'Farming Simulator' is getting its own esports league

AJ Dellinger - endgadget


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Are you ready for some competitive virtual farming? Giants Software announced today that it will a run an esports league for its unreasonably popular game Farming Simulator. The first season of Farming Simulator League will consist of 10 tournaments that will take place across Europe. Competitors will go head to head with a chance to win up to $280,000 in prize money put up by the developer.

According to the company, tournaments will be held at major gaming events like Gamescom and Paris Games Week. Each event will allow teams and players to earn circuit points and win prizes. Once the regular season has concluded, the teams with the most points earned will gather at FarmCon 2020 to crown the Farming Simulator Champion. The winner will take home about $110,000 in prizes.

This actually isn't the first time Giants Software has kicked the (tractor) tires on a competitive structure for Farming Simulator. The company tested the waters last year with a Farming Simulator Championship series and has operated competitve events with the game at agriculture-related events. Players of the game have gotten more serious over the years, and there's even a custom controller out there for the diehards. This year the competition will take on the form of a traditional esports league, complete with sponsors from the gaming world including Intel and Logitech.

A buddy and i played this a while back, never laughed so much in ages :lol: I was trying to figure out how to use a log-cutter and ended up with my tractor tipped on its side :rofl:

the dude has a feedback wheel for his tractor :rofl:

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the dude has a feedback wheel for his tractor :rofl:

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This is professional level here :hand:

I bought a train simulator game. It was on sale for under five dollars. So I'm taking my modern European express out of the yard and I roll the train going around the first curve. Curve was real gradual (1/8th of a mile) and I was approaching the blistering speeds of 40 kms per hour :lol:

I traveled about 30 kilometers on the map, something like 45 minutes of game time and then I realized, what in the bloody fuck am I doing??? :lol:

:ffs:

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Originally Posted by Hal-9000

I bought a train simulator game. It was on sale for under five dollars. So I'm taking my modern European express out of the yard and I roll the train going around the first curve. Curve was real gradual (1/8th of a mile) and I was approaching the blistering speeds of 40 kms per hour :lol:

I traveled about 30 kilometers on the map, something like 45 minutes of game time and then I realized, what in the bloody fuck am I doing??? :lol:

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:rofl:

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I derailed that bitch on the first corner out of the station :lol:

Can you imagine the commentating on this?


Jeff: "Wow Jim, look at FarmBoy69 turn that combine, he's plowing those fields with grace and beauty we haven't seen since DankKr0ps420, he's really on his A-game"
Jim: "You ever tried farming not high? It's boring as FUCK"
Jeff: "That's right Jim"

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Can you imagine the commentating on this?


Jeff: "Wow Jim, look at FarmBoy69 turn that combine, he's plowing those fields with grace and beauty we haven't seen since DankKr0ps420, he's really on his A-game"
Jim: "You ever tried farming not high? It's boring as FUCK"
Jeff: "That's right Jim"

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Them parsnips are gonna be up in about another month I reckon, yep. *spits*

and farmboy69 is the Twitter handle of an old Survivor player :lol:

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Them parsnips are gonna be up in about another month I reckon, yep. *spits*

and farmboy69 is the Twitter handle of an old Survivor player :lol:

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Because he likes to 69 with other farm boys? :-s

:ghey:

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Because he likes to 69 with other farm boys? :-s

:ghey:

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He's an older guy and apparently the ladies like him....and he has a hot daughter who played on the same Survivor season :-k

daughter who played Survivor

Interesting fun fact - the second time Kelley played Survivor, she lost exactly one quarter of her body weight within 37 days. (lost 31 pounds and started at 124 pounds)



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:homer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-9IcgaVQqs

wheuuh... man did you see the manipulation of that hay bale at 2:53:15, I thought the Lustenaur team was going to blow it but they pulled it through.

...I need a beer after that.

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that's a heart stopping seven hours of video

You know you're going to watch it :hand:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-9IcgaVQqs

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Only 7 hours? What will I do with the rest of my day?

Go to 40 minutes...


They use ultra expensive gaming chairs :lol: I went farther into the video and it's like Griffin said - Loading bales onto flatbeds at about one bail per 3 minutes.

There's about 30 people in that room spectating ffs :lol:

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Go to 40 minutes...


They use ultra expensive gaming chairs :lol: I went farther into the video and it's like Griffin said - Loading bales onto flatbeds at about one bail per 3 minutes.

There's about 30 people in that room spectating ffs :lol:

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Also... those chairs are great. I bought myself a DX racer on sale a couple years ago and have zero regrets.

I wanna see a guy fire up a cool joystick for those sweet tractors :lol: