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| When you get an arcana items after winning a match.... |
For this entry, I just wanna share with you guys out there about the revolution of electronic sports (or simply E-Sports) and the acceptance of E-Sports into the mainstream..so begins a new age of knowledge (Invoker,2015).
oh did I tell you to bring a fan with you, cause things are about to get hot
Since the dawn of time, man has competed against fellow man for gold and glory. Cavemen clubbed each other to death, Spartans raced up and down Greece's hills at heart-thumping pace, and skilled archers and riflemen altered the course of battles. Today, we call such competition 'sport', and we try to be quite civilised about it. So civilised, in fact, that you can now do it from your desk...
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| this is how E-Sports events are held up.. the atmosphere is the same as football is it not?? |
Enter, eSports: the professionalisation of video gaming. No longer a pastime of purported basement-dwellers and arcade-loitering youths, gaming is now a valid career choice for a skilled few. Teenagers are earning millions, signing lucrative sponsorship deals, and dating supermodels, all because they can play games really, really well.
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| this is how E-Sports player portrayed themselves to the world (well it's kinda true) |
But what makes eSports so popular? Gaming, just like any sport, is something people inherently enjoy doing. When you get lots of people doing one thing, talented individuals will emerge. If you like a particular game, it makes sense that you would want to see the very best players of that game compete. It’s entertaining and inspiring. And now it’s getting the recognition it deserves.
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| when your parents ask you to pause an online game you be like.... |
eSports – Games
There’s no definitive list of games that are good for eSports. The beauty of the industry is that in any game where there’s competition to be had, gamers will surely find a way to battle it out. That said, there are some titles that stand out above the rest in the professional circuit. We’ve rounded up a few to give you an idea of what sort of game is good for spectator viewing.
League of Legends
League of Legends is arguably the most popular title in the professional gaming circuit right now. The 2014 World Championships was the most viewed eSports event of the year. Its popularity largely stems from the game’s sprawling player base. Recent figures are hard to come by, however. The last official stats from Riot came in January 2014, with the studio revealing that 67 million gamers were playing the title each month. What’s more, 27 million users play at least one game daily, and peak daily figures total around 7.5 million. Social gaming site Raptr claims League of Legends holds a 19.97% share of PC games played in January this year, which puts it in top spot for the world’s most popular game. The hype clearly hasn’t died out, then.
Counter-Strike
The original Counter-Strike launched in 1999, and has been a staple of PC gaming ever since. This enduring popularity helped grow the game’s competitive scene, with the original title now having awarded over $10 million in prize funding over 540 tournaments. Its sequel, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, launched in 2012, has seen similar success, with competitions doling out over $4 million across 615 tournaments – that’s over just three years.
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| for avid players, this map is a favourite place for a competitive match |
Dota 2
Dota 2 isn’t the most popular game on this list, nor are its tournaments the most viewed. Neither fact stops it from being the most lucrative eSports title in the world, however. If professional gamers want to earn serious cash, there’s no better keyboard-and-mouse outlet to pick than Dota 2. All of the top ten highest earners in eSports are Dota 2 players. The top five have all accrued north of $1 million each in prize money alone. And The International 2014 Dota 2 tournament offered up the biggest prize pool in eSports history – over $10 million.
(Guess I'm gonna be bias this time since I played Dota 2 the longest compared to the other two so deal with it)
eSports – Tournaments
Of course, players wouldn’t be able to pad out their wallets if it weren’t for the tournaments that they compete in. Well-funded, officiated competitions are the backbone of the eSports industry, and they’re becoming increasingly big business. Aside from building a name for yourself through competitions as a pro gamer, you can often earn a decent living.
We’re not talking small change, either. The most lucrative tournament to date was last year’s The International 2014, an event organised by Valve that saw 16 of the world’s finest Dota 2 teams go head-to-head for a big cash prize.
for those who want to see the highlights from TI4, simply click this link
It was held in Seattle, USA, in the KeyArena, which has a seating capacity of 17,000. The total prize pool was $10,931,000. Moreover, 46% of the spoils went to the winning team, ‘Newbee’, which cashed a cheque for just north of $5,000,000. To put the prize pool in perspective, the total capital on offer outweighed a host of sports tournaments’ payouts, including the Super Bowl 2014 ($9.9m), the Masters Golf Tournament ($9m), and the Tour de France ($2.73m).
If you do find yourself becoming a bit of a gaming prodigy, it could also be an easy way into higher education. Two universities in the United States are actually offering scholarships for ‘eSports athletes’. Both Robert Morris University in Chicago and the University of Pikeville in Kentucky are keen to get high-skilled League of Legends players on board.
But what if you’re only really good at Crossy Road? You might not want to quit your day job just yet, pal...
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| maybe I could earn millions if I just train harder...who knows right?? |
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