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Not that I don't believe you, but Chinese teams compete at the highest levels of competitive gaming. There has to be some loopholes. Same goes for South Korea
by chillwaves 5y ago
Not that I don't believe you, but Chinese teams compete at the highest levels of competitive gaming. There has to be some loopholes.
Same goes for South Korea. Actually, China and South Korea are the two most dominant regions for many games.
- komaromy 5y agoAre there minors on the top-level Chinese teams?
- dieortin 5y agoPeople who have played way less when they were minors would be at a big disadvantage compared to the rest of the world.
- chillwaves 5y agoThe average age is around 20 and I doubt they are training to the most competitive levels in just a year or two. > China's most famous e-sports player, Jian Zihao, has officially retired from gaming aged 23, citing ill-health. > He had been a professional gamer since 2012, playing League of Legends under the name of "Uzi". https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52920786 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52920786 He would have been ~15 in 2012.
- rococode 5y agoChina's restrictions are pretty new (implemented in 2019) so their long-term impact is yet to be seen. And Korea's law is much less restrictive since kids can play as much as they like before midnight.
- tstrimple 5y agoI don’t think China is particularly competitive in e-sports relative to places like S. Korea or the US. At least for the few I watched (mostly overwatch, counter strike) China always struggled at the bottom of the list.
- Master_Odin 5y agoChina is very competitive in the moba genre, like League of Legends and DOTA2.
- JCharante 5y agoIn the League scene the US (technically NA) region is at the bottom of the tier list.