eSports is a very fast sport, in which reaction time is often decisive for victory or defeat. That's why technical terms and especially time-saving abbreviations determine the communication among the players.
In the MSI final against Team Liquid, the Berliners of G2 eSports convinced all along the line and even broke a world record. In our Recap you can find out how the Best of Five went and how the Europeans could become so successful internationally.
Hardly any other sport is reaching as many people as eSports. The future belongs to cybersports, and China knows that too. A major project in the Chinese province of Zhejing is building a city within a city for professional gamers in its capital Hanghzou.
At the end of the 90s, during the troubled economic situation in South Korea, eSports found its origin. The South Korean government promoted the expansion of telecommunications and Internet infrastructure, thus setting the course for eSport.