ESPN Takes eSports Seriously – About Time!

SKT1 Telecom Mid Laner Lee Sang-hyeok “Faker” is the world’s best League of Legends player.  In the growing eSports scene in America, a few competitive games have been shown on ESPN2.  Now, the Korean superstar gets his own in depth article for ESPN the Magazine.  Is America finally ready to take eSports seriously?

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Most of the fans in Tallahassee are rooting for America’s representative, Team SoloMid. It gets clobbered. SKT skates through to the semifinals, where it faces a European squad, Fnatic. Everyone assumes the Koreans will win, but the series is surprisingly close — at one point, Faker dies multiple times. After an announcer wonders aloud whether SKT should consider replacing him with Easyhoon…

To read the full article, click here.

Source:  Mina Kimes

Image Source:  Vincent Samaco

Author: JTRex

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