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landonhammock·11/3/2015, 5:05:13 PM·40 votes·1,723 views

I was wondering if there was any chance I could get a rioter response for a paper that I am doing on eSports in my English class for whatever questions y'all are comfortable answering 1 How often are professional players injured and what steps are taken to prevent/marginalize these injuries? 2 How big of an affect does professionals using substances such as Adderall and Ritalin have on the community? 3 What governmental regulations are in place as far as the professional scene and do these vary from country to country? 4 Does Riot plan to put regulations in place that would intend to benefit the players ( along the lines of NFL regulations that prevent teams from doing things that could lead to their players getting hurt?) 5 Do y'all have any suggestions as to things that would be helpful in my essay? (the paper is for a college English class)

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Yikes Im bad11/3/2015, 9:01:01 PM2 votes

I believe this might help:

http://worlds.lolesports.com/en_US/worlds/articles/2015-world-championship-rules 2015 World Championship Rules PDF

They have multiple links which might help if they do not answer.

Also, i'm not sure if this actually will help:

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/legal/eula XIII. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IsmokeOregano11/3/2015, 9:05:41 PM2 votes

upvoted and commenting just to help you get seen, good luck!

ValuedCustomer11/4/2015, 4:39:21 PM2 votes

  1. They are injured a lot, and aside from having a field medic/coach at their side, not much is done about it. See how LoL star Enrique "xPeke" Cedeno handles the pressure: https://www.facebook.com/bbctechtent/videos/455752184630002/ The Real Scars of Korean Gaming: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32996009

  2. It is big enough to warrant Olympics-scale attention. Video gamers face tournament drug tests: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33650486 Olympic drug ban for ESL players: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33882691

  3. Virtually none. In fact, professional eSports players are such new entities in legal code, it isn't that long ago that they were recognized as a kind of occupation, let alone protected or regulated as one: The U.S. Now Recognizes eSports Players As Professional Athletes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2013/07/14/the-u-s-now-recognizes-esports-players-as-professional-athletes/ The only kind of governmental regulations are those that overlap with existing fields of law, such as bribery for match-fixing.

  4. I'm pretty sure there are already such regulations in place, and like the NFL, by a self-regulating agency. But also like NFL regulations, they are really made to be broken. It's inevitable, given how most of these teams have the backing of corporations big enough to be virtually above the law (South Korean ones in particular, just look up the term "chaebol").

RamboDash1511/3/2015, 11:08:32 PM1 votes

Many esports players now receive player visas, much like how international football players are able to go into another country in order to play. In this way a major faction of the governing process has recognized esports as an actual sport; and not just "10 nerds playing video games."

BakedLotion11/3/2015, 11:32:43 PM1 votes

what. how do esports players even get injured? They sit on a chair all day dafuq

HenryDahNewb11/4/2015, 3:25:07 AM1 votes

Someone from riot better respond to this because i want to know too. (Ps when is this paper due?)