Question Should E-Sports be future Olympics?

[kazoz]

I heard some statics today that I thought was interesting. The report said that E-Sports has grown to 475million and generates $1billion dollars
a year. There is obviously great interest and enthusiam for the sport. Some don't consider E-Sports a true sport but what do you think? Many colleges have added E-Sports to their programs. Should E-Sports be part of the upcoming Olympics.

 

[ZedClampet]

Honestly, right now I would say "no", but maybe in the future. The problem right now, as I see it, is that each esport is tied to a particular publisher and is used primarily as a way to generate more game sales. For the Olympics, what we would need is a publisher agnostic game(s), and I don't know how that would come about, unless a group of publishers got together and collaborated on an independent game. There's no money in that for them, so I don't see it happening.

 

[Brian Boru]

Welcome to the forum

For clarity: you say both "upcoming" and "future". Do they mean the same?

I regard 'upcoming' as next, whereas 'future' is anytime.

 

[Colif]

Olympics are a waste of time so why not add more to it.

E sports could point out the obvious, you don't even have to be in same place to compete so why even bother going to some country to do this crap.

 

[Andrepwe4]

I think maybe
but don't know when?

 

[Narvuntien]

I personally would like Esports Olympics that is run by a separate World Esports Association. The IOC doesn't exactly have a clean reputation. I feel like there are so many games that it could honestly be its own event. I would include mobile esports as well. There is also a lot of weirdness that comes from a sport being owned by a company the way esports are.

For now, the LoL world champs is my Olympics

 

[Brian Boru]

there are so many games that it could honestly be its own event

Right, like the Winter Olympics is its own event.

Esports are obviously going to be massive by the second half of the century, and it's difficult to see how being shackled to the Olympics helps anyone other than the IOC.

Anyone who understands sport or competition knows that any one-off event is not a measure of excellence, but rather who was best on that particular day/week. Excellence is measured in repeat performances over time, which is why the top competition of the world's game are all national leagues of ~40 games per year.

Esports is ideal for such a setup. It depends whether Esports become controlled by outfits like IOC or FIFA—if so, then hype, marketing and revenue will rule, and the search for excellence will only be in service to those goals.

So in short, I hope Esports steer clear of the Olympics.

 

[Roy Bernando]

I dont think so, cuz i believe that E-sports can be a huge competition in the future without adding in the next olympics…

 

[kevindptr]

i think that wasnt a good idea to havin e sport in the olympics but worth a try.

 

[kawolperfect19]

Should !because e-sports is very valuable for online game lovers

 

[chibchib]

A very good idea, I think

 

[Firmanhtp]

for me, it is very calculated for the current era of esports Judging from the times, everyone likes esports from children to parents

 

[Fun Gaming]

Welcome to the forum

For clarity: you say both "upcoming" and "future". Do they mean the same?

I regard 'upcoming' as next, whereas 'future' is anytime.

Yup, whether it is future or upcoming, does anybody has the recent announcement from the officials?

 

[Colif]

poll and thread closed