joshua bruce team, what happens when real sports money move into videogame sports. what are these sports? joshua: it is competitive video games were you compete against your friends. then you compete against strangers for money. david: and people are watching this. there is money and people watching this. joshua: absolutely, the league of legends championship is played in front of a live audience. it is a popular thing streamed online. people watch on platforms like twitch tv. david: you mentioned we are in a very early stage of development. how long have people been doing this? joshua: i think it was even in the 1980's, there was a movie about the nintendo world championships. that was over 25 years ago, so it has been around for a while, but has taken off in the past couple of years, largely because these large online audiences can watch. david: how useful is the parallel to professional sports? is there a lot of fanfare, excitement surrounding these games? how do you get them to pay attention? joshua: there is an obvious parallel in that these are events that happ