They’re betting on potential, which doesn’t make esports all that different from other venture capital investments. No one has figured out, yet, how to bridge the gap from the hardcore fans on the ground floor to the video game agnostics. No one’s certain when that will happen, either...
Max from Sam and Max, Strong Bad from Homestar Runner, Tycho Brahe of Penny Arcade Adventures and also some webcomic whose name we forget off-hand, GLaDOS from Portal, Brock Samson from the Venture Bros (not a game, but never mind), Claptrap from Borderlands, Sam ...