Why We Watch

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Just watched this video by Thorin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EcJvUseDXk

It's just 15 minutes long and has gallons of eSports feels in it, I highly recommend that you watch it now regardless of what you think about the guy.

He talks about why we watch eSports, and he contends that we watch for that single beautiful moment standing out in front of years of mundane moments, when a player just plays completely out of his mind in a way that sticks with you as a viewer. A moment when all of the stars align or when everything clicks in the high level players mind and he executes flawlessly.

Or the moments where he dared to play perfectly but fails tragically, because at least he dared to try.

I can't say it as well as as Thorin did, but what are your favorite moments in SC2 on par with this much feels

edit: In the video is the notion that the moment will never be as good as it was when we were experienced it, so that shouldn't hold you back from posting what you thought was amazing in the moment itself

Posted Sep 20, 2015, 8:12 PM UTC · edited

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