Millionaire Gaming Prodigies: Welcome to eSPORTS (Part 1/5)

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Today, there are more people in the world who play the online multiplayer battle game League of Legends than there are people who live in France. We wanted to see how humanity got to this point, so VICE host Matt Shea flew to South Korea, a country where competitive gaming-also known as eSports-can either make you rich and famous or land you in rehab.
In Part One, we touch down in Seoul, where the city's gaming cafés, stadiums, and arenas are buzzing with anticipation for the biggest eSports match ever held in Korea. At the League of Legends world semifinals, Matt falls in love with famous cosplay team the Spiral Cats, but he's crestfallen when they ditch him for an American eSports superstar.
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@baconshakes4004 9 лет назад

So you're telling me that they couldn't find a single person at vice to host this that had any knowledge on LOL or games in general

@GripChief 9 лет назад

Maybe thats the point, to have an outsiders perspective.

@IlIlDannyIlIl 9 лет назад

Jimmy Burt Gaming you're dead on in that observation. if they had someone with prior knowledge on this, it would be just like any other LOL tournament coverage.

@qwertyuiopzxcfgh 9 лет назад

I don't want someone with knowledge of LOL to present this, I have no knowledge of LOL at all, if they had some hardcore player hosting this, it'd be full of things I wouldn't understand

@PointyGorman 9 лет назад

Vice is usually extremely anti-games, maybe they really don't have anyone.

@ramsaysnow9196 9 лет назад

lol is shit

@torskungen1 9 лет назад

This host is so salty.

@andyalcaide3752 8 лет назад

LOL HAI STOLE HIS GIRLS savage af i might say

@Trgn 6 лет назад

Never his girl in the first place. He's a creep

@hecticturtle5981 9 лет назад

This gives "sports" a bad name :(

@mangakawang8015 9 лет назад

How?

@johnhelladukk8674 9 лет назад

Hectic Turtle chess is considered a sport, this can also then be considered a sport

@VicTheRod 9 лет назад

At least chess requires some basic logic, John.

@KinghtofZero00 9 лет назад

Cole Rodriguez a lot of things need basic knowledge and chess is not a sport

@expanddong5925 9 лет назад

+John Helladukk nah not even chess i a sport in my eye even golf isn't a sport

@greghorn7371 9 лет назад

If you guys are just gonna rant about the guy being ignorant about league or this not being a real sport then just gtfo lmao

@MrCatlolz 9 лет назад

You may judge those people, just like I had prejudices. But we must hold true the fact that wherever there is a demand, there will be genuine professions. And if those guys can gain millions of dollars by playing a very complex videogame competitively, which is much more than I could ever hope to get with an Industrial Engineering degree, then they deserve our respect. Getting that level of ability to compete in LoL contains probably as much knowledge and hard work as it does gaining a Masters in Engineering. It's less maths, and I envy them. Success justifies respect.

@ttocsisme 9 лет назад

I like how he called the LOL players "users" as if they are just getting there fix "using" the game

@easysteezy58 9 лет назад

i play a lot of games but i couldnt help but laugh pretty much the entire video this is a joke hahahahaha

@easysteezy58 9 лет назад

but those girls are hot as fuck

@ognjeennn 8 лет назад

This entire series is very interesting but this is the worst journalist on Vice. He doesn't even try to understand what these people are doing.

@presidentbusiness1470 6 лет назад

yes he does. he is stating the obvious facts just like what a gamer should be doing.

@edgyjeans88 6 лет назад

xsgzx he’s as annoying as Hamilton. Just in a more obnoxious immature way as Hamilton is more of that Frog throat intellectual druggie hippie fuck.

@vonVince 9 лет назад

Haha, SPORTS my ass - most of those guys couldn't even bear running a few feet without being totally wrecked - oh, well; at least there were some nice looking girls promoting stuff.

@Johkah 9 лет назад

You don't like esports? THEN DON'T PLAY IT YOU DUMB FUCK. Don't like sports? THEN DON'T PLAY IT YOU DUMB FUCK.

@hello19286 9 лет назад

If chess is a sport, anything can be a sport.

@Lambo1015 9 лет назад

Actually most of these guys have a rigorous diet and workout plan i know plenty of COD, CSGO and BF pros that could probably kick youre ass in a heartbeat

@silentguy5875 9 лет назад

Bryan Estep He never said he played it in the first place dumbass

@redvelvetstansasuke 9 лет назад

I guess thats why they call it eSports.

@swolbrohamlincoln9659 9 лет назад

I respect gamers its cool But calling it a sport? Thats cute

@SergioCreates 9 лет назад

***** No, it doesn't. It requires sitting on your ass all day.

@yakumo961 9 лет назад

Sergio Borini Said someone that has no clue what they are talking about. I get why people dont want to call it sports. It doesnt require a lot of physical exercise. But on a mental level, I would say it outplays most "real" sports.

@SergioCreates 9 лет назад

yakumo961 No, you're wrong.

@user-gk1vc5ic6j 9 лет назад

It's not a sport, it's called E sports, very different

@yakumo961 9 лет назад

Sergio Borini Ah yes. Very good point! Mhh! Obviously you have never even looked into the whole subject.

@JohnJames-hc3xj 8 лет назад

This reporter is so winy lol

@David-wg7iq 5 лет назад

After watching a few docs with the reporter i like the guy but he doesn't fit in there

@happylittlesynth 4 года назад

I think the majority of it was sarcasm (like the bit about losing his seat...etc) ....it seemed quite apparent to me at least.

