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Page 2: Will Video Game Players Turn Pro?
1. Page 2: Will Video Game Players Turn Pro?
Team 3D, any U.S. team involving five Counter-Strike players, will compete this year together with
sponsorship coming from each Hewlett-Packard and also Nvidia. Team manager Craig Levine says
cutting-edge equipment donated from the sponsors helps your team's players keep together with
their particular game, although sponsorship funds aid pay their way to WCG as well as other
competitive tournaments.
Video game competitor Cifra says such sponsorships are one of the dramatic changes more than the
previous couple of years. Any time he soon started rivalling nationally within Slovakia 3 many years
ago, he says he has been lucky in order to earn tournament prizes comparable to several hundred
U.S. dollars. Nevertheless now any nearby gaming Internet web site offers stepped as significantly
as sponsor him as well as ten other Slovaks at the WCG finals.
"Many international teams tend to be paid out with regard to by simply sponsors," says Cifra. "It's a
real possibility and also it's what's happening more and also more."
An Olympic Buildup
But it is debatable when -- or even if -- video game playing gets in order to be an actual skilled sport
using "athletes" whose livelihood depends on beating contestants on the virtual battlefield.
Certainly, promoters such as Jeong the signs are usually hopeful. in South Korea some gamers have
already turned pro and revel in a way of life -- and also fanatic following -- much like additional
sports athletes, he says. However to bring in which fervor to the united States and also globally, a
lot more mass market curiosity will need to be developed.
As such, Jeong's organization provides set up the actual WCG final tournaments being much greater
than just a gathering involving hard-core gamers. to draw within the masses, the actual WCG event
can be internet hosting an exhibition hall where video game along with entertainment companies
could flaunt their latest attractions. To Always Be Able To foster much more industry curiosity and
interaction, ICM can additionally be internet hosting a concurrent gaming conference the location
exactly where the market will toss concerning issues like the method to develop games that will
entice female players.
And since the event will be built to equate competitive video gaming with physical sports, ICM can
be pulling out your stops in order to entertain attendees and spectators. Your actual contests will be
broadcast in huge video screens at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, too as on your internet with
regard to fans who cannot attend within person. Throughout the particular day, live skateboard and
also BMX bike riders will perform outside involving the competition hall. at night, there is planning
to be live performances via numerous musical groups.
Such festivities as well as events will definitely generate an entertainment atmosphere, but will it
actually aid cast gaming as getting a "serious" sport?
"I believe it's something folks can easily adjust to," says Cifra. "It's exactly the actual same because
the Olympics -- just that will they're different types of games."
