[Vens]

Esports (electronic sports) is a term for organized video game competitions.It is one of the fastest growing industries today. The best players have earned over million dollars by playing games. The most popular esports games today are Starcraft II, Counter-Strike: GO, DOTA2 and League of Legends. Watching the top level plays can be pretty exciting so naturally the games attract spectators that fill the stadium as welll as watch it online.

Are there any esports fans on this forum? What games do you play/follow?
I play and follow Quake Live and I watch Starcraft II games regularly even tho I don't play the game.

[Vens]

Starcraft bets went pretty well today

[darrensurrey]

Would rather play than watch!

[ksridharprasad]

Hi Friends,

First time I am hearing about Esports, so this is videogame sports. Thanks for sharing the information.

[vathsala]

I am hearing about this game for the first time. I play Quake III Arena, Plants vs zombies

[lion]

Would rather play than watch!

Yeah I agree, personally. :p So I've never really followed any esports.

Do they do esports of actual sports games? Like FIFA.

[hunterdragonrider]

Starcraft bets went pretty well today

Teach me! O:

--- 04 May 2015, 16:26 ---

I am hearing about this game for the first time. I play Quake III Arena, Plants vs zombies

Same! xD
First time ever hearing about this game

[Vens]

Would rather play than watch!

Yeah I agree, personally. :p So I've never really followed any esports.

Do they do esports of actual sports games? Like FIFA.

I personally think it's retarded to consider a sport or a driving sumulation an esport since imitation will always be inferior to the real thing. It would be silly to watch a virtual sporting match but there are some niche esport communities for a lot of multiplayer games including FIFA.

And I think playing games and watching matches go hand in hand since if you are into the game and you want to improve, the easiest way to do it is by watching the best in the world play.

[paozits]

I don't think sports/simulators should be considered eSports either

But playing Dota/LoL or Counter Strike and Starcraft requires lots of skill...

[Vens]

The biggest esports tournament in history is just a few months away. I'm talking about 2015 DOTA 2 International. The prize is over 7 million dollars and it's still increasing every day. It's going to exceed the last year's prizepool which was close to 11 million.

[Braids]

I dont like any of those games.
The only Tornaments related with games that i watch is Street Fighter Tornaments and other Fighting games

[vathsala]

I think it is a newly introduced game. I never heard of esports. or may be my children are grown up so not interested in video games and that is the reason i did not know about such games. But it sounds interesting and tempting me to watch that game being played

[Vens]

I think it is a newly introduced game. I never heard of esports. or may be my children are grown up so not interested in video games and that is the reason i did not know about such games. But it sounds interesting and tempting me to watch that game being played

Esports has been around for the past 20 years or so. It started really developing with Quake and Brood War.

[fabiolrduarte]

I like football , video games like Fifa 15

[Vens]

Today was announced that the finals of League of Legends LCS summer finals will be held at Madison Square Garden

https://na.merch.riotgames.com/en/

[zanjecare]

For esports i perfer FIFA 15 and LoL. Probably best game ever

[Vens]

They are building dedicated esports stadium in Seul, South Korea. The stadium can accommodate more than 1000 people including 800 seats in a main stadium and 200 seats in a supplementary stadium. Compared to existing stadium owned by private organization accommodating 200~300 people, it can accommodate more than three times or four times of that.

http://gearburn.com/2015/06/seouls-gett ... arch-2016/

[Vens]

Today has been the first day of QuakeCon featuring the biggest competition in Quake Live this year. TDM matches are finished today, tomorrow is CTF tournament and there will be duel the day after. You can watch the live broadcast here:

http://www.twitch.tv/quakecon

[Tanawan]

I think it is interesting see people playing LOL, etc. But i prefer to play. And since i am sepaking abou it, it is impressive how people now can make a good money just playing League of Legends. This Quakecon is amazing.

[Vens]

Round 2 of Quake duel is live right now. Come watch the stream if you want to see the best Quake skill on the planet:

http://www.twitch.tv/quakecon