In this episode we discuss the phenomenon of competitive gaming, otherwise known as eSports. With $3 million tournament prizes, viewing figures in excess of the Super Bowl, and the recent news that eSports will become an Olympics-sanctioned event in Tokyo next year, this is a truly modern industry that cannot be stopped. However, can we really consider gaming a sport? What happens to those that don't make it to the big leagues? What is it doing to the brains of the young people who are budding to win the next million dollar jackpot? We get into it over a tipple in our first episode of Abstracts.

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Cambo - 'Coffee'https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cambo

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Reference List (PDF)https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_2gW9Q4Np-aZH1RpHeVg-hm9QLIFolHa

The Amthauer Test (IST)https://amthauer-ist.com/en/

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Sound Samples and Media

CBS News Price of the Grindhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=box4SFtGvA0

ABC News – Inside Billion dollar industryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrnZ7SboHvI

CNN – Video games scholarships to play league of legendshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR5AOpEzCBs

CNBC – Former NBS star reveals why he’s betting big on eSportshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYxHtF2SCQk

FOX Business - Is Esports the new ESPNhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l3IxywUMeU

HBO Boxing – Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: eSports Discussion (HBO Sports)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Box01YzekaQ

FOX5 – Ryan Hart talks SFV and eSports on FOX5 Newshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN-5U806SRw