I was amazed by the production value of a recent League of Legends tournament - ...

I was amazed by the production value of a recent League of Legends tournament - I mean, look at the stage: http://i.imgur.com/pSpoBjWl.jpg

This is the crowd - http://cdn0.sbnation.com/assets/3517059/league_of_legends_wo...

IMHO this is beginning to rival professional sports tournaments in every way possible. The viewer count (couple hundred thousand) might not me a lot compared to football, but is still pretty significant :)