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eSports is officially recognized in Russia

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IAmWithStupid
Profile Blog Joined February 2013
Russian Federation1016 Posts
June 08 2016 15:35 GMT
#1
Not a big deal, but worth mentioning.

Russian Ministry of Sports issued an official directive that E-Sports is now included in the list of officially recognized disciplines. It has it's own unique code now. 1240002411M. More importantly this directive means that athletes will be able to receive ranks:
  • Master of Sports (you need to win Russian championship / cup)
  • World-class athlete (you need to win a recognized international event)
  • Honoured Master of Sports (multiple wins + constant work on popularization)
E-Sports was on the list in the past (2001-2006), but was excluded in 2006 by then-minister Fetisov (former hockey player).
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Xiphias
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Norway2223 Posts
June 08 2016 15:38 GMT
#2
Nice! Hope more lands follow.
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Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37058 Posts
June 08 2016 15:48 GMT
#3
Wow, that's actually pretty cool
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Kaizor
Profile Joined May 2015
Singapore909 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-06-08 15:52:17
June 08 2016 15:49 GMT
#4
Happy must be real happy about it.

Edit*

Just saw news about him being retired in his fanclub thread.

So maybe not that happy.
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intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
June 08 2016 15:49 GMT
#5
Would this change getting visas to play in Russian tournaments for foreign nationals, or has that traditionally not been an issue with Russia?
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IAmWithStupid
Profile Blog Joined February 2013
Russian Federation1016 Posts
June 08 2016 15:54 GMT
#6
On June 09 2016 00:49 IntoTheheart wrote:
Would this change getting visas to play in Russian tournaments for foreign nationals, or has that traditionally not been an issue with Russia?

First of all, there are not many off-line tournaments to start with, but yes, it would help. However, it is usually easy to get a visa to Russia. You know, it's easy to come to Russia, getting out - that's tricky
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seom
Profile Joined January 2013
South Africa491 Posts
June 08 2016 16:05 GMT
#7
today e-sports

tomorrow LGBT rights?
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10691 Posts
June 08 2016 16:06 GMT
#8
Sweet, this is awesome! Go Russia motherland!
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HsDLTitich
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Italy831 Posts
June 08 2016 16:14 GMT
#9
On June 09 2016 00:49 Kaizor wrote:
Happy must be real happy about it.

Edit*

Just saw news about him being retired in his fanclub thread.

So maybe not that happy.


Awesome timing :D
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NinjaToss
Profile Blog Joined October 2015
Austria1383 Posts
June 08 2016 16:25 GMT
#10
Strange would be happy I guess
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Dav1oN
Profile Joined January 2012
Ukraine3164 Posts
June 08 2016 16:30 GMT
#11
hope that won't turn into another corruption scandal
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WonnaPlay
Profile Joined September 2010
Netherlands912 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-06-08 16:34:26
June 08 2016 16:33 GMT
#12
On June 09 2016 01:30 cSc.Dav1oN wrote:
hope that won't turn into another corruption scandal


wow, such an useless and random statement....


Ontopic :
This is pretty awesome eventhough in reality there won't change that much!
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
June 08 2016 16:42 GMT
#13
Cool news, maybe we should finally decide how to write the word now .

Poll: What is it?

eSports (11)
 
34%

e-Sports (9)
 
28%

esports (5)
 
16%

E-Sports (5)
 
16%

e-sports (1)
 
3%

E-sports (1)
 
3%

Esports (0)
 
0%

32 total votes

Your vote: What is it?

(Vote): e-Sports
(Vote): e-sports
(Vote): eSports
(Vote): esports
(Vote): E-Sports
(Vote): E-sports
(Vote): Esports



I don't care about the hyphen, but I don't see how the capital S can make sense.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
IAmWithStupid
Profile Blog Joined February 2013
Russian Federation1016 Posts
June 08 2016 16:43 GMT
#14
As you may remember 3-time champion (WCG / Need for speed) Alan Enileev carried the Olympic flag during opening ceremony in Sochi. So, Russian officials actually treated E-Sports well.

On the other hand, we simply don't have tournaments. Probably because of high organizational costs. Well, if I had 10^6 USD, I would make a really cool tournament rather than spend everything on booze/coke/...

I really hope to see some SCll references in Korea-2022.
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Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
June 08 2016 16:44 GMT
#15
On June 09 2016 01:43 IAmWithStupid wrote:
As you may remember 3-time champion (WCG / Need for speed) Alan Enileev carried the Olympic flag during opening ceremony in Sochi. So, Russian officials actually treated E-Sports well.

On the other hand, we simply don't have tournaments. Probably because of high organizational costs. Well, if I had 10^6 USD, I would make a really cool tournament rather than spend everything on booze/coke/...

I really hope to see some SCll references in Korea-2022.


We need another DH Moscow!
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
IAmWithStupid
Profile Blog Joined February 2013
Russian Federation1016 Posts
June 08 2016 16:45 GMT
#16
@Musicus
Nice one! Let's decide once and for all and I'll edit all my posts after that.
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Penev
Profile Joined October 2012
28512 Posts
June 08 2016 16:47 GMT
#17
Happy doesn't like real sports
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55566 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-06-08 16:51:59
June 08 2016 16:50 GMT
#18
Wikipedia says eSports so that's what I'm rolling with for now.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-06-08 16:53:40
June 08 2016 16:51 GMT
#19
On June 09 2016 01:45 IAmWithStupid wrote:
@Musicus
Nice one! Let's decide once and for all and I'll edit all my posts after that.


I mean it's just for fun, since in the end we don't get to decide I guess. The media gets to decide I think, but it's stupid that when I go to espn esports, even they can't decide how to write it.

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And right above that they use Esports .
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Khalum
Profile Joined September 2010
Austria831 Posts
June 08 2016 16:53 GMT
#20
Why no option for ESPORTS?
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