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to not be a part of this."

Tsm already got invited.

So it's tsm and it looks

like it's either us or curse...

Whoever wins the fan vote.

But it definitely

could go either way.

I think everyone views

north America

as the underdogs

of, generally, every tournament.

So every time we lose,

I just want c9 to win because

i want to prove people wrong.

When I was very new

into esports,

I was a very different kid.

I was very shy and introverted.

So the way

i really reached out to my fans

was through my stream.

I'm gonna kill someone

here in, I think, six seconds.

I'm gonna start counting down.

Six, five, four...

I was good at the game.

I knew my stuff,

but I just played by myself.

Two, one...

Oh, my god.

I love "league of legends."

But then I was streaming

and all these people

would come in,

and they would ask me questions.

And I'd be like, "oh,

i can help other people improve.

I can show them what I do."

It was a feeling of really,

like, reaching the top

and feeling that the fans

respected my opinion.

When the game does die,

if it does,

I would move on

to catering to my fans,

because they're the reason

why I'm so popular

in the first place,

why I have the job

in the first place.

Go, go, go, go, go!

All right, fine.

I'm a Barbie girl

in a Barbie world life

life is plastic,

it's fantastic

That was amazing.

Wow!

Right after high school,

i had a week break,

and my dad told me

that you're gonna do plumbing.

I worked with him for a year,

and I got fired

maybe three times.

And, ironically,

a week after I got fired,

I qualified, and that's

where everything started.

A lot of these gamers,

what they have to do

is they have to get really

high ranking on the ladder

and really build hype

around the community.

Because ever single team is

always looking for new talent.

For traditional sports,

there's a very clear path

on how to become

professional at it.

For example, if you're trying to

be a professional tennis player,

you play in middle school,

you can play in high school.

If you're good in high school,

you get scouted by colleges.

They pay for your scholarship.

But for something

like "league of legends,"

for example,

it's very hard to...

Just because the pathway

is different.

There's 67 million players

playing this game

every single month.

And there's 50 players

in north America

that actually play

at the pro level in this game.

Just as it's very hard

to get into the NFL

or major league baseball,

it's just as hard

to get into professional

"league of legends."

Once you get picked up

by an established team,

you should get a good salary.

And with live streaming,

you should be able

to make over six figures.

It's definitely worth it

economically.

If someone's,

like, offering you, yeah,

join our team,

become a professional,

I would say definitely do that.

But if you don't have

this offer,

you're just like a player

of the game,

I don't think you should go out

and try to become that.

I pursued my master's degree

in computer science.

By the time I tried to go pro,

I was already almost

done with school anyway,

so it just made a lot more sense

to finish it out

so that I had that kind of...

The backup.

But all of my teammates

dropped out of college.

They don't really have that

college degree to fall back on.

Yes! Good!

Swing it wide.

Hey, make that backdoor,

edsall, edsall, edsall!

Service!

My name is Kurt melcher.

I'm the associate

athletic director

and head women's soccer coach

and esport coordinator

at Robert Morris university.

We're on the third floor

of our campus,

and this was room 305.

Now it is our esport arena.

We offer scholarships

for "league of legends,"

and we want to attract

some of the elite players

that want to have

that combination

of getting an education

and learning

and getting better at the game.

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The school recognizes

that students generally

perform better in the classroom

when they're involved

in athletics

or performing arts or theater.

You don't want to

let your teammates down,

so you're gonna work

harder in class.

You know, for 20 or 30 years,

we've been playing games

on computers.

So I think it makes a lot

of sense

that finally, they're becoming

recognized as really

a legitimate and viable sport.

Good game.

There are a lot

of directions it could go.

"League of legends"

is just one game.

There are many others.

I think in the next year,

you'll see more colleges

and universities

looking at esports,

and I think we'll just see

a just... "Grow" isn't really

the right verb.

I think we'll see it exploding.

It's great to be a technically

semiprofessional female player

playing for a collegiate team

for "league of legends."

That's amazing.

I want to take this seriously.

I know that there aren't a lot

of female professional players

in the "league of legends"

or esports, in general,

and my greatest goal

is to be a role model

for those that wish to follow

in my footsteps.

I really like lemonnation

because he's an older player,

and I think it's awesome to have

an older player in the scene

'cause a lot of people

think that, "oh,

once you turn like 22, 23,

your career in professional

esports is over with."

It's really cool to see someone

who's 26 on the greatest team

in north America.

I really like cloud9.

I think in the past,

mainstream media

has portrayed us as

just kind of

nerdy guys in the basement

type thing.

And I think since it's becoming

a lot bigger

and they see, like,

the numbers growing,

people are starting

to respect it a lot more.

A ton of people

are just watching online,

and if we mess up, it's gonna

be seen by all these people.

Any moment, I could screw

over the entire game.

I can one-v-two.

I can one-v-two.

Careful, careful.

Watch out, sneaky.

They're coming. They're coming.

Get off. Get off.

When it comes to fan feedback,

imagine a big sports game

like an nba finals game

and the big mvp just

messes up the crucial shot

and then thousands of fans teem

out of the stadium complaining.

Rekkles actually playing

a little reckless.

Our world is like we hear

almost every single voice

because it's posted online,

and all of us online.

We're all connected.

It's ego-shattering.

When I'm losing, I'm always

really harsh on myself.

I really hate that feeling.

Like, look

what you're gonna do.

I'm gonna put it in slow motion.

I'm always alone.

Here is your mistake.

What are you doing?

At times, it's very hard because

there is a lot of pressure.

That's hard for five boys

who are only in their 20s.

Without help from a psychologist

or strong trainers.

You need to always be on top

of your game

because if you slip up,

that means you

could potentially lose your job.

I think oftentimes, we forget

that they're just normal kids

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