There’s been a push these last few years to have video games recognized as sports. They already are in other countries, with players being paid salaries and having endorsement deals. In America, there has been some professional gamers that have started to collect sponsorships. More so, team organizations have been around for a few years now and pay players salaries! Players are even able to get sports visas to visit the united states for e-gaming reasons. My project will use an info graphic describing some of the more popular sports and the sports teams, such as their players or rules. The mash up video will be displaying how big the actual events are that host the sports, as they can get quite large both in number of attendees and prize pools. It’s quite interesting, as major newscasters and sports casters went from making fun of esports to taking it very seriously, IE showing it on their channels even. It all has to do with money, how many people watch effects the advertisers, and advertisers effect screen time.
ESPN is already covering esports, and they’re being broadcast on television when the events are large enough!
— Nathanael Rawson (@n_raws) November 2, 2017
What’s your favorite video game? Is it able to be played as an esport? Let me know below!
— Nathanael Rawson (@n_raws) November 2, 2017
Esports aren’t just pro gaming, lots of people are making a living streaming games. Twitch, a streaming site, has 15mil daily users!
— Nathanael Rawson (@n_raws) October 31, 2017
People have started to accept esports as a sport! Even ESPN has started covering them professionally if you want to watch!
— Nathanael Rawson (@n_raws) October 31, 2017
Professional gaming exploded the past few years. Last year there were 43mil viewers for LoL Worlds. Wonder how many this year.
— Nathanael Rawson (@n_raws) October 31, 2017