but you cannot say a trip to an arena with the beer, the commraderie the wind and the sounds are the same as playing an online game
your right i can't

but i can say that the difference between watching a game and bieng there in person is very similar to the difference between playing a single player video game vs the mmorpg and the vast number of people you interact with from all over the world. in both cases we are paying for the added "fun"