ESports

Why Are eSports So Popular?

April 29, 2017Connor Groel23,134 Comments

The following for eSports is simply staggering. Last year’s League of Legends World Championship was watched by 43 million people, a record since passed by the 46 million who tuned into IEM Katowice in March. eSports already boast well over 200 million unique viewers annually, a number set to continue…

ESports

League of Legends and Soccer: More Similar than You Think

January 8, 2017Connor Groel4,958 Comments

We’ve all heard the argument a million times: eSports aren’t “real sports.” The sedentary act of playing video games, regardless of the strategic component involved, is incomparable to the physical activity of traditional sports. You can read my thoughts on the definition of a sport here, although honestly, the question of sport-hood is…