During the past year with most sports shut down I have turned a lot of my attention to esports. I have watched many different esports but the two I watch consistently are League of Legends and Rocket League. At the moment League of Legends is hosting an international LAN event where the best team from each region plays. This has gotten me thinking of how LAN events are some of the best esports content that is possible. During LAN events not only can you watch all the best teams play, but you get to see all the regions compete for the title. This allows for a great comparison between all of the regions and the viewers get to see who is the best in the world. One of the main downsides of this is that they are very infrequent. While that is a major downside, it also allows for more attention to be drawn to the international events and they usually get more viewers and sponsors because of this. As an avid video game player, I know how important it is to have a good connection to the game. Because usually, you are playing online, it can promote lag in the game and make the game feel slower. Meanwhile, in a LAN environment, there is no need for a wifi connection and everyone has the same advantages of playing with lower ping. This helps reduce the amount of variability in the connection and it allows for there to be no excuses due to lag. Like I mentioned earlier I am a fan of Rocket League Esports as well. Recently they have been doing show matches where players from North America will play players from Europe to see who is better. Because the regions are separated into North America and Europe, these teams do not play often except during LAN events. This year due to COVID-19, Rocket League has canceled all of these events so we are no longer able to see the teams play against each other. While there are show matches going on, one of the two teams always has to play with ping over 100 (bad connection) and it makes their gameplay much worse in comparison. This is why I think that having a LAN event is very important as it shows who is the best in the world and lets all teams play with no advantages due to connection. Overall, I think more and more esports should do live LAN events because they are much more telling of the better teams and they also provide a higher average view count for the organizers.
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AuthorHi, my name is Nick Bayer and I will be posting blogs about every 1-2 weeks in the 2020-21 school year. I am doing this for my Advanced Game Design class at Durham School of the Arts(DSA). The views and opinions expressed in this blog are solely those of the author and do not represent those of Durham School of the Arts or Durham Public Schools. Categories
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