Esports is not really sports - right?
Well - actually - wrong. There is a lot that goes into the preparation and playing of tournaments as you will hear in this episode. That´s why former professional gamer and current CMO of ENS, Joona Leppänen, prefers the term "competitive gaming".
The Top 5 key takeaways from his story:
- Professional esports teams are far away from being a setup of only a few gamers. ENCE for example employes 17 professional gamers and a support group of 10.
- esports is not about playing the game and only playing the game. The theory is a massive part of it (e.g. analyzing the own game and the games of the competition) as well as actual physical training and working with nutritionists, physiotherapists, and mental coaches.
- Today´s world is leading more and more to a situation where we as individuals are making choices on how to best consume emptiness our lives. No longer is football competing against ice hockey and F1 - these days streaming platforms such as Netflix, HBO, Youtube and Twitch are competing against all sports in terms of attracting viewers.
- Being a professional gamer requires extremely thick skin. There are naturally big rewards to be gained in case of success but the overall pressure is unbearable for many. “Be as good as your last game or better” does not leave a lot of errors and requires enormous dedication to keep on grinding.
- esports has already been massively popular at the beginning of 2000 in countries like South Korea.
Ways to connect:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joona-lepp%C3%A4nen-550a1766/
Accounts to follow:
https://www.ence.gg/
https://www.facebook.com/enceesports/
https://www.instagram.com/ENCEesports/
https://www.twitch.tv/ence
