Current Events > Do you enjoy watching people play games?

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Watching that player beat THPS3 in 3 minutes was awesome. I enjoy watching experts play games, I have to do it more often.
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I prefer to be playing myself.
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Only high-level fighting games and the occasional speed run

absolutely not, the appeal of twitch & lets plays is completely alien to me
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TheMarthKoopa posted...

Only high-level fighting games and the occasional speed run

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Yes. I'm not a competent gamer so I'd rather see someone else play.
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If it's a friend of mine and I'm in the same room, sure. If I'm waiting my turn, also fine.

C_Pain posted...

Yes. I'm not a competent gamer so I'd rather see someone else play.

Exactly. I know I suck at most games, I could barely beat one THPS3 level. It's more exciting seeing someone else who knows what they are doing.
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Yes especially when I don't have time playing it myself or the money for it. Not RPGs, though I play those myself
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not usually.
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Romulox28 posted...

absolutely not, the appeal of twitch & lets plays is completely alien to me

This. I can't relate to these things at all. I fucking hate using walkthroughs in video form, much less watching somebody else play a game for entertainment.
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sometimes yeah sure
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Certain people, but it also depends on the game. I get antsy watching other people play Hitman when they aren't aware of routes or secrets that I know.
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Only to watch people do stupid shit and mess around. I could never sit through a "normal" let's play, but show me a group of morons setting up funny killcams in Call of Duty or destroying each other's will to live in Mario Kart and I'm in.
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Let's Plays where the player thoroughly explains the game while they're playing it are pretty good. Just watching someone play a game is meh at best, unless they're really goddamn funny.

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Yeah, if they're funny. Not many people are though or even try, especially streamers on Twitch.
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Yes, but for different purposes:

- Livestreams when there are tournaments going on
- 5-10 minute clips from Twitch uploaded to Youtube when they look interesting
- Let's plays for background noise
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I'll watch people play if I suck at a game and want to see some ways to get better, or to just check out a game that's I'm not sure that I'm on the fence about buying, but I only watch for a little bit. I can't stand watching video games or sports for too long, I'd rather be playing.

no
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