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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7754508" data-attributes="member: 6796661">I think it would work and I know I would consume it. I DM your typical cooperative and narrative games for the most part. But I remember fondly tournament games at Gen Con in the 80s. More recently I enjoyed the battle-royale version of D&D that the Acquisition Incorporated guys put on at PAXNot long before that, I enjoyed the meatgrinder game Chris Perkins DM'd on Stream of Annihilation. Of course, these were live games, so I don't think they count as e-sports. A true e-sport game would just be a D&D themed competitive video game, that perhaps used some mechanics based on the D&D game system. How does that affect my table play? It doesn't. I could just ignore it like I do Forte Night and League of Legends. But I would LOVE to have a new rulebook release for competitive play. It could be fun. But at the same time, it would be a greater threat to traditional D&D, especially if it gets popular. Or, perhaps, it will bring many more people to the game and to local game stores, and perhaps a good number of them would take interest in traditional D&D and other TTRPGs. It could be a shot in the arm for our FLGS and get more kids away from the computer and game consoles and sitting at a table with other people. So, while I don't think they are seriously talking about D&D as an e-sport, I don't think it is that crazy of an idea, it likely won't affect you if you don't like it, and if it takes off would be a good thing for the hobby.</blockquote>

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