A must watch for every real gamer.

I'm not a proffesional gamer or anything, and I never realy have that much time to spend at games. But every time a big event happens, like the E3 or GamesCom or big tournament for any game; I notice how excited I get. Probably as much as (for example) when my fav. football team plays the Champions league finals. I guess I love the shared excitement of a crowd, even behind my own laptop. This 75 minute long trip through the 2011 Dota2 International championship could be seen as a marketing trick by Valve, but I don't see it that way; I see this movie as being dedicated to, what realy is, the rise of competitive gaming and the first footsteps of a new kind of entertainment. The pioneers who dedicate themselves to something in which they believe can become something bigger. I don't have a good comparison but I think everyone knows someone or a group of people that tried something new: they walked a different road and had faith that it would lead to something good, aware of the risks of what failure may bring but still pushing the idea.
That's why I think this is a great documentary. Maybe it doesn't show the origin of competitive gaming being lucrative, but it definately shows that in the last few years this has become something worthwile. And with Twitch becoming more and more popular I can only see this competitive gaming becoming bigger and bigger, a real thing; not only for a handfull of the best players but expanding (to infinity, and beyooond :P).
The future is now, and I like where it's going!

A must watch for every real gamer. I'm not a proffesional gamer or anything, and I never realy have that much time to spend at games. But every time a big event happens, like the E3 or GamesCom or big tournament for any game; I notice how excited I get. Probably as much as (for example) when my fav. football team plays the Champions league finals. I guess I love the shared excitement of a crowd, even behind my own laptop. This 75 minute long trip through the 2011 Dota2 International championship could be seen as a marketing trick by Valve, but I don't see it that way; I see this movie as being dedicated to, what realy is, the rise of competitive gaming and the first footsteps of a new kind of entertainment. The pioneers who dedicate themselves to something in which they believe can become something bigger. I don't have a good comparison but I think everyone knows someone or a group of people that tried something new: they walked a different road and had faith that it would lead to something good, aware of the risks of what failure may bring but still pushing the idea. That's why I think this is a great documentary. Maybe it doesn't show the origin of competitive gaming being lucrative, but it definately shows that in the last few years this has become something worthwile. And with Twitch becoming more and more popular I can only see this competitive gaming becoming bigger and bigger, a real thing; not only for a handfull of the best players but expanding (to infinity, and beyooond :P). The future is now, and I like where it's going!