1. People actually enjoy WATCHING others play a video game? Professional sports are entertaining, I just can't believe that there's actually a market for PRO gamers. Frankly when people are now spending their free time watchign other play games (not just playing games themselves) then things have gone very long for their social lives...Unless of course I'm totally off base with how pro gaming works.

Posted at 5:53PM on Dec 18th 2006 by Krazy Koala

2. its fascinating to see how someone reacts in certain situtations in games such as halo 2. Its like a chess game but with high powered weapons.

Posted at 6:37PM on Dec 18th 2006 by Dave

3. It's pretty interesting to see two pro teams go at it in Halo. Some of the most heated and competitive battles.

Posted at 7:51PM on Dec 18th 2006 by giga

4. I'm still not convinced. I'll stick to watching hockey and playing Halo.

Posted at 7:56PM on Dec 18th 2006 by Krazy Koala

5. I think STK became Final Boss

Posted at 8:37PM on Dec 18th 2006 by Happy

6. The show they have on USA on Saturday mornings is fairly entertaining- if you're a Halo 2 geek. The announcing is good, the video is superb, and the cheese factor is zero. It reminds me of the world series of poker when it first blew up. Not that Halo 2 videos will experience the same, but hey, it's cool if you know Halo 2.

Posted at 10:05PM on Dec 18th 2006 by dan s.

7. why wasnt STK signed? or are those just the recent teams that were signed pro?

Posted at 3:07AM on Dec 19th 2006 by ZOMG PWNZER

8. i actually enjoy the MLG show every saturday morning...its done surprisingly well...and it actually is fun to watch...

people should give it a shot before knocking it...

Posted at 2:36PM on Dec 19th 2006 by agent lead

9. The New York Times is a load. I've heard specifically of people who've been to Korea for Starcraft, and it's not THAT big. It has it's own community, the average working guy won't know boxer on the street if he ran circles around him. And only people like boxer get occassionaly mobbed, everyone else is esentially just another face on the street.

Posted at 8:29PM on Dec 19th 2006 by Tyler

10. Actually, pro gaming is a big deal in Korea. The top gamers are all national celebrities and can't go out on the streets without getting mobbed. They have game channels and people talk about the latest pro games like people in the US talk about what great play Peyton Manning did last Sunday. Game rooms are everywhere and it's totally cool to take your girlfriend on a date to play Starcraft for 6 hours. I'm not making this up. There was a big article about it in the New York Times a couple months ago which you can google.

Posted at 2:10PM on Dec 27th 2006 by fredo