E-Sports: A Legitimate Sports

By: Angelina Ysabelle Ibarra

Electronic sports is a type of competition between online gamers, either

individually or in teams. It can be also played without internet connections. It is
established by Mintiang Tan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Singapore based gaming
firm Razor. E-Sports was first officially conjugated during the Southeast Asian (SEA)
Games on November 30, 2019. Parents were alarmed for their children’s mental health
when playing online games. Stress is normal in playing different kinds of sports. E-
Sports is more convenient for the children to play since there is a less risks of accidents
and physical injuries. Introducing e-sports revolutionize the field of sports and should be
considered as legitimate sports.
The inclusion of e-sports will boost the enthusiasm of student gamers in the
country. Not just in e-sports but also in school related activities. According to the
statement of head e-sports company, LeVoir Barry, “It is a help for communities to
adopt the advabce technologies”. It will the young learners to learn valuable skills like
teamwork, develop social skills and be better at strategic thinking and planning.
Introducing e-sports offer a bunch of school-related opportunities to students that are
good in field of online games.
Also, e-sports brought excellence and honor to the Philippines. In fact, Filipino
teams are the consecutive world champion of Mobile Legends from the second series
up to the recent fourth series. Based on the statistics provided by e-sports earnings,
there are 1,435 Filipino who play e-sports and have been awarded a total of 17, 255,
439 US Dollars across the 1,161 tournament. They are representing and raising the
Philippine flag in the field of sports.
Since that e-sports have already established their eminence across the globe,
embrace it to the society and give the full support. The technologies are evolving year
by year, therefore, we should adopt it and try the new games that are more appropriate
in advance digital world.