How Video Games Are Becoming University-Approved Sports
Wired Campus 2015-10-13
Summary:
Andrew Higley, U. of Cincinnati
When 800 video gamers arrived at the University of Cincinnati’s basketball arena on Saturday morning, 8,000 feet of extension cords and 11,000 feet of Ethernet cables awaited them. Check-in was at 9 a.m., and they had a lot to carry: laptops, desktops, TV monitors, GameCube controllers. They set up beneath the championship banners and retired jerseys hanging on the walls.
During the two-day tournament, held by the university’s League of Legends club, teams from ...