It's also about watching something done well. I can watch Norm Abrams build wooden furniture or Bob Ross put happy little bushes on canvases or world record non-tool-assisted speed runs or Peyton Manning run an offense.
It's cool to see a level of mastery of a craft, even if the craft is throwing a ball or shaving seconds off of a Super Metroid run. Helps to have more than passing familiarity with an activity to appreciate watching it as well, but it's not strictly necessary.
Sure I get that aspect, at the same time though just to amuse myself and confirm my prejudices I watched a UFC fight and saw two guys going at it, okay. Then this guy who was supposed to be in the pro leagues was backing off constantly and started literally scuttling around the edge of the octagon because he was clearly worried about being hit and his opponent chased after him lol.
It's also about watching something done well. I can watch Norm Abrams build wooden furniture or Bob Ross put happy little bushes on canvases or world record non-tool-assisted speed runs or Peyton Manning run an offense.
It's cool to see a level of mastery of a craft, even if the craft is throwing a ball or shaving seconds off of a Super Metroid run. Helps to have more than passing familiarity with an activity to appreciate watching it as well, but it's not strictly necessary.
Sure I get that aspect, at the same time though just to amuse myself and confirm my prejudices I watched a UFC fight and saw two guys going at it, okay. Then this guy who was supposed to be in the pro leagues was backing off constantly and started literally scuttling around the edge of the octagon because he was clearly worried about being hit and his opponent chased after him lol.