On September 21 2026 20:57 Turbovolver wrote: I don't understand the comment. I feel like a Blizzard story is not going to be *amazing* (no shade, they are great scaffolding for gameplay) and watching a playthrough of someone play a grindy 2.5D version of WoW sounds like the opposite of a good time.
That said I'm still kind of tempted to buy and play it.
IMO watching someone else play a story game is the stupidest thing in the world lol
Wait.. Wouldn't it be exactly the other way around though? Watching someone play a story based game makes total sense (since it's mostly just a story), watching someone play a gameplay based game (with minimal story) would be missing the point of the game?
Weird statement. But if You want to pay 60$ for that, then sure - You do You dude. I certainly will not be doing that.
On September 21 2026 20:57 Turbovolver wrote: I don't understand the comment. I feel like a Blizzard story is not going to be *amazing* (no shade, they are great scaffolding for gameplay) and watching a playthrough of someone play a grindy 2.5D version of WoW sounds like the opposite of a good time.
That said I'm still kind of tempted to buy and play it.
IMO watching someone else play a story game is the stupidest thing in the world lol
Wait.. Wouldn't it be exactly the other way around though? Watching someone play a story based game makes total sense (since it's mostly just a story), watching someone play a gameplay based game (with minimal story) would be missing the point of the game?
Weird statement. But if You want to pay 60$ for that, then sure - You do You dude. I certainly will not be doing that.
Cheers
What?
That is like reading a summary for a movie instead of experiencing the movie yourself...
Watching someone play a gameplay based game is why we are here. It's watching pro players battling each other to see who is the goat.
Have you checked over the last 10+ years what kind of people get the most view on gaming streams? Pro's getting the most views is basically a Starcraft 2: WoL boomer take .
On September 25 2026 23:49 Velr wrote: Have you checked over the last 10+ years what kind of people get the most view on gaming streams? Pro's getting the most views is basically a Starcraft 2: WoL boomer take .
I have no idea what the top streamers out there are playing these days, I was under the impression that it's mostly competitive and not story based? Like LoL, DotA or CS2? Even newer shooters like Marathon, Arc, CoD?
These games are all big, but it's not really the very best players getting the most views and the biggest game atm are GTA 5 and WoW due to the recent forever announcement . Mostly it's long time retired former pro's or other community figures. People don't watch for "the best" gameplay, they watch for the most entertainment.
Yeah, and social games have become way more popular than competitive streams in the last decade. I haven't been really engaged with twitch metrics since the pandemic.
I know Twitch overall has had a full circle moment with Justin.tv, in that, the most popular streamers aren't even gaming streams anymore.
Anyway, back on topic. Some problems with the competitive Warcraft 3 scene, a lot of discourse on cost, gratefulness, and server logistics:
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