Can Watching Be Better Than Playing? Part2: Top Level Play

Now like the majority of my readers, barring possibly 1, I am not a world championship level player and thanks to my cronic procrastination and attention span of a gnat when it comes to anything but games design I'm unlikely to ever be.

However there is a way I can enjoy all the fun of that amazing play without having to shed a single friend in the process. This is watching casts and recordings of top level tournament play.

While many of you may either be thinking I'm dense for bringing this up, or just bored by the process, hear me out. While for the most part high level play can just be pokes and least risky actions there is the odd thing that comes up which can be an enjoyable watch.

Can Watching Be Better Than Playing? Part1: Speedruns

Welcome to the second post of The View from Bottom Table.

Now when it comes to games I've always been the sort that plays, I like to compete against the machine and my fellow players whenever I can. So the idea of watching someone else play always seemed a strange one to me. That was before I discovered speedruns.