We all have heard how once you enter Apple Ecosystem there is no going back. It is all because of unmatched top tier experience that no competitor provide in the world. Once your mind have that experience anything below seems a downgrade, dull, shabby and unexciting. Similar are the watch-parties or i would say excess of watch-parties of top tier tournament. Watch-parties are great for stakeholders, it brings more numbers and eye balls to the sponsors. But it ruins the numbers and viewership at ground zero.
Once a average viewer experience the gameplay and unmatched production of tier S tournament, his mind just cant comprehend to watch anything below that scale. That viewer won't be able to find joy in watching streamer's gameplay, his mind won't be able to comprehend to how to watch a tournament not organized on vast scale production, or to listen to caster who appears to just woke up and sat before the camera and mic. History is evident, every competitive e-sport, be it Counter Strike, DOTA or LOL, after sometime dies on ground zero and attracts viewership only at tier S tournaments. It is inevitable but the excess of tournaments and watch-parties only speed up that process.
Watch-parties seems to be more easier and quicker way for a streamer to get more clicks on stream but i guess they forget once that viewer is hooked into watching Boaster's silly dances during a competitive match then there is no going back. That viewer of yours is no longer your viewer anymore. He won't be bothered to click on stream when he does not see the word "Watchparty" in title.
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