miketehmage said:
Well to be honest I kind of agree with the music thing. It kind of fits with what I was saying. I mean, look at how many shitty boybands are out there who have absolutely zero talent, they sing songs that were written for them, and then have everything autotuned to make them sound good;
and they make a bazillion dollars just because they got lucky and were picked to be special(Pewdiepie)
No, they got popular because people liked them, as bad as they may be (I can't stand Pewdiepie personally) here is a demand for them and thus they make money. Just because they offend your personal taste, dosen't mean they don't deserve money.
Of course you have real talented musicians who write their own stuff and put in the time to practice (because playing an instrument takes skill, people can't just pick them up and play). And those are my "Competitive gamers".
You are comparing Apples to Oranges. Competitive Gaming is a sport, Let's Plays are Entertainment in the classic sense, These are the Daily show's and Conan's of gaming compared to the NFLs and Premier Leagues of competitive gaming. Infact, by your rules gaming sport commentary I just someone talking over footage... which leads me to the main point of my argument you skim read.
Look I'm not trying to get all LP's removed from the internet man, I'm just saying it's really shitty that all a person has to do is play a game, record it, and shout a little bit and BOOM tonnes of money.
You really don't think that it's ridiculous?
Yes I do, the reason you find them so ridiculous is one that, If applied elsewhere would be ridiculous, If all they do is talk over stuff, shouldn't the likes of Jon Stewart, Conan, Graham Norton, Any stand up comedian, any Popular Youtube Vlogger, the aforementioned Commentators on E/Normal Sports, any interviewer, any Film/TV/etc Commentary team like MST3000, Rifttrax, $5 Wrestling (more people need to go find $5 Wrestling btw) or any of the myriad of Channel Awesome shows.
Hell what is a reviewer? if not someone who just talks about something they watched or played, should the likes of High king Jim Sterling the 13th be denyed his Dragon dildo and Willem Defoe sex costume money?
If you look at you tube lets plays, there are countless thousands of ones that are just as you say, someone talking about what they see on screen or just plain recordings of them playing, these don't make a penny and usually have view counts in the 10s rather than millions.
As much as you hate PewdiePie, the popular LP's are popular because they are entertaining to their audiences. If you watch their shows, the act of playing the game is just fuel for them to make people laugh etc. Watch shows like RoosterTheeth Lets plays, Total Biscuit, Nerd3, YoggsCast, GameGrumps or any of the others ones people think I'm an idiot for not including.
Stop focusing on one Swedish prat and deciding that everyone else deserves to lose their lively hood.