Is it socially acceptable to talk about or take interested in

No, people would laugh at you.

>Australia
>not since the Khan of Khans conquered my country

>>54862508
>not interested in e-sports
>still buttblasted enough by it to create a damage control thread
KHAN'D

>>54862508
Who is this qt?

>>54863098
Lauri Happonen, see file name. He's probably got an unpenetrated finnish bp

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>>54862508
>be an Anussie
>get KHAN'D

Yeah, unless you're a faggot about it obviously.
Conversations about it usually go something like this.

>Why do you watch other people play games instead of playing them yourself?
>Same reason we watch football and shit.
>Oh fair enough.

Unless you're a socially awkward fuckwit, people will never actually look down on you for your hobbies tbqh

>>54862508
It's not the kind of thing you'd bring up when talking to someone you don't know, but then again you're not supposed to bring up personal interests with a stranger anyway. All in all, I'd imagine being a fan of esports isn't really treated diffferently than any other niche interest

>>54862508
Only when talking about hobbies, you cant introduce yourself with a stranger asking:
>did you see Australians getting khan'd?

>>54862508
Only if your companion might be interested in it, for example, he mentioned he plays Dota or something. Video games and e-sports are still not a normie thing.

>>54863421
Are you telling me that there are russians who dont play DOTA?

>>54862508
Straya
No..not since we got khand

>>54862898
>>54863181
>>>/esports/

>>54862508
Not after the great khanening of Australia

Yes.

>>54864020
kek of course. Do you actually talk about it with your friends irl?

>>54864220
It's pretty normal to talk about esports among your friends if that's the sort of thing you're into (and chances are that this is exactly the sort of thing you're into), but that's just like anywhere else. More notably the interest is widespread enough that no one would really take notice or think it to be unusual for people to be openly talking about esports in public. You can expect to be able to talk about Brood War with any male aged between 12 and 35. We also have like three television channels dedicated to esports and several for Go (or Baduk as they call it here).

This is just cultural norm though. I don't actually have any irl friends.

>>54863281
Thread done.

we beat the kids/teens who claim they're gamers

Not really socially acceptable. Definitely don't talk about it to random people. I talk about professional league of legends with a couple of people who I know watch it too. Speaking of which what's everyone's rank? Silver shitter here

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>>54864446
>League of Legends

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>be Australian
>get Genghis Khan'd

Khan'd

>>54862508
it would be weird/cringey to just start talking about esports out of the blue with strangers.
ive never really understood the point of watching somebody else play vidyas instead of playing it yourself, maybe im getting old.

>>54864643
Read >>54863281. People watch esports because there's a much higher standard of play at the competitive level. Maybe you're confusing esports with the Let's Play content that's become especially popular over the past few years which are literally just "celebrity" figures playing the video games that the viewers could just as well play themselves.

>>54864779
but the same thing can be said about regular sports too though. id be more entertained shooting a basketball and missing the majority of the shots than i would be from watching an nba game where the skill level is significantly better.

Sorta, i guess.
>>54865012
not everyone is like you.

>>54865012
>the same thing can be said about regular sports too
Exactly.

A lot of the fun in playing competitive games is in getting better and figuring out strategies for winning more. Players watch competitive standard play of the games they play to see how the best players play the game and learn from it to inform their own play. Esports spectators generally don't exclusively watch esports and never play the game.

>>54865203
Who do you think is the Dom/Sub in the Doa/MonteCristo duo? I bet doa gives it to Monte's boipussy after casting.

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>>54865400
doa and monte best caster duo

>>54865400
I don't watch League of Legends.

>>54865485
>muh starcraft
rest in peace

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Call of duty,counterstrike and recently halo were all at the xgames
So its getting there

Also some butterfaced skier got butthurt because she only got bronze10 years ago

http://www.foxsports.com/other/story/gamers-got-gold-medals-at-x-games-and-she-s-not-happy-020116

Belgium
e-sports are considered for lowlifes with autism

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>>54862508
ARE YOU READY FOR SWEDISH COUNTRY?

KHAN'D

>>54863158
desu filename is probably wrong. a lot of people (myself included) bough allu stickers in CSGO, which isnt reported income for esports income meme shit.

>>54866203
dota is gay don't bring that cuck esport into here or i'll get Lewis to choke a nigger.

>>54866281
This site is for 18+ only.

After we completely dominated the Counter-Strike scene in the early 2000's, it's accepted. It makes sense it's unheard of in Australia considering your shitty broadband, while you'll get tax reductions over here for buying one.

How the fuck do you, of all things, get beaten by mongols? They literary still live in huts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_ZKxA25nk8

literally

home of e-sports
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why anglos care i never understood, non-european teams never win anything

This shitty meme has really damaged my opinion of Poland.

Fucking e-sports? Really? That's like some nerdy kid making fun of the alpha in class because he sneezed during a lecture.

>>54862508
Glassing is ok. But sacrificing such people to monguls is just too cruel even for Aussies.

Stop the khaning now.

>>54862508
yes if you go to computer science or some stem degree with other autists and le quirky girls.

>>54862508
People would laugh at you just for saying "e-sports"

>>54862508
Serbian esporter reporting in
>Serbia
>nobody cares

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>so anon what did you do last night?
>i watched some e-sport

>>54868959
Actually a chad at worked asked me that when I had done nothing but play a game for 7 hours straight. He then asked but what do you actually DO in the game. I mumbled "kill dragons and shit". He visibly cringed.

>>54866137
rare manfinnpig

>>54869396
It's a Swede you butthole

>>54866526

Those nerdy kids have international fanbases measured in hundreds of thousands and make more millions at best a year

>>54869251

>Not saving face and saying you played CoD or Fifa

no its not

I feel like everyone games casually. If you play competitively it comes off more as a hobby. Similar to flying RC planes or learning an instrument.