Will we ever get something as pure and wonderful as this again?

I'm sick! I watched these as a kid growing up and as soon as I got old enough to go to these conventions they pulled the rug out from me

>>713400336 (OP)
>Will we ever get something as pure and wonderful as this again?
What are you talking about? E3 stopped being good around 2010s.

>>713400336 (OP)
nope

>>713400336 (OP)
>as soon as I got old enough to go to these conventions they pulled the rug out from me
zoomoid

>>713400565
As a tail end millennial I seethe reading accounts of how gen X and older millennial bros would sign up as fake media companies for E3 and actually get laminated press badges and get to play test the games and shit.

>>713400565
You had to be born in 92 or earlier. They stopped being good post 2010. In the 2000s any group of gaming frat bros could pretend to be videogame journalists and get into E3 with press badges and get to play test games.

>>713401656


Was probably a LOT easier back in the day before social media and whatnot. Could just go on SA and meetup with some folks. Now they'd check your info out

>>713400336 (OP)
No.

>>713401656
>As a tail end millennial
That's called a zillennial.

In 2010 pretty much anyone with a blog could game the system and get invited

>>713402536


Truly a magical time when things like Twitter and social media were still not mainstream

E3 marked the beginning of megacorps taking over vidya and the endless normalfaggot invasion. Good fucking riddance.

>>713403890

But it was fun and exciting at the time

>>713403890
eSports did that.
eSports ruined competitive gaming. eSports replaced tournaments being sponsored by ISPs and hardware manufactures with Giant Corpo Slop. And the normies lapped it up as if they couldn't get enough of it.

>>713404203


It also took away just casually being good at a game and being able to compete to having to play 16 hours a day for months just to get good enough to make it on a squad.

>>713400565


Young Millineal where we still get called unc but aren't old enough to be old heads

>>713405570
>why are esports like normal sports where effort is required to maintain performance

>>713400336 (OP)
The fact that E3 fell apart and vanished is shocking. What sucks is it seems like it was an entirely corporate decision, everyone was hyped for E3 up until the year it stopped. It was replacement by the game awards which is cool but I hate how everything happens at the end of the year now...

>>713406305
>why are esports like normal sports
They're not.

>>713406389
E3 was always a corporate affair, a trade show for retailers to order stock of products. It's just the flashy sales pitches and product announcements that made it seem like a gaming mecca.

>>713406776
You're being a disingenuous faggot and you know it.

>>713400336 (OP)
The game awards are good as a stand in.

>>713407110
Video games since the mid 80's have always been a corporate affair. Even more so than movies. What's changed is the corporate landscape. People used to be more concerned about making money rather than faking morality.

>>713407509
They're not. In fact they're worse than the trade shows ever were.

>>713406305

Nah don't start with me with this shit

>>713411417
>Noooo! I don't want to git gud to play at competitive levels!!!!
Git gud.

>>713400336 (OP)