Future of eSports in Bangladesh
“eSports”
is a very popular term amongst the teenagers nowadays. Despite being a fast-growing
industry, it is quite underrated in the current society. The majority of the people
think that playing video games is a waste of time. However, it is not true. If
someone is truly passionate about playing video games a living, eSports can be
a very promising career option. With eSports quickly becoming a billion dollar
industry, more interesting jobs are being available beyond gaming.
There is a stigma that video games makes people more
violent. Actually, a study conducted by The American Psychological Association finds
no evidence connecting between violent games and aggressive behavior. On the
contrary, a neuroscience study found that 3D immersive gaming can improve memory.
Most people think you can be in the eSports industry only by being a
professional gamer. But that is a myth. According to Bryan(2022), there are
jobs in:
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Management
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Operations
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Sales
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Event Planning
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Coaching
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Travel Agent
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Social Media Coordinating
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Content Creation
In the west, there are many universities offering degrees in
eSports for example, University of California Irvine, the University of Texas,
The Ohio State University etc. They even have advanced research programs. Which
gets us down to the fact that it’s not a waste of time to consider eSports a potential
career choice.
The recent years had both ups and downs for the Bangladeshi
eSports scene. A1 eSports, a Bangladeshi PUBG mobile team generated quite a
fame in the particular community. They came in 3rd position in the
PUBG mobile global competition. They earned a huge amount of money and even donated
a portion of their earning to charity. But they are not getting the respect
they deserve. During a local tournament organized by a player in their roster, the
policed barged in and arrested many players from the tournament in suspicion of
stealing mobile phones. This is a very disrespectful and unacceptable behavior
considering the fact that there was nothing illegal going on. It is really
embarrassing to treat a representative of our country on an international level
this poorly.
Unemployment is a major problem in Bangladesh. I think that
introducing eSports as a career choice will help the youth greatly as it will
open many new job opportunities. Currently Bangladesh has a reputation internationally
only in PUBG mobile. There are other popular and trendy games like VALORANT,
League of Legends, Overwatch, Counter Strike: Global Offensive etc. All of
these combined, there is a huge potential of eSports in Bangladesh
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