Gaming Is For Everyone

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With eSports becoming an up and coming subject with leagues competing in objective based games such as ‘League of Legends’ and ‘Counter Strike’. The point in esports is to compete as a team to win a series of games for a fixed amount of money put into a prize pool, so it may be time to tune into twitch.tv and look up the game that you want to watch.

“It’s always been here, I guess, but it just never got attention from people who aren’t gaming fanatics until the popular game, ‘Counter Strike Global Offense’ was aired on TBS, it’s been more appealing to more audiences, rather than just gamers.” sophomore Justin Fisk said.

National and international esports has been gaining watchers and popularity because of the intensity of the crowd, and the analysts of each game. The high prize pool would be able to put pressure on the players to do well in tournaments for a team’s fans.

“My favorite competitive gaming scene is  in ‘League of Legends’, because, though it is a game where your viewpoint is above the map, there is a lot of action during the game because of the play style and the level of mechanical skill required to win fights between the two teams.” Fisk said.

‘League of Legends’ has millions of daily stream viewers on twitch.tv, and is a very popular game originating in North America.

“It’s amazing because it has opened more opportunities for a wider variety of people rather than just athletes.” sophomore Hunter Laney said.

eSports are becoming a huge thing across the world, becoming more popular in a huge variety of people.