How video games became a spectator sport 

"Im too old to understand whats going on in online gaming" "Ok you probably are" LOL

One of the best, most balanced surveys of eSports I have seen from mainstream media. CBS is actually doing eSports a service by giving such a straight-up assessment.

Really liked this reporter, he went in with no prejudice and asked the objective questions without being condescending, really great job!!

people seem to forget that football and golf etc are also games

I can't understand anyone watching a golf game. Can anyone?

The first well rounded and non-bias report I've seen yet. Good job CBS, you did this report well. And bonus points for not butchering it like HBO did.

the problem with professinold espot is a lot of gamers such as myself face is we cant be professinold because we consistently get bad teammates (bronze elo hell, redditers will understand this) this is a serious problem that blizzard doesnt acknowledge, i have very good mechonics on a heroer called lee song (fictional korean blind monk), but no matter how perfect my skill is, my teammates are always holding me back from being pro, dont support espot until valve fixes leagues server, gg

Great segment! Describes esports very well. One thing you missed was Valve's International with a prize pool of over $10,000,000 for a Dota2 competition. The winning team received $5 million.

6:27 I dont think anyone would turn down a Yoga session with a teacher like that!

About 5 years now since main stream media has started doing periodic e-sports stories. First time we've had a somewhat accurate report and not just a bunch naive undertones about loners who live in their parents' basement.

Not at all a Call of Duty fan, but Nadeshot is a brilliant poster boy for e-sports. He's humble yet outgoing and charismatic. He did very well on this interview.

Well, I told my wife a year ago video games would earn their spot on the big stage. Can't wait to share this video with her :) Thanks CBS for giving players like Nadeshot and Scumpii the exposure they have wholeheartedly earned within this segment!

Compared to the absolutely terrible segment done by BBC about 6 or 10 months ago, this one is quite alot better. I would say if someone you know watches this and still doesn't get it, I would advise going to Totalbiscuits youtube channel and looking up his "Why we watch" video, as it gives a very very basic look at twitch.tv and esports in general. Or if you like more of a "hype" video, look up "this is esports" by youtuber aiden calvin.

WHOA CBS. That was a very well made segment. Good job. :)

Awesome video, but how the hell did they leave out any trace of counterstrike's 15 year history or any mention of fighting games? DotA as well is the 2nd biggest online game next to LoL and no mention of it anywhere, kinda makes you wonder who CBS hired to make this short.

League of Legends. E-sports is where it's at!

6:27

This was actually very well done, no dumb stereotypes and the research was done well.

I saw that Gurren Laggan wall scroll... Believe in the kamina that believes in you

Hey! A mainstream media segment about eSports that isn't shitting all over it! Great job!

This was some fine journalism. This segment is great in all aspects.

This was a bloody good segment, well done!

Watching this for a college course on game development. Seeing these old teams and watching Scump and Nadeshot is overwhelmingly nostalgic.

I really liked this piece. It showed just about every major esports game, and I think that is definitely a good thing.

I like how unbiased this is. A lot of these tend to lean heavily one way or another, but this just sits right in the middle perfectly. Really good job

6:26 Thank me later guys

A very informative. unbias look at the E-Sports world. Quality journalism right here. Wished they covered a bit more on DOTA 2's TI4 though, that garnered the biggest prize pool in history.

I just want to say. Gaming is not a sport. Because sport means nothing anymore. When "Sports" were invented. They were activities. A set of rules to win. Over time they became physical. People started to praise the more physical it is. Like American football. One day a sport will be the hunger games. ESports are real sports. Not bashing into another person. But beating someone in a activity

I actually went to ignite to watch the international 5 last summer. It was such a blast, and I cannot wait to go to Seattle to see it in person this year!

"Good stop, Proof. Nice job." Man, such nostalgia. Here's to my favorite OG squad: Scump, Nade, Clay, and Proof. Though disbanded, I'll never forget 'em.

2:25 He said it perfect right THERE! if you aren't a (fill name here) it wont appel to you.

Well done CBS, really refreshing to see a well done segment on gaming/E-sports.

I love this video, it hardly shows any heavy bias from the man trying to understand, and his willingness to understand also makes it better. Most people who do these types of videos tend to just continuously cal us all "nerds and geeks" all throughout the tv friendly videos as if they have any reason to insult something they don't understand. Overall great video though.

really gj, such a professional assessment.. first time i have subscribed to a channel

It's about damn time the media showed some respect for games! Whenever I hear anything in the news that involves video games, it's always negative. _Always._ And I've even seen examples of local news stations going out of their way to avoid reporting on anything positive about them. For example, I saw that there was a huge game-a-thon charity that raised a ton of money/food (I don't remember which). Then when they contacted every single station in their area, not a single one of them wanted to touch it despite it being a successful fundraiser (which the media always seems to love). This is the first time I've seen a major media outlet show any kind of respect for video games. I think we're winning them over.

More reports need to be fair and unbiased like this one was. It delivered straight-up facts and covered the growth of e-sports with a very neutral stance that highlighted skeptics but also highlighted what pro gamers actually go through to be the best at what they do. This wasn't some old guy ignoring facts and slamming e-sports as being something that just a bunch of teens are into, and that's really nice to see for once. I agree with that one pro player who said that they shouldn't be held to the same level as athletes, but the amount of work and stress they go through each day shouldn't be downplayed or diminished either just because it's a video game and not a physical sport. So major props to CBS for actually giving e-sports the serious coverage that it deserves while avoiding the biases that most other media sources bring to their "coverage".