@VICE 9 лет назад

Giant stadiums, teenage millionaires, super fans, and addiction: Welcome to the world of eSports. WATCH PART 2 NOW: bit.ly/ESPORTS-P2

@moustufu 9 лет назад

This reporter don't even TRY to understand the game .... Why does he make a documentary on somethings he has no interest in....... He's the worst reporter i've seen on Vice News since 2 years

@Nooneslama 9 лет назад

moustufu reporter have to be objective? :D :D

@moustufu 9 лет назад

Nooneslama They should maybe have some interest on what they are reporting ... i don't know.....

@Nooneslama 9 лет назад

yeah but u can overwatch alot if your just a little too deep in it

@TheRhino154 9 лет назад

"Notice me Hai senpai" Vice

@SoaringSuccubus 9 лет назад

Lol at all the mad nerds who can't realize the host is supposed to be clueless because he's acting as a vessel for those uninformed about gaming to get an understanding of what that world is all about. This documentary is meant for the mainstream folk, not gamers. Why the fuck would a gamer watch a documentary about gaming anyway? It's an intro for those who are interested in the subject or just curious but don't know much. Bombarding them with names and gaming jargon would just confuse them. But keep on copy pasting eachothers comments about "omg couldnt they find just one guy who knew something about gaming to be the host?" since apparently you got too much free time on your hands. Besides (and I'm not sure if it's so) Vice probably lets their reporters choose their subjects and make their own documentaries to then be published by Vice instead of giving set rules and subjects the reporters must touch. What I'm trying to say is if it wasn't for this host, you wouldn't have any gaming documentary at all.

@rjc0234 9 лет назад

but who would watch a nature doccumenty by someone who had never even seen a cat?

@RaDy123lOl 9 лет назад

rjc0234 are you brain damaged?

@rjc0234 9 лет назад

Nejlínější LP na YT i jst have a really broken keybrd

@STE4LYOURFACE 9 лет назад

SpydaSoQuick yeah, but I completely agreed with everything else.

@Sticky1254 9 лет назад

Jimmie Rustles are you greentexting on youtube lmao

@donoi2k22 8 лет назад

That condescending attitude is cringeworthy. Zero interest in the subject he is exploring.

@adamskvorak6865 8 лет назад

"We wanted to see how humanity got to this point"? This is the most biased and one-sided journalism I have ever seen. This guy goes into a community he doesnt understand, and just bashes it. Worst documentary ever.

@grahamkoeberl9651 3 года назад

Because its a bunch of fat pale losers

@HDONOVLEPSIAS737 6 лет назад

Dude wtf the only thing this guy focused on were those Korean girls like cmonbruh

@electro_yellow9295 5 лет назад

He’s a simp

@Loomofthefruit-s 8 лет назад

This is the worst VICE Doc I've ever seen. Why send a reporter that's more interested in clubbing and hanging with grills than Esport. If you have to ask a streamer or a youtuber if they are a pro gamer, then you have no ide of what you are talking about. Really bad Vice!

@leelicayan2180 8 лет назад

Calm down. How would he be able to penetrate into a world of nerds and shut-ins? He doesn't seem like our kind.

@Loomofthefruit-s 8 лет назад

hehe Im calm, I just think its stupid for VICE to send a reporter that is not interested in reporting. Guess I have to make a better one

@atella394 8 лет назад

Vice purposefully send people who dont know much about the world they're immersed in pretty often, or so it seems to be. A fan would have too many preconeptions to report accurately and the video's target audience would not be esport's fans so a lot of things a fan might report on would be irrelevant and quite boring to the watcher.

@jamesmatthewcastillo2540 8 лет назад

+Loke Odinson It's pretty interesting the way the reporter learns a whole new world that is very different from our traditional sports. It's a pretty cool idea what VICE did. It's kinda like Lewis and Clark venturing with Pocahontas (cosplayers).

@makopacific4292 8 лет назад

Don't you mean sacajawea not pocahontas?

@insu_na 9 лет назад

Is this satire? I love how you flew a seemingly clueless (about this issue at least) host out there for this report... Oh well, we can't all be well informed, can we?

@Peteruspl 9 лет назад

Seconded. He mopes it might be hard to get through this, but he didn't even learn stuff like character names, or faces and nicks of important teams (gets surprised at first at some dude taking his seat, doesn't see team cpt in him immediately).

@uchiigtana 9 лет назад

Vice reporting often does this, especially in Noisey, and I think it's more of a stylistic approach than actual ignorance

@9385dee7 9 лет назад

I think he could have done his homework a little better and not been so cocky about the entire thing.

@RemixReplayRewind 9 лет назад

9385dee7 Agreed, I think this eSports series was made for outsiders looking in, rather than actual eSports/League of Legends players such as ourselves.

@9385dee7 9 лет назад

Otto Wolfgang agree.

@Fritemind 9 лет назад

Such a difference of tone from Vices writing staff and their video staff. Vice articles write about gamers being a hate mob against women, Vice video shows what competitive gaming has become. It's like being subscribed to a bipolar hipster.

@emilyk4653 9 лет назад

DeviantCare Split Personality is NOT the same as being Bi-polar.

@Leonelf0 9 лет назад

vice was/is anti-gamergate? ôO

@dirtpipedan 9 лет назад

Yeah and none of them are good at journalism. This dude is terrible.

