On August 22 2011 19:35 mTw|NarutO wrote:
Its sick how many people call themself fans... suddenly the player switches the team and they are not fans, but haters? Its a great thing that a player has such a value in eSports. If a player has no value, no money is put into eSports and it can't grow.
Sorry being late to respond but I think this has a lot to do with the "team first" mentality that is supported when following traditional team sports. A lot of guys you love on your team end up becoming hated enemies when they leave you for another team. Baseball, Basketball (Lebron lol), Hockey, Football etc. you can find it everywhere. It's the way most people were raised watching sports growing up so their reaction is quiet understandable.
If people want to continue comparing competitive gaming to sports then they have to expect other aspects of sports to come along as well.