You Tuber claims Mr.Beast faked all his videos and competitions

[JakeL]

My issue - to this day - about watching streamers, is that you can play any video game yourself without much hassle. I never understood the draw of watching someone do something you can do yourself, other than to learn. 99.9% of humanity can't just waltz out to Daytona and put in laps, nor can they kick a field goal under pressure, hell I bet the same number can't saw a straight line. I do understand watching sports, there is a spectacle (with value?) in viewing athletes and competition in top form.

I was in university when the whole phenomenon started, and the boys were constantly watching other people game, and I would always rather improve my own lap times than that any day. Add to that a huge portion of streamers play low-skill games like Minecraft, and it boggles the mind to imagine the view numbers total.

Looking up some cheese strats, or walkthroughs of tough sections - that makes sense to me. I was always a player, not a watcher and never understood it. I posit there is a physiological/psychological aspect to watching streamers, that it is on a screen in front of you (as if you are playing) and your brain is tricked into thinking you're playing, getting that same sense of satisfaction or accomplishment. Worth a study, since the medium is extremely well established and super popular with the developing mind.

I think you just completely contradicted yourself. I can't speak for everyone, but I personally like watching people game who are better than me.

I'd struggle to hit a home run, and I can't play games even half as good as the people I watch. It's entertaining to watch people do things, or perform at a level that you can't (or don't want to put in the time to). I get the same feeling watching someone make the buzzer beater as I do when someone pulls off a 1v3.

Using your logic, watching sports is also dumb because you can go outside and hit a rock with a stick anytime you want

[Thee Byte]

That's wild

[Thee Byte]

I think you just completely contradicted yourself. I can't speak for everyone, but I personally like watching people game who are better than me.

I'd struggle to hit a home run, and I can't play games even half as good as the people I watch. It's entertaining to watch people do things, or perform at a level that you can't (or don't want to put in the time to). I get the same feeling watching someone make the buzzer beater as I do when someone pulls off a 1v3.

Using your logic, watching sports is also dumb because you can go outside and hit a rock with a stick anytime you want

You have to practice a lot to do well on gaming also, people are very competitive, I had to work really hard to get a decent ranking in call of duty, equipment makes a big difference like turtle beach headsets etc

[Incogneeto]

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[gcode]

Some gaming videos are mind numbingly dumb. But I have to say watching people play video games was a huge part of my childhood. I fully believe the countless hours on YT helped build my problem solving skills and turned me into a quick learner.

Early in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan humvees and troop carriers had 50 cal machine guns in open turrets on top
The gunners in those turrets took heavy casualties as they had to stand up exposed to enemy fire to operate the guns.
The Army came out with a new generation of remote controlled machine guns with the gunners sitting inside the armored
vehicle operating the guns via a joystick and video screen.
The Army was concerned it would take a lot of training to get the gunners dialed in with the remote controlled guns.
It turns out that all the screen time young men had with video games translated directly into skill
with real life remote controlled machine guns.
Not only were the remote control gunners safer, they were much more deadly with the remote controlled guns
than the guys standing in gun turrets running open sights and exposed to enemy fire.
so ... all that time wasted playing video games was not wasted if you joined the army and became a remote control gun turret operator.

[gcode]

I had to work really hard to get a decent ranking in call of duty,

That's why I never played a lot of video games.
If I did it, I wanted to be good at it, but I was not willing or able to invest the time required to become proficient.

[mowens]

Early in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan humvees and troop carriers had 50 cal machine guns in open turrets on top
The gunners in those turrets took heavy casualties as they had to stand up exposed to enemy fire to operate the guns.
The Army came out with a new generation of remote controlled machine guns with the gunners sitting inside the armored
vehicle operating the guns via a joystick and video screen.
The Army was concerned it would take a lot of training to get the gunners dialed in with the remote controlled guns.
It turns out that all the screen time young men had with video games translated directly into skill
with real life remote controlled machine guns.
Not only were the remote control gunners safer, they were much more deadly with the remote controlled guns
than the guys standing in gun turrets running open sights and exposed to enemy fire.
so ... all that time wasted playing video games was not wasted if you joined the army and became a remote control gun turret operator.

My son in law was one of those gunners in the early days of the Iraq War. His group was tasked with providing security for the convoys. He never got shot but three of the convoys he was in hit IEDs. He spent 18 months there.

[gcode]

I'm glad he made it home safely.
He is a brave man who was doing a dangerous job.
 

[CNCAppsJames]

My son in law was one of those gunners in the early days of the Iraq War. His group was tasked with providing security for the convoys. He never got shot but three of the convoys he was in hit IEDs. He spent 18 months there.

18 months in the sandbox... holy smokes.

[mowens]

He's a really good guy, too, and a great dad to his 2 young daughters. I just wouldn't want to be the boy trying to date one of them.

This is him and his 6 year old after they finished the Spartan Race Michigan earlier this month

Sorry about the face book link.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/DFWp8hjUsTUc3DhX/?mibextid=qi2Omg

[Thee Byte]

That's why I never played a lot of video games.
If I did it, I wanted to be good at it, but I was not willing or able to invest the time required to become proficient.

I took a year off after high school to focus on gaming, then I enrolled in machining.

Should have stuck to gaming!! 😭😂

[Thee Byte]

Early in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan humvees and troop carriers had 50 cal machine guns in open turrets on top
The gunners in those turrets took heavy casualties as they had to stand up exposed to enemy fire to operate the guns.
The Army came out with a new generation of remote controlled machine guns with the gunners sitting inside the armored
vehicle operating the guns via a joystick and video screen.
The Army was concerned it would take a lot of training to get the gunners dialed in with the remote controlled guns.
It turns out that all the screen time young men had with video games translated directly into skill
with real life remote controlled machine guns.
Not only were the remote control gunners safer, they were much more deadly with the remote controlled guns
than the guys standing in gun turrets running open sights and exposed to enemy fire.
so ... all that time wasted playing video games was not wasted if you joined the army and became a remote control gun turret operator.

That show where they modify guns they did one up like that for a private contractror operating in iraq

[JakeL]

My son in law was one of those gunners in the early days of the Iraq War. His group was tasked with providing security for the convoys. He never got shot but three of the convoys he was in hit IEDs. He spent 18 months there.

I have a huge amount of respect for anyone who serves. But to be a sitting duck trying to provide security for others, there's a different level of respect for a guy in a role like that.

[mowens]

It's interesting; he stayed in the army for a total of nine years. I have another son in law who is still in the air force as an EOD tech. He, too, saw combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, 6 months in each (EOD units only served 6 month deployments. I guess they didn't want to push their luck).
I have another son in law who retired from the army having never been deployed.

The first two almost never talk about their experiences. They avoid recognition for being veterans and wouldn't take advantage of discounts if their wives' didn't make them.
The one who didn't deploy is very gung ho about all of that stuff.

[CNCAppsJames]

One of my Eagle Scouts is in the Navy... and got a SEAL contract. Could not get through BUD/s... made a great impression on his CO apparently though because while healing from his injuries and surgery (torn ACL, torn MCL,  and torn Labrum), he got into EOD. Suit not dog.

He's attached to a SEAL Team and has been deployed 2x. Won't tell me where, but I have my suspicions. Doesn't talk much about his experiences on deployment... except the pranks. Pretty epic. Gotta blow off steam somehow.

His unit adopted a dog though... or rather the dog adopted them... What is it with stray dogs in 3rd world shitholes? His unit's unit fur missile is like super protective of it too. In the midst of war... a sense of normalcy.

So much respect for those that sign their names on the dotted line.