ESPN showcased the latest Overwatch League tournament last weekend, and a lot of people were pretty upset about it.

This may come as a surprise to some, but Esports is a big deal these days. Most games being broadcast are done online, but a few of the bigger names have deals with major cable TV stations, one of which being the Overwatch League with ESPN.

ESPN doesn’t show Overwatch League games all that often, but it’s nice to have during lulls in the season. Like now, for instance: the NBA and NHL are both done, the NFL doesn’t start until August, and it’s still early in the Major League Baseball season so nobody cares about the games. Wimbledon is still going on, and there was also the Women’s World Cup yesterday (where the US team beat the Netherlands 2-0 for their fourth straight World Cup win, by the way), but soccer and tennis are small fries compared to other sports.

This is the perfect time for ESPN to take a risk and show something a little different. Previously, that would have been UFC or poker, but last weekend they decided to take a chance and showcase some Overwatch League action.

The games themselves were from Atlanta Homestand, a special tournament that’s hosted by Atlanta Reign. Atlanta did pretty well for themselves, beating both Florida Mayhem and Toronto Defiant, and while we’re sure most gamers were pretty happy about Atlanta’s prowess being showcased on ESPN2, there was a certain segment of the population that was not at all amused.

Thanks to Rod Breslau's Twitter feed, who bills himself as the #1 Esports Consultant in the world, we've got a few examples of what sort of people were not grateful to watch video games on a Saturday afternoon.

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The first segment we'll call "sexist old white guys" as one tweet literally said: "So I turned the channel to ESPN and it's a Video Game LEague. Are you EFN kiddin me ESPN. The WNBA was bad enough."

The next group we'll call "prefer to be watching basketball," as they all pretty much said they'd rather be watching the NBA summer league--a league that only exists for NBA players looking for something to do over the summer break.

And finally, the last group can be described as sports fans just generally astounded by a video game sports league and still unable to understand what's happening despite the fill commentary team.

According to Reuters, Esports is set to gross over $1 billion this year, which makes things like the Overwatch League a big deal. It’s still just one-tenth of the size of something like Major League Baseball, but they’re catching up fast, so ESPN viewers might have to learn to live with some Overwatch coverage in the future.

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