If you're a gamer, chances are that you have watched Rocket Jump's Video Game High School series, and on the off chance that you haven’t, you should check it out on YouTube or Netflix. The show depicts a high school for the most elite gamers around who’s after-school sports are eSports where they have coaches and go to gaming meets to compete for the crown and prize money. That fictionalized high school setting might just be a dream for gamers, but with the growing popularity in eSport gaming both in pop culture, media and in the sporting world, it might end up being more than just a television show.
While preparations were underway, a last diplomatic expedition comprised of five ambassadors was sent to Japan, but Tokimune got his hand on those unfortunate souls as well, and all five were beheaded once again. So much for intimidat
Keep in mind that the ordering here isn't necessarily the focus. Certain games complete their circuits at different points in the year, so games like League of Legends and Overwatch haven't completed their largest tournaments yet. Or take for instance Madden NFL 17 , sitting at $904,000, which won't climb much higher since Madden NFL 18 is now availab
The future is transcending into something more digital. All around we can see its effects bleeding over into our sporting events, which will soon probably have their own major league followed by their own version of a "super bowl." It wouldn’t be the least surprising at all if we were to see a college version of the sport to pop-up on the collegic side of the league in the near future. High schools may never see the sport enter into their halls and toss down banners over the gym walls as they hang proud next to other more traditional physical sports, but many colleges would want to invest and jump in on the quickly rising sport before they miss the lucrative money train.
The significance of these battles is rather broad: first of all, it's one of the few examples of the time in which the feared Mongol Empire was stopped on its tracks during one of its many bids for conquest. On top of that, it's also one of the first triggers that led to the creation of a national identity in Japan, as one of the very rare cases in which the Samurai fought an external enemy and not among each other. Lastly, the myth of the Kamikaze helped create the belief among the Japanese that they would never be invaded and defeated on their own soil, which was protected by the Gods. This belief extended all the way to World War
On the other hand, the Mongols did not stand on ceremony. While their most fearsome weapons were their cavalry and mounted archers, they had come by sea, so most of them were on foot. They resorted to massed infantry attacks and formations (similar to phalanxes) that would open and encircle the few that managed to get close. They also didn't have any qualms against skewering enemy horses on their spears. Their composite short bows were technically superior to the samurai longbows, and they were employed differently by shooting large volleys high into the sky, that then rained onto the enemy ranks. They even used poison, fire, and explosive arrows, alongside grenades made with ceramic spheres packed with gunpowder used to wreak havoc and terrorize hor
The newest job in sports right now is a video game coach. That’s right; being a coach to gamers is a real job now and the coach does everything a football or hockey coach would do from sitting down and studying past game footage talking to making sure all his players get along. A video game coach, or eSports coach as they're being called, can make anywhere between $30,000 to $50,000 a year including a performance bonus and health insurance tacked on to it. eSports coaches are making about the same rate as a minor league baseball coach would make, but it would not be surprising if that was to be bumped up in the near future once the medium has taken off and grown even bigger than it already has.
Coaching can be wearying, with long hours of reviewing gameplay much like the film sessions NFL players will sit through but when it comes to Tournament matches the story switches as it can be exhilarating. The biggest gaming proceedings span packed inside arenas with millions of screaming fans watching their players every keyboard stroke ever mouse click of their favorite player. Coaches are naturally sporting their team’s jersey and giving advises to players between matches. eSports is more than just a fad as this year alone it has generated somewhere along the lines of $140 million in the U.S alone and $600 million in global revenue. That’s just from corporate sponsorships, advertising and ticket and merchandise sales, according to SuperData Research, a New York firm that tracks the video game industry.
The Japanese commanders were rather inexperienced in controlling large units, as the latest major conflict in Japan had happened in 1221, over fifty years before. This caused the Mongols to advance rapidly breaking through the initial opposition led by Yasunari Kikuchi and Kakue Shoni. However, Shoni's samurai managed to inflict heavy casualties on the invaders, and his son Kagesuke managed to severely wound Mongol Commander Liu Fu-Hsiang in Akasaka by shooting him from his horse with a well-aimed ar