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by hombre_fatal 356 days ago
Streaming also changed the landscape.

The game meta/knowledge spreads through realtime video and incidental entertainment instead of through slow message boards only frequented by power users who would do something as lame as spend time on a 2005 message board.

It's amazing how deeply knowledgable everyone is about every game because of it.

I guess it's not good or bad. It's nice that gaming is mainstream instead of being a stereotypical loser activity it was when I was in high school.