Gamers are spending more time watching videos about gaming on YouTube and Twitch than playing games themselves.
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imagine if this was about football fans

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I can only watch so much football as can a rare other people like me. If I am watching football I want the view of one position. I don’t care that the quarterback got sacked on the play, how did the running back avoid the defense in his attempts to become open for a pass - or some such that I want to emulate when I next play. (i think that is a likely thing - I consider football too dangerous to play so I’m guessing - in reality I’d prefer to see other sports that I’m likely to play)

edit: spelling

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i can’t make heads or tails of this reply :P

“how did the running back avoid the defense”, i’m assuming there should be a “to” in there? who runs back? i can’t parse it…

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They went with American football, where “running back” and ”defense” refer to positions.

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…huh.

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The game most of the world calls “football” is called “soccer” in the US. We have a very popular game we call “football” in the US that is unrelated to “soccer”, instead it is related to rugby (still very different from rugby, but there is a relation)

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strange

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Welcome to the world. There are strange things all over. Sit back and enjoy laughing at the ride.

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oh i gave up on that a long time ago

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That’s a fascinating way to spell… Presumably “quarterback”?

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The interesting part to me is that you can watch football even when/if you can’t play football, but you could be gaming instead of watching.

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Nah, I can’t game while I’m doing the dishes but I can watch a video just fine

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You’re taking too long to do the dishes.

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There are more chores than dishes:

  • folding laundry
  • sweeping and mopping the floor
  • fixing the car
  • going through the mail
  • changing the sheets

That’s when I watch/listen to streamers, I almost never do it when I could otherwise be gaming. I’ll occasionally listen/watch while gaming though.

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I feel this so much sometimes…

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I don’t only do dishes. Also, there are short videos.

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Logic does not check out. Like they’re both activities I can do on my couch? Okay sure, I guess. Just like I can watch a video about knitting even if I can’t knit, but I could be knitting instead of watching!? Complete nonsense…

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Watching sports is a useful activity when you confined to a hospital bed for a month or two as has happened to people I know. In one case they wouldn’t be allowed to game, even sports were in danger of being too exciting for their condition.

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