As another Summer Olympics comes to a close, it just gets me mulling over the fact that once again, we didn’t see any eSports on the world’s largest stage. This is extremely upsetting to me, since I really do think that eSports should be included in the Olympics . Yes, the International Olympics Committee (the IOC for short) does have its own Olympics for eSports in Singapore, signifying just how big eSports are around the world.
But, I really want to see eSports in the next Olympics proper, right alongside sports like swimming, track and field, figure skating, and luge. Now, I’ve already talked about other sports I would love to see in the Olympics , and now I want to talk about eSports, and just how I would make them become a reality in the Summer and Winter Games. Create 4 Broad Genres Of Sports, Those Being Fighting Games, RTS, Battle Royale, And Sports Games Now, one reason why eSports haven’t made it into the Olympics yet is because the IOC is concerned about “violent games.
” So, what this means is that actual “sports” are allowed into the Olympic eSports series, like virtual Taekwondo , or playing Gran Turismo (Just like in the fairly recent movie, which we enjoyed ), but you won’t see anything like Doom Eternal deathmatches anytime soon. However, while I’m sure there’s an audience for much “safer” eSports events, there would be a much bigger audience (some of which I’m sure wouldn’t be caught dead watching the regular Olympics) if more tr.