

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Originally posted by BOMBA503:

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Originally posted by g-man:

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Originally posted by BOMBA503:

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Originally posted by g-man:
i still can't believe i'm playing against the 13 yr olds of fellow forumites.

Lol and possibly getting schooled by my 15 year old. I think He's been playing with his team for a few years.

possibly

but unless he's ranked platinum or higher, i dont think so ;-) (but he might be, but i doubt it if he's doing homework haha)

The young lad is merely gold but of course he thinks he can take you 1v1. He asked what lane you play?

hah, if you ever share wine with him, you should mention that this wine tastes like a wood 5

and i'm comfortable playing any lane since i'm one of those people that has 2 kids of my own and got the full time job kinda deal. (ie, i dont particularly care about trying ;-))

if he wants to do 1 v 1 my account is nyxfonseca

Abryce on the forums plays league of legends too actually.

He said he plays all lanes but mostly Top. I'll find out his account.

I have heard there are several colleges now offering Scholarships for video gaming at the varsity level.

I may have to change my moniker to Old Man2.