@tmyok2849 9 лет назад

Video game journalism is dead

@xdeser2949 9 лет назад

wait, so its not okay to write about actual misogyny in the gaming community? It doesn't label all gamers that way, just the ones that do it. TIL you have to ignore problems to be okay with something

@REIQ 9 лет назад

for me somehow I find the young people in Korea so superficial all looks but empty.

@stefanms8803 9 лет назад

as opposed to young people in the rest of the world?

@REIQ 9 лет назад

Korea is on the top leading the geek culture nowadays in Asia.

@fupopanda 9 лет назад

REIQ You butt-hurt that they're better than you?

@REIQ 9 лет назад

better than me in what? PLz you going there? LOL

@fupopanda 9 лет назад

REIQ You still butt-hurt?

@TheLalmorich 8 лет назад

I'm sry I can't accept this reporter.You should only report. don't show useless judgement of this reporter and also Vice please appoint who are actually are interested in e-sport, just not like this guy.

@reezy69 8 лет назад

+Maledict gaming Yeah that's how real journalism should be, though VICE has somewhat of a reputation for often being non-impartial.

@BtkSabora 8 лет назад

these documentary could be better if the host had knowledge of the subject before hand

@astheskylarksings 8 лет назад

So is this about gaming or about the reporter's insecurities and need for attention? I just sat through like 5 minutes of him being jealous of one group and lusting over another. I hate that this guy is in SK. I always cringe when I see im doing a doc in South Korea... But oh well, get paid, live that life... but you're not funny. Try a different angle.

@TheAlphaguy1 9 лет назад

CS master race.

@th3trollwhodi3d 9 лет назад

Ayyyyye rank?

@kkwkwweheheh 9 лет назад

Global elite

@Jckiller122 9 лет назад

***** Silver, bitcheesss

@Donkybonky 9 лет назад

Johannes carling rofl

@mercAltiar 9 лет назад

In gabe's creations we trust

@neverletmego6414 9 лет назад

North Korea: we require more minerals, to build another statue for Kim Jum Um. South Korea: we require more minerals, to construct additional pylons.

@coolcool5181 9 лет назад

This was just too perfect

@maherhamadouch2005 8 лет назад

+Never Letmego thats just being racist cos i actually respect kim jong un and i live in london

@Quackery415 6 лет назад

we must construct additional pylons protoss ALL THE WAY

@Booooogie_ 6 лет назад

Maher Hamadouch so you respect a evil dictator?

@ProtoMario 9 лет назад

I would watch your show, but being anti-Gamergate and extremely terrible at Journalism means I won't watch Vice anymore. Even if you guys were just neutral instead of saying its all about harassment and refusing to look at evidence. Jesus Christ I used to like Vice, now, makes me just feel bad.

@WhateverWhenever888 5 лет назад

Boo fucking hoo poor little you

@TenaciousTangerine 9 лет назад

gaming isn't a sport its just competitive gaming

@MrAM-ny1nk 9 лет назад

Members of the NFL arent sportsmen theyre competitive football players. See everyone else can do it to kid

@teddywu5072 9 лет назад

Actual definition of a SPORT as provided by the SportAccord (the organization which decides what sports are) SportAccord uses the following criteria, determining that a sport should: [1]have an element of competition be in no way harmful to any living creature not rely on equipment provided by a single supplier (excluding proprietary games such as arena football) not rely on any "luck" element specifically designed into the sport They also recognise that sport can be primarily physical (such as rugby or athletics), primarily mind (such as chess or go), predominantly motorised (such as Formula 1 or powerboating), primarily co-ordination (such as billiard sports), or primarily animal-supported (such as equestrian sport). So yeah, see the part where they say that they also recognise that sport can be primarily mind, primarily co-ordination? Yeah thats esports. Gg no re, get rekt scrub

@PoweredByTheHaters 9 лет назад

Yeah, coming from s guy that follows league at the professional level, it irks me when people call it a sport. Competitive gaming sounds suitable

@earlgrey2130 9 лет назад

You realize that sport is pretty much defined by competition. There doesn't have to be a physical component. If you feel like there has to be one then we could get rid of a LOT of competitive sports. Would you consider competitive archery a sport for example? I would. Even tough a pro gamer probably burns a lot more calories during a match than someone who does archery.

@devilhunterred 9 лет назад

Indrek Everything takes focus and is hard to master: Cooking, playing the violin, writing, knitting, painting, folding origami, singing, etc, etc. Are they all sports now?

@YokubouTenshi 9 лет назад

I know the documentary is trying to make it look like the host is out of his depth when it comes to eSports, but he kind of comes across as someone who just didn't do much prior research and is surprised that he wasn't able to get much exclusivity due to the presence of other bigger name press in the gaming world.

@adamlepp3512 9 лет назад

Classic VICE.. Hipster host just soaking up the limelight. Bad posture is so hip right now.

@DQSFMotivation 9 лет назад

Too bad that Hai guy from Cloud 9 never gave you guys an interview in the end..It seemed like the interview was on his mind, but he probably wanted Vice to offer him loads of money for it.

@harry-eo7xe 9 лет назад

It's five parts long could happen yet

@Th3Fly1ngP4nd4 9 лет назад

he also has to do interviews all the time with him being the captain

@Amoncaco 9 лет назад

Daniel Redford 'captain' lol

@pervZAGGert 9 лет назад

seems like a douchebag for me.

