• blobjim [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    That means the development of electronic sports has opened up a vast field of career possibilities for game enthusiasts: as event organizers and managers, specialized journalists, nutritionists, consultants in mental preparation, physiotherapists and even lawyers to organize the relationships between all these actors.

    However, despite the popularity and immense potential of electronic sports, Canada lacks infrastructure and programs. This is especially obvious within educational institutions, places which nevertheless have many young fans of this booming industry.

    This is the two sentences that matter. It means job opportunities and more money.

    But the only cool thing about esports is it lets Koreans to get US-rich which would otherwise be very difficult. Western countries trying to compete for the top in it just feels gross.

    • CTHlurker [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      The coolest thing about esports is the fact that efter the Chinese team Edward Gaming won the League of Legends World Championship in 2021, their historic star player was inducted into the CPC as a reward, despite being only a substitute and a streamer and not playing a single game at that world championship, and also being the primary reason why the team had struggled at previous tournaments.