Playing DotA in class? You heard me right. This many people in the eyes of the "game", has been Chongqing Energy Vocational College for elective, the name of "Electronic sports development and DotA team Analysis", the class not only explained DotA role, team strategy, but also online combat. This matter has aroused hot discussion recently on the net, point praise, spit trough of all have. Why is this course offered?
Reporter learned that "the development of electronic sports and DotA team Analysis" is the Chongqing Energy Vocational College This semester open elective courses, once a week, a two-class.
According to the teacher Zeng Qingqing Introduction, the two classes, the first class will put some DotA game of the wonderful video, and on the tactical, team analysis, the second class will be practical practice. Class is full of boys, each class has more than 100 people, often have a lot of people to sit in attendance, very high popularity.
A student surnamed Wang told reporters that the beginning of the time, but also some people do not understand, the enrollment of the students are not many, and later heard that through this so-called "game" can cultivate team cooperation, problem-solving ability, do not play the game also come to lectures.
"Since the school opened this course, it shows that the course has its value and significance, for gamers, if they can get better skills, and correct understanding of games and electronic athletics, in fact, it is also helpful." Wang theory, a lot of students around the course is full of curiosity and interest.
One months, this course has become Chongqing Energy Vocational College of a popular elective.
Parents: The spit point of the praise have to see the child control and teacher guidance
Will DotA moved into the classroom, which in Chongqing University are new. For the school move, parents have some spit, some praise.
42-Year-old Hu's son graduated from the Technical School for 3 years, at this time should continue to study or earn money to support the family, he is addicted to computer games. "Don't get a decent job. It will take a lifetime to go on like this. "Ms Hu believes that a school offering such a course will only allow more students to indulge in the game."
Unlike Ms Hu's idea, Ms. Zhou, who lives in a double blessing, has a positive attitude towards the school move. She believes that students in school should learn how to cooperate, how to participate in the competition, only to improve their competitiveness in order to better survive in society.
For DotA, parents are more concerned about whether the child is addicted. Ms Zhou is very confident. "Elective courses, even if related to the game, mainly depends on the child's control and teacher guidance." She said, for example, her child, this elective course is she and the children of the choice, the former particularly introverted children, on the class later become more cheerful, weekend planning to travel, organize the family to play Fairy Mountain, the way to help others.
Teachers: Electronic athletics ≠ network games can improve students ' comprehensive ability
Why is this course offered? We set up "the development of electronic sports and DotA team Analysis" course, is not to teach ' play online ', but through electronic athletics, to guide students with a competitive mentality to face the work, face the community. "Zeng Qingqing is also director of Power Department of Energy Engineering of Chongqing Energy Vocational College, and this course is his initiative to declare to the school."
Zeng Qingqing told reporters that the first school leaders in the approval of the course also have many concerns, but he explained that electronic athletics is a regular sport, similar to other non electronic games such as chess, which can not only improve students ' thinking ability, reaction ability, willpower, but also cultivate their team writing ability. To enable students to understand through teamwork, and then to the enterprise is to join a team, to find their own positioning, better integration into.
Zeng Qingqing himself also played several years of electronic athletics, from the electronic sports learned tactics, and sometimes will help him to win in the basketball game, "we see it should be like playing basketball, play chess, so that participants in all aspects of the strengths can also play out." ”
"The practice of electronic athletics, through the layout of tactics, the use of technology to counter opponents, like sports football, basketball, players can end a game in half an hour or one hours, different from online games need to invest a lot of time in." "Zeng Qingqing said.
Sports Personage: This can have but need to master "degree"
The official website of the State administration of sport shows that the electronic athletics sports belong to the national formal sports, China, the United States, South Korea, France, Singapore and other countries have professional, for the domestic or the world of electronic Athletes competition, the contestants are called athletes.
"In Chongqing, this sport is also part of the amateur development stage," he said. "Chongqing Municipal Sports Bureau deputy director Li Yaquang told reporters, because the National Games no electronic athletics this project, so although the country already has the electronic athletics national team, but the provinces and cities have not developed vigorously."
What do sports people think about the electronic athletics entering the College class? Li Yaquang said that this is possible, electronic athletics is not only sports but also technology, for students, appropriate learning is good. However, Li Yaquang also pointed out that any sports or games have a "degree", students should learn to control themselves, the school should also strengthen guidance, to avoid playing addiction.
Understanding: Online gaming has the difference between the latter more Test thinking and team ability
Currently, as a regular sport, e-sports enthusiasts and relevant trade associations are also planning to bid for the project.
So what's the difference between online games and electronic athletics? Zeng Qingqing said, the network game is mainly the Internet as the platform of online games, the consumption of time and money, so that players realize their role in the growth of happiness, do not attach great importance to or need game skills.
and electronic athletics is an information technology as the core, the hardware and software equipment for the device, in the virtual environment of information technology, in the uniform competition rules under the adversarial puzzle video games, and chess and other competitions similar, belong to mental sports.
Topic Extension: Electronic Athletics in universities
2012, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, a "world electronic competition Introduction and practice" Elective course opened for one year, the class content is the teacher and students play video games.
The Russian State University of Physical Education offers an electronic athletics major, offering basic courses in information technology, computer science, sociology and electronic athletics.
An Austrian university has a postgraduate course in electronic sports and competitive computer games, and a graduate student will be awarded a master's degree in science.