E-sports’ Progression
Video games became one of the most popular sources of entertainment in the 1980s. From simple, bland pong to massively detailed and portable games. Most people see video games as a small competition, away from the real world, with members of tournaments spending lots of time working on their skills in a game. E-Sports was made in 2000, but didn’t get its first promotion until 2010. Ever since then it’s been expanding at a fast rate and now, some of the tournaments can have a grand prize of over 1 million dollars.
The average E- Sports player will earn 1,000 to 5,000 dollars alone, for just competing in the competition. For the winning players, they can get $15,000 for winning, not including the prize money. This is one of the reasons for its huge popularity.
Most E-Sports players have taken their playing skills into the online world, by posting videos on social media, making tutorials and live streaming themselves in their free time.
I have watched E-Sports online but never go to the live event because of where they are located. Though, I wonder how it would be like to go [to] one.”
— Jude Ochoa
One of the other main reasons why E-Sports has been growing so rapidly is because people around the world are able to watch as you are able to watch the games for free, and it makes them more popular. Even though the players can earn a lot of money, some may decide to make even more money by interacting with their viewers, and potentially playing a few rounds with them.
E-Sports has been growing and is now one of the most popular competitive competitions in gaming on the planet. Many people watch E-Sports everyday and enjoy the games they can watch on a higher level. As long as video games stay present, E-Sports will continue to grow with a large fan base, bigger prize pools and more games.
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Khaled Darwich • Apr 11, 2019 at 8:44 AM
I liked how you gave background information about the history of E-sports and how they became successful.
Allison Mak • Apr 11, 2019 at 8:31 AM
I like how you talked about the career of E-sports, and what the players do in the job.
Allison Mak • Apr 11, 2019 at 8:30 AM
I like how you talked about the career of E-sports and it’s history.
Allison Mak • Apr 11, 2019 at 8:29 AM
I really like how you included the history about E-sports in the beginning, and also a bit about the career it’s self.
Nikolai Ortega • Apr 11, 2019 at 8:28 AM
Really liked how your writing style is and it was a good article that had a lot of details that is a attention catcher and it was fun just reading about E-sports and it’s history of being such a big gaming event that gets attention from all around the world. Good job.
Declan Meyer • Apr 11, 2019 at 8:27 AM
Well it is a well written article about a topic I am fond of, there are a few mistakes. First of all, “The prize money is enough to convince, almost anyone, to attempt tournaments at these” is a quote with a few mistakes. There are two commas that make it incorrect and also there is no period at the end of the sentence. Also, could you go more into the teams and players who compete in E-Sports?
Isabelle Dela Rosa • Apr 11, 2019 at 8:24 AM
I like that you did research on when they were most popular and which games they were, great article.
Sean Dieu • Apr 11, 2019 at 8:22 AM
You don’t talk about how someone would be able to get in. Does it cost money? Is it expensive?
Ritika Samant • Apr 11, 2019 at 8:22 AM
Great Job! I liked how you gave the reader an insight on what E-sports is and you used a lot of details to talk more about the progression of E-sports.
Diego Flores • Apr 11, 2019 at 8:19 AM
I liked how you talked about the history when it first started, what were the first kind of video games, and then started to talk about the present time of e-sports and that people can win so much money from being in these tournaments.
Crumm • Apr 11, 2019 at 8:16 AM
Good article it was a bit short and you didn’t interview anyone
Andrew Coscarelli • Apr 11, 2019 at 8:16 AM
Great Article! I liked how you stated all the reasons why people enjoy E-Sports.