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With the Release of the Counter Strike 'Spectator' addition a while back...
Does this usher an evolution in multiplayer games, from popular pastime, and sometimes event competition, to a fully fledged sport, and valid spectator entertainment?
Or will this be used as option for the bored, or those waiting to play themselves to pass the time until their mates come online to challenge them to a game?
Or even just a tool for the avid competitor? ... Allowing contenstants to watch other players, jude how they play, what straegies they prefer, before taking them on themsleves?
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Should spectator On-Line games become popular with the masses, where will it lead? ...
Will the customisation of game avatars become an important enterprise... creating and modifiying basic models to present an image and style of gameplay, creating an identifiable sportsman? - Will there be multiplayer heros and villians?
With the multitude of digital channels about, will multiplayer games championchips ever be televised?
Maybe this be seen, in the short turn, as an uneventful addition, only to become an essential standard as time passes, technology progresses, and games become so much more sophisticated?
Does this usher an evolution in multiplayer games, from popular pastime, and sometimes event competition, to a fully fledged sport, and valid spectator entertainment?
Or will this be used as option for the bored, or those waiting to play themselves to pass the time until their mates come online to challenge them to a game?
Or even just a tool for the avid competitor? ... Allowing contenstants to watch other players, jude how they play, what straegies they prefer, before taking them on themsleves?
----
Should spectator On-Line games become popular with the masses, where will it lead? ...
Will the customisation of game avatars become an important enterprise... creating and modifiying basic models to present an image and style of gameplay, creating an identifiable sportsman? - Will there be multiplayer heros and villians?
With the multitude of digital channels about, will multiplayer games championchips ever be televised?
Maybe this be seen, in the short turn, as an uneventful addition, only to become an essential standard as time passes, technology progresses, and games become so much more sophisticated?
Your Honour wrote:
> Well, the Bitmap Brothers are doing a new version of Speedball, and they want
> that to be a spectator sport, with teams battling it out in leagues etc, updates
> availabe by mobile phone and all that, so it could be a possiblity.
Although, given the Bitmap Bros. recent releases, I'm not holding my breath as to the quality of the new Speedball...
(Surly they cant hang onto the coat-tails of their early-ninties successes forever?)
But I
> think this could go the way of the dot com industry. Everyone really rates it,
> puts loads of money in, and then go "Ooops, we didn't actually think this
> through properly", and loads of them close down.
Yeah, though, since most new industries go through this kinda of morning after syndrome,
it should mean that after everyone jumps on the multi-player beandwgon... decides its crap... that people should then let the industry build up more slowly and become a valid sport rather than the latest distraction?
(bearing in mind the size of the PC crash in the early eighties)
Televised multiplayer
> games have the potential to be big business, but not until a lot of money is put
> in first.
Still... you'll need a big fanbase first?
I don't think it will ever overtake "proper" sport, but
> it might become a recognised genre of its own...
Do you not think that multi-player games could ever be considered a 'proper' sport?
> Well, the Bitmap Brothers are doing a new version of Speedball, and they want
> that to be a spectator sport, with teams battling it out in leagues etc, updates
> availabe by mobile phone and all that, so it could be a possiblity.
Although, given the Bitmap Bros. recent releases, I'm not holding my breath as to the quality of the new Speedball...
(Surly they cant hang onto the coat-tails of their early-ninties successes forever?)
But I
> think this could go the way of the dot com industry. Everyone really rates it,
> puts loads of money in, and then go "Ooops, we didn't actually think this
> through properly", and loads of them close down.
Yeah, though, since most new industries go through this kinda of morning after syndrome,
it should mean that after everyone jumps on the multi-player beandwgon... decides its crap... that people should then let the industry build up more slowly and become a valid sport rather than the latest distraction?
(bearing in mind the size of the PC crash in the early eighties)
Televised multiplayer
> games have the potential to be big business, but not until a lot of money is put
> in first.
Still... you'll need a big fanbase first?
