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05-24-2014, 07:11 PM
How One Video Game Became a Million-Dollar Professional Sport
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Last October, the Staples Center was filled with hundreds of thousands of passionate fans, though **t the type you would expect in the storied sports arena
The fans that sold-out the stadium in an hour weren't there to watch Game 7 of the NBA Finals. They were there to watch professional gamers compete on the international stage at the World Championships of the video game League of Legends — one of the largest and most watched (http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/19/5123724/league-of-legends-world-championship-32-million-viewers) eSports tournaments in history.
See also: How a YouTube Documentary Gave New Life to a Nintendo Classic (http://mashable.com/2014/05/03/super-smash-bros-documentary/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Since then, League of Legends eSports (the term for professional gaming) has continued to grow in popularity, but, more importantly, in legitimacy. As Riot Games' professional league — the League Championship ****** (http://na.lolesports.com/about) (LCS) — enters the second half of its second season, it's all beginning to look more and more like traditional sports Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/24/riot-games-league-of-legends-esports/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Last October, the Staples Center was filled with hundreds of thousands of passionate fans, though **t the type you would expect in the storied sports arena
The fans that sold-out the stadium in an hour weren't there to watch Game 7 of the NBA Finals. They were there to watch professional gamers compete on the international stage at the World Championships of the video game League of Legends — one of the largest and most watched (http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/19/5123724/league-of-legends-world-championship-32-million-viewers) eSports tournaments in history.
See also: How a YouTube Documentary Gave New Life to a Nintendo Classic (http://mashable.com/2014/05/03/super-smash-bros-documentary/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Since then, League of Legends eSports (the term for professional gaming) has continued to grow in popularity, but, more importantly, in legitimacy. As Riot Games' professional league — the League Championship ****** (http://na.lolesports.com/about) (LCS) — enters the second half of its second season, it's all beginning to look more and more like traditional sports Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/24/riot-games-league-of-legends-esports/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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