Evo made it brehs....SFV Top 8 will air on ESPN 2 *Edit, brought in 200k viewers

[Tenchi Ryu]

Street Fighter V to Be Televised Live on ESPN2 from Evo 2016

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

ESPN2?

 

[Kingshango]

The same channel as the hotdog eating championship's.





It's a start I guess.

 

[StatUS]

The same channel as Kobe's last game





It's a start I guess.

fixed

 

[Black_Jesus]

Fighting game community made it

 

[Neuromancer]

My hope is that in a few years with VR and shyt gaming will be a legitimate sport. Revenge of the nerds.

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

As long as Daigo, Infiltration or FilipinoChamp don't win...
I'm for it

 

[Liquid]

ESPN2?

Would you rather it air on lifetime?

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

Would you rather it air on lifetime?

I rather it stay on the internet not a sports channel, bet these fat geeks think gaming is a sport now

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

I rather it stay on the internet not a sports channel, bet these fat geeks think gaming is a sport now

Who cares. The majority of Americans in general are fat, far from the least of all a bulk of "regular" avid sports viewers. E-sports have been a thing to ESPN levels for a while now. The "niche" genre of fighting games are just starting to catch up. No sensible person in there right mind thinks that E-sports are comparative to traditional sports in that light (the competitive aspect is tho, such as other non-traditional/lesser physical sports) as they're not much physicality involved in that manner (yet).

This is ultimately a good thing, albeit there are some sincere caveats to be concerned about. This notion is not one of them tho and is your own petty personal matter.

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

Who cares. The majority of Americans in general are fat, far from the least of all a bulk of "regular" avid sports viewers. E-sports have been a thing to ESPN levels for a while now. The "niche" genre of fighting games are just starting to catch up. No sensible person in there right mind thinks that E-sports are comparative to traditional sports in that light (the competitive aspect is tho, such as other non-traditional/lesser physical sports) as they're not much physicality involved in that manner (yet).

This is ultimately a good thing, albeit there are some sincere caveats to be concerned about. This notion is not one of them tho and is your own petty personal matter.

E-sports contain more physical activity than poker which espn has been showing for ages now.

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

E-sports contain more physical activity than poker which espn has been showing for ages now.

Basically. Sports are more than just the traditional sports of America or even solely physically involved sports. Sports are just a matter of something done professionally competitive between either two or more people or teams.

 

[itsyoung!!]

My hope is that in a few years with VR and shyt gaming will be a legitimate sport. Revenge of the nerds.

theres a few millionaire tournament players already..

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

to the FGC

I'm still tryna talk myself into really diving into SFV...might be too far gone

 

[Saiyajin]

fighting games should be considered a sport because it takes reaction time, muscle memory, skill as well as anticipating your opponent in real time and reacting as well and adapting