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63 corpses lie at the feet of WoW Classic Hardcore permadeath tournament winner as he claims $50,000 prize (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 94 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The comment about it being dominated by rich streamers, who could afford the entry + could train full-time, definitely made me draw parallels between them and duelling knights of yore, who were usually part of the nobility.

It would be nice to see some more random contenders from more mixed backgrounds

[–] [email protected] 44 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

They had a month to level to 60 and gear up, most normal people aren’t into wasting a month to enter a tournament with practically no odds of getting anything. If you die in the tournament your character is done, so naturally the contestants are largely going to be people with some confidence and time to spare.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So just sweaty streamers and basement dwellers. Yeah that's a competition 👍

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

That is a lot of resentment about someone making money off a hobby. Do you cry about people making money in chess tournaments too?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The irony in these nerds attacking WoW nerds.

Edit: for the record, I'm a nerd. But I'm a live and let live nerd.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Except professional chess players exist.

That's like saying "I can't believe LeBron James makes money from his basketball hobby."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Professional video gamers exist too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That's my entire point. OP equating people who stream/make content/and play WoW out to be hobbiests.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There were hardly people here who are James LeBron level when it comes to WoW, a lot of them are in fact closer to hobbyists and the tournament itself was not even close to NBA level. Both chess and basketball have hobby level tournaments that have prize money on the line.