https://twitter.com/TheCauldron/status/592536308813156352
Up against the NBA Playoffs, NHL Playoffs, and Sunday Night Baseball, ESPN2 went outside-the-box and aired something you wouldn’t expect to see on Bristol airwaves.
Video games.
ESPN2 televised a gaming competition (or e-Sports if you’re so inclined) called Heroes of the Dorm. It’s not the first time ESPN has gone down this route, but it sure got people talking…
I used to announce my Bases Loaded games. Sad to think if I were born 20 years later I could have been a video game announcer.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) April 27, 2015
On another note, what is on espn2?!? How am I just finding out about this???
— Robert Flores (@RoFlo) April 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/edsbs/status/592526822551629824
Those video game players are students athletes and deserve to be paid @awfulannouncing
— Tyler Ruff (@tyruffy) April 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/dieseldog97/status/592527448043950081
@awfulannouncing in your life, have you ever seen a B button like that?!
— Outside Clutter (@OutsideClutter) April 27, 2015
Like everything else in society, pretty much half the population says this is the worst thing ever while others say it’s the greatest thing ever.
Really though, why not televise video games as smart counter-programming against live playoff action? At least you’re offering something different that some folks might be interested in because they love video games or they’re watching out of curiosity. I got hooked wondering what it would be like with Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery calling the action or Dave Pasch and Bill Walton. (Please God let Bill Walton call a video game competition…)
https://twitter.com/BillWalton/status/592560243692863490
Please God…
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