esports

Kim Yoo Jin is now the best StarCraft 2 player on earth

Ladies and gentlemen, StarCraft 2 has a new world champ. Over the weekend at BlizzCon, Kim “sOs” Yoo Jin completely frustrated Jae Dong, the overwhelming favorite, by the score of 4-1, making him a hundred thousand dollars richer. Here’s the winning match. StarCraft 2, the ever-popular esport about

Online penetration is still a barrier to esports

Esports are huge. This year’s League of Legends World Championship was held at a sold-out Staples Center, home of the Los Angeles Lakers. With spectacular events like this, it’s easy to forget that there is a huge barrier to esports that doesn’t exist with other sports. Namely, a large portion of th