@DQSFMotivation 9 лет назад

Eric Harris If you go to the Vice website to watch Part 2, you can access Part 3,4 and 5 ;)

@iceharmonyrl 8 лет назад

He looks so jealous af of Hai rofl

@MrBiohumanomineralny 8 лет назад

+Richard Lam for me he looks more jealous of the girl xD

@chorong1e327 8 лет назад

+Richard Lam #HaiSenpai

@депрессивныйстудент 5 лет назад

Who

@ten_smudge8514 9 лет назад

I'm moving to Korea. Fastest internet speeds, good food, beautiful scenery, and good looking women. Goodbye U.S.A

@TheGuitarEver 9 лет назад

U must be stupid fuxk

@ten_smudge8514 9 лет назад

Guitar man nope your stupid, you can't even spell

@airdashinggram6480 8 лет назад

move to north Korea instead

@chewy3141 6 лет назад

How is it?

@Booooogie_ 6 лет назад

Guitar man #TRIGGERED

@bighorse215 9 лет назад

Take these guys to a night club with regular chicks they'll crumble.

@Yellowjellox2 9 лет назад

They make more than you will ever by playing videos games. What makes you think getting girls would be hard when your already rich?

@bighorse215 9 лет назад

Charles i make 70k a year and i can retire at 49. They can make a million dollars over there gaming career they still wouldn't have more than me. Gaming is short term if they were smart they would be designers.

@sofaking1102 9 лет назад

Rahsaan thomas Most of them make 80% of their income off of streaming/sponsors.

@hello19286 9 лет назад

you seem really jelly that they have made more money in 5 years than you will in your whole lifetime.

@MesmerGW2 9 лет назад

If a top level pro korean gamer goes to a club everyone there would know who he was, and would prob be all over him. Us, in the west, probably couldnt fathom a celebrity pro-gamer, but in korea pro-gaming is national sport level.

@PhlyDaily 9 лет назад

LOL KSI what a beast :)

@stefanrobinson3819 9 лет назад

Is KSI well known in other countries except UK

@stefanrobinson3819 9 лет назад

Oww and congrats on the 100,000 subs, and please do a vid when u get the 100,000 plack : )

@mlg_teletubby9391 9 лет назад

howdy there fancy meeting you here

@fiskfiskfisk276 9 лет назад

LurkDaily bruh.

@gabe3366 9 лет назад

PHLYDAILY BITCHES. If warthunder became an esport 10/10 would watch.

@Finn-kf3jc 7 лет назад

Everything he says sounds like he's trying to insult eSports

@Finn-kf3jc 7 лет назад

like 90% sure most good reporters don't just insult the thing they're supposed to be reporting instead of trying to understand it

@Finn-kf3jc 7 лет назад

like 90% sure most good reporters don't just insult the thing they're supposed to be reporting instead of trying to understand it

@jasonlang1282 8 лет назад

This guy reporting is cringier than anyone else in this video

@memeulous 9 лет назад

video games aren't sports.

@EagleZtoTheGrave 9 лет назад

By dictionary definition... They kind of are lol I get what you mean though

@ironmantis25 9 лет назад

It's one of those sports that makes you less physically healthy.

@gabelsv4245 9 лет назад

Can u define sports?

@tafarixx6512 9 лет назад

memeulous sports is something that uses physical activity and energy. video games really doesnt do that

@LordDivine1 9 лет назад

Kidd Kulture Wrong... Chess is internationally recognized as a sport. Expand your horizon please.

@jpkirk3604 9 лет назад

lol that was hai thats stole his seat

@Rinuzzi 9 лет назад

He was so clueless typical Vice quality

@hardwirecars 8 лет назад

+Non è un canale per vecchi. thats actually why i liked it they presented it as an outsider looking in he was the ultimate outsider.

@Rinuzzi 7 лет назад

Then maybe get some info before doing a report? Journalism is shit nowadays.

@депрессивныйстудент 5 лет назад

@@imsokka2231 Ah the state of society, when actually important jobs like janitors or construction worker are overshadowed in pay by retarded celebrities who do fuck-all to contribute.

@duct.q.4402 9 лет назад

This whole documentary sucks, I mean the host doesn't know anything about eSports. He is more interested in the cosplay girls than his own documentary. Also he makes comments about "some guy" stealing his seat (how the fuck is this related to eSports?) That guy turns out to be a member of Cloud9 and he doesn't know?? Seriously? Why bother and not do your research beforehand? God. This is as bad as fox news or RTL... If you seriously want to do something, than do a documentary about something you are interested in. If you like cycling, talk about all the grandfondo, giro, tour de france, lance armstrong or chris froome. If you like guns than talk about ak47, america and whatnot. But don't make a documentary about something you don't give a fuck about.

@duct.q.4402 9 лет назад

***** Agreed, why not make a documentary about cosplay girls than. :s

@duct.q.4402 9 лет назад

***** Personally I think he already looks like one, that was my initial impression after watching this video. But well, you got a point.

@dreadnodanonymous615 8 лет назад

R u serious dude? The guy is trying to get all anglesn i esport industry, not just cosplay.

@onam3000 7 лет назад

this documentary was made for people that don't know much about e-sports, so its logical to choose someone who isnt biased towards it

@Mcdorkle 8 лет назад

this dude does not seem like the guy to be doing this video

@tkvankaam 5 лет назад

How did this guy ever ended up being a producer/director when he's clearly more focused on the girls than actually what's going on?

