{"id":4458,"date":"2016-06-27T08:48:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T12:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/?p=4458"},"modified":"2020-12-12T12:14:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T17:14:42","slug":"playing-with-your-idols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wrote-about\/playing-with-your-idols\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing with your idols"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A lot of people laugh at the idea of eSports<\/a>. Playing a video game professionally is a scoff-worthy idea but is it so different from other sports?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Someone spent thousands of hours practicing and playing a game and now they’re extremely good at it. My brother and I poured far too many hours to count into NBA Jam when we were growing up. We kept records of our point\/steals\/block totals in games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We could try to blow out the computer-controlled team or hold them scoreless, if we could. We had a blast playing and that was with a Super Nintendo in our living room in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, it’s possible to play games with people from all over the world and I’ve made friends in London and Australia. I have friends all over the United States and Canada. I never would have found these people if it weren’t for video games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video games are fun. I play to unwind. I play to blow off steam. I play to escape from the real world and emerge myself in someone’s else’s reality. The game maker’s reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s something about eSports that levels the playing field unlike other professional sports. The ability to play with or again your idols.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading my Destiny Twitter list, I saw this tweet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone check out this video. It’s the cutest most hilariously humbling thing I’ve ever seen. Ty for sharing ❤️ https:\/\/t.co\/3438FXTPtb<\/a><\/p>

\u2014 Ms 5ooo Watts (@Mrs5oooWatts) June 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n