FINALLY! An esports documentary that doesn't come off as degrading or condescending.

I love seeing the progress for all eSports even if I don't watch or play the others. In this together

I like how everybody ignores the fact the PBS did a video/story on e-sports too. Yeah because you know CBS talked about every game genre participating in e-sports. Not to mention everything else pertaining to it as well.

micheal pachter:" you probably are" xD i love that dude.

This was a great report! Thanks for making it. :)

Not a single mention of CS:GO? It's prolly more popular than Strcraft by now

Please, LoL is so casual it shouldn't be called an eSport.

Admit it that melee jz the best fighting game ever!

The whole THIS IS FOR KABUM! Thing is my fave thing at worlds this year

watching people play with an Xbox/PlayStation controller makes me wanna vomit

I remeber watching this before I got into esports. It's now all of my spare time and 90% of my life

lol CoD, what about the best game ,,, CS:GO

Well balanced and practical look at gaming back in the day when MSMs hated eSports.. Well done CBS..

How can he understand people watching golf lol, that's literally the most boring sport

Looking to forward to spectating esports with technologies like Oculus VR and Microsoft HoloLens!

2:15 guy in light blue shirt plays runescape. what a awesome job!

Just wait till the people who don't play these video games, particularly the "team" ones learn how the ranking system operates. e"Sports" will be a relic of the past

When he say do you think we should look at e-sports like NASCAR someday, and the funny thing is some people don't even think NASCAR is a sport.

why people keep forgetting the whooping 18 Million dollar prize pool of Dots 2 TI

Very insightful video...

3:32 that guy has a gurren lagann poster lol i love that show

Where's Super Smash Bros. Melee? Now THAT is an intense eSport to watch!!

People need to understand that gaming may not be a physical sport, but it definitely is a brain sport. Look up the effects video games actually have on brains.

I'm really sad they left out CS1.6, Quake World, Quake 3, Unreal Tournament, etc. All you see here, are the stuff that these people built on the shoulders of these giants.

There is no comparison of thumb cramps to the strength you need for golf.

15 years ago, Blizzard sold 1 million units of Starcraft in Korea, one for every 12 people at that time. One million uints were also sold In the USA, one for every 250 people. Starcraft is used a measure of aging in people based on reaction times, Reaction speed starts falling off at 24, according to the study.

0:19 miss santa clause is bae

The media just doesn't understand.

I can't help but hold a shift-faced grin knowing I turned on Nadeshot in a Ghosts GB. I was a casual though and don't even play call of duty anymore cause I'm no good at it. I'm still very proud of myself though.

people don't look at the thousands of players who actually fail to make a living of their game and that's why it's a legitimate concern when people tell them that it's just a waste of time to completely stop pursuing education

The problem is, that we're so focused on proving that *"it's a real sport!!!!111"*, that we can't stop to see that it's already corrupted as much, if not more than the "actual" sport. Why are you trying to prove something to people that won't even care about e-sports to begin with? Focus on making e-sports better instead.

When he asked about e-sports being as big as NASCAR, I thought "NASCAR!? wth??" but I expected the man to reply with "well, it already is!" Not "I hope so"!

It would be awesome if we could get closed captions on this (especially in Spanish, but any would work), as we would be able to share it with "older" generations who do not understand us :)

for anyone who doesn't understand e-sports, recite 2:25

Its like when the promotion series come up it set me up with the worst team mates ever and usually end up losing the series ,but all other games are decent players but when come promotion it picks the 4 biggest trolls in my league.

Host asks to compare Nascar to Esports. He got it wrong, Esports is going to be Wayyyy bigger than Nascar or Golf. It’s going straight to the top.

The fact that Call of Duty is an esport with it's aim assists is just baffling to me.

I dont know if i would describe twitch chat as "like being in a crowd." *shudders*...on second thought they're pretty similar

6:27 Best part

the international has the biggest prize pool in the history of e-sports

2:01 *starts convulsions after sick burn*

Now if only real wars could be fought this way

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Imagine Dragons - Warriors in the background... yeah! :)

Constantly blasting different songs from lol in the background

I just clicked because of Polt in the thumbnail...

how many people play football and how many watch it?

People laughed at guys who said they were going to play pro sports too, when those sports started out. Ask the GOATs who are still alive and they'll tell you they got laughed at when they said they were gonna play pro football.

14 million in 2016 it was like 100 million thats embrarrising

Well-made piece.

Good piece. Had to turn on my vpn to watch this though. Don't block Canadians CBS!! We'll get around it anyways :P

Finally!! A good representation of gamers in the mainstream media!

Do they do esport competitions over games like Age of Empires, or Age of Mythology?

7:09 Zuna wtf are you doing LOL edit : Fucking Bischu and Jintae there also

When they make a tatical fps focused on small team vs small team, then thats the day fps will be a famous e sport.

You did good CBS

6:25 that yoga girl KreyGasm

nice job, wasn't perfect but it was definitely a fair representation and had people who knew what they were talking about.

RIP SSW

7:10 a wild zuna appears

They forgot that the US Air Force sponsors Cloud 9

We made it guy!

7:50 i think esports in general is already far bigger than NASCAR

No mention of the international? Come on, CBS!