Most Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About E-Sports
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Esports is Huge!
Esports is a phenomenon that is here to stay, video games tournaments watched by literally thousands of people, for example events such as League of Legends can attract as many as 45,000 live fans and 27 million online. It’s not just confined to one area though it’s a truly global phenomenon with tournaments all over the world. Most of the major eSports tournaments are streamed live on a platform called Twitch TV which draws in over 100 million viewers, you can hardly call that small-time! These events are really hitting the big time and surely, it’s just a matter of time before your parents and grandparents know all about it.
There are Real Superstars
Like any other sport eSports has its own mega rich superstars, according to esportsearnings.com the top player in the world goes by the username KuroKy (real name Kuro Takhasomi) and has earned over $4 million dollars in the last year alone. For an event that’s only been around for a decade or two this is absolutely amazing! There can only be one direction eSports is likely to take and it doesn’t look like it will be downwards! The world has surely not seen the last of the eSports phenomenon. Huge crowds, massive stars, large prize money, for example the Dota 2 prize pool came to $41.26 million in 2018.
Some Colleges Even Have eSports Programmes!
Yes, just like regular sports programmes some colleges are getting in on the act and why not, many are taking it seriously, so much so that in 2017 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) acknowledged that eSports is growing in popularity and ok, it’s not included in the Olympics…yet! But watch this space!
But how seriously are colleges taking the notion of eSports, well very seriously in fact, so much so that you can actually get a scholarship through it in some places ranging from $2,000 to $20,000 so move over football, athletics and basketball eSports is the way forward for aspiring youngsters to turn their lives around. How easy is it though to get a scholarship? Well they don’t just hand scholarship funds of that amount around lightly and there is high competition for these fantastic opportunities. In fact check out this guide to best colleges for esports and you can see how professional the set-up for some of these outfits are, there are team colours, logos and look at how impressive the gaming set-ups are, these are not some AVclub tucked away in the school’s basement but rather a source of great pride and admiration amongst their fellow students and outsiders alike.
How To Do It?
So the advice is that if you want to become a pro esports gamer then the process is the same as any other sport, pick your discipline (game), practice a lot, become part of the gaming community and simply enter some tournaments, who knows where it would take you? If you want to make it to the top the competition is intense but with the fame and fortune now on offer out there who wouldn’t want to become an eSports superstar? Go on grab that controller and see what you’re made of?