After the recent Worlds, Riot Games became more and more successful and grew stronger in the video game industry. It can be said that the number of people in the world does not know the League of Legends is only a minority when this game has reached the continent and the country does not invest much in electronic sports such as the Middle East and Africa.
According to the global director of League of Legends Esports – Naz Aletaha, the organization of tournaments in the EMEA area has continuously developed when they constantly create many opportunities for the teams here to be able to participate in competitions at international schools. However, in announcements about the next steps of Aletaha, she constantly focused on the phrase “sport” rather than “electronic sports”. The director also shared that the reason for choosing words like this is because Riot Games is moving to develop League of Legends into a mainstream sport.
According to Naz Aletaha, this cult game has certain standards to be ranked on par with other traditional sports. More specifically here is the ability to combine viewers can also be players, increase entertainment as well as skills and understanding of this sport. Aletaha also wants to see that the League of Legends is passed down for generations, making this game not only limited to a community but now a ecosystem of many generations will enjoy together.
Finally, Aletaha said that electronic sports have the same ability or even better than what traditional sports can do. Although there are still many controversies broke out in the middle of this topic, with the success of Riot Games, they have great potential and opportunities to achieve their goals in the future.
