ESports: stars, tournaments, betting, lifestyle

Last post on Geektimes in the hub "eSports" was published two years ago. It seems to be a little, but a lot, for a rapidly topics.

January 27 at a special conference in Seoul, the Korean Association of electronic sports (KeSPA) has successfully promoted to the ranks of e-sports sports disciplines second level. While we are talking about the recognition of eSports only Korean Committee to qualify for something serious need of recognition by the IOC. But the first step is passed. Feature which is designated for eSports is no longer possible to perceive a marginal hobby. Let us recognize that for anyone who does not follow this world, and especially for all those who do not play games, all these pillboxes, caliper, haydlaynery, Vipers, vangvardy and other terminology, akin thug hair dryer.

Talk of something very interesting on one of the gaming sites. I>

But today eSports is gradually emerging from the cellars of gaming halls and converted into a form adequate leisure. Everything goes through the huge army of fans of different disciplines and a lot of money, who generously share sponsors.

There are some stars, kings and role models. This is similar to a conventional sports, such as football. Just some of the boys did not want to be like Messi and choose captains of Dota 2, CS: GO, WoT, etc.

Still would! After all these fees "stars" will soon be close to football.
Look at the top ten Krasavchikov and their income from eSports:

Young millionaires from China and other countries (screenshot Esportsearnings.com) i>

In recent years, numerous publications in the media eSports more compared with the usual sports. Contributors are trying to penetrate deeper into the statistics of the virtual sports, and predict possible outcomes of many tournaments. For example, according to statistics, the NBA Finals in 2014, which consisted of five games for three hours each, viewed by 15, 5 million viewers. In December 2014, with the help of video platform Twitch, there were about 69 million viewers who watched the games in the League of Legends online. Thus, the statistics show that the NBA game today have become much less popular than the battles that unfold in the League of Legends.

A typical gathering of young people in the League of Legends i>

Newzoo and other research companies that are engaged in the study of e-sports, predict that e-sports craze all over the planet will increase at least twice in the next three years. To date, some games, for example, Call of Duty, is much more popular than traditional sports such as chess, car racing and polo.

In many countries eSports also recognized at the state level. For example, the United States did it for the gamer named Crumbz, a former member of the world famous kibresoprtivnoy Team Dignitas. He was born in Venezuela and now lives in Vancouver. Crumbz could not remain in the United States for a long period of time due to the immigration law. However, the US government took the unprecedented step, give the players a visa type «P-1A». This visa is issued to foreign-known athletes.

The same guy who got lucky with the American visa i>

Today we witness how eSports repeats stages of development, which was held the traditional sports industry. For example, fresh trend - betting on cyber competition. Major bookmakers, for example, Pinnaclesports.com or unibet.com take bets on DotA, Contra and other disciplines. For those who want to "cook" in the new theme, there are already specialized firm bets on eSports, with news feed lines, translations, Russian localization ( Cybbet.com ).

Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen! (Screenshot Cybbet.com) i>

Experts say that it is a sign, not least for the development of e-sports than Olympic attempts. After all, where there are bookmakers, there is money, interests and very different investments in the entire infrastructure.

Blogs about the games turn into the whole media tournaments attract thousands and thousands of spectators. In an industry kiberrazvlecheny created a huge number of different leagues are many tournaments around the world. The gaming community is growing at a frantic pace, there is an increasing number of skilled players who can compete on the international sports arena.

This is a world that now arises in front of us. Prepare to be that your kids in a few years will be asked to replace vashev telepakete "legacy» Eurosport on Twitch.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/248768/