Is sports going digital?

[Sparko]

https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/22/...-ps4-fifa-pro/


Major League Soccer gets its first eSports player
New York City FC now has a representative for virtual tournaments.

A number of European soccer teams have their own eSports players, but what about American clubs? Don't worry, they're catching up. New York City FC has signed Major League Sports' first eSports player, Christopher Holly, to represent the outfit in FIFA tournaments. He's definitely not a newcomer to the game -- Holly has been playing some form of FIFA on PlayStation systems for the past 12 years, and plays well enough that he was the top-rated FIFA Ultimate Team player on the planet in December.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/05/...sports-player/https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/26/...uts-interview/

[Cerebrum123]

It's been doing this for a while. It's not even limited to "sports" games. They were playing the Overwatch World Cup on Disney XD's On Demand channel. I wish I had the reflexes and reaction time of when I was younger, because I probably could have competed.

[TheWall]

Competitive Tekken and other fighting games have been around for years.

[Sparko]

It's been doing this for a while. It's not even limited to "sports" games. They were playing the Overwatch World Cup on Disney XD's On Demand channel. I wish I had the reflexes and reaction time of when I was younger, because I probably could have competed.

yeah I know there has been eSports leagues out there playing various game tournaments, but now we have the NBA and Pro-Football (soccer) signing up eplayers and starting eleagues?

I am waiting for the old geezer's eleague so I can whoop their butts in Pong!

[JonathanL]

It's been doing this for a while. It's not even limited to "sports" games. They were playing the Overwatch World Cup on Disney XD's On Demand channel. I wish I had the reflexes and reaction time of when I was younger, because I probably could have competed.

There's also ELEAGUE on TBS where they broadcast a Rocket League Cup and a CS:GO Premier League. The next CS:GO Major (in Boston) will also be broadcast on TBS.

[Teallaura]

Anyone else have sudden flashbacks to Wall-E?