@tontonpacute 9 лет назад

1 million sport prize?....... real professional sports athletes laughing their asses off.......

@hello19286 9 лет назад

and yet more people watched this championship than the NBA finals and hockey finals combined...

@Patriotsfan4life00 9 лет назад

Tell me when you make 100-200k a year at the age of 20.

@DarkOfTheMist 9 лет назад

I want you to look up Dota 2's prize pool for 2014. Plus esports are a very new thing, the fact that it's prize pool is that much, this early is fairly impressive

@supernova3992 9 лет назад

Dennis Tran Uh the median salary of an average NBA player is 2.33 million USD per year. Kobe bryant made 30 million USD in one season. Plus when you take into account endorsements it's even higher.

@Patriotsfan4life00 9 лет назад

Super Nova I already know that...Without a doubt pro athletes are paid more than professional gamers. I'm saying there are aren't many jobs that pay 20 year olds 100-200k without a college degree.

@strangerpwee 9 лет назад

But Dota2 has the highest prize ever. *flies away*

@V1C1ousV1C2 9 лет назад

that was payed by the fans riot puts their own money it it

@TwoFistsOneHalleluja 9 лет назад

V1C1ousV1C2 And where does Riot get that money? Oh wait...

@1k2j5gbg 9 лет назад

TwoFistsOneHalleluja If league opened up a crowd funded prize, and released Sona and Ahri skins that show more cleavage then we can handle. I can guarantee we will blow your prize out of the water. Heck we could beat yours by putting all our skins on a 33% off sale for 4 weeks and going with that.

@kickfloeb 9 лет назад

I dont know why but I laughed pretty hard at your comment

@raec1684 6 лет назад

The interviewer seems like he HATES video games with a passion. like oh my

@CutTheCrapAndKissMe 8 лет назад

This was horrible next time how about getting someone that's actually passionate about the subject

@maxhydekyle2425 8 лет назад

That pissed me the fuck off.

@aa898246 6 лет назад

he was passionate about the spiral cats at least

@deeznutz3105 5 лет назад

Estephany De Luna that's not the point of the documentary dumbfuck.

@jxmmykriminallive 4 года назад

Deez Nutz do you feel better bro?

@bagusprihastomo7439 4 года назад

At least know about the subject, even they don't have passion on it

@tarekf.d7380 8 лет назад

Vice reporters are very unprofessional. They seem to lack any compassion or interest to their story.

@TaishoKenpachi 5 лет назад

Very interesting, guy doing the interview is out of place.

@DaultonYoung 8 лет назад

LUL. That guy was so pissed that Hai stole his spot. Bro, he is 1000x more important than you.

@RowdyUpInHere 7 лет назад

Daulton Young who?

@andrelum4315 7 лет назад

RowdyUpInHere c9 hai u dumfk

@RowdyUpInHere 7 лет назад

Andre Lum outside the lol world. hes a no body lmao. cry more

@DaultonYoung 7 лет назад

RowdyUpInHere And inside, he's one of the biggest stars there are. Which is why it isn't surprising that all the girls ditched the interviewer for Hai.

@edzothedon1487 7 лет назад

What the fuck is a Hai?

@alphacause 9 лет назад

So with the emergence of the gaming "professional" or gaming "celebrity", is it fair to say that society has officially deified sedentary behavior? It is a sad day in hell when a pasty faced obese guy, sitting in his basement, consuming copious amounts of "cheesy poofs" (yes, its a South Park reference), gets elevated to the same status as an individual who has spent decades honing his or her body through hours in the gym to be paragon of physical perfection. Please don't insult real athletes by calling these keyboard and controller jockeys "athletes".

@WhytyProd 9 лет назад

deified sedentary behaviour? You think its easy to become a pro gamer? These mfers might not be athletically gifted but they work fucking hard to get where they are.

@b2serious 9 лет назад

Did you even watch the video? I didn't see that so called fat guy anywhere, I see now that your fucking blind with ignorance to see the truth.

@FadeDance 9 лет назад

Nobody in e-sports calls the competitors "athletes". I'm a huge SC2 fan and I've never, ever heard that by any players/casters/fans. Only in misinformed news articles. They may however call the scene a "sport", due to the fans/sponsors/coaches/teams/training regimens/tournaments/etc that e-sports shares with traditional organized sports. This debatable but fairly easy to argue for.

@FadeDance 9 лет назад

Lucy (Elfen Lied) What do you mean by "our society". USA? It's a global scene strongly rooted in asia and europe... dozens of countries and societies. And how is it contributing negatively to society on the level of racism/sexism? If people are going to play games they might as well put some thought and effort into it. And entirely unrelated, but racism and sexism in (non-religious extremist) societies all over the world is at an all time low. Literally the best it's been in human history. Not sure how that's "fucking low". Pull back and take an objective look.

@Patriotsfan4life00 9 лет назад

I have never heard casters or professional gamers all themselves athletes . Also majority of gamers are pretty skinny.

@zenerat 9 лет назад

He's literally just trying to bang those models the whole time and is pissed when Hai tries to swoop in. Lol so professional

@beneveritt2720 8 лет назад

why did the reporters sound so pessimistic about the event? "It seems like a nice day to be inside and playing video games", kinda compared it to playing in a basement. its not very good journalism to be have biases towards what their reporting

@YoungJusticeLuv 9 лет назад

yeah Im one of those people who find this entertaining. Its just like sports, you watch players play, you want to see who wins. Its still entertainment.

