@mrmhead Said
I just happened to tune into the last 20 min of this to see what it's all about.
I guess as with any sport, you have to understand what's going on to appreciate it.
... referring to Overwatch
The same could be said for politics.
Except in politics, they expect the average person to
not understand, and then when said person learns more about politics, the less they appreciate it.
Of course with eSports games like Overwatch, it tends to be difficult to understand by watching when there's ten different things happening at once.
With most ports, you can watch an inning, a period, a half, what have you, and you'll get a feel for what it is. People know what a grand slam or a touchdown is, but most would be confused if you talked about GOATS.
*(GOATS is the name of a type of team comp made popular by a former team that literally everyone does now. Instead of a standard 2/2/2 team [2 Damage, 2 Tank, 2 Support], they go 3 Tanks, 3 Supports. Normally, this results in a lower damage output, but one of the Tanks, Zarya, can absorb damage and use it to power her gun. When paired with someone with a strong shield [usually Reinhardt] and D.Va [who can 'delete' certain projectiles and fire longer ranges], they make for a hard-to-kill team. Pair those three with Brigette [a Swedish shieldmaiden with a flail, radial heal on impact and armor-giving abilities], Zenyatta [a robot monk who can increase the damage received to a single foe while also providing decent damage] and Lucio [a Brazilian DJ utilizing high-tech rollerblades and sound-technology to constantly heal AND speed boost his team] and you have a very hard to kill, very difficult to counter team comp that pretty much everyone uses.)
And that was the short explaination.