The historic change of electronic athletics-the United States recognizes the identity of the player of electronic athletics and can obtain a United States work visa

According to sources from the Gamespot website, "League of Heroes" is now officially recognized as a sport by the United States Government, the U.S. government will be in the United States to participate in the "League of Champions" athletes to provide athlete visa, for the electric competition, this is undoubtedly open a door ...

"League of Heroes" developers Riotgames Electric competition manager Nickallen told the U.S. media that the U.S. government made the decision after a lengthy process, during which Riot has been to the government to prove that the "League of Heroes" is a legitimate sporting event, "the United States government officially recognized the League of Heroes" Pros are professional athletes and give athletes visas to players who play in the United States, "says Nickallen," which is so important to the electronic athletics program that all the world's best players are coming to the United States to compete. Since the United States government has admitted that they are professional athletes, their immigration procedures will be much simpler. This is a major event for the gaming world. This is a long process, many of us have been working for this, it is definitely not overnight. ”

The United States Government at this time recognized the "League of Heroes" as a sport, tantamount to the September 16 in Los Angeles began the "League of Heroes" S3 season World Championships opened the door. With a total bonus of $8 million, the finals will be held on October 4 at the Los Angeles Staples Arena (North America's most prestigious arena), with a 1 million-dollar bonus for the championship, and the name will be engraved on the summoning Master's Cup.

Prior to this, the Chinese power candidates because the visa problem can not go abroad to participate in a number of precedents, many times they are not because the level is not enough to lose in the field, but because the failure to obtain the tournament host Country visa cannot appear.

As early as in 2004, when WCG (World Electronic Competition) finals in the United States will unveil the big curtain, in WCG China qualifying qualification of 15 Chinese players unexpectedly encounter visa storm, all the first face sign all rejected, after many efforts, only FIFA2004 Yang and StarCraft player Daiju to obtain visas, the rest of the players are not the finals; In 2008, a Chinese team in the finals of the ESWC (Electronic Athletics World Cup) was forced to let the team leader sucks to participate in the competition, the results naturally imagined; 2010 and 2012, attended ESWC Chinese players have repeatedly refused to sign.

Of course, it is not only the Chinese power campaign has repeatedly encountered the bad luck, from Russia, Ukraine, high level players have the same experience, visible in the world, the electric competition as a sport has not been widely recognized.

There have been media on the campaign hand repeatedly rejected the issue of the visa officer consulted, the latter said, there is no stable income, the English level is too low, and so on, often become the cause of the refusal to sign.

For the top contenders in the world class, income does not seem to be the reason for their refusal, but for a long time, many electric candidates have been rejected for being unable to provide a normative income certificate. In recent years, the domestic electric competition has become more and more standardized, and the income of the players has become more and more stable, but even though they have struggled to get tickets to the top competitions, they will still be uneasy about whether they can get a visa.

Now, although the United States government just recognized the "League of Heroes" this game, but it means that the electric competition in the world to receive attention, I believe that in the near future, there will be more and more electric competition projects recognized and recognized.