Comment on That's The End Of Activision Blizzard's $120 Million Overwatch League
chloyster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Sad about this. I know it’s fun to hate on overwatch, but the idea of an esports league being city based was really novel at the time. Ive always enjoyed overwatch, and despite overwatch 2s monetization being absolutely atrocious, the gameplay changes I have enjoyed for the most part
drmoose@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I feel the opposite. The idea felt antiquated and corporate. I dont want nationalism in my exports thanks.
chloyster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
I understand your point but I don’t think city based teams have to be a toxic thing. Fandom for any team can be taken to the extreme, and I feel city based teams give fun ways to entice more people to care and have fun with it. Also, I mean pretty much every sport entity is corporate. Can’t think of any esport team that isn’t extremely corporate, city based or not.
drmoose@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Nah most export teams are owned by people who are passionate about it. It’s a digital medium so why limit it by some small region? Overwatch league was opposite if everything good about eaports - the international connection of a global game people are passionate about. Team Liquid has more character than all overwatch city themes combined.
chloyster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Maybe I’m wrong. And it does seem like the manager is probably passionate about it. But please correct me if I’m wrong since I don’t know much about team liquid. I read the ownership section here and it just screams corporate to me.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Liquid