[busterarm]

No I mean "sustain an esport" the same as I would mean "sustain a sport".

For it to be an actual contest it needs an actual sample size of players. Sports need spectators and narratives that generate interest.

Nobody gives a damn about Warsow the same way nobody gave a damn about Ferret-Legging.

It's not a sport if its players are limited to "you and your mates from round the way", that's just a game. Sports are meant to expose the limits of human potential.

[lupusreal]

Warsow's popularity fell off but it was there for a while. You can't reasonably expect every game to stay popular forever, not be the most popular around. It's not like every ball sport other than football/soccer is a failure just because "nobody cares about it" relative to that.