In this episode we discuss the phenomenon of competitive gaming, otherwise known as eSports. With $3 million tournament prizes, viewing figures in excess of the Super Bowl, and the recent news that eSports will become an Olympics-sanctioned event in Tokyo next year, this is a truly modern industry that cannot be stopped. However, can we really consider gaming a sport? What happens to those that don't make it to the big leagues? What is it doing to the brains of the young people who are budding to win the next million dollar jackpot? We get into it over a tipple in our first episode of Abstracts.
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Music
Cambo - 'Coffee'
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cambo
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Reference List (PDF)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_2gW9Q4Np-aZH1RpHeVg-hm9QLIFolHa
The Amthauer Test (IST)
https://amthauer-ist.com/en/
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Sound Samples and Media
CBS News Price of the Grind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=box4SFtGvA0
ABC News – Inside Billion dollar industry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrnZ7SboHvI
CNN – Video games scholarships to play league of legends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR5AOpEzCBs
CNBC – Former NBS star reveals why he’s betting big on eSports
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYxHtF2SCQk
FOX Business - Is Esports the new ESPN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l3IxywUMeU
HBO Boxing – Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: eSports Discussion (HBO Sports)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Box01YzekaQ
FOX5 – Ryan Hart talks SFV and eSports on FOX5 News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN-5U806SRw
