Kia motors sponsors Riot Games' new League of Legends European Championship

League of Legends

Kia has entered the band, Blizzard continues to act weird in front of esports fans, and a male Overwatch histrion decided it would be a adept thought to impersonate a female and join a professional person team. All this and more than happened this week in the world of esports.

Blizzard pondering nearly Hearthstone esports

Hearthstone

It hasn't been long since Blizzard ultimately killed the Heroes of the Storm esports competitive scene, but already the company has sent out surveys to Hearthstone players asking a bunch of questions. As reported by PCGamesN, Blizzard asked players "how important are Blizzard sponsored Hearthstone tournaments to y'all?" and "if in that location were no Blizzard sponsored Hearthstone tournaments, how likely are you to play Hearthstone in the next xxx days?"

Blizzard may not be closing Hearthstone esports ... yet.

Certain, this may exist nothing, just one cannot ignore how Blizzard has handled HotS, and 1 can just question whether this survey is but a boom in the coffin for Hearthstone esports too. It'due south no secret that Activision isn't happy with how Blizzard is performing and shuttering the competitive side of some of its games could be a sure way to cutting costs, especially given the returns aren't quite matching Overwatch or competitive games. But this is all speculation, and as far as we know, Blizzard is still committed to the Hearthstone competitive scene.

Would you lot exist sad to see Hearthstone esports go?

Kia sponsors League of Legends European Title

Just when you lot thought this week wasn't likewise good for esports, Kia lept onto the bandwagon by entering into a partnership with Anarchism Games. The new League of Legends European Title (LEC) needed a sponsor and Kia was more than than happy to tap into the market.

Riot Games has been pushing esports farther with the high production value of Worlds 2022 and now scoring a high make sponsorship bargain for the principal European championship shows how big companies are taking notation of esports growth as the potential for marketing. And Kia seems to be a perfect fit so far with the initial video.

Also, QuickShot looks dappa with blonde pilus. Tencent (possessor of Riot Games) likewise created a new visitor with its subsidiary in Prc to meliorate handle tournament hosting and competitive play in the region.

Humans are toxic when competitive

I've lost count how many times I've been told politely to grab a spade and dig my own grave in a League of Legends ranked match — and LoL isn't the only toxic community. Competitive gaming is toxic, but and then is everything else that involves chirapsia down opponents and getting to where you want. Loftier pay job openings, traditional sports, and at present video games to name but a few.

The sheer volume of toxicity shared amongst gamers is staggering, and it tin can paint a misleading picture when stories are written almost women being held back in gaming. Sure, women have information technology difficult because of "trash communities," but and then practice their male person counterparts.

Women in esports take again become the topic of the day with the recent Overwatch scandal with "Ellie," a signed female person esports player who was, in reality, a male role player chosen "Punisher" who wanted to carry out a social experiment. This kind of thing doesn't help, nor does the constant bashing of the gaming community for women not beingness on-stage.

Just look at what happened with Team Siren in the video above. If a female pro player is good enough for the stage, an organization would do itself an injustice not to sign her onto the roster. Same with male players. They don't (and shouldn't) care about gender. Information technology's all about talent.

I want to see women in esports competing on stage, but I as well desire them to get there because they're good plenty. Again, same with male person players.

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