MLG Anaheim 'largest North American eSports event'

They always lie with their numbers. Everytime I see their numbers they're so inflated. Lol. Stop trying to lie to get people interested.

I just wish I could play a game online and feel like I did good.I could never seem to put it all together and I don't necessarily have to win but man I'd suck.Still love the game.

4.7 million viewers online? Nonsense, Mayweather fights don't attract that much online.

Excitement, rivalries, dramas, dedication, twists and turn overs, happy ends and disappointments... eSports can offer them all just like any other form of entertainment. So (?°?°)?? ??? sEports!

Also, Stephano is the best!

keep making gaming a legit sport! im excited for the future

Is there a place where I can watch the replays of the LOL and SCII matches?

I have watched SCII here and there and enjoyed it, so why not give that and some of the other games another shot?

Is eSports (or competitive gaming) for everyone? Nope. Obviously 4.7 Million were interested enough to check it out at some point during the weekend and if that doesn't speak to the legitimacy of this particular form of entertainment, than I don't know what will. I will be the first to admit that I am not the biggest fan of SC2 of LoL but I appreciate all the hard work and training these guys put into it. I did the same thing when I competed and if it's something you enjoy, you support it. No one is shoving eSports down your throats here people. I had the chance to do on floor interviews and MC the fighter stream and it was amazing. The hype that you get from the crowd is breathtaking and a feeling unlike any other. It's a community that's passionate about one thing:

Competitive gaming.

I don't expect to change the minds of those who are negative toward the subject but for this who are unsure if this is something you might be into I implore you to go to MLG.tv because there is something for everyone. At the end of the day it's all about gaming and hopefully that message has not been lost in this post.

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Haters gonna hate.  Do you guys realize MLG has been going on for 10 years now?  TEN YEARS.  This isn't cricket or "some eurasia thing" (/rolleyes).  

Anyway, after reading some blogs, I think MLG needs to do a little better job taking care of its not-Korean players (had a lot to do with trying to run two tournaments simultaneously), but overall it was very good.  I didn't get to attend, but the production value was quite high on the stream.

Since many of you don't seem to understand competitive games (Minecraft and WoW ftw, amirite?), do you guys realize the kind of money top players and casters are making?  Flash (winner of the Kespa invitational) is in the midst of of a million dollar contract.  Forbes interviewed the owner of team Evil Geniuses.  Day[9] was in their 30 under 30 list.  Did you know the CBS has inked deals with basically every major "eSports" league?  If competitive gaming isn't legit, please explain to me what will make it so.  ^.^

All the haters here are only proving that they know a lot about absolutely nothing. Forming opinions on things that you know nothing about is the epitome of ignorance and buffoonery.   MLG was awesome and esports are growing more and more everyday.  Great job, MLG!

Had an awesome time watching the stream this past weekend! Was an amazing event; can't wait for the next. Congrats on their numbers as well.

MLG is a league just like every other league on the planet. They are home to some of the best players in the world at what they do. Doesn't matter if they're not extremely physically active while competing, the fact is that they are COMPETING and they are competing at the highest level possible on the planet, and that deserves respect from everybody regardless if you're not a video game fan. IMO, professional gamers do exactly what people in NASCAR do. In NASCAR, are people making a lot of physical activity? No. They're just sitting in a chair and pressing pedals and turning a wheel. Everything else that happens is a result of those actions. In that regards, I believe if you respect NASCAR as a competition or sport you'd be ignorant to not do the same for eSports.

MLG really stepped it up last weekend, with the Spring Championship! There were some bumps along the way but I definitely considered it a successful weekend, and even while watching on stream (I'm from the UK), you really got a sense of just how BIG the event was this time around. 

To everybody hating on eSports: Look. We get it. It sounds crazy. But we're gamers too. We're no different than you. You all seem to think it's crazy. But have you tried watching a single match before you move on to collectively dismiss and bash on the whole community? If you tried it and didn't like it, then that's fine, that's your opinion. If you haven't, and you act like you know about it, then you just look ignorant. Go ahead, give it a shot, watch a match: http://tv.majorleaguegaming.com/events/17-spring-championship#1423/1502/1;89946 If you didn't like it, then at least you can say why.

Oh, and for the record: a lot of my friends who originally laughed at the idea of eSports and MLG now watch faithfully and love it. Do us a favor: give it a shot. There's lots of fun to be had.

For people getting hung up on "eSports" as the term, it's just a thing the west is borrowing from Korea.  We know Starcraft and League of Legends aren't football or baseball.  That's part of why we like it.We have a really supportive community, despite our occasional overreactions.  We have players from all over the world who travel to events like these to put on a show.  They win and lose, celebrate and grieve, just like in "real sports."

Like it or not, our generation and younger will be playing games in competitive settings.Quit giving attention to DashRender. 

Lol at all the hate.  Typical gamers, ready to dump on ANYTHING that they don't happen to like and the people who enjoy it.

eSports isn't my thing either, though I do enjoy watching a match ro two of SCII once in a  while.

However you won't see me saying crazy stuff like some of the people below. I mean some dude seriously wants to burn people alive who like eSports.

Wacko.

I loved watching this. Congrats to DRG.

Gamers posting on a gaming website complaining about other people "wasting their time"? Pretty pathetic.  

 437,000 people didn't want to go out into the sun that day. MLG is rubbish and shouldn't be taken seriously at all and whenever someone tries to compare them to real athletes I stab myself in the neck with a pen to melt that persons face off with boiling blood.

Sorry, did something way more productive then watch league of legends......

Sometimes I like watching my dad play CoD. He's 54 and not a gamer by any means, and it's always entertaining. (He's better than you might think.)

But I'll pass on this.