e-sports

Despite the trappings of traditional sports – players in uniforms, referees in stripes, corporate branding in every place imaginable – competitive gaming, or e-sports as some call it, hasn't upgraded from niche to mainstream, though the World Cyber Games and main sponsor Samsung Electronics Co. hope to change that mindset with "WCG Ultimate Gamer."

World Cyber Games Kickoff In Los Angeles AP 2010

Internet e-sports like Starcraft2 have big-name pro players, announcers who broadcast matches, and millions of fans who'd rather watch the action online or in bars than play themselves.

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Despite the trappings of traditional sports – players in uniforms, referees in stripes, corporate branding in every place imaginable – competitive gaming, or e-sports as some call it, hasn't upgraded from niche to mainstream, though the World Cyber Games and main sponsor Samsung Electronics Co. hope to change that mindset with "WCG Ultimate Gamer."

World Cyber Games Kickoff In Los Angeles AP 2010

Despite the trappings of traditional sports – players in uniforms, referees in stripes, corporate branding in every place imaginable – competitive gaming, or e-sports as some call it, hasn't upgraded from niche to mainstream, though the World Cyber Games and main sponsor Samsung Electronics Co. hope to change that mindset with "WCG Ultimate Gamer."

World Cyber Games Kickoff In Los Angeles AP 2010

Despite the trappings of traditional sports – players in uniforms, referees in stripes, corporate branding in every place imaginable – competitive gaming, or e-sports as some call it, hasn't upgraded from niche to mainstream, though the World Cyber Games and main sponsor Samsung Electronics Co. hope to change that mindset with "WCG Ultimate Gamer."

World Cyber Games Kickoff In Los Angeles AP 2010

The clan is already debating whether or not to switch … And I think things look pretty grim from the e-sports side …

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This is also only news because ESPN is The Biggie and they seem to be lumping in e-sports urg along with other ordinary sports, rather than sidelining gaming coverage to something like "special events".

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E-Sports New to this year's event is the e-sports category, in which contestants will duke it out in popular sports-related videogames such as the soccer title FIFA 07.

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Tsogt Sharavrentsen, a manager with Mongolia's national e-sports program, points to his star athlete, 19-year-old Lkhagvasuren Byambasuren, who forged his FIFA 07 skills in the Internet cafes of Ulaanbaatar.

Anyone for Kabaddi? 2007

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