Hi my dear friends, today we're going to look at something that is very popular among us, mainly among young people: Video games and "Professional Video gamers", competitions, olympic e-games, etc. I hope you'll like it!
Hola mis queridos amigos, hoy vamos a mirar hacia algo que es muy popular entre nosotros, principalmente entre los jóvenes: "Los video juegos y los jugadores de video juegos profesionales", las competiciones, los juegos olímpicos de video juegos, etc. ¡Espero que os guste!
Info: from Speak-up magazine.
Photos: wikipedia.org / eurogamer.es / medac.es / extron.es
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In the summer of 2019, over 12,000 fans were at Wembley Arena in London, shouting and cheering. Thousands more were watching online. But this wasn't a football, basketball or tennis match. It was e-sports, or competitive computer gaming. The prize money for the winners; 3 million pounds!
PROFESSIONAL GAMERS
Millions of people in the UK play games for fun. Some of them have become professional gamers, playing games as their full-time job. Did you know that football teams such as West Ham and Manchester City employ e-sports players? They send them around the world to compete in football video game competitions. It's not easy being a professional gamer, though. They practise for ten or more hours a day, five or six days a week. They do exercises like typing something and trying to type it faster and faster. They also study videos of other players and plan ways to beat them.
OLYMPIC E-GAMES?
As well as playing games, many people like watching them, too. You can watch games on video sites like Twitch adn YouTube and in the UK there is a TV channel showing e-sports 24 hours a day.
They can be exciting to watch; Just like other sports, there are close games, last-minute victories and amazing performances. Sometimes online viewers can interact with the game. For example, some games rename characters in the game with the names of online viewers!
But are e-sports really sports? Are players athletes? Some say no. E-sports players don't need to run, jump, throw or make major physical movements. At the moment, the UK government classifies e-sports as kinds of games, not as sports.
But others say Yes, e-sports are sports. Players do need some physical skills, especially hand-eye coordination, reflexes, accuracy and timing. If darts , snooker and shouting are classified as sports, then perhaps e-sports should be, too. In fact, the governments of China and South Korea do classify e-sports as sports, and they will be an official medal sport in the Asian Games starting from 2022. Next step the Olympics?
POPULARITY
For many e-sports fans and players, though, the most important thing is that e-sports are growing in popularity and importance. If e-sports are not as important as "normal" sports at the moment, they definitely will be in the near future.
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EXERCISES.
1.- MATCH THE VOCABULARY 1-8 WITH THE CORRECT DEFINITION a-h.
1 a gamer a) on the Internet
2 a viewer b) the activity of playing computer games
3 a skill c) a person who plays computer games
4 gaming d) doing an activity as a job, not just as a hobby
5 online e) somebody who watches a video
6 professional f) about the body or using the body
7 physical g) to put something in a group or category
8 to classify something h) an ability to do something
2 TRUE OR FALSE. Read the article and decide whether the following sentences are True or False.
1 There were 12,000 e-sports players in London in the summer of 2019 _____
2 The prize money for the winners was 3 million pounds ____
3 Gaming is a popular activity in the UK ____
4 A professional gamer practises for about ten hours a day _____
5 Footbal teams are taking e-sports competitions seriously ____
6 E-sports are boring to watch ____
7 In the UK there is a TV channel that shows e-sports 24 hours a day ____
8 All governments around the world consider e-sports as sports. _____
9 E-sports players need to have some physical skills. ____
10 In the 2022 Asian Games, e-spors will be an official medal sport. ____
11 E-sports have been recognised as an Olympic sport. _____
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VOCABULARY
-TO SHOUT: gritar
-TO CHEER: anImar.
-FULL-TIME: a tiempo completo.
-FASTER AND FASTER: cada vez más rápido.
-TO BEAT: derrotar.
-AS WELL AS: así como.
-EXCITING: emocionante.
-ACCURACY: precisión.
-SNOOKER: billar inglés.
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SOLUTIONS TO THE EXCERCISES.
1.- 1 c / 2 e / 3 h / 4 b / 5 a / 6 d / 7 f / 8 g
2.- 1 F / 2 F / 3 T / 4 T / 5 T / 6 F / 7 T / 8 F / 9 T / 10 T / 11 F
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