If your son (if you have one for this theoretical situation) said he was going to be a Pro Gamer in Esports would you be pissed? What about if he wanted to be a Basketball player? Doesn't sound too bad now, right?
Really, what is the difference? One is more physical then the other, but if we used Pro Chess player then we couldn't use that argument. Truth be told the main difference is that one is more widely accepted then the other, being something that is cool and therefore worth pursuing. A load of money is invested into that sport, for TV, playing, promoting, sponsorships. Being successful at it means you become a millionaire The image of it is something great, nothing to be ashamed with.
Now lets compare the similarities... They're both committing to training intensively for that game, dedicating themselves to studying all aspects of it. They're both competing to be the best, to win and to improve and learn from their losses.
We'll just have to see how Esports will expand if it does so to the level of sports... and the trend from the past 2 years says that it will get more popular, thanks to the help of online streaming events and gamers practicing themselves on Twitch.
This pretty cool documentary pretty much sums up why I choose Starcraft over all other games.
The new expansion Heart of The Swarm has finally come out. This expansion is the 2nd of a trilogy of expansions. Starcraft basically has three races, Terran (Human), Protoss (Psychic), and Zerg (Kinda like Bugs). Heart of the Swarm is basically the Zerg version, with the one player campaign mode following and controlling the Zerg race.
What makes this game interesting for the multiplayer is that there are a lot of changes by introducing new units, new abilities, and new upgrades. However, its not changed so much that you have to relearn everything completely if you've played the previous expansion "Wings of Liberty" (Terran's POV). So its the same game... but it isn't! =D
It will be cool to see what kind of new strategies are chosen at the high level pro scene, there will be a tournament this weekend and I cant wait to watch it! If your interested have a look its at MLG this weekend, and there are always gamers streaming on Twitch.
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