@darrellgoudeau7642 9 лет назад

Baekhyun exactly but you have people who be like "but its not really a sport" and its these same people wo watc a bunch of grown men play a kids playground game. smh

@YoungJusticeLuv 9 лет назад

its sort of like chess, they use their brain, they make a strategy, its really interesting to watch.

@darrellgoudeau7642 9 лет назад

yeah chess can actually be considered a sport cause it take lots of study wen your at the highest level

@profkaos110 9 лет назад

Baekhyun People watch professional sports to see feats they are incapable of performing themselves. For example I could have trained 12 hours a day, 6 days a week from age 6-19 and I'd still never play NFL or NBA or NHL. I just don't have the physique (height/size) for it. However *anybody* can get that good at videogames if they want to. There is nothing "superhuman" about what these guys do. I bet they don't even get drug tested like real athletes do.

@SirKickz 9 лет назад

Prof Kaos Lol, buddy, I guarantee you could spend the rest of your life playing League and not be anywhere near as good as the top players. Mental fitness is a thing, and being pro-level good at a video game requires both talent and training.

@incidentalist 6 лет назад

JORTS!!! And she's not a wizard shes a muse, nub

@MisterEric 9 лет назад

Was expecting a vvvrotic comment here. Someone summon him quick! #vvvrotic

@stefan69xxx69 9 лет назад

Are you for real? writing vvvrotic twice in a row, when its vvvortic

@josemachado8458 9 лет назад

i deserve challenjour gg

@manzilla48 9 лет назад

It's cool these guys have fun but to call this a sport is disrespectful to actual athletes who train hard. E-Sports is an Oxymoron.

@Viscardi98 9 лет назад

And you don't think these people train hard? Playing a game for 8+ against other pros is hard and tiring.

@BryanDrift 9 лет назад

Viscardi98 lol

@childonlsd1337hax 9 лет назад

actually these people train more than and athlete would ever think of doing

@MadCatAttack123 9 лет назад

manzilla48 88 hrs/week isn't training? I'd like to see an "actual athlete" put in those hours.

@teddywu5072 9 лет назад

@NorthHollywood 9 лет назад

Competitive gaming > E-Sports

@CleanerBear 9 лет назад

Well isn't E-sports just competitive gaming on a professional level?

@NorthHollywood 9 лет назад

Cleaner Bear I was just talking about the name lol. E-sports sounds stupid to those not aware that playing video games competitively is a sport, which I also think it is not.

@bb3xhrhj 9 лет назад

Cleaner Bear No. E-sports = competitive electronic gaming.

@PrioBak 9 лет назад

NorthLyfeHollywood exactly dude, I never preferred to use E-sports, E-sports or Cyber Sports sounds like some old dudes wanted to make it sound cooler... use competitive gaming, high level gaming or something

@scoreman 9 лет назад

E-Sports is used b/c its a good soundbite. It's easy to say, easy to understand, it conveys exactly what you think it is. It's not going anywhere :)

@aero8619 8 лет назад

Oh sona is a wizard now. Ok

@NotADoctor 6 лет назад

I laughed my ass off when I heard that, and when he called ahri a furry, although he ain't wrong about that.

@milesbeler3974 9 лет назад

Ah, I remember back when I was competitive at gaming, and guess what, it was awful! It was literally taking something that was supposed to be made for fun, removing the enjoyment, calculating moves with mathematics instead of role-playing, and leaving feeling awful after losing by a point after winning tens of games in a row. All I have to say about this is that eSports fosters an utterly godawful environment for players, that often leaks into other games and corrupts large portions of the community, such as CS:GO or Street Fighter, reducing the game to a condensed anxiety attack instead of relaxing with your friends. Don't do it!

@Humineral 9 лет назад

What a casual comment is this? "Math is hard" "Losing feels bad" "I can't handle the bants" Litterally cancer.

@masaharumorimoto4761 9 лет назад

final fantasy 14 is the same, perfection or gtfo

@PrioBak 9 лет назад

yeah because high level sports dont have that thing

@masaharumorimoto4761 9 лет назад

manictiger totally agree in my experiences with Japanese players in FFXIV, courteous and skilled

@alexdude7771 9 лет назад

I fucking hate our generation.

@TheMarkSasuke64 9 лет назад

Alex Volkov Said everyone over the last thousand generations.

@Ehxaust 9 лет назад

TheMarkSasuke64 Said only this generation.

@x3Nikki 8 лет назад

9:34-10:04 shouldn't have been talking about him or maybe he would have given you the interview. Seems like he heard everything the guy was saying lol

@leroy_sopacua 9 лет назад

Pls more esports. CS:GO, COD, SC2 & DOTA2.

@leroy_sopacua 9 лет назад

Ive seen it on their site and it covers only LOL and FIFA to an extent. Not the games i mentioned. As i can read so far you can't see how big eSports has become. Even not having a backbone to back shit up. So you'll rant and have an outlet of your problems. But hey fine by me because it's probably pathetic and most of all not worth my time.

@HanzGutenburg 9 лет назад

No cod

@-torrid-8796 9 лет назад

Ha what on earth has youtube done to my comment, Oh no i can clearly see how big it is (not that i give a flying fuck) and i remember me mentioning they'll upload more parts to it if you want to see more go to their site than guy, Backbone to backing it up?? backing what up that they don't upload esports? because i have been a vice fan since 3 months of their making of an account on youtube and hardly see an upload about esports nor do i see a playlist involving it entirely.

