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Week 2 [13.03-19.03.2017] Esports

Esports Recently esport has been growing and becoming more and more popular among many professional and occasional gamers. This type of gaming activity has become so famous that in 2015 the term ‘’esports’’ was officially added to the dictionary as ‘’competitive tournaments of video games, especially among professional gamers’’. eSports http://www.pcgamer.com/esports-is-now-officially-in-the-dictionary/ Evolution of esports https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JOMh-pv4p8 The beginning of esports reaches almost two decades back, when the first multi-player PC games were created and published: Doom – Id Software 1993 Warcraft – Orcs&Humans – Blizzard 1994 Command and Conquer – Westwood Studios 1995 Quake – Id Software 1996 Age of Empires – Ensemble Studios 1997 At first, video games competitions were popular among the local communities of players or groups of friends. The first official league was founded in 1997 in Dallas by Angel Munoz and it was called CPL

Week 2 [13.03-19.03.2017] Programming your mind for success

Programming your mind for success / Carrie Green / TEDxMancheser Nowadays we have many various opportunities regarding our career and educatio nal paths, therefore we set different goals in our lives, which we want to accomplish to be satisfied with who we are and as a result to develop our competences, skills and knowledge. With all the scopes of areas which we can pick and decide to pursue, we can do nearly anything we’d like, according to our preferences and interests. Anybody can become an expert in a specific field, but it does not have to be one field at all. We do not have to limit ourselves and with all the educational programmes, courses and certificates, we can basically pick a few topics and areas which we find interesting and explore them as we wish. On the way to achieve whatever we want and truly desire, there can appear multiple obstacles and issues which we may have to deal. This is why it is crucial for us to learn how to stay focused and motivated. While