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sfwriter

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36. No more than football...

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 03:08 PM

Aug 2018

...actually, given injury rates, a lot less than football.

The U of Akron just reengineered the school to support competitive degrees and part of the revamp was to add esports support the same as athletics. It is where your programmers, digital media, communications types WANT to be. If you want to attract those students, you give them the extracurricular that they want. People will be cheering their school soon.

Competitively, I believe it has crossed the billion dollar mark by now.

Just looked, 493 - 655 million currently, slated for the billion mark by 2020.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/490522/global-esports-market-revenue/

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] busterbrown Aug 2018 OP

I am not a gamer, but thbobby Aug 2018 #1

Well, yeah, you're off track JHB Aug 2018 #2

Isn't about maiming and killing? n/t busterbrown Aug 2018 #4

Can you be a little clearer about your objection to what I said? JHB Aug 2018 #6

nope, not about maiming and killing 0rganism Aug 2018 #17

There are tournaments for most of the esports games Gothmog Aug 2018 #45

No more than football... sfwriter Aug 2018 #36

Is there an English version of this post? jberryhill Aug 2018 #3

Doesn't this particular type of gaming busterbrown Aug 2018 #7

Um... jberryhill Aug 2018 #8

Which? The Football video game tournament where the shooting took place? JHB Aug 2018 #11

Yup obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #58

In the same way that Looney Tunes emphasizes violence cemaphonic Aug 2018 #16

Madden football? RhodeIslandOne Aug 2018 #39

Oh please, you're one of those Jack Thompson "violence in gaming!" types? Tarc Aug 2018 #44

Sometimes my thumbs hit those buttons pretty hard. Codeine Aug 2018 #48

IT WAS A MADDEN TOURNAMENT obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #57

I'm just asking wether the extreme violence of these games... busterbrown Aug 2018 #13

Obviously not jberryhill Aug 2018 #20

studies have not established a non-controversial link, as far as i know 0rganism Aug 2018 #30

They have also been played while the overall crime rate has dropped... sfwriter Aug 2018 #37

As much as Judas Priest obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author JHB Aug 2018 #70

You guys are so ready to jump on anyone busterbrown Aug 2018 #72

Super Smash Brothers was a classic SpicyBoi Aug 2018 #5

After the mass shootings in Vegas did Vegas stop the gambling and such because the shooter Afromania Aug 2018 #9

Who the hell cares about the gambling..? busterbrown Aug 2018 #10

WHAT is based on violence?!?!?!? JHB Aug 2018 #12

Maybe I'm mistaken.. busterbrown Aug 2018 #15

These are the characters who fight in the game you're going on about JHB Aug 2018 #19

Smash brothers? It's cartoon characters hitting each other with cartoon mallets. Decoy of Fenris Aug 2018 #22

Did you know there is an entire method for determining whether something causes something else? jberryhill Aug 2018 #26

If a person can find their way to DU kcr Aug 2018 #35

wtaf obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #60

That was part of why the Vegas shooter did what he did. Afromania Aug 2018 #14

Much as chess is? LanternWaste Aug 2018 #29

And Ozzy makes kids commit suicide, right? Codeine Aug 2018 #50

Way off track. Gaming is as much a profession as anything else, nowadays. Decoy of Fenris Aug 2018 #18

But all I'm asking is... busterbrown Aug 2018 #24

I don't see why it's hard to reconcile them both. Decoy of Fenris Aug 2018 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author JHB Aug 2018 #32

WTF? RhodeIslandOne Aug 2018 #40

Improper Use of Laser Site, ten yard penalty! nt Codeine Aug 2018 #51

There are professional gamers who earn good money gaming Gothmog Aug 2018 #46

Gamer Gate showed us just how vicious some of the gamers really are samir.g Aug 2018 #21

But not in the way that the OP is going on about JHB Aug 2018 #25

As a parent of kids who used to compete in smash, FM123 Aug 2018 #23

Got It! busterbrown Aug 2018 #28

You appear to be conflating killing with playing a video game. LanternWaste Aug 2018 #31

Right. Just asking questions. kcr Aug 2018 #33

Yeah, I just figured this out obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #62

one reason you're getting angry responses ... 0rganism Aug 2018 #34

Thanks I needed to hear that! busterbrown Aug 2018 #53

np happy to help 0rganism Aug 2018 #56

no -- wtf obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #63

Several replies have given you factual information Cal Carpenter Aug 2018 #43

The leading questions are purely inoccent in nature. busterbrown Aug 2018 #54

"this has become a pro-gun, anti-gun thread" obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author JHB Aug 2018 #68

This message was self-deleted by its author JHB Aug 2018 #71

Chess replicates military tactics of an older age. Codeine Aug 2018 #49

There is an angry tone, because what you are saying is 100% wrong obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #61

Super Smash Brothers is "Tom and Jerry" cartoons level. Archae Aug 2018 #38

Has your question been answered? nt B2G Aug 2018 #41

A bunch of times. Iggo Aug 2018 #66

The esports world is interesting Gothmog Aug 2018 #42

My 24 year old is involved with this type of gaming helpisontheway Aug 2018 #47

Thanks for that! busterbrown Aug 2018 #55

"this argument of Gaming (Super Smash) can be pulled into Gun Conversation" obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #65

Nice try! busterbrown Aug 2018 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author JHB Aug 2018 #69

Dig this hyper-realistic violence!! Codeine Aug 2018 #52