Pro gaming more attractive than pro tennis
Filed under: Culture, First Person Shooters
A Scottish gamer has traded in his racquet for arailgun, with a change of career from professional tennis player to pro gamer. David Kinnaird, a new recruit for UK progaming team dex.php”>4Kings, comments in this BBC article that "pro-gamingis bigger than tennis in a way" thanks to the sponsors involved.
Whether David’s decision was a wise onewill become clear in time, but comparing professional gaming totraditional sports throws up interesting parallels. The abundance of sponsors available to the top players, the hoursof training and the fact that many people see it as just a hobby are all common factors, yet people are more likely totake tennis players seriously than those who play computer games all day. This could be thanks to the accessibility ofgames — anyone can pick up a racket, but quickly realise they have no skill, whereas video games are designed so thatthe player eventually wins.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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