What do you want? (From an eSports gym)
Hi Summoners! Picture this; You walk into a clean, professional storefront off a busy street. Inside there are TV's displaying SKT T1 vs TL in the 2019 worlds finals. There are teens and adults sitting on the couches watching and cheering their teams on. You can tell the area is open, bright, and energetic. Further into the space are two sets of ten high end computers with top line chairs facing each other in a 5v5 set up. Two teams are pitted against each other, talking to each other through Logitech headsets. You can tell they are enjoying competition at its finest. In another area there are five kids facing what appears to be a coach, not the computer screens behind them, guiding them through the intricacies of the game you enjoy so much. You can see that they are on a team and practicing together to become better.
This is the picture of a real, existing eSports business looking to revolutionize what gaming is and move away from the dingy stigma that surrounds it. Now, the real question, what do you want? You walk into this space thinking you're going into just another gaming lounge, but you can tell something is different. You can tell everyone there is social, but competitive. Engaged in different activities, but still all of them belong under the same roof. Why are you there? Are you playing in one of the Leagues and waiting for your team to walk in behind you? Are you taking an info session on the current meta with one of the coaches? Or are you just there to enjoy the clean, professional, bright playing environment because it is a place you can focus and play your best?
If you, regardless of your ranking in League of Legends, walked into an establishment like this knowing that you are there to take a course to improve your gameplay, what kind of courses would you like to take? A course about laning? A course about jungling? What kind of training would you want?
Thanks everyone for reading! -Inkd