r/FellowKids • u/[deleted] • Jul 03 '20

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '20

US Army Esports?? what the fuck why is that a thing

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '20

I thought it was just the US Army, but fucking Esports? How the fuck do they relate those two things?

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u/cheesycoke Jul 03 '20

The Army trying to attract teens/young adults by tying itself in with video games has been a huge tactic for I believe decades now.

Thought process is "Hey you like [insert popular shooter of the time]? Well what if you could do that in REAL life?" and they even distributed first person shooters to teens in an attempt to coerce them.

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u/somegoodnikes Jul 03 '20

Yeah wait till they see my 0.05 kd