Considerations Regarding the Development of the eSports Phenomenon

Autor: Marius Cătălin Popescu, Dragoş Laurenţiu Diaconescu, Ioan Turcu, George Bogdan Burcea, Constantin Răzvan Barbu Mihai, Paula Apostu
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Educatio Artis Gymnasticae. 65:109-118
ISSN: 2065-9547
1453-4223
DOI: 10.24193/subbeag.65(4).36
Popis: Esports (Electronics Sports or short for esports, e-sports) is the term used in multiplayer computer games competitions, most of them organized and dedicated to professional players. Nowadays, esports has become a real industry, generating profits for the hardware companies, for the event organizers, but especially for the players, who can reach record receipts from the awards given at different events around the. Esports has slowly evolved into a cultural phenomenon. Across Asia, North America and Europe, the best pro gamers are competing for a share in hundreds of thousands of dollars at each tournament, watched by thousands if not millions of people around the globe. The present paper aims to present some theoretical aspects regarding the connection between sport and society, and also the development of electronic sport in Romania.
Databáze: OpenAIRE