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Ii-Esports zibhekiselele kwimidlalo yevidiyo ephathwa njengezemidlalo ekhethekileyo, equkethe abadlali abahlawuliweyo, abalandeli abalandelayo, abalandeli abaxhasiweyo, ama-sponsor, kunye neentlawulo ezinkulu zeentambo. Kule minyaka embalwa edlulileyo, i-esports iye yaba yinyuka yezigidigidi zeedola ezijikelezayo kwiinkalo zehlabathi. Ngezigidi zamalandeli kunye nokuthengwa kuwo wonke umntu ovela kwiiyunivesithi eziphezulu kwi-ESPN, iindawo zokuhlala zilapha ukuhlala.
Ziziphi iinjongo?
Nangona eli gama ligxininisa abalandeli bezemidlalo bemveli, i-esports isebenza ngeendlela ezininzi ezifana nebhola lebhoksi okanye ibhola.
Umfanekiso wesinye umdlalo (okanye utshintsho) njengemidlalo yayo, oku kuthetha ukuba inemithetho yayo, iinjongo, abadlali kunye nekhono elifunekayo. Umthuthukisi walo mdlalo usebenza ngokunyanisekileyo ukuqinisa ummandla walo mdlalo wokungenisa indawo ngokuzisa abaxhasayo, ukubamba iintengiso kunye nokuhlawula umvuzo wabadlali. Ii-Esports zifanisa imidlalo yezemveli kwiinkalo ezininzi, zisebenzisa amafomathi afanayo, izivumelwano zemidlalo kunye nemimiselo.
Inqaku elilodwa - ezininzi iintlobo azisekelwe kwimidlalo yezemidlalo. I-FIFA ne-NBA 2K zinemifanekiso yezinto eziphathekayo, kodwa zibala xa zithelekiswa nezinye imidlalo.
Kwimininzi yemidlalo yabaphuculi bevidiyo, i-esports isebenza njengengalo yesebe labo lokuthengisa - kunika umxholo wokugcina abadlali ababandakanyekayo kunye nokuchitha imali kwimidlalo yabo.
Ziya Kusebenza Njani?
Kwixesha elidlulileyo, iindawo zokuhlala kuluntu ziye zashintsha ngokwemvelo kwiimidlalo ezazikhokelela ngokuncintisana ngokulinganayo. Nangona kunjalo, njengoko indawo yendawo yokulima ikhulile ngaphezu kweminyaka, abaphuhlisi baqalise ukudala imidlalo kunye nenjongo yokwakha ummandla wendawo ojikelezayo.
Ngokomzekelo, i-esport ethandwa kakhulu kwihlabathi namhlanje ngumdlalo wevidiyo obizwa ngokuba yiLigan Legends (LoL), eyenziwa yimidlalo yeRiot. I-LoL ibonisa abadlali abahlanu kwiqela ngalinye lilawula abalinganiswa beentlobo ezahlukeneyo abanamakhono ahlukeneyo kunye neempawu-injongo kukunyathela kwisiseko seqela elichasayo kwaye lichithe. Ngenxa yokuba umdlalo ngamnye uyenzeka kwimephu efanayo, abalandeli banokulandela ngokukhawuleza ukuba kwenzekani kwaye yonke umdlalo unikeza ibhodi yokudlala elinganisiweyo.
I-Riot ihlala iilawudesi zefilimu kunye nezindlu zethimba kwiNorth America kunye neentetho zaseYurophu, ezineenkampani ezilishumi. Abadlali bahlala kunye nomnye ekhaya, udweba umvuzo ukusuka kwiRiot kunye nokudlala iimidlalo zeveki kwi-studio, ekugqibeleni ekugqibeleni.
Ngenxa yokuba ezininzi iindawo ezixhamlayo ziqhutyelwa kwidolophu efanayo, iifandoms azihlali zakhiwa malunga nommandla onjengezemidlalo. Nangona kunjalo, abalandeli abalandelayo bavame ukukhupha iindibano ezinkulu njengeSpaples Centre kunye neNkundla yeHlabathi yeNdebe yeSeoul.
Ngaphezu koko, amaqela kunye nabadlali bemi ukwenza izigidi ngemali yemali ukuba bazuze nayiphi na iindidi zeetournaments zamazwe ngamazwe. Eyona nto inkulu kakhulu kule miqhudelwano, i-International, isekelwe kumdlalo obizwa ngokuba yiDota 2 kwaye unyaka odlulileyo waqhayisa i-prize pool ngaphezulu kweedola ezingama-20.
Ininzi yemali ephakanyiselweyo i-International ivela kummandla weDota 2 ngokwayo, ngokuthengiswa kwento yedijithali kumdlalo weDota 2. Khawucinge nje abalandeli bebhola abaphakamisa izigidi zeedola kwiqela eliphumeleleyo le-Super Bowl.
Kutheni Uhlala Ufuna Izinto?
Imiba ephambili ngokubaluleka ngenxa yokuba bangaphi abantu ababukeleyo. Ukuthi, ngo-2015, umdlalo omtsha wesiganeko kunye nomhlaba ophantse ungabikho obizwa ngokuba yiHaros of the Storm yabamba umdlalo ojolise kwiiklasi zasekolishi. I-Heroes ye-Dorm eneqhinga ngokukhawuleza, le mqhudelwano ibonwa ngokuba kungabali kuphela amaqela angama-800 kunye nokunikezela i-$ 375,000 kuma-scholarships, kodwa ngenxa yokuba yayisasazwa kwi-ESPN2.
Ihlabathi elingaphandle kweemidlalo zevidiyo liye laqaphela. I-NBA isandul 'isanduliso sayo semidlalo kunye neqela labadlali bezemidlalo kwii-17 zeNBA. Ii-Esports zikhawuleza zikhawuleza abaxhasi begama elifana ne-Samsung kunye neCoca Cola, kwaye i-website ye-ESPN ibonisa i-tab ye-esports kwikhasi lasekhaya.
Ukufumana ukukhangela kwendawo apho iindawo ezihamba phambili zijoliswe kwixesha elizayo, jonga nje kwi-South Korea, apho iindawo eziphathekayo ziye zithatha ngokuqinisekileyo. Abadlali kunye nabalinganiswa abavela kwiindawo ezithile zokuhlobisa i-soda cans namabhodi ebhanti, ngelixa iimidlalo zisasazwa rhoqo kumabonwakude.
Ii-Esports - iMidlalo yekamva
Ukhuphiswano lobugcisa luvela malunga nantoni nayiphi na into yokuzonwabisa, ukusuka kwi-Cornhole kuya kwi-barbeque, ngoko akusiyiyo into yokuba iimidlalo zevidiyo nazo zenzele ukhuphiswano.
Ngethuba elifutshane, ii-Esports zibalulekile kuba:
- Uthando-Ii-tournaments tournaments zikhawuleza zikhangele amashumi amawaka abalandeli kunye nezigidi zababukeli be-intanethi. Ngo-2013, i-LoL's World Finals yakhangela ababukeli abayizigidi ezili-27, abagqithiseleyo ububukeli be-NBA Finals ne-World Series ngaloo nyaka.
- IiDola-ezi-10 eziphezulu kakhulu zokuhlawula iintlawulo ezingaphezulu kweerandi ezingama-71, kwaye ziphakathi kwemidlalo emibini ehlukeneyo.
- Ukuthengwa kuwo wonke umntu ukusuka kwi-NBA ukuya kwiCoca-Cola ukuya kwi-ESPN ingene kwibala leendawo, ngokuxhaswa okanye ukubandakanyeka ngqo, kwaye izinto ziyafudumala.