October 8, 2013
One of the most popular games in the world right now has over 32 million registered players. This game is League of Legends, if you are unfamiliar with League(LoL for short) then I will fill you in. LoL is a moba(multiplayer online battle arena) or a real time strategy game(rts) where the objective of the game is to destroy the enemy nexus. The nexus is pretty much your "base" in most games where when it gets destroyed you lose the game.
A few weeks ago, LoL had the Season 3 World Championship(WCS) and teams from around the world met up in L.A. The finals of the WCS would be played in the Staples Centre. That place was packed full at the finals, this goes to show how popular games are nowadays having to use the Staples Centre and having it packed full. In the end, a Korean team called SK Telecom T1 won the finals in a best of 5 series and they were able to hoist the Summoners Cup. This cup is a big achievement. It is like winning the Goblet of Fire in Harry Potter. While the finals were being played, about 300 thousand people were tuned in on the many various streams(twitch, azubu tv, youtube) which was 100 thousand people more than last year.
This game is still evolving as more and more people continue to join. This is just a preview on how big gaming plays in our life. Gaming is more than just a thing to waste time. Many people who play popular games do it to get money on the table. This is more than a game to them, it is their job. To think that gaming now can be a job is something else, the world has really evolved a lot. I hope that this post didn't bore you to death and I hoped that you learned more from this post about the gaming world.
A few weeks ago, LoL had the Season 3 World Championship(WCS) and teams from around the world met up in L.A. The finals of the WCS would be played in the Staples Centre. That place was packed full at the finals, this goes to show how popular games are nowadays having to use the Staples Centre and having it packed full. In the end, a Korean team called SK Telecom T1 won the finals in a best of 5 series and they were able to hoist the Summoners Cup. This cup is a big achievement. It is like winning the Goblet of Fire in Harry Potter. While the finals were being played, about 300 thousand people were tuned in on the many various streams(twitch, azubu tv, youtube) which was 100 thousand people more than last year.
This game is still evolving as more and more people continue to join. This is just a preview on how big gaming plays in our life. Gaming is more than just a thing to waste time. Many people who play popular games do it to get money on the table. This is more than a game to them, it is their job. To think that gaming now can be a job is something else, the world has really evolved a lot. I hope that this post didn't bore you to death and I hoped that you learned more from this post about the gaming world.
-Kevin
I play league and I really enjoy the coMmunity, I think its the bEst one in the e-sports organization and I'm eXcited to play wIth them. Congratulations tO SKT T1 for winning.
ReplyDeleteI haven't played this game yet because I'm scared that I'll get addicted, but I've seen many of my friends playing it. This game graphic looks really good and it looks like an really interesting game. It surprises me how this game is so popular nowadays, maybe because it's also an online game. I know many people have make friends for life from an game so some people game is really more than just a game to them. I'm happy for the success of this game. Also congratuation SK teleom T1 for winning the championship!
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