HBO discuss e-Sports

With how attention is obtained and how the media works now-a-days, I wonder if they're not intentionally being idiotic about it just because it would get it press.

I don't know any of those people normally, so it's complete speculation on my part, however it wouldn't exactly be a bad plan to intentionally berate it so that people like everyone in this thread go off on a rampage and bring up logical arguments about it. It brings the concept to the attention of the oblivious public. Everyone uses the Internet now-a-days, and so many people post their thoughts about everything just because that's what is normal now, you could very easily scheme this.

You intentionally talk pomegranate about something you want people to understand and see. Then, when everyone gets upset that it was said, they post essays about how it's the opposite of what you just said. Then everyone sees the logic. You might end up looking like an idiot, but you've just done something extremely important for the future of the topic.

I could be wrong, and these guys could easily just be a bunch of fu'cking idiots, but I could be right, too.

I dunno, just a random thought I had when I was reading the article posted by Words and this thread.

Tinfoil hat much? Haha, just kidding. It's a possibility but I doubt it. The purpose is indeed to get attention, they use a trendy topic and they might be acting like idiots but there's nothing beyond that. I don't think they would do anything, important or not, for the future of anything (other than themselves) on purpose. And even then, I seriously doubt that they have a clue about what video games are at the moment and what eSports are. The article I linked and several other interviews to people who have gotten involved in eSports for "random" reasons, other than actual interest in gaming, all say that they had no clue whatsoever that there was such a thing, that they're surprised (or amazed) when they found out. I think that your theory expects too much from TV people.

If there were actual arguments against considering eSports a thing coming from the people in the show I'd be surprised and interested because I've read some pretty interesting ones around the internet but this show is all nonsense that should be ignored and dismissed because it lacks quality. Unless one finds interest in people spewing shi't, like "Gamers are nerds who go to Star Trek conventions", and pretending it's an argument against considering eSports the same as "real sports".