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Sports / Nerd The Anti-Football
Posted by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee on Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 1:59 PM
For some fucking reason, there is livestream of a Quake capture the flag tournament at Quakecon 2009.
There are commentators saying things like "he's going to grab the shard!" and "great rocket jump!"
I can't watch. It makes me feel queasy. It might actually be worse than soccer.
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grrl please, you haven’t seen agonizing until you've watch a magic the gathering tourney on ESPN.
ohh he drew an island I think he's going to play it.. yep yep he played it OHH now he's tapping it!
ohh he drew an island I think he's going to play it.. yep yep he played it OHH now he's tapping it!
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Just because you're a lousy soccer player and wouldn't know a real game when it hit you, doesn't mean you're qualified to comment on Quakecon games.
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I forgot how terrible and uninspired Quake III was. I still played it, of course. I mean I was 15 when it came out for god's sake.
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Something like this only has entertainment value if there's some sort of punitive leverage, e.g. the losing team gets pelted with horse whips by the winning team.
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Myself, I've never understood spectator sports.
Magic the effin' Gathering on ESPN? They must be desperate. I'd rather watch chess tournaments.
Regarding soccer/football, I thought the only reason to watch was to see the mid-game riot.
Regarding any first-person shooter, they'd be much cooler to watch if they showed the tournament from observer cameras. At least then it'd look like a legitimate arena game.
Magic the effin' Gathering on ESPN? They must be desperate. I'd rather watch chess tournaments.
Regarding soccer/football, I thought the only reason to watch was to see the mid-game riot.
Regarding any first-person shooter, they'd be much cooler to watch if they showed the tournament from observer cameras. At least then it'd look like a legitimate arena game.
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