Don't sleep on Players, an esports show about a fictional League of Legends team.
If you haven't heard of the show Players, a mockumentary from the creators of American Vandal, it's not your fault: It's a Paramount+ exclusive. I only subscribed to begrudgingly watch Halo, but I've kept it the past 10 weeks because Players started to get really good.
After episode one, Players takes off the training wheels. Characters constantly drop real MOBA jargon that isn't explained until a character mentions it during an interview scene. As a non-MOBA player, I was scratching my head for a full 20 minutes wondering what the hell an ADC is before someone, probably one of the actual LCS commentators who frequently appear in the show, said it stands for Attack Damage Carry, the person whose job is dealing the most damage.
Where Vandal scoured well-known high school tropes for its comedy, Players mines the rich, untapped cringe vein of esports. It's hard to laugh at the absurdity of pros recording TikToks in expensive cars or mainlining Red Bull in a $50 million mansion when it so closely resembles real life.
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