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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7761272" data-attributes="member: 6796661"><p>There were plenty of skeptics who didn't think poker would be successful as a spectator game. Bill Gloss has a nice, short, readable history of how power developed into a spectator sport...something it only did fairly recently (late 90's, early 2000s): <a href="http://www.billglose.com/poker.htm" target="_blank">http://www.billglose.com/poker.htm</a></p><p></p><p>Attempts had been made to televise poker tournaments since the late 70s, but it was not until Steven Lipscomb and Lyle Berman developed a format using "pocket cams" in 2002 that televised poker took off. </p><p></p><p>Similarly, professional recordings of D&D radio shows were recorded by TSR in the early 80s, but it wasn't until new technology made spectating D&D games more cost effective and compelling. </p><p></p><p>I think the overall point is that there are plenty of activities that get televised, which a certain segment of the population would scratch their heads at and think would never take off, but a large enough segment of the population do enjoy watching them, especially when technology make for more compelling audience experiences. </p><p></p><p>Off the top of my head, I can't understand watching:</p><p></p><p>darts</p><p>bowling</p><p>golf</p><p>spelling bees</p><p>yahting</p><p>most reality TV</p><p></p><p>But they all do quite well without my patronage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 7761272, member: 6796661"] There were plenty of skeptics who didn't think poker would be successful as a spectator game. Bill Gloss has a nice, short, readable history of how power developed into a spectator sport...something it only did fairly recently (late 90's, early 2000s): [url]http://www.billglose.com/poker.htm[/url] Attempts had been made to televise poker tournaments since the late 70s, but it was not until Steven Lipscomb and Lyle Berman developed a format using "pocket cams" in 2002 that televised poker took off. Similarly, professional recordings of D&D radio shows were recorded by TSR in the early 80s, but it wasn't until new technology made spectating D&D games more cost effective and compelling. I think the overall point is that there are plenty of activities that get televised, which a certain segment of the population would scratch their heads at and think would never take off, but a large enough segment of the population do enjoy watching them, especially when technology make for more compelling audience experiences. Off the top of my head, I can't understand watching: darts bowling golf spelling bees yahting most reality TV But they all do quite well without my patronage. [/QUOTE]
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