@nicholascaldera3790 9 лет назад

LittleNinja1215 Yes, CoD and Halo are apart of eSports regardless of how much you hate them.

@Oscar_Armstrong 6 лет назад

7:20 lol

@alZiiHardstylez 9 лет назад

I need to get my DotA mates and start playing LoL professionally.

@inawarminister 9 лет назад

alZiiHardstylez hope you can make it! Playing DotA w/ mates is analogous to playing street football after all

@alZiiHardstylez 9 лет назад

@zachx213 9 лет назад

alZiiHardstylez pro dota players make more than league players from tournament winnings, and the league players who seem to make the most are korean anyway

@alZiiHardstylez 9 лет назад

What I was getting at is that LoL is a helluva lot easier than DotA, I think if my mates and I with our combined game hours is well into 30k into learning LoL it would be easy for us to become professional if we put some serious hours into LoL

@niclouds5292 9 лет назад

alZiiHardstylez Lol that is what i thought you meant. Calm down Rambo

@Cristov123 9 лет назад

A week later, Matt was checked into a Gaming Rehab Clinic. After being introduced to League, and creating an account he quickly became addicted just like the rest of us. And when he refused to stop playing Master Yi and Teemo every single game, he was eventually arrested by the Korean Police for being "that guy" and sentenced to nerf in prison. RIP Matt Shea

@Poopeepooo123 9 лет назад

oooohhhh, im asian,............................. step 1 to gaming success, completed.

@mustafacabdule9872 5 лет назад

So the reporter get jealous cause someone sitted his chair 😂😂

@tatleman5314 7 лет назад

they should make a anime about e-sports.

@tophart8679 7 лет назад

Tatleman is there not one?

@tatleman5314 7 лет назад

тops I wouldn't know

@lazarosperperidhs6204 7 лет назад

The Seperator the king avatar

@tatleman5314 7 лет назад

I guess they have read my comment

@AgonizingDemise 7 лет назад

there is a chinese one

@gumbiman3350 9 лет назад

4:30 We've been invited into their dressing rooms to see how they get ready. HI IS IT OK IF WE COME IN!?

@zebrafigs8450 8 лет назад

Wow he really should have done more research and they really should pick someone less awkward. He really did keep going back to how he couldn't spend time with the spiral cats. Such an interesting event though

@xRxSxFx2xPxGx 9 лет назад

haha LoL, im not trying to sound elitist by the fellow moba players out there but im surprised that the cash prize for LoL championship is only 1 Million, where as the Dota 2 International last year for 2014 broke 12 or 14 million and maybe even went higher, now the winning team didnt get that exact number because of other lower teams still getting a nice ass chunk of change but, dota only has 10-12 million unique users a month opposed to LoLs

@XxdragicexX3 9 лет назад

Che Guevara yeah but that was also a crowd funded prize pool by the largest online gaming community on the face of the internet....

@OneEyedShrimp 9 лет назад

XxdragicexX3 True dat.

@xRxSxFx2xPxGx 9 лет назад

lol Your comment gave me the option to translate your comment, and it changed dat to that, since when was slang its own language that can be translated by google

@LordDivine1 9 лет назад

Che Guevara You do know that's because DOTA 2 is a Valve product... Steam funding bro.

@TheGreatRakatan 9 лет назад

Che Guevara The difference between Valve being smart about marketing and LoL not utilizing the fanbase, that's all. Might I remind you that Smite also has a championship that has over a million dollar prize because of community involvement.

@TheYogurtGoddess 8 лет назад

I wish a different person did this series. The dude's there to find out actual information, not to talk about the girls in 80% of the FIRST video and act all cringey when the girls want Hai instead of him.

@brothermouuu7347 8 лет назад

Hai is noob mid laner

@m80kid32 9 лет назад

What a horrible reporter

@Jess._.peachy 3 года назад

Count how many times he mentioned the spiral cats.... Is he there to simp?.... Or report on Lol?!

@Lightw0rker777 8 лет назад

yea man this is their world, don't judge. Have some RESPECT!

@jaguardo10 9 лет назад

Its amazing how editing can make a person look like an asshole or make things look more obscure than what they actually are... I lost a lot of respect for Vice with this documentary...

@vangampalli 3 года назад

Lol this guy asked cosplayer how her armor was supposed to protect her in battle....

@AnonymousBoC 9 лет назад

Sport (or sports) is all forms of usually competitive physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing entertainment to participants, and in some cases, spectators. Chess and bridge are also considered sports. You need to think about eSports as innovation. You know how you see in futuristic movies where people play virtual reality death matches? This is the start of futuristic electronic sports innovation. We will be seeing eSports evolve and help evolve technology even further. Its ok if you dont accept this as sport. Youll be left behind just as people who dont accept new technology. Your children and grandchildren will know eSports and in some way or another will effect their lives.

@imsokka2231 6 лет назад

I know this is 2 years ago but i just want to thank you on correcting so many 90 year old mafia bosses that still cant handle the fact that football isnt #1 anymore so clap clap

@GripChief 9 лет назад

I never go to these events, but damn its good to see gaming getting positive coverage in the media!

@saints5056 8 лет назад

The terms used by the reporter, is very inappropriate. I do believe that if you have passion for one thing, you'll be there for it no matter what.

@yangmark9959 9 лет назад

I was a CS player since 2004 to 2005. I am so proud of that experience, and facing off excellent and brilliant opponents is wonderful.