I don't think it will ever overtake "proper" sport, but
> it might become a recognised genre of its own...
Do you not think that multi-player games could ever be considered a 'proper' sport?
Well, the Bitmap Brothers are doing a new version of Speedball, and they want that to be a spectator sport, with teams battling it out in leagues etc, updates availabe by mobile phone and all that, so it could be a possiblity.
But I think this could go the way of the dot com industry. Everyone really rates it, puts loads of money in, and then go "Ooops, we didn't actually think this through properly", and loads of them close down.
Televised multiplayer games have the potential to be big business, but not until a lot of money is put in first.
I don't think it will ever overtake "proper" sport, but it might become a recognised genre of its own...
But I think this could go the way of the dot com industry. Everyone really rates it, puts loads of money in, and then go "Ooops, we didn't actually think this through properly", and loads of them close down.
Televised multiplayer games have the potential to be big business, but not until a lot of money is put in first.
I don't think it will ever overtake "proper" sport, but it might become a recognised genre of its own...
cooldogs wrote:
> I think it would be good if gaming became a spectator sport because it would
> help newbies to pick up skills quickly to help them get more out of a game.
>
The idea od gaming channels is really good, I just wish there was one. the
> gaming one we have is rubbish. and half foreign.
I say spectator
> sport
Though... do you think it could ever gain mass market appeal... for the long term...
Or only ever be of interrest to a small fan base...
???
> I think it would be good if gaming became a spectator sport because it would
> help newbies to pick up skills quickly to help them get more out of a game.
>
The idea od gaming channels is really good, I just wish there was one. the
> gaming one we have is rubbish. and half foreign.
I say spectator
> sport
Though... do you think it could ever gain mass market appeal... for the long term...
Or only ever be of interrest to a small fan base...
???
I think it would be good if gaming became a spectator sport because it would help newbies to pick up skills quickly to help them get more out of a game.
The idea od gaming channels is really good, I just wish there was one. the gaming one we have is rubbish. and half foreign.
I say spectator sport
seeya
The idea od gaming channels is really good, I just wish there was one. the gaming one we have is rubbish. and half foreign.
I say spectator sport
seeya
With the Release of the Counter Strike 'Spectator' addition a while back...
Does this usher an evolution in multiplayer games, from popular pastime, and sometimes event competition, to a fully fledged sport, and valid spectator entertainment?
Or will this be used as option for the bored, or those waiting to play themselves to pass the time until their mates come online to challenge them to a game?
Or even just a tool for the avid competitor? ... Allowing contenstants to watch other players, jude how they play, what straegies they prefer, before taking them on themsleves?
----
Should spectator On-Line games become popular with the masses, where will it lead? ...
Will the customisation of game avatars become an important enterprise... creating and modifiying basic models to present an image and style of gameplay, creating an identifiable sportsman? - Will there be multiplayer heros and villians?
With the multitude of digital channels about, will multiplayer games championchips ever be televised?
Maybe this be seen, in the short turn, as an uneventful addition, only to become an essential standard as time passes, technology progresses, and games become so much more sophisticated?
Does this usher an evolution in multiplayer games, from popular pastime, and sometimes event competition, to a fully fledged sport, and valid spectator entertainment?
Or will this be used as option for the bored, or those waiting to play themselves to pass the time until their mates come online to challenge them to a game?
Or even just a tool for the avid competitor? ... Allowing contenstants to watch other players, jude how they play, what straegies they prefer, before taking them on themsleves?
----
Should spectator On-Line games become popular with the masses, where will it lead? ...
Will the customisation of game avatars become an important enterprise... creating and modifiying basic models to present an image and style of gameplay, creating an identifiable sportsman? - Will there be multiplayer heros and villians?
With the multitude of digital channels about, will multiplayer games championchips ever be televised?
Maybe this be seen, in the short turn, as an uneventful addition, only to become an essential standard as time passes, technology progresses, and games become so much more sophisticated?