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The third edition of 'UCAM Smart Campus' has continued today in the Campus Jeronimos University, with the main theme digital entertainment and 'eSports'.
Experts anneals this discipline have discussed this topical subject, focusing on labor market opportunities in the short and medium term.
The most anticipated guest of the morning was Antonio Rivas 'Flipin' 'gamer' professional, who has had his own experience as one of the leading players 'eSports' in our country.
In the 14 years he has been playing and competing with the game 'Counter Strike', has seen has changed the game industry in Spain. "Our country has evolved significantly, and in many ways is all most advanced It's funny because when I was little and told what engaged me first thing they told me was that he was a geek, but today things have changed a lot and see this as the future, with the 'youtubers' or 'bloggers' your profession comes thanks to the internet. "
'Flipin' said young people who want to devote to this that "should study and organize, to do everything to play or compete professionally does not mean you all day without leaving home. This is a long way, although it has evolved a lot in Spain we are still far behind in many ways. This is dedication and improvement, the 'gamer' is that. If you want to succeed you have to work hard, and if you want you out a career should also make an effort. it's all the same project what you want to be and do everything possible to achieve this: effort, dedication and organization. "
Another participant was Sergi Mesonero, director of strategy League of Professional Video, who has spoken on this type of electronic sport that increasingly has more followers: "In Spain already has more than a million supporters and participants in these electronic sports. "
Innkeeper explained the phenomenon of 'eSports' (eSports), a new leisure industry has grown steadily in recent years.
Strategy director of the League of Professional Video games mentioned geographically "tracking 'eSports' is widely distributed throughout Spain, but above all is characterized by having more players in metropolitan areas such as Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Zaragoza, Bilbao, Valencia and Murcia, where they have more boom. "
As for the most played in the world and the most popular level tracking Spain game is very clear. "League of Legends in the world has more than 100 million players in Spain will be hovering around a million people is not the only game, for example Call of Duty is a game that is also very popular to play, but not as often retransmissions level ".
Sergi Mesonero concluded by explaining as is currently the video game industry for professional players: "The races of professional players are short, but there are Spanish players who have excelled not only in Spain but also abroad, as Enrique Cedeño 'xPeke' , Murcia player. a year ago were an exception players who had contract and salary in the first division, and now the 40 players of the 8 teams in the division of honor, are all professionals and live it. "
Although it seems a world of boys, Mesonero explained that "more and more girls are still minority, but fans are around 35%. A level competition, the girls struggle to participate, but in the first division is already 3 girls, so having presence and will. "
The conference, organized by the Degree in Telecommunications Systems Engineering UCAM, and framed in SICARM Technical Conference, started last Tuesday with the presence of drones and their applications in science and technology.
Source: UCAM
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