There are many games in the world today. The hottest games are "League of Legends," "Battleground" and "StarCraft series". In August 2018 Asian Games will be held in Indonesia. Many people wondered whether South Korea will send e-Sport teams to Asian Games or not. Fortunately, they finally decided to send e-Sports teams to Asian Games.

▲ 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang

E-Sports were adopted for a demonstration sport in 2018 Asian Games for the first time. In South Korea, there were domestic administrative issues. Some association did not admit that e-Sports are sports. At least on regional unit of a particular sports association should be a member of KSOC(the Korea Sport& Olympic Committee). However, the Korea e-Sports Association was not a member of KSOC. However, Daejeon Sports Council accepted the Daejeon e-Sports Association as a member. So, the Korea e-Sports team could participate in 2018 Asian Games.

The e-Sorts market will be developed by 2018 Asian Games. By 2018 Asian Games, many people will start to get interested in e-Sports. Many people will know that South Korea is a powerful nation. After 2018 Asian Games, Korean status for e-Sports will rise. Market investigation enterprise said that e-Sports market will rise by 1.5 billion dollars. AOS game, "League of Legends", and FPS game, "Counter-Strike" are main games of e-Sports market.

▲ The hottest computer game, ˝League of Legends˝

Also, viewers of e-Sports will rise by 0.5 billion people in 2020. Moreover, the mobile game market will rise by 120 billion dollars in 2020. Asia comprises 47 percent of the whole e-Sports market, Next are North America, Europe, and South America. In 2018 Asian Games, 18 players and supervisors will participate in the event. The hottest event is "League of Legend", and Faker(Lee Sang-hyeok), Peanut(Han Wang Ho), Score(Ko Dong-bin), Ruler(Park Jae-hyeok), Core JJ(Jo Young-in), and Kiin(Kim Ki-in) will participate in the event.

▲ From left: Kiin, Peanut, Score, Faker, Ruler, and Core JJ

Finally, e-Sports will become real sports in 2018 Asian Games. Not only computer games but also mobile games were adopted for the event of e-Sports, Because South Korea has the best record in other game contests, many people in the world expect that they will get great achievements in the 2018 Asian Games.

June.2nd, 2018 by Choi Jae Hyeok