Essay 3 Thesis

Patrick Darling
English 1100_C
Prof Young


    Esports are starting to share the same characteristics as organised traditional sports, both in rules and for the players. Therefore, esports should be treated with the same respect that traditional sports get.

Essay 3 Topic

Patrick Darling
English 1100_C
11-9-15
Prof. Young

Video Games as a Sport? (Also known as an esport)

• Audiences growing as or more than tradition sports. (Current record 32 Million people.)

• Having continually increasing prize pools. (Current record 11 million dollars)

• Sponsors are moving away from Sports and to esports.

• Teams go through intense "Bootcamps" where they can spend up to 8 hours training.

• Physical injuries still happen, mainly wrist or hand related. Even drug tests.