E-sports can be divided into individual sports and team sports. It is a profession, not a plaything as people used to say. As early as 2003, it was listed as an official sport by the State Sports General Administration. In 2008, the State Sports General Administration corrected it as the 78th sports event.
From the previous CS, Red Alert, Age of Empires, StarCraft I and World of Warcraft Map, the corresponding competitions have been held continuously until the League of Legends of 20 1 1 came online and became popular, and people gradually discovered the prospect of e-sports.
As the basis of e-sports, these games allow players to compete in a virtual environment through computer equipment and in a formal and fair environment, which has attracted more and more attention.
For example, both dota and lol have their own world competitions, which are highly concerned. For example, lol League of Legends World Finals 20 16 online audience reached14.7 million. The number of independent viewers reached 43 million. The prize money of the competition is also as high as 6.7 million dollars, which comes from the contributions of players and the sources of game resources. The original prize pool prize money is 265,438+10,000.
From this series of data, we can clearly see that e-sports are booming and gaining momentum. More and more young people are taking part in such projects.
The benefits brought by e-sports are far more than these, just like the very popular live broadcast at present. 13 years, live broadcast and commentary videos quietly prevailed and have been popular ever since.
LoL has a retired player-Benwei Lu, who is now the popular anchor of the live broadcast platform Betta. Her annual income is even more amazing. She was just an ordinary person, but through her own efforts, she became a winner in life, living in a mansion and driving a luxury car.
There are also the benefits of e-sports to online e-commerce. Every day, countless people buy e-sports keyboards and mice on the network platform, and also buy game-related peripheral items.
With the rise of e-sports, sports events in the new era will have their own position. Let's wait and see.