E-Sports As Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2016-05-06
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906 words · ~4 min read
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Esports organized competitions between both amateur and professional teams
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buying for a championship title in various electronic video game
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competitions AKA a bunch of nerds hold
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up somewhere in a dank basement crowning a king of their land or whatever at
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least that seems to be the stereotype
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that detractors of Competitive Gaming and Gamers default to arguing that
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Esports aren't physical enough to bridge the gap from Hobby or game to sport
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despite the fact that if we replace electronic video games in my Esports
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definition with ball kicking activities
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we could use virtually the same definition for traditional Sports many
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of the Defenders of Esports embrace the
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similarities to sports and will point out that both require training uh
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coaching strategizing Lightning Fast decisionmaking skills te teamwork and
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extremely practiced muscular reflexes in
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order for competitors to achieve Victory and I mean besides if if curling ice
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dance and synchronized swimming are going to get a free pass then why are we
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even talking about this well I could
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just say because they jelly drop the mic and walk off stage but without several
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degrees in sport psychology I wouldn't be qualified to speculate on any of that
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so I'll stick to what we know empirically makes them so different or
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so similar one difference is the type of
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physical activity involved there aren't many Esports where a higher you know
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jumping height gives you a clear Advantage but while I personally favor
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sports for myself and as a parent for the many health benefits of regular
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physical exertion we can't really say Froot Loops aren't serial because
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they're not healthy or something but raisin brand is when they really are
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more similar than they are different for starters in the early days of sports
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broadcasting ESPN Founders had difficulty convincing established cable
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companies and the press that their All
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Sports Network would succeed all of this in spite of the popularity of sports for
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both participants and observers at all levels from kids goofing around at home
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with their friends to professionals competing in tournaments for cash prizes
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sound familiar so the main difference here is that while it took a hundred
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years for the NHL to go from having one
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of their entire teams the appropriately named 228th Battalion literally call
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away to fight in World War I to now
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their teams and athletes making millions and enjoying Rockstar status Esports has
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completed this progression in a mere 20 or so years with TV deals either in
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place or coming around the world massive live exhibitions and Revenue is
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estimated at$ 250 to 600 plus million doar for this year with mobas hoarding
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The Lion's Share of that first person shooters taking silver and 2D fighting
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games in third but if we're going to talk then about similarities to sports
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we have to acknowledge the good and the
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bad because Esports is not immune to the apparent requirement that wherever money
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is involved there will be corruption with a recent ESL that's electronic
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sporting League Scandal that had a prominent athlete basically saying yeah
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I was doping who cares everyone does it a plethora of online gambling and match
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fixing scandals and a recent Crackdown
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on highlevel players using software hacks to cheat such as aimbots that
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simply identify other players in the game and pretty much shoot them for you
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right the last one is particularly interesting for our Sports versus
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Esports comparison because digital cheating methods have often been used by
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naysayers as an example of why Competitive Gaming shouldn't be
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considered a sport but does it matter how someone cheats really I mean if
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using a digital camcorder or bicycle pump or whatever to get a leg up on your
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competition made whatever you were doing not a sport then it would be pretty hard
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