Have you ever heard about E-Sport? I’m sure you have if you are interested in video games.
People found a way to compete in various computer games, and as you can see - it became very
popular. E-Sport is a kind of a rivalry - just like a normal sport, but most of the time you don’t use the
strength of your muscles, but of your mind. You need to stay focused all the time, think about every move you are going to make and try to “read” the mind of your opponent.
People found a way to compete in various computer games, and as you can see - it became very
popular. E-Sport is a kind of a rivalry - just like a normal sport, but most of the time you don’t use the
strength of your muscles, but of your mind. You need to stay focused all the time, think about every move you are going to make and try to “read” the mind of your opponent.
There are many games, in which you can compete - FPS, MOBA, MMORPG, Sport games like FIFA, NBA and many others. Right now you can find pro players in almost every multiplayer game.
E-Sport in Poland is also big. We have a lot of good teams and players that compete in a various
international tournaments. For example, in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, which is a FPS game, we
have a team called Virtus.Pro. The team won a major tournament in 2014, which is the most valuable
trophy in their career. Beside Virtus.Pro, we have another team called AGO Esports, which may not
have a lot achievements, but they’re working hard to achieve something similar.
What made E-Sports so popular? I think that people actually do like to watch other people play games.
For example, the streaming platform Twitch went so big in a short period of time. It’s a good way to obtain
knowledge of the game by watching a good player playing it.
According to PC Gamer, E-Sport market was worth about ~1.5 billion dollars in 2017. And it grows every
day!
E-Sport in Poland is also big. We have a lot of good teams and players that compete in a various
international tournaments. For example, in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, which is a FPS game, we
have a team called Virtus.Pro. The team won a major tournament in 2014, which is the most valuable
trophy in their career. Beside Virtus.Pro, we have another team called AGO Esports, which may not
have a lot achievements, but they’re working hard to achieve something similar.
What made E-Sports so popular? I think that people actually do like to watch other people play games.
For example, the streaming platform Twitch went so big in a short period of time. It’s a good way to obtain
knowledge of the game by watching a good player playing it.
According to PC Gamer, E-Sport market was worth about ~1.5 billion dollars in 2017. And it grows every
day!
How can you become a pro player? It’s not that easy as it was some time ago. Right now you have to
almost treat it as a full time job. The life of a pro player consists of a lot of personal training, team practic
(in team based games) or even watching how your opponent is playing. Without a proper salary it is hard
to do it and to put it together with a real life.
Nowadays, there are a lot of organisations that are willing to pay people for playing under their brand.
They receive a normal monthly salary, which can be even up to 25k dollars. There are even transfers from
a team to a team like in football or other sports.
1. What do you think about E-Sport?
2. Do you think that it is going to become more popular than normal sport?
3. Have you ever tried to compete in computer games?
almost treat it as a full time job. The life of a pro player consists of a lot of personal training, team practic
(in team based games) or even watching how your opponent is playing. Without a proper salary it is hard
to do it and to put it together with a real life.
Nowadays, there are a lot of organisations that are willing to pay people for playing under their brand.
They receive a normal monthly salary, which can be even up to 25k dollars. There are even transfers from
a team to a team like in football or other sports.
1. What do you think about E-Sport?
2. Do you think that it is going to become more popular than normal sport?
3. Have you ever tried to compete in computer games?
Comments
2. Perhaps a new generation this sport will be more interesting and closer, which is normal. But in this case, it's bad, because sitting at the computer about a beautiful body and a healthy lifestyle can be forgotten.
3. No, games are not my hobby.
I don't know much about it, because I'm not playing at all for a while.
2. Do you think that it is going to become more popular than normal sport?
I think no, because regular sports are more accessible to people then e-sport, and ability to participate in games is also important for fans.
3. Have you ever tried to compete in computer games?
No, I don't.
How it can be called sport? Is it connected somehow with sport or any activity? No.
I don't mind it but I'm not a fan and I have never seen any "e-sport competition".
2. Do you think that it is going to become more popular than normal sport?
I hope it won't.
3. Have you ever tried to compete in computer games?
No because of lack of time.
Yes, I would say so. Nowadays most kid play more computer games than football or any other "normal" game. That's why they will be most probably more interested in watching computer games finals than football.
Yes, I tried once. There was a DOTA tournament in my city and everyone who had a team could join. I with my friends gathered a team and did manage to win some battles. But afterall we lost and our super professional team was disbaned :(
When it comes to popularity of it, we have to remember that there is still a huge percentage of people who did not grow up with a computer, who are non familiar with tech nor games, when they die out and the current "generation of grandparents" shows up i think it has a potential (in few cases) to become equally popular as normal sports are(maybe besides football).
Myself i have never felt a drive nor time to try and compete seriously in any game.
I think that E-Sport will be very popular but not us much as normal sport. I know that a lot of people are playing computer games but I'm certain that normal sport position will be strong.
Hmm, maybe few years ago I was playing on some tournaments but it's not for me. It's very time-consuming and stressful. I like to play computer games but only for fun.
2)Not really) Nothing can overthrow football from the top 1 show and event in the whole world
3)Not really, only competitive matches or something like that
E-Sport is actually one of the most exciting and fast growing industry we can see.
I love watching players competing in the game I enjoy playing.
It's like normal sport. Same emotions, same respect, same reasons for watching
2. Do you think that it is going to become more popular than normal sport?
I hope not. it's still e-sport, playing games. I can't imagine world without outdoor activities and sport helps in propagating this in children.
3. Have you ever tried to compete in computer games?
Of course I was taking part in a lot od tournaments mainly because I could spend my time with friends there. We loved competition .
I think it's great and I really like it. I love CS:GO and LoL.
(btw, Taz is not in VP anymore :D)
2. Do you think that it is going to become more popular than normal sport?
I think that it's already happening. E-sport scene and community is enormous right now.
3. Have you ever tried to compete in computer games?
Yes, in CS:GO. It's really fun and interesting experience.
Nowadays E-sport is almost as popular as normal sport, people make huge amount of money on it so... As long as people enjoy it, e-sport will be a good attraction.
2. Do you think that it is going to become more popular than normal sport?
No, I dont think so, people like watching athleets not only because of the competiotion itself. They like when athlets cross their limits, in e-sport there is almost no limits, no barriers.
3. Have you ever tried to compete in computer games?
No, not really - I play for fun ;)