Friday, March 23, 2018

Lets's Talk About Why eSports Has Gone Viral.

           In the last decade, we have seen an enormous amount amount of growth in the gaming community in both the amount of participants and the popularity that is seen around the world. A large part of this is how easily accessible it is to view an eSport's game and how "viral" the videos can take off. Much like watching football or baseball on cable television, watching an eSport competition like League of Legends or Rocket League, is incredibly easy, free, and accessible.

           One of the most popular and widely used platforms to watch these games is through the streaming service of Twitch. Twitch, which is a website built and designed for streamers to upload and live stream their gaming content, is also an avenue for viewers to watch their favorite streamers and professional players. Twitch offers a wide variety of game play, and offers special offers and deals for their viewers to have. Unlike having cable television, Twitch is completely free and can be downloaded on any mobile device, computer, or tablet. What makes Twitch the ideal streaming platform, is that it allows a lot of these games to go instantly viral across the world. Since anyone can watch a live stream on Twitch, this gives the endless possibilities that anyone around the globe can view the games in real time.


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         Twitch also supports its "viral" videos by sharing them and allowing the most popular videos to be up front on its main website for anyone to view. This gives plenty of opportunity to instantly tune in and watch without much difficulty. Overall websites like Twitch have only increased the ways we can watch eSport's events and have made them even more popular as Twitch continues to grow. This is one of the reasons why we see eSport's videos go viral, with millions of viewers watching them daily.

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