Who could have guessed people would be able to make money playing online games? In recent years, E-Sports, or "Electronics Sports", has grown immensely amazing people by showing them the potential of E-Sports in the future. Dota2, an online video game, has caught the attention of many people around the world, questioning the potential of e-sports. On July of this year, Valve, the creators of Dota2, organized a global championship with a prize pool of $11 million! Never in human history was so much money invested on online gaming. This innovative event has increased the gaming industry and has turned its ambitions towards the lucrative world of professional video game competition. People now debate whether electronics sports will one day become as lucrative and popular as any other sport. So far, the predominant answer to this question is yes. Researchers have discovered that the global revenue for games is $20 billion higher than the music industry's and is now close to passing that of the movie business! Professional gaming has become a revolutionary concept today. Who could imagine people could become millionaires playing video games?
The author of this article, Nick Wingfield, was very effective in his article. Wingfield uses vivid words that give the article sensory details to it. He starts the article using phrases such as, "Lighting bolt strikes. Weapons explode. Nasty spells are cast". This was very effective as it gave sensory imagery to the readers. His word choices are very effective as well as he uses easy and clear words. Wingfield uses formal language throughout the article and provides many evidences and quotes to support his article giving it a strong credibility. He also uses images throughout his article which was very effective as it portrayed a lot of what he was saying in his article. The article was very interesting and easily got my attention. I enjoyed reading this article, especially about this subject, and hope to see more articles on online gaming.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/technology/esports-explosion-brings-opportunity-riches-for-video-gamers.html
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