miércoles, 29 de septiembre de 2021

E-SPORTS. PROFESSIONAL VIDEO GAMERS / PROFESIONALES DE LOS VIDEO JUEGOS.

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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