TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD Kendrick L. Cheah, one of the top Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players in the Philippines, has shown that video games aren’t just a child’s pastime anymore. READ:
Bros. Ultimate players in the Philippines, has shown that video games aren’t just a child’s pastime anymore.
Transportation costs to venues were expensive especially when one gets stuck in Manila’s notorious traMoney wasn’t easy until a professional esports team sponsored him, but he continues to worry about his team’sThat playing video games competitively could be a salaried profession was nonsense a few years ago. Now, professional gamers make a decent living and turn into millionaires on some occasions.
At a House of Representatives hearing in March, the Philippine Esports Organization proposed an economic zone that will house a studio where esports events can be broadcasted and boot camp facilities where local esports athletes can train. The Department of Education also plans to integrate esports in the curriculum through game-based learning and physical education, according to a Powerpoint presentation shown at the House hearing.
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