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A new type of student-athlete North Dakota State College of Science adds esports team The second-largest multisport event after the Olympics, the Asian Games, had esports as a demonstration event in 2018. In 2019, the Southeast Asian Games will be featuring esports as a medal sport. Prize pools for esports events reached $30 million at the “Fortnite” World Cup in early August, and $34 million at The International Dota 2 Championships. In September, Nike unveiled its first line of esports jerseys, designed and produced for the teams in China’s League of Legends Pro League, China’s esports organization for the game “League of Legends.”
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Slowly, the world is accepting esports as a legitimate athletic pursuit and, while Asia may be leading the charge, many Western institutions are on the bleeding edge of this growing industry. North Dakota State College of Science is one such institution, adding a brand new esports team that will be affiliated with the National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE). The decision to add an esports team came naturally — many students were already coming together on their own, renting space in the student center to participate and host gaming tournaments and meetups. JOHANNA ARMSTRONG | INNOVATION “We started to encourage that and host certain events ESPORTS: North Dakota State College of Science student Davis Waldron plays “Team Fight Tactics,” a game mode that uses characters from related to that throughout League of Legends. The college has added esports to its activities this fall.
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