[sdwr]

I just read an interview with an esports pro transitioning to a normal job, he said the exact same thing. That the game environment is very "coddled" - you are always on a track, getting pulled towards the next milestone. Real life is more open-ended and less instantly gratifying.

[Fire-Dragon-DoL]

Multiplayer games are extremely different from single player games though. Multiplayer games are on purpose made to keep you hooked, to keep your spending up.

Single player games have one off purchases (unless you are playing trash games), so the requirement is to just have an enjoyable experience.

For some weird reason we couple all of this under "screen time" and "videogames" encompasses both multiplayer and singleplayer, which is heavily different.

[azemetre]

Do you happen to have the article? Sounds interesting. I was very invested in the sc2 esports scene in 2010 during college.

[sdwr]

Yeah, sorry for the late reply.

It was this article with ptitdrogo

https://www.christian-staedter.com/guest-newsletter-theo-pti...

[azemetre]

Thanks! This person was literally right when I stopped watching (shortly before legacy of the void was released).

I'm kinda curious what happened to the earlier pros, like Idra, Huk, etc. I suppose time to do some detective work. :D