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As these games thread pop up in at least four different forums, it makes sense to bring them all together into one.
It could be also easier to allow newbies to play, if you wish to do so.
It could be also easier to allow newbies to play, if you wish to do so.
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Not really, Gaming (or e-Gaming if that's what you prefer to call it) has really taken off since the Unreal Tournaments, Counter Strike etc. It's become a massive multi million (Maybe even Billion, I ain't no Finance guy) dollar enterprise. They have their own fan following and everything.
Don't think anyone is gonna be making a living from deciding which dead player from the 1760's was better.
I was thinking that too.Not really.
Okay Mr. Serious.
It is still entertainment though. Movies and music have been multi billion dollar businesses before the video games existed, and they are still considered as entertainment.
Yeah, but Movies and Music appeal to most people in the world. Gaming on the hand is pretty much a niche and as such is followed by specific groups. It's only entertainment to them. The rest are totally clueless about it. Whereas Music and Movies are pretty much entertainment in one form or another to everyone.
You can't call it a multi-billion dollar industry one minute and niche the next!!
Compared to Movies and Music, it certainly is though isn't it ?
No!
Erm, Ok. Either way, it doesn't really bother me. Those that are not a fan of these can just not open the thread. Not that hard to do really.
Oh I agree with that, I'm just saying the gaming industry has much larger revenue than the movie industry does.
Damn, you are right
. They make twice as much as the movie industry it seems.Yep!Damn, you are right
I can't tell if you're taking the rip?
and they can still hang out in the Entertainment forum like it has done for the last 7 years. There wont be any more forums added
we've been down that road before and it didn't work
Not exactly true.
http://www.gamesoundcon.com/#!Video-Games-Bigger-than-the-Movies-Dont-be-so-certain/c19u6/3
However they are quite near each other. However when it comes to number of people, far more people watch them than play video games.
Interesting read, thanks
But things constantly change at RedCafe. Promotions used to be much stricter, now it's almost a joke. Constant moaners were frequently pulled up, but now you are one of the biggest of the lot, granted results have gone downhill. I understand this is a private forum, but a lot of people contribute to it, there's no need to be rude.
You call me a moaner and then tell me not to be rude? Lol
Just stating fachts
It's a private forum, and in the private admin room we've discussed adding sub forums many times. The owner does not favour them.
Fair enough. About the facts, so was I.
I was not. Countries like South Korea now officially licence them as pro-gamers or cyber athletes. It still is in a nascent stage, the argument is already underway... as you can see I'm all for classing this as a sport.
Interesting read: http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zygq2hv
If it annoys people seeing certain threads, is it possible to hide threads?
It may be too much effort for little gain, as I've not heard many, if any, complain that certain 'game' threads are clogging the general.
It may be too much effort for little gain, as I've not heard many, if any, complain that certain 'game' threads are clogging the general.
I would like Drafts to move into another sub forum, but it's first world problems really.
In the last Dota II tournament 5 guys won $6,634,661 between them. One of them was 16 years old and had just moved from Pakistan to the US. The rest were early 20's. It's a huge thing. Sponsorships, software and hardware companies jumping all over it, Monster are in on it etc. The tournaments are held in stadiums that are sold out and watched by literally millions online which has the PC hardware companies and Monster etc all over it knowing their sales will skyrocket. It's always been the cool thing to do to pass off 'nerdy' things as just that but being among the best in the world in video games and playing on a team with similar players, on a team that's sponsored by a load of other companies can earn you millions of dollars per year.
Whether they're more serious than entertainment or not, video game discussions fit just fine in the entertainment forum. It's mainly the football draft threads that need putting somewhere if the clutter is annoying people. Ideally, you should be capable of just ignoring them if you aren't interested. As we've seen recently though, some people would rather take the piss and ruin the game for everyone instead.
Yeah I only heard about that today. Tend to avoid draft threads. Don't think putting them in a sub-forum is the answer though, most of the clowns involved in that farce would just feck around in the games forum instead.
Well if the same lot keep doing it you can obviously tell them to stop. Or ban them from the sub forum. It's akin to people deciding to sabotage a WW game half way through, after all the players have invested a lot of time.
I agree completely.
I don't know what this has got to do with a games sub forum on Redcafe though? And it's still not a sport.
You asked if he was taking the piss about it being a big industry? Hence the reply.
It would be...soon.
I meant more about the weirdly off kilter passionate reply about videogames.
I mean, take it as seriously as you like, but it's not a sport.
Nah, it's an eSport.
My favourite part of these discussions is when people start denouncing things that aren't sports based on some random definition of sport that they seem to have made up. Usually involving the word 'proper'.
How is sitting on your fat hole, stuffing pizza in your face whilst playing Xbox a sport?
No wonder the world has an obesity problem
No wonder the world has an obesity problem
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