【明報專訊】It is often said that video games are only frivolous pastimes of youths loafing around. However, what has happened recently seems to be proving that esports has gone mainstream.
The Hong Kong Esports Gymnasium (香港電子體育館) owned by Forger Esports (鍛匠電競) was opened 30 December last year. It occupies 3000 squares and can house 100 people. As in NBA and FIFA, to make the games more competitive, numerous leagues have been set up for League of Legends (英雄聯盟), King of Glory (王者榮耀), etc.
Also, academic programmes focusing on esports management have been launched. IT sector lawmaker Charles Mok (莫乃光) called for an interdepartmental cooperation (跨部門合作) to promote local development of esports and send players to join the 2022 Asian games to be held in Hangzhou (杭州). All this demonstrates how people have started to recognise esports as something comparable to soccer, basketball and Olympic events.
(Source: Ming Pao)
■English highway﹕comparable to/with
If A is comparable to/with B, A is of the similar standard to B.
e.g. The recently completed railway is comparable to those in Germany and Japan.
■Game １
Report: MoMo gives Eason two kicks. After that, she punches Eason once and moves backwards. Finally, she performs a throw and defeats Eason.
Read the report of how MoMo defeated Eason in a video game and translate her combat into symbols with the list of combat skills below.
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■Game ２
Here is jargon (術語) commonly used in gaming communities. Try to match them with the definitions.
(see the picture)
1. heros ．
2. cheese ．
3. tank ．
4. buff ．
． A. a feature which makes your character more powerful
． B. a character that prevents others from being attacked
． C. a strategy that is unfair to other players
． D. characters in a game
■Glossary
frivolous (adj) 無目的的；無用的
loaf around (phr v) 遊手好閒
house (v) 容納
recognise (v) 承認
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