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A detailed article about the e-sports scene in China and the events as well as an interview with Zax has been published by SK Gaming admin Marcus "Wind" Ho. Replays.net is one of the biggest Warcraft sites on the web and the head admin is Zax, who is also founder of World Elite and StarWars, a Chinese WarCraft event. The article covers the most important facts and events of the Chinese scene and is nicely written. Below you will find some extracts from the article.
The E-sport scene in China is growing rapidly and China has more than 60 million internet users, which is the worlds second highest amount with only the United States having more internet users. One fifth of them are Internet-based game players and the Beijing Sports Bureau, the government body which oversees the development of sports in Beijing, have officially recognized gaming as a true sport and as a result millions are expected to get attracted to the gaming scene in China Marcus Ho states. The current WCG Champion Sky (picture), who also finished first in PGL and IEF tournaments and is currently ranked as second in GosuGamers database, is one of the stars. Thousands of fans are going to the offline events, thousands are watching it live on television or internet streams. The e-sports scene is getting bigger than ever in China, one of the reason are the tournaments hosted on a regular basis.
Marcus "Wind" Ho describes seven Chinese tournaments, some are rated as very competetive one's during a year. The WEG Masters, the most anticipated tournament in 2005, gathers the top teams from Asia, America and Europe. Over 20.000 fans attended to the WEG Masters 2006, 2 million watched it via the Internet streams. Another event which was held recently is KODE5 and it is one of most popular one's as he states:
He is the head admin of Replays.net and founder of the famous team WE as well as the StarWars event. Hao "zax" Chou is a long time active member of the Chinese scene and one of the most important one's. Zax thinks that the e-sport scene of China will be similar to the scene in South Korea within 2~3 years. Some progamers in China have already a salary for playing computer games and this salary is higher than the average salary he tells, "about 300-400 euro, it might not be very high in Europe, but its enough in China." When asked how a daily life of a progamer in China is, he responds:
China is on the way to become an even more important e-sport country and is next to Korea one of the most developed e-sport countries. Annual tournaments with TV broadcasts, millions of Internet stream watcher and salaries for progamers. You want to know more from the Chinese scene and the e-sport developtment? We recommend the full article by clicking the link given below.
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SK-Gaming.com - Full article (log-in req*)
Marcus "Wind" Ho of SK Gaming posted a comprehensive article about the E-sports scene in China and gives an indepth view on Chinese events, the growing of the scene and E-sport market and an interview with Zax, head of Replays.net.
A detailed article about the e-sports scene in China and the events as well as an interview with Zax has been published by SK Gaming admin Marcus "Wind" Ho. Replays.net is one of the biggest Warcraft sites on the web and the head admin is Zax, who is also founder of World Elite and StarWars, a Chinese WarCraft event. The article covers the most important facts and events of the Chinese scene and is nicely written. Below you will find some extracts from the article.
E-sports in China becomes bigger and bigger:
The E-sport scene in China is growing rapidly and China has more than 60 million internet users, which is the worlds second highest amount with only the United States having more internet users. One fifth of them are Internet-based game players and the Beijing Sports Bureau, the government body which oversees the development of sports in Beijing, have officially recognized gaming as a true sport and as a result millions are expected to get attracted to the gaming scene in China Marcus Ho states. The current WCG Champion Sky (picture), who also finished first in PGL and IEF tournaments and is currently ranked as second in GosuGamers database, is one of the stars. Thousands of fans are going to the offline events, thousands are watching it live on television or internet streams. The e-sports scene is getting bigger than ever in China, one of the reason are the tournaments hosted on a regular basis.
WEG Masters, KODE5, CEG and other tournaments:
Marcus "Wind" Ho describes seven Chinese tournaments, some are rated as very competetive one's during a year. The WEG Masters, the most anticipated tournament in 2005, gathers the top teams from Asia, America and Europe. Over 20.000 fans attended to the WEG Masters 2006, 2 million watched it via the Internet streams. Another event which was held recently is KODE5 and it is one of most popular one's as he states:
With television crews from around the world broadcasting, international media in attendance and hordes of e-sports fans cheering, the KODE5 Global Finals brought gaming to the center stage like no other gaming event.
Interview with Zax, head of Replays.net:
He is the head admin of Replays.net and founder of the famous team WE as well as the StarWars event. Hao "zax" Chou is a long time active member of the Chinese scene and one of the most important one's. Zax thinks that the e-sport scene of China will be similar to the scene in South Korea within 2~3 years. Some progamers in China have already a salary for playing computer games and this salary is higher than the average salary he tells, "about 300-400 euro, it might not be very high in Europe, but its enough in China." When asked how a daily life of a progamer in China is, he responds:
Almost similar to Korea's. They live together and we arrange house and food for them.
China is on the way to become an even more important e-sport country and is next to Korea one of the most developed e-sport countries. Annual tournaments with TV broadcasts, millions of Internet stream watcher and salaries for progamers. You want to know more from the Chinese scene and the e-sport developtment? We recommend the full article by clicking the link given below.
Links
SK-Gaming.com - Full article (log-in req*)
