You can compare and contrast anything so long as you're connecting them to each other properly, which I already have. Porn and Streamers and Sports on T.V. are all part of the same thing, entertainment. Doing an activity and watching an activity are not mutually exclusive, and they can be done together even. You just have a narrow-minded view.

And they all have one thing in common, except watching others play games... People. You're watching them do virtual things. Here's another example. I can show you a magazine, with a picture of a sexy naked girl, and you will get something out of it. I can show you a picture in a magazine of a wide receiver bending backwards and catching a ball, and you will be entertained. Can I show you a pic in a magazine of crosshairs on a titans head and you, say. Wow I want to see how that happened? I want to see more. No. Because it's virtual. It's virtual. That's the difference. I understand you don't see what I'm trying to say. They are not all the same. I'm sorry.

I think the problem is your lack of imagination. If I'm watching someone else playing a game, I'm watching someone navigate through the same game in a way I never would because we're different people. It's a different perspective.

I can go into a big long thing about what has happened to gaming and gamers due to the fame of streamers. But all I'll say is this, these people are so easy, me and my friends are thinking about starting a twitch channell for d2 with dome kind of gimmick just so stupid people follow us and we get paid. The target audience for streamers are stupid people. They are essentially, a business.

You'll fail if your only goal is to make money. As you can see from what people have said here you need to entertain. Its not just about playing a game. Goth for example, has live talk shows, live music, beat boxing all representative of what a performer is.