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RSS FeedsVideo Games As An Olympic Sport? IOC Hosts Gaming Forum To Discuss It
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23 july 2018 03:59:49

 
Video Games As An Olympic Sport? IOC Hosts Gaming Forum To Discuss It
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The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris could feature a competitive gaming tournament, bringing gaming to the global event for the first time and making gaming an Olympic sport. Whether or not eSports gets into the Olympics will be decided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the organisation took a further step in the discussion process this weekend.The IOC and the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) hosted an `eSports Forum` at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland this weekend. The purpose of the event was to `[begin] a dialogue to build joint understanding and set a platform for future engagement between the esports and gaming industries and the Olympic Movement.`More than 150 representatives from gaming attended the event, including professional gamers like Jacob Lyon from the Houston Outlaws pro Overwatch League team. Lyon interviewed IOC president Thomas Bach. Also in attendance was Overwatch League commissioner Nate Nanzer, as well as former NBA player and eSports investor Rick Fox.During the Forum, participants talked about potential collaboration opportunities, including the big one on everyone`s mind: can gaming be a recognised Olympic sport? However, the Forum`s directive was never to decide something about this, but instead it was meant to continue the discussion around the topic broadly.`The Esports Forum was a unique opportunity to hear from a wide variety of stakeholders, including some of the top players themselves,` IOC sports director Kit McConnell said in statement. `There was a consensus that future collaboration will be based on ensuring that any activity supports and promotes the Olympic values; and while the goal was not to develop a pathway towards the inclusion of esports on the Olympic programme, we have a strong plan for ongoing dialogue and engagement, and are in a strong position to coordinate and support the wider engagement of the Olympic Movement with esports.`This eSports Forum followed the ...


 
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