The last fortnight has been an examination of the wheres and the whys that form the basis of professional gaming. Of course, every now and again, it doesn’t hurt to remind ourselves that what actually underpins the basis of eSports is the tournaments themselves.
It’s not the prize pool posted at Major League Gaming’s tournaments, or the winnings gamers take home from Electronic Sports World Cup or World Cyber Games events, but the mentality that players take on the bus, train, in their cars or the airplane on their way to their matches.
Put simply, eSports isn’t just professional gaming. It’s the attitude that flows among the hundreds of people sitting in bitterly uncomfortable seats, annoying their girlfriends who are growing callouses on their rear because their partner wants to watch IdrA or Roy dominate the competition. It’s the chill people get down their spine when the last man defending the bomb gets fragged through three walls on the back of de_train.
It’s also the vigour people get when they get out of bed and think about build orders, or the excitement a gamer feels when all he can think about on the train home is a long night of smashing people in FIFA.
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