@harper5378 8 лет назад

Lol, Hai slides in like Mr. Steal-Yo-Girl

@jamesambrocio 8 лет назад

what the hell is this reporter doing? he doesn't have any clue about the game.

@illdrumatik391 8 лет назад

My top 5 places I want too visit someday soon: 1.) Tokyo, Japan 2.) Machu Pichu, Peru 3.) New York, New York 4.) London, England 5.) Egypt

@zeroday7878 8 лет назад

wtf wb afghan

@illdrumatik391 8 лет назад

iiShots Fired what?

@mikalivanov778 8 лет назад

Africa is not a country

@illdrumatik391 8 лет назад

Mikal Ivanov huh? I didn't mention Afrika

@sharonkim9192 7 лет назад

Wait but I don't understand why you are putting your list here. This video is in Seoul, South Korea and is talking about the gaming world.

@conorgeoghegan1232 8 лет назад

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS IS A SHIT GAME.

@juliantan4957 8 лет назад

Haha Fuck You

@INCNetski 8 лет назад

I agree

@andreidgaf5198 7 лет назад

salty

@Void1943 7 лет назад

E-sports are retarded in general. Documentary though was pretty blatantly bias.

@rexamd6153 6 лет назад

agree

@Toolkit333 9 лет назад

Again, I don't really understand why people are talking about how esports isnt a sport. No one cares if it qualifies as a sport or not, nor do they care if the league players are athletes or not. They make money from it, it's their job, people enjoy watching them, and thats it.

@TajesMahoney 9 лет назад

Hopefully you guys are covering the Dota scene as well, which actually boasted a much higher payout for its main tournament despite having a smaller audience.

@imsokka2231 6 лет назад

dota lul

@SoreEmperor 8 лет назад

C9 THE BEST TEAM? EXCUSE ME?

@imsokka2231 6 лет назад

they had won the NALCS then, ik this is 2 years ago but then again just scrolling thru the comments

@alexk.7064 9 лет назад

I love it when journalists who have no idea about the gaming world get to do a piece on it, it's hilarious.

@annieyu72 6 лет назад

Lol, why can't the interviewer just stop being so bitter. haha

@user-ry2rb2qe4h 8 лет назад

Would have been better if it was a cs:go game rather than lol

@CutiePi 8 лет назад

+Anri Apilis Different i`d say, both good.

@thibaudvanderschrick922 8 лет назад

I am from EU, but when he said C9 was the best team in NA I fucking laughed

@imsokka2231 6 лет назад

they had won the NALCS then, ik this is 2 years ago but then again just scrolling thru the comments

@bangkok1817 Год назад

Imagine interviewing Michael Jordan for a few minutes without knowing the entire concept of basketball and getting really annoyed quickly. Then get really excited to interview the Bulls' cheerleaders for over 10 minutes. Vice reporting is trash.

@blackhowl19 8 лет назад

DOTA2 > LOL PERIOD.

@teemokimochisenpai1327 6 лет назад

Sonny ??? Stupid. Dota is dying game. Stupid graphic. Lol > dotass

@imsokka2231 6 лет назад

dota is already dead lol it has been for 4 years XD

@Lucifye 8 лет назад

cloud9 more like choke9.... sorry cs:go reference.

@liokin229 8 лет назад

You can't choke harder than Liquid did against Luminosity at MLG Columbus.

@geniusturkey9832 7 лет назад

5:30 has this guy even played any kind of computer game in his life?

@funkwolf 9 лет назад

Dota is still better.

@n1ck49m4 9 лет назад

nope

@funkwolf 9 лет назад

very intriguing argument, i will take it into consideration.

@samkim4775 9 лет назад

N1ck49M DOTA prizes total up to roughly 10 million last year, and in terms of total winnings per amount of tournaments and games, DOTA pays out more. I think nearly 28 million over roughly 400 tournaments in DOTA and about 19 million over the course of almost 1400 tournaments, according to esportsearnings dot com. In terms of making money for top players, DOTA would be the way to go.

@MrBonglove 9 лет назад

Aaron Wichers lol. To bad league has 10x the player base. I guess that makes them better? hmm.....

@TexacoJoD 9 лет назад

escuse me LOL, of course. Justin Bieber is far more popular than Dream Theater, that must mean he's a better artist! Popularity = quality, right?

@beepm3199 8 лет назад

PLEASE GET SOMEONE THAT KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT ESPORTS TO DO A DOC ABOUT ESPORTS... ALSO Cloud 9 is not the best in North America

@FilipTheMVC 9 лет назад

I liked the series, but there are a few things I disagree on: 1. Yes, asian countries are generally ahead of western countries when it comes to skill, but Sweden is just second after South Korea and that's a 9 million people country, that also goes for the "internet" comment that was made, Sweden has the second best internet in the world after SK, that's a eu country. 2. LoL = Korea>China>NA>EU, EU>NA before season 5, that is when NA surpassed EU in terms of skill, but mostly becuase of team disbanding. Dota 2 = China, Sweden and Ukraine (aka EU) CS = Sweden and that's it, maybe a little bit of france. Starcraft = Korea and Sweden, some NA and maybe some France here aswell. Sweden didn't even get an honorable mention in the entire series which is weird, it's an "eSport documentary" but it only covered LoL basically. I used these 4 games as examples cause they are the only really relevant games when it comes to profesional gaming, and these are facts, by earnings and just common knowledge when